Four islands · Cost estimator
Hawaiʻi private chef cost estimator
Pick an island, a service and a guest count, and see a range built straight from our published rate card across Oʻahu, Maui, Kauaʻi and the Big Island. It is an estimate — the written quote is the total.
Estimated range
$1,470–$2,186
Signature dinner · CORE · 6 guests · Oʻahu
- Menu / base
- $1,170–$1,740
- Service charge (20%)
- $234–$348
- Hawaiʻi GET (up to 4.712%)
- $66–$98
- Estimated total
- $1,470–$2,186
$195–$290 per guest × 6. Groceries are inside the band.
This is an estimate from published starting prices — not a booking price. Your written quote is the confirmed total, itemised line by line. Gratuity is always voluntary and never in the bill.
Estimate figures come straight from $1,170+ base on the published card. No account, no payment.
Every line on the written quote
The estimate above uses the same lines your quote will. Nothing is hidden; nothing is invented.
- Menu price (per guest, day rate, or fixed) — published starting pricePUBLISHED
- Service charge — 20% market convention; distributed to staff or disclosed in writing (HRS §481B-14 posture)RPR — ATTORNEY
- GET — up to 4.7120% incl. county surcharge, shown as its own line, valid through Dec 31, 2030RPR — CPA
- Booking deposit — 50% market norm, locks your dateVERIFIED — POLICY
- Travel zone fee — only outside base zones, published per islandPUBLISHED
- Gratuity — always voluntary, never hidden in the billVERIFIED — POLICY
Starting prices. 20% service charge and GET up to 4.712% are added as their own lines. 50% deposit locks the date. Gratuity is voluntary. Quote confirmed in writing.
An estimate, not a booking price
This tool exists because “how much does a private chef cost in Hawaiʻi” deserves a real answer, not a form. Every figure is pulled from the published rate card — the same card our coordinators quote from.
Groceries follow two honest models. For a signature dinner, dinner for two, or a wedding reception, the food is inside the per-guest band, so the estimate already covers it. For a Stay Chef week or the weekly household line, the chef fee is the published number and groceries bill separately at cost, with receipts, never marked up.
Two lines always sit on top: a 20% service charge and Hawaiʻi general excise tax, up to 4.712%, each shown on its own line. A travel-zone fee applies only outside base zones and is always published. Gratuity stays voluntary. When you are ready, a written quote turns this range into one confirmed total.