Signature $150–$225 · Stay Chef from $950/day · Date Night from $550
Rate card →
PUBLISHED PRICES — HAWAIʻI ISLAND
The rate card.
Every number on this page is published policy. The written quote you receive is built from these lines — and that quote is the confirmed total, never a chat estimate.
Rate ledger
ENTRY — UNDER SIGNATURE
FROM $110/GUEST
SIGNATURE — THE VILLA DINNER
$150–$225/GUEST
PREMIUM
$190–$275/GUEST
CHEF'S TABLE
$275–$400+/GUEST
DATE NIGHT
FROM $550
STAY CHEF
FROM $950/DAY
WEDDING WEEK
FROM $150/GUEST + STAFFING
PACKAGED BAR CART
FROM $725/4HR
SERVER
$55/HR
SOUS CHEF
$75/HR
STAFFING FLOOR
4-HR MINIMUM
TRAVEL OUTSIDE KONA–KOHALA
FROM $75
EAST SIDE — HILO · VOLCANO · WAIMEA
QUOTED
ILLUSTRATIVE MATH ON PUBLISHED RATES
2 GUESTS
SIGNATURE $300–$450
ENTRY FROM $220
Date Night fixed from $550 usually wins at two
4 GUESTS
SIGNATURE $600–$900
ENTRY FROM $440
8 GUESTS
SIGNATURE $1,200–$1,800
ENTRY FROM $880
12 GUESTS
SIGNATURE $1,800–$2,700
ENTRY FROM $1,320
Staffing lines add from here
INSIDE THE BAND
- Menu design
- Same-day shopping
- Cooking
- Table service
- Cleanup
- Groceries
SEPARATE LINES
- Staffing hourlys — $55 / $75, 4-hr floor
- Bar cart — from $725/4hr
- Travel outside Kona–Kohala — from $75
- East side — quoted in writing
- Rentals at cost
WHAT MOVES THE PRICE
Guest count, menu ambition, the date (December–March and Ironman week compress first), crew size, and Hawaiʻi grocery prices — roughly 31–53% above mainland. The band absorbs the grocery market; the quote fixes the rest.
THE COMPARISON LINE
Resort and venue caterers on this island run 23–25% service charges and F&B minimums of $7,500–$15,000 per event. Our service charge is 20%, on its own line, where you can audit it.
The quantified comparison →
ESTIMATE ONLY — THE WRITTEN QUOTE IS THE CONFIRMED TOTAL
Run your own arithmetic on the card, or send the six steps and get the number in writing.
The fee stack, itemized
- 20% service charge, always on its own line
- Hawaiʻi GET up to 4.7120%, on its own line (valid through 12/31/2030)
- 50% deposit locks the date — only after you have seen the numbers
- Gratuity is always voluntary
- Stay Chef groceries at cost with merchant receipts (zero retail markup)
The east side is its own quote.
Hilo, Volcano, Waimea — real service, honestly priced. The island is 4,028 square miles; Kona to Hilo is 2.5–3 hours over the Saddle. East-side engagements are quoted in writing with the crew logistics stated as a line you can read. We would rather publish that than bury it.
Pricing questions.
Yes. Per-guest band, staffing hourlys, travel line, 20% service charge, GET up to 4.7120% — every line that can appear on an invoice appears on this page first. The written quote assembled from them is the confirmed total.
Kona to Hilo is 2.5–3 hours over the Saddle. A flat surcharge would overcharge Waimea and underprice Volcano, so east-side work is priced per engagement — in writing, with the crew logistics stated as a readable line.
Inside the per-guest band for dinners, yes — Hawaiʻi grocery prices run roughly 31–53% above the mainland and the band absorbs that. Stay Chef weeks bill groceries at cost with receipts.
50%, and only after you have seen the written quote. The deposit locks the date; the quote is the confirmed total it commits you to.
QUOTE — SIX STEPS, TWO MINUTES
The estimate is arithmetic. The quote is the number.
We quote east-side service in writing because the island is big and permits are per-island. That is the whole reason.
The fee stack, itemized
- 20% service charge, always on its own line
- Hawaiʻi GET up to 4.7120%, on its own line (valid through 12/31/2030)
- 50% deposit locks the date — only after you have seen the numbers
- Gratuity is always voluntary
- Stay Chef groceries at cost with merchant receipts (zero retail markup)