F&B Florida 2018

Patrick Eichstaedt
Tupat's Hawaiian Poke Sauce Co-Founder
Tupat's Hawaiian


Patrick "Tupat" Eichstaedt has never known life without the ocean! A surfer since birth, Tupat's travels were the seed that grew into his passion for Poke! Always combining his passions with his work, Tupat's career has also included helping push the globally iconic ...Lost Enterprises brand and making his name as one of the best surf photographers in the industry, receiving publishing accolades from the likes of Surfer Magazine, Transworld Surf, Eastern Surf Magazine and Surfline.com. In addition, Tupat has his own photography, video and marketing business. A known entity in the Surf Industry and on the North Shore of Oahu, Tupat has been perfecting Tupat's Hawaiian Poke Sauce for over a decade and it is his passion, optimism and energy that fuel the brand's personality. Outside of work, Tupat's passions include his wife, son, daughter, family, friends and spending time cooking, surfing, fishing, paddling, golfing and swimming. With a childhood on the coast of New Smyrna Beach and just a few steps to the ocean and river Tupat was bred for the outdoors. After high school it was a one way ticket to the Hawaiian islands where he would shoot surf footage and photograph the professional surfers, not to mention catch a few waves as well. Trey and Tupat had been childhood friends since first grade and grew up fishing and surfing. Trey was like a big brother to Tupat being that his younger brother Chris was Tupat's best friend. Years later Trey and Tupat would connect to make what is now "Tupat's Hawaiian" an inspired line of Poke Sauce and special flavored seasonings. Tupat's mother Pam and his father Steve always made dishes from around the world for dinner inspired from Pam's travels as a flight attendant. Tupat always says "It's so rewarding to see so many people enjoy and utilize the flavors we created from the inspiration of my years in Hawaii”.

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