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Gluten-free, cooked with discipline.
Gluten-free on Kauaʻi is a discipline question, not a menu question: the island’s food is naturally GF-leaning — fish, rice, taro, fruit — and the controls are what matter. Published bands; the honest controls paragraph, in writing.
The controls, stated plainly
Dedicated boards and pans, sequenced prep (GF first), separate oil, labeled storage, and service that knows which plate is which. We describe exactly these controls in writing before you commit — because for celiac guests, the description IS the product.
The honest limit, also stated: we cook in rental kitchens, not certified facilities. Airborne flour in a kitchen that baked yesterday is a real thing; where risk tolerance is zero, we say what we can and cannot guarantee.
The menu register
No sad substitutions: the day-boat fish was always GF, the taro was always GF, the dessert becomes liliko‘i panna cotta instead of a “flourless” apology. The table shares the menu; the celiac guest eats the same courses, controlled.
Every format holds
Dinners, Stay Chef weeks, retreat tables, wedding weeks — the controls travel with the crew. Retreats with celiac guests run the same protocol across every meal of the program.
Questions, answered
No — published bands hold. The cost is discipline, not ingredients, and discipline is included.
With the stated controls, our celiac guests eat confidently — and the written controls paragraph lets you judge fit before committing. Severe-sensitivity edge cases get the honest answer, not the reassuring one.
Yes — often the cleanest solution. Kauaʻi’s cuisine makes it easy; nobody misses anything.
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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.