The questions, answered in full sentences.
Pricing, booking, kitchens, food, and the service day — the five categories every question falls into.
Questions, answered
Signature dinners run $125–$250 per guest depending on island and tier, groceries included. Stay Chef multi-day service runs $850–$1,100 per day. The 20% service charge and GET up to 4.7120% always appear on their own lines.
Yes. The written quote itemizes menu, staffing, travel, service, and tax — and is the confirmed total. Nothing is added afterward.
No. It funds coordination, planning, and insurance. Gratuity is separate and always voluntary.
Two to four weeks in normal seasons; December–March and holiday weeks book months out. A 50% deposit locks the date after you have seen the written quote.
Deposits follow the new date when availability allows, and force-majeure events reschedule rather than forfeit. The cancellation tiers are stated on every quote.
A stove, oven, counter space, and a sink are enough — your chef brings the kit. We ask about the kitchen during the quote and decline hotel rooms without kitchens, with alternatives suggested.
All four main islands. Surcharge zones are published per island, and quote-only zones — Pāʻia/Haʻikū, Kauaʻi’s far North, the Big Island’s east side — are labeled with the reason.
Yes — eleven standard flags are captured in the quote and carried across every meal. Allergies are handled as cross-contact specs, and retreat protocols are first-class.
Yes, inside the per-guest band, at cost, with receipts on request. There is no grocery markup anywhere in the network.
Your chef shops that morning, arrives before service, cooks in your kitchen, plates and introduces each course, serves, and leaves the kitchen clean.
No — alcohol is client-supplied or arranged through licensed referral, because Hawaiʻi’s county liquor commissions differ. The bar cart and bartender are packaged separately at published rates.
Keep reading
- core Tell us about the table.
- core Four islands. Four kitchens.
- core A private chef, in your kitchen, on your island.
- core Catering for the event, staffed and written down.
- wedding A wedding week, fed properly.
- core A chef for the stay, not just the evening.
- service Feeding the retreat, not just the group.
- service Corporate catering that reads like a spec sheet.
Get a written quote
The button is not “Book now.” You tell us the table; we send a written quote — and that quote is the confirmed total.