Chef Justine Ma

Hi! My name is Justine Ma, and I'm a NYC professional chef based in Hawaii. People know me for my handmade dumplings and I'm the only chef who offers farm to table DIM SUM in Hawaii and I specialize in handmade, artisanal meals from scratch. After mentoring under the executive chef of Turne Ristorante in Northern Italy, I received my culinary degree from the Natural Gourmet Institute in NYC and went on to work alongside the nations best chefs cooking at the James Beard Foundation, curating events for lululemon, SELF Magazine, Condé Nast, collaborating as Food Editor for NY Yoga Life Magazine, leading large scale TV productions for CBS as the Head Chef, and heading for the 2024 Outstanding in the Field Event in Kailua-Kona. I've been the sous chef for Carla Hall, Jonathan Waxman, Elizabeth Falkner, Sherry Yard, Michel Nischan; and cooked alongside Marcus Samuelsson, Andrew Zimmerman, and so many more.

In 2021, I built a homestead and opened Farm to Table Hawaii which offers farm stays, cooking classes, yoga, workshops, and gourmet meals featuring the food I grow on my property, and food I source locally at farmers markets from butchers, fishermen and hunters. Find me on IG at @chefjustinema and let me know you reached out!