At first glance, swinging a hammer and a spatula wouldn’t seem to have much in common. But Danny Woolsey sees the similarities: If you start off knowing where you want to end up, you’ll succeed.
And Woolsey is hoping to succeed with his new business, Ekahi Grill and Catering, the first Hawaiian-style restaurant in the valley.
Woolsey, a native of Hawaii, knows quite a bit about both construction and food, but his cooking lessons came first. Woolsey’s grandfather first taught him and his siblings to cook the fish they’d caught.
“The way he’d cook, he’d know what every (ingredient) tastes like, then blend them together,” Woolsey said. That’s the approach Woolsey takes — he measures ingredients in his head and hands, not spoons and cups.
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