Private chef in Honolulu
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Hire a private chef in Honolulu
Hawaiian cuisine is a testimony to the archipelago's history and heritage. It mixes Asian influences, fresh seafood from the Northern Pacific, and a wide variety of tropical fruits that give dishes a unique touch of flavor. Let our personal chefs in Honolulu design a personalized menu that reflects the best of what Hawaii has to offer.
Our 85 personal chefs in Honolulu will craft a customized menu for you with no commitment! For just a fraction of what you'd pay for a restaurant reservation, you can have an intimate experience with your family and friends at home. The chef of your choice will serve the food and clean all cooking spaces before they leave.
After you submit your request, our best personal chefs in Honolulu, HI, will send three unique menu proposals for your event. You can modify them to the last detail while chatting with our chefs. Visit their profiles, check their galleries, and find the one that suits your needs!












How it works
Submit your request
Let us know about your event, including preferred cuisine, date, and budget. No strings attached!
Create your menu
Create your ideal meal: type of cuisine, number of guests, and any dietary restrictions.
Meet our chefs
Get to know our personal chefs in Honolulu, their talents, and what they can do for you.
Book your chef
With the best chef and menu combo, you can finish your booking and mark your calendar!
Live the experience
Send out the invitations and put up your decorations; your private chef experience is here.
Hire a chef
Chat with our private chefs and design your experience
85 personal chefs in Honolulu
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Join over 7,100 guests who have experienced our personal chef services
4.53 Chef
Guests like you have graded our private chefs in Honolulu with a 4.53.
4.8 Food quality
Private chefs in Honolulu have earned a 4.8 for their menus.
4.63 Presentation
Take photos of your dishes! Dish presentation by our chefs scored 4.63.
4.9 Cleanup
With a focus on tidiness, post-event cleanup by our chefs earned a 4.9.
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1,819 menus customized by our chefs in Honolulu
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Ahi crudo with watercress, snow peas and pickled shallot
Gochujang prawns with fried leek and scallions
Coconut shrimp with creamy chili sauce and lime
Hokkaido scallop with yuzu and sake butter
Grilled kanpachi with pineapple salsa and furikake rice
Grilled mahi mahi with white wine, coconut sauce and watercress
Lilikoi pana cotta
Mango sorbet with coconut cream and macadamia
Tropical fruit salad with pineapple, banana and papaya
Soft scrambled eggs on sourdough toast
Yogurt with homemade coconut granola
Mahi mahi fish tacos with cabbage slaw and mango pico de gallo
Kimchi fried rice with summer veggies and spam
Baby gem caesar salad with homemade croutons and katsu chicken
Fresh ahi poke bowl with all the fixings
Pineapple shoyu chicken with furikake rice and cucumber salad
Hawaiian short ribs with ginger and pineapple
Spaghetti and meatballs with fresh basil and garlic bread
Mango sorbet with coconut cream and macadamia
Manoa chocolate brownie
Green papaya salad with peanuts and thai basil
Chilled avocado soup with pineapple, cucumber and ginger
Cucumber salad with smashed garlic and ginger
Baby gem caesar salad with homemade croutons and parm
Lemon and eggplant risotto
Leek and coconut fritters with mango pico de gallo
Gochujang prawns with fried leek and scallions
Coconut shrimp with creamy chili sauce and lime
Sirloin steak with hawaiian sweet potato and chimichurri
Pineapple shoyu chicken with furikake rice
Grilled mahi mahi with garlic herb sauce and crispy shallots
Hawaiian short ribs with ginger and pineapple
Clam linguine with white wine sauce
Kona coffee affogato
Lilikoi pana cotta
Flourless chocolate cake with coconut and macadamia
Bananas foster hawaii style
Maui onion & big island goat cheese flatbread - caramelized maui sweet onion, shaved goat cheese, and french brie flat bread with a mix of hawaiian grown fungi and finished with truffle pat’e (feel free to create your own t
Asian style lettuce cups - hosin chinese plum paste with ground poultry fresh hawaiian ginger spring onions garlic sauteed in spicy sesame oil then tossed with crisp fuji apple slices serve with an array of leaf lett
Hawaiian style sticky ribs - grilled baby back ribs with a spicy hawaiian honey bbq sauce served island grown watermelon cucumber salad
Ahi crudo - fresh sliced ahi with hawaiian lemon juice rice wine broken vinaigrette chilli pepper oil, shaved mau onion, radish with garlic flower and sea asparagus
Coconut shrimp - kahuku prawns lightly breaded with shaved hawaiian coconut and fried to a golden brown with hawaiian pineapple sweet and sour sauce
Karaage japanese style chicken with pickle vegetable - soy and hawaiian ginger marinated chicken lightly breaded fried golden brown tossed in sweet soy served with namasu style /pickled carrot radishes, onions and cucumber
Poke sampler - ahi tuna shoyu poke with shaved green & white onions, spicy ahi tuna with a chili paste garlic aioli, hawaiian style with ahi, salt, limu se
Dried mango & bing cherry chicken salad - dried mango & bing cherries tossed with a mix of leaf lettuces, toasted macadamia nuts, shaved pickled daikon and maui onions dressed with fresh orange and rice wine vinaigrette
Arugula & apple salad - a mix of baby arugula, romaine leaves sliced apples, chopped candied mac-nuts, crumbled blue cheese, shaved pickled spanish red onions, crip bacon tossed with apple cider poppy seed vinaigrette
Pineapple mix baby greens - chopped chimichurri charred tofu baby mixed greens dried pineapple crumbled goat cheese white onions with japanese island grown cucumber chopped pecans lathered with white miso hawaiian cane sugar champagne vinegar dressing
Hawaiian house salad - leafy greens baby big island heirloom tomatoes cucumbers carrots maui onions and daikon radish fresh island sun dried papaya chopped mac-nutradish sprouts with hawaiian sweet bread croutons tossed with papaya seed dressing
Caesar salad - fresh baby hearts of romaine lightly lathered with a puree of lemon, garlic, cracked pepper corn, smoked ahi, champagne vinegar and extra virgin olive oil dusted with romano cheese garnished with lemon crostini and seared ahi tuna carpaccio
Aloha surf & turf - oven-roasted maui onion crusted filet of beef placed on top of creamy chive mashed potatoes and sauteed summer squash along with a roasted lobster tail and a pineapple vine ripened tomato herb buerre blanc
Thai ahi - pan-seared ahi with sauteed green beans and hawaiian ginger is placed on top of a bed of jasmine rice with a thai coconut yellow curry buerre blanc, sweet thai basil puree, and chili sauce drizzle
Ahi tuna - pan seared tuna with a chinese mustard buerre blanc sweet spicy soy reduction, steamed snow peas and sesame perfumed hapa rice with ginger green pea puree
Ginger-crusted mahi mahi - hawaiian ginger crusted mahi-mahi placed on a bed of wok vegetable stir fry and toasted coconut sticky rice accompanied with roasted carrot coconut curry
Crispy island snapper - pan seared crispy skin opakapaka with chopped country corn, pickled onion cucumber relish, green charred broccoli florets, cilantro garlic rice with a sesame citrus beurre blanc butt
Pan roasted hawaiian ono - fresh hawaiian ono pan roasted and lightly glazed with tangy sugar cane fermented chilli pepper pineapple reduction served with saute of ginger, s
Grilled miso opah - grilled miso butter moon fish with a warm kabocha pumpkin puree and ginger sesame garlic chilli sauce fried rice
Asian pesto opah - chinese parsley pesto crusted opah pan seared with kauai honey caramelized onion veloute wailua asparagus and butter nut squash burnt leek hash
Barbequed salmon - tangy tomato, pineapple smoked chili pepper, barbecued over grilled salmon filet with hawaiian sweet corn, green bean, red pepper succotash and roasted garlic mixed herb smashed petite baked potatoes
Honey mustard salmon - lightly lathered salmon with hawaiian honey bee honey and english mustard curd, fresh rosemary oven roasted potatoes, and grilled cauliflower
Steamed island snapper - pacific snapper chinese ginger style steamed fish with julienne zucchini hawaiian ginger toasted garlic noodles and a sesame citrus glaze and edamame puree
Coconut crusted shrimp - jumbo north shore prawns lightly coated in coconut flake and japanese bread crumbs sautéed then drizzled with a pureed pineapple reduction glaze sauteed green beans with baby eggplant and mac-nut haupia sticky rice
Spiny lobster - butter poached lobster tail lightly grilled served on a bed of angel hair pasta with primavera vegetables and fresh thyme garlic bread crumb shaved parmasean
Grilled new york - new york strip grilled with roasted tomato demi set on top of grilled asparagus yellow summer squash, snap peas, and rosemary yukon potato sweet corn puree
Pan seared beef or pork tenderloin - seared beef tenderloin with spicy mango chutney, roasted fingerling potatoes, beef au jus, and saute of root vegetable in a grass fed brown butter
Rack of lamb - hoisin rubbed rack of lamb grilled with sautéed green kale and a hawaiian sweet potato puree and hoisin plum demi
Huli huli chicken - local farm raised chicken slow grilled, steamed taro puree braised cabbage, caramelized onions, shitake mushrooms soy glazed placed on a bed of steamed brown rice
Grilled lemongrass - marinated breast of chicken with chop sui vegetable and stir-fried rice noodles tossed in tangerine tumeric vinaigrette
Chocolate lava cake - a devilish amount of chocolate with haupia ice cream kona coffee creamed warm chocolate fondue, espresso dust, and macadamia nut caramel sauce
Fuji apple & banana crepe - a light, thin vanilla and wheat crepe, wrapped around a flambé of cinnamon scented apples and bab bananas, with toasted coconut frozen yogurt
Green tea creme - green tea infused fresh custard with vanilla dust and caramelized sugar
Strawberry pineapple short cake - fresh summer-time strawberries tossed with golden pineapple, maui brown sugar, moscato wine served on pound cake and whipped cream
Haupia cheesecake - creamy cheesecake with ginger snap and gram cracker crust and a pineapple compote
Banana wontons - island banana brown sugar nutmeg nestled in a wonton dough lightly fried and dusted with powdered sugar fresh caramel and hawaiian vanilla bean ice cream
House sourdough baguette: black garlic butter, pineapple and tea preserve
Grilled romaine, truffle vinaigrette, salted dry aged black angus tenderloin and parmesan crisp
Hamachi pizza, pickled watermelon rind, crispy onions, micro greens
Chicken balloutine, cognac and mushroom au poivre, potato purée
Ny style cheesecake, huckleberry coulis, fresh blueberries
Cucumber, tomato, red onion, feta cheese and mint salad
Prime rib, bearnaise sauce, potato fondant, haricoverts
Elderflower cake, chantilly crème, raspberry purée
House sourdough baguette: black garlic butter, pineapple and tea preserve
Blueberry cured salmon and lemon whipped crème fraiche, rye tuile and dehydrated pickles
24hr smoked parsley root, celery root purée, fried carrot rings, pickled berries, chives
Bison chuck: sous vide bison, red pepper and sweet potato hash, root beer gastrique, chervil pesto, fried capers
Morel and venison vol au vent: puff pastry, elk filet, morel mushrooms, cream, parmesan, parsley oil
Peaches and cream bread pudding: croissants, preserved peaches, peach pearls, chantilly crème, vanilla cream syrup
Shrimp savor the succulent kauai shrimp, smothered in a fragrant and spicy green curry sauce
Starter refreshing and light cucumber salad with fresh herbs and crunchy crushed peanuts
Entree enjoy the aromatic and flavorful lemongrass beef with crispy garlic and shallots or roast pork belly paired with fluffy sticky rice and tender steamed bok choy
Dessert delight in the sweet and luscious coconut banana custard cake topped with caramelized bananas and toasted coconut
Design your menu
Experience the freedom of creating a menu to fit your taste without any restrictions. Our Honolulu personal chefs can create a unique menu for you and your guests for a fraction of the price of a restaurant bill.








Frequently asked questions
Find below the most often-asked questions about our private chef services in Honolulu.
What does a personal chef service in Honolulu include?
Booking a private chef service in Honolulu includes everything from personalizing a sample menu you can customize to a post-meal cleanup of all cooking spaces. Grocery shopping, cooking on-site, and serving at your table are all included with your purchase. Our chefs might prepare a mise en place before arriving to have a seamless cooking experience. Keep in mind that tableware and glassware are not part of the package, and tipping is at your discretion.
How much does a private chef service cost in Honolulu?
The cost of hiring a personal chef in Honolulu can vary due to group size. For groups of 13 guests or more, the average price is 140 USD per person; for groups of 7 to 12 people is 110 USD per guest; for 3 to 6 people groups average rate is 120 USD per person, and for a two-person experience, the price is 149 USD each. Prices may also vary based on season, location, or last-minute bookings.
How can I hire a private chef in Honolulu?
To hire a personal chef in Honolulu, just choose a date, specify the guest count, and share with us your food preferences, plus a few details about your kitchen. Within a few hours, you'll get three personalized menus from our private chefs and access to their profiles, reviews, and dish galleries. Once your booking is complete with your payment, your chef's contact details will be emailed to you.
How can I find a private chef in Honolulu?
If you're looking for a private chef in Honolulu, HI, we have 85 professionals available for your special occasions. Submit your request to connect with our chefs and find the perfect match for the experience you have in mind. The top 3 local chefs available on your chosen date will send you their menu proposals within hours. Before hiring, take a moment to visit their profiles and galleries. Choose the chef who best suits your needs.
Is there a maximum number of guests for a private chef experience in Honolulu?
No, there isn't a maximum guest count for a private chef experience. However, they are normally hired for intimate gatherings with friends or family in homes with limited cooking and sitting space. While there's no set limit, guest counts usually don't exceed 15 people.
Does the private chef cook at my house?
Yes. On the day of your service, the personal chef of your choice will purchase fresh ingredients and cook the menu you crafted in your home. Depending on the complexity of the menu or the compatibility of your kitchenware, your private chef may prepare a mise en place before arriving for a more efficient cooking experience.
Can I cook along with the personal chef?
Absolutely! We highly recommend you take that chance. Join your chef and learn new cooking tricks directly from an expert, or find new ways to enjoy food by watching their passion and hearing about their journey.
Are the ingredients for a private chef service fresh?
Fresh ingredients are one of the main priorities of professional cooking. Each one of our private chefs in Honolulu is committed to providing you with the same food quality and service standards you'd get at the best restaurants but with the advantage of personalized treatment for a fraction of the price. Hire a private sushi chef in Honolulu to roll the freshest ingredients into a tasty omakase or a BBQ chef to grill the perfect luau pork.
Are drinks included in a private chef service?
Drinks are not included in your experience by default. However, you can always reach an agreement with your chef to add them as an "extra" in your service.
How much should I tip a private chef in Honolulu?
You're totally free to decide how much to tip your personal chef for their service. On average, based on the tips of 7,198 guests in Honolulu, tips are 14.72% of the total bill.
Key information about private chefs in Honolulu
Here are some details about our private chef service in Honolulu.
Our Honolulu personal chefs have an average age of 43, that's a lot of experience!
Women make 45% of our chefs in Honolulu.
Just 6 hours to get your first menu proposals.
Our first private chef experience in Honolulu was served on 2017-11-09.
21.6% of our personal chef services in Honolulu include kids.
One single guest has requested the same chef in Honolulu 18 times.
Requests for private chef services have increased by 28% in the last 12 months.
Our personal chefs can communicate with you in up to 6 languages.
60.6% of our guests hire a private chef in Honolulu for more than one service.
When it comes to multi-service bookings, guests hire a chef for 8 days on average.
831 pictures of Honolulu chef services have been uploaded to our site.
On average, it takes 2 days from requesting to booking a private chef.
How much does a private chef cost in Honolulu?
The number of guests of your event influences the cost of your private chef experience. On average:
- 13 or more people bookings go for 140 USD
- 7 to 12 people bookings go for 110 USD
- 3 to 6 people bookings go for 120 USD
- 2 people bookings go for 149 USD
In addition to guest count, seasonality can also modify the cost of your chef service in Honolulu. Check the chart above for a detailed view of month-to-month price fluctuation.
How many private chefs are booked in Honolulu each month?
Location and seasonality are significant factors in the number of monthly chef reservations; this makes costs to fluctuate. The table above follows bookings in Honolulu month-to-month.
You can hire a private chef in Honolulu weeks, months, and even years before your special occasion. Any time of year is perfect for the comfort and service one of our chefs brings to your table. Please note that last-minute bookings can come at a higher price.
What is the most reserved type of cuisine in Honolulu?
Our main six types of cuisine in Honolulu are: French, Latin American, Japanese, Mediterranean, Italian, Mexican // However, the most requested in Honolulu are the exciting Chef's special cuisine menus! Let our chefs design a menu just for you!
Our personal chefs personalize menus to meet your dietary needs and offer fresh culinary alternatives for you. Submit your request to experience the unique creations our chefs can create for you.

Welcome a personal chef into your kitchen
Experience Honolulu's traditional food scene without leaving your home or rental. Our private chefs blend local practices with global techniques, creating unique dining experiences.
Educated in top schools and Hawaii's best kitchens, they offer a wide range of options, from typical poi and kalua pig to more cosmopolitan and creative dishes. Chef services are perfect for a private romantic dinner in Honolulu, family reunions by the beach, or formal company parties.
Your chosen chef will source fresh, local ingredients, prepare a bespoke menu in your kitchen, and serve each course with a professional touch. They'll even cleanup once the feast is done.

Honolulu's top chefs at your service
With 85 personal chefs in Honolulu, we are sure you can find one with the specialties you need to make your dream meal a reality. Is your event a formal celebration? Hire a chef with a close background. Is your guest count high? Ask your chef what they can do with your budget.
Birthday parties, family reunions, and even holiday celebrations are perfect opportunities to treat yourself and your guests to the private chef experience.

An authentic Hawaiian culinary experience
A cooking experience like that of a private chef in Honolulu is not something you forget quickly. With local chefs either born and raised in the archipelago or with a longstanding presence in Honolulu's cooking scene, you have access to the real cuisine of the island with your personal touch! Take celebrations one step further and treat your guests to ono grinds made with locally sourced ingredients.






Find the perfect chef for your event
Each of our personal chefs in Honolulu has a unique combination of background and professional culinary training, plus years of experience in diverse restaurants. Find out how their particular profiles fit your needs and what each of them can add to a triditional Hawaiian culinary service. Tell us about your event in Honolulu, and connect with the best chefs who will customize every detail of your experience.









