A chef for the week in Hanalei.
Hanalei in summer is the island’s best week: calm bay, long light, the Saturday market a morning walk away. Stay Chef from $1,100 a day turns the rental into the reservation you can’t get.
Summer prime, winter honesty
June through September, Hanalei is the island’s prime table and books accordingly — a month ahead minimum, more for estate weeks. Winter stays are beautiful and wetter: we serve them with the pantry plan built around the road, and the clause in writing for houses past the bridge.
The week’s numbers
From $1,100 a day plus groceries at cost; staffed event nights add servers ($55/hr) and sous chefs ($75/hr); the $50–$75 North Shore surcharge applies per service day. Far-North houses — Wainiha, Hāʻena — quote at inquiry with 72-hour notice.
Questions, answered
Yes, with the clause: 72-hour notice, shopping sequenced before crossings, and documented closures reschedule rather than forfeit. The pantry plan is built so the road can’t starve the week.
Seven days from $7,700 for the chef plus groceries at cost, the shore surcharge per service day, and staffed nights at published hourlys — itemized in the written quote, which is the confirmed total.
June–September is the North Shore’s prime: a month is the floor, six to eight weeks is comfortable, and the holidays deserve more. The 50% deposit locks the dates after you’ve seen the quote.
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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.