A personal chef, in the island sense.
The personal-chef relationship is recurring: the same kitchen, the same preferences, a fridge that fills itself. On Kauaʻi that runs as a weekly cook day for resident households — $550–$1,200 a week depending on volume — plus stocking for arriving guests.
The weekly cook day
One morning a week, your chef shops, cooks the household’s meals for the days ahead, labels and packs them, and leaves the kitchen clean. Menus are written down in advance and priced inside the published $550–$1,200 weekly band — the exact line depends on headcount and how many meals the week needs to cover.
Sourcing is named, not implied: goat cheese from Kunana Dairy, greens from the Saturday Hanalei Farmers’ Market and its growers, Kauaʻi grass-fed beef, day-boat fish when the boats go out.
For visitors: stocking and the first night
If you’re arriving for a week rather than living here, the personal-chef shape is different: pre-arrival stocking so the fridge is full when you land, then dinners or a Stay Chef rhythm on top. Arrival-day stocking is quoted with the receipts attached — at cost, always.
The money, on its lines
Weekly service runs $550–$1,200 per week with groceries at cost and receipts. Single dinners, if you want them instead, run $125–$250 a guest with groceries inside the band. Either way, 20% service and GET up to 4.7120% appear on their own lines.
Questions, answered
On Kauaʻi the practical split is cadence: personal chef means recurring household service (weekly cook days, stocking), private chef means event service (dinners, stays, celebrations). Same kitchen standard, same written quote.
Yes — the kamaʻāina weekly line ($550–$1,200/week) exists for resident households, and it books month to month. December compression affects visitors first; resident weeks are protected by the calendar, not the season.
Kāpaʻa–Līhuʻe and the near corridors as base; Princeville and Poʻipū carry the $50–$75 shore surcharge; far-North households past Hanalei are quoted at inquiry with the 72-hour bridge notice.
Keep reading
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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.