Stay Chef
from $1,250 / day
Menu design, shopping, cooking, service and cleanup. Extra meals quoted on the same day.
Published starting prices
What a night costs.
USD. Line by line. The written quote is the confirmed total — never a verbal range in a chat window.
Where we cook
Open the island rate card.
OʻahuHonolulu to Ko Olina, for villa dinners and staffed events. Quotes open now.Signature dinner from $195 a guest · Stay Chef from $1,250 a day
MauiWailea, Kīhei and West Maui, for villa dinners and staffed events. Quotes open now.Signature dinner from $225 a guest · Stay Chef from $1,550 a day
KauaʻiPrinceville and Hanalei to Poʻipū, for villa dinners and staffed events. Inquiry stage.Signature dinner from $225 a guest · Stay Chef from $1,650 a day · Inquiry
Hawaiʻi IslandKona and the Kohala Coast first, for villa dinners and staffed events. Inquiry stage.Signature dinner from $210 a guest · Stay Chef from $1,450 a day · Inquiry
Published starting prices
| Tier | Per guest | Model |
|---|---|---|
| Table | $145–$195 | per guest · groceries included in the dinner band |
| Signature | $195–$290 | per guest · groceries included in the dinner band |
| Premium | $290–$425 | per guest · groceries included in the dinner band |
| Chef’s table | $425–$550+ | per guest · chef's-table halo, quoted manually |
Packaged cart
from $975 / 4 hr + $65/guest
Stacks with a chef night or books as a terrace cocktail hour. Waikīkī, Kahala, Ko Olina, Kailua.
- Dinner for two / elopementfrom $675 per event
- Wedding reception / wedding weekfrom $190 per person + staffing
- Vacation chef / multi-dayfrom $275–$450+ per person / day
- Weekly meal prep (kamaʻāina line)from $450–$1,800 per week
- Event staffingfrom $80 per hour (server) · sous-chef $105/hr
- Travel beyond base zonefrom $75 North Shore / Turtle Bay surcharge, quoted with the menu
The statewide band, then a written quote
Private chef Hawaii cost is not a single number. Hub `/` owns private chef Hawaii. This page is the tariff. Signature dinner: $195–$290 a guest on Oʻahu, $225–$375 on Maui and Kauaʻi, $210–$325 on Hawaiʻi Island (Table from $165). Stay Chef day rates from $1,250 Oʻahu / $1,550 Maui / $1,650 Kauaʻi / $1,450 Hawaiʻi Island.
What sits inside the per-guest dinner band: menu design, same-day shopping, cooking, table service, cleanup. Groceries are inside that band on a signature night. On Stay Chef days, groceries are billed at cost with receipts. Alcohol is BYO or quoted. Rentals and venue fees are add-ons when you want them.
What is added once, as its own lines: 20% service, Hawaiʻi GET up to 4.712%, and a 50% deposit to lock the date. Gratuity is voluntary. Travel beyond base corridors is a published zone line. There is no mystery “hospitality” fold-in.
What a night costs — the quote versus the band
A band is an honest starting range. The quote is exact before you deposit. Menu, date, kitchen, and headcount move the number inside the band. We would rather send a written total than a charming range in a chat window.
Small parties (under the usual six) are often a fixed night, not a per-guest stack. Date Night for two has its own starting prices on the island card. Wedding weeks and catering add staffing by the hour — server $80, sous $105, four-to-five-hour minimums.
How to read the tariff
Use the island tabs on this page for the card that matches the house. Then open /quote with that island selected. Typical reply in Hawaii business hours. No payment to enquire. No account.
If you need the Maui-only cost story, the Maui site’s /pricing and /private-chef-cost carry it. This statewide card is what a night costs, line by line. The fee-stack picker is /private-chef-cost.
Beside this rate card
Open a related document.
The published table stays on this page. The form, the fee stack, the booking notes, and the menus are their own URLs. Island rate cards stay on the island host.
The quote formFive fields. A human reply. Typical response in Hawaii business hours.
Fee stack/pricing is the rate card. This picker points at each island’s fee-stack explainer. Titles never use “private chef {island}”.
Booking notesQuotes, GET, deposits. Distinct from the rate card and the fee-stack explainer.
Menu designThis hub page is the process picker — how a table is designed, not a statewide carte. Plated sample courses live on each island /menus, with published starting prices on that host.