“I just didn’t feel passion,” Capacia said in a recent phone interview. While he and several of his relatives enjoyed their time in the kitchen, he thought he’d find more success following the paths of his parents, but quickly realized something was missing. His mother was a nurse and his father was an electrical engineer. When chef Ronnel Capacia moved from Guam to Temecula as a teenager, becoming a cook wasn’t at the forefront of his mind.
