Guides
Dietary, in depth.
The working guide to dietary service: what the eleven flags cover, how allergen prep actually runs, and the honest paragraph about private kitchens.
The eleven flags
Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal, kosher-style, dairy-free, nut-free, keto, pescatarian, low-sodium, diabetic-friendly. Flags settle in the menu call — before any shopping — and the written menu labels every dish.
Kosher-style means kosher-observant ingredients and preparation respect, honestly not certification; where certification is required, we say so and help you find the right resource.
Allergen prep, the controls
Dedicated boards and pans, sequenced prep (allergen-free first), separate oil, labeled storage, service that knows which plate is which. A nut-free house stays nut-free for the whole booking — not just the flagged courses.
The honest paragraph, printed everywhere it matters: we cook in rental kitchens, not certified facilities. Our controls are disciplined and described in writing; severe airborne allergies deserve that description before you commit, and they get it.
Beyond the flags: protocols
Retreat-grade work goes deeper — Ayurvedic-fluent weeks, detox formats, raw-leaning programs, labeled dish by dish across a multi-day stay. If your group eats by a program, we cook by the program.
Questions, answered
No — the eleven flags are standard inside the published bands. Deeply specialized sourcing shows honestly in the groceries line, with receipts.
The inquiry asks; the menu call settles it. Groups get the dietary census template — flags become labeled menu lines, not table announcements.
With the stated controls, yes — and the controls are described in writing before you commit, because for celiac guests the description is the product. Edge cases get honest answers, not reassuring ones.
Keep reading
- guide Chef at the house, or the dining room?
- guide Private or personal? The honest split.
- guide The Facebook chef vs. the written quote.
- guide The marketplace vs. the written quote.
- guide The planning library.
- guide From inquiry to first course.
- guide How to hire well on an island.
- guide What a kitchen needs.
Get a written quote
Kauaʻi runs inquiry-first: you tell us the table, we send a written quote — and that quote is the confirmed total. We never hold a date we can’t crew.