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Home | Joel Jenkins

Joel Jenkins

Joel began his career in the service industry at 16 and found ways to continue his culinary interests throughout his 30-year Army healthcare career. Taking advantage of the opportunities afforded by his military assignments and deployments, he was able to expand his understanding of cultures and food.

This segued perfectly into a second career as the Chief of Protocol and Executive Services for the Defense Health Agency-Hawaii and Tripler Army Medical Center. The position allows Joel to combine his full-time job with his love for cooking, catering events for both foreign and domestic senior government officials. His “hobby business,” Events on the Run, began more than a decade ago, when he shared food with other six-day ultra-marathon-running friends and resulted in his pursuit of a certificate in Gourmet Cooking and Catering and membership in the American Personal and Private Chef Association.

Joel and his wife call Hawaii home and share their home with a menagerie of rescued cats.

Joel Jenkins
An oval casserole dish filled with potatoes dauphinoise, with a silver spoon resting in it.

Potatoes Dauphinoise

2 hrs 30 mins

A whole roasted dry brined turkey on an oval platter on a bed of herbs with side dishes around it.

Dry Brine Turkey

1 d 4 hrs 20 mins

Pibil-style pork ribs on sheets of parchment paper with a bowl of habanero salsa next to it.

Pibil-Style Pork Ribs

23 hrs

A sheet pan with 9 chicken thighs covered in a deep reddish sauce, blackened in spots.

Pomegranate Sumac Chicken

4 hrs

A brown dish filled with paprika mayonnaise with a spoon on the side.

Paprika Mayonnaise

5 mins

A bowl filled with sambal eggplant, garnished with cilantro, with a black spoon on the side.

Sambal Eggplant

20 mins

Tuna salad with white beans, red onion, and parsley in a black bowl with a fork, on a wooden table.

Tuna Salad with White Beans

10 mins

A brown bowl of Instant Pot pork stew with hominy with a spoon resting inside and a dish of cilantro and a blue napkin on the side.

Instant Pot Pork Stew with Hominy

1 hr 15 mins

A white bowl filled with Moroccan meatballs with a spoon resting inside and some small orange wedges on the side.

Moroccan Meatballs ~ Kefta Tagine

1 hr 5 mins

A white bowl filled with pasta soup with potatoes and pancetta on a linen cloth with a spoon resting on the edge of the bowl.

Pasta Soup with Potatoes and Pancetta

45 mins

Potatoes with Mexican chorizo tucked inside tortillas with a glass of beer on the side.

Potatoes With Mexican Chorizo

50 mins

A rimmed baking sheet filled with crispy baked kale chips.

Kale Chips

30 mins

Three corked vials of homemade hot sauce.

Homemade Hot Sauce

7 d

Four juicy seared maple-brined pork chops with pear chutney on a cutting board

Maple-Brined Pork Chops with Pear Chutney

1 hr 15 mins

Two halved grilled cheese with onion jam on a wooden cutting board alongside a dish of onion jam and a butter knife.

Grilled Cheese with Onion Jam

40 mins

Five spoons each topped with a dollop of sambal oelek.

Sambal Oelek ~ Indonesian Chile Paste

10 mins

Grilled peaches with honey and black pepper scattered on a piece of parchment paper.

Grilled Peaches with Honey and Black Pepper

15 mins

A bowl of spaghetti all'Aglio e Olio topped with olive oil and flakes of Parmesan cheese.

Spaghetti all’Aglio e Olio

20 mins

A white plate topped with beet salad with goat cheese and honey and watercress leaves.

Beet Salad with Goat Cheese and Honey

1 hr 30 mins

A bacon Swiss burger topped with lettuce, tomato, and dill pickle chips.

Bacon Swiss Burger

1 hr

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