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Chef versus restaurant: the honest math.
For two people, the restaurant usually wins. Somewhere around six, the math turns. Here is the arithmetic, honestly done.
The group-of-six comparison
Six at a top Honolulu dining room: $150–$200 a head before wine, plus marked-up bottles, two rideshares, and a table that turns at nine. Six at home on the Signature band: $125–$190 a guest, your own wine at retail, no turn time, and the conversation never competes with the next table.
What the chef version adds
A menu written for your table, dietary protocols handled by design, and a kitchen left clean. What it does not add: a view you do not already have, and a sommelier — though the bar cart covers the pouring.
Keep reading
- guide Private versus personal: which one you need.
- guide Direct hire versus the network.
- guide The guides.
- guide How it works.
- guide How to hire a private chef.
- guide The kitchen question.
- guide The COI and the freight elevator.
- guide Signature dinners: food in the band. Stay Chef: groceries at cost.
Get a written quote
The button is not “Book now.” You tell us the table; we send a written quote — and that quote is the confirmed total.