Honolulu Personal Chef & Catering Menus

Sample Menu

If you can imagine it, we can make it!

Seasonal Menu Offering for Winter 2026

Our Menus are seasonal and custom-tailored to your personal taste and dietary requirements. Menu changes often. Here is a sample of our current offerings to get your tastebuds excited. A typical venue starts with a passed appetizer(s), Soup or Salad (or a combination of both), an intermezzo, entrée with starch and vegetables, dinner rolls and appropriate sauces and your choice of dessert.

Starters

Asian Dumplings

Pork, shrimp, lobster or Chinese vegetables, soy dipping sauce

New Style Sashimi

Fresh Island tuna, shaved garlic, Serrano chili, cilantro and ponzu sauce

Polenta Crisps

Garlic aioli, tomato jam, pickled red onions, baby herbs

Asparagus and Prosciutto

Boursin spread, Italian ham, baby asparagus, grilled and served with reduced balsamic and virgin olive oil

New Style Sashimi

Fresh Island Ahi or Kampachi thinly sliced and brushed with garlic scented olive oil, sliced Serrano chilies, cilantro and lime juice with honey and oak aged soy sauce

Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus

Parma ham wrapped asparagus layered with Boursin cheese, grilled then glazed with aged balsamic vinegar and finished with truffle salt

Brandade of Island Fish

Garlic and olive oil pureed snapper or cod with Yukon gold potatoes, leeks and shallots blended with creamy aioli and served with olive oil fried sour dough crostini

* Oysters and Sorbet

Freshly shucked Pacific Northwest oysters served chilled with sweet red wine vinegar "Mignonette" sorbet

Soups & Salads

Soups

Tuscan White Bean with Truffle Soup

Vegetable stock, tender Cannellini beans, white truffle cream

Artichoke, Leek and Potato Cappuccino

Served in a cappuccino cup, crispy artichoke

Chilled Gazpacho

Winter tomatoes, peppers, onion, celery, lemon juice, topped with pickled onions

Roasted Wild Mushroom Soup

Mushroom stock, wild mushrooms, shallots, leeks and potatoes

Roasted Beet Soup (hot or chilled)

Organic Waimea beets, vegetarian stock, served with truffle crème fraiche, chopped chervil

and candied shallots

Chilled Waimea Tomato Gazpacho Soup

Served with roasted pepper and chili relish, cilantro oil and Keawe smoked sea salt

Lemon Grass and Coconut Soup

Sweet coconut milk, red Thai curry, kaffir lime and lemon grass with shrimp and chicken, basil,

cilantro and mint

Won Ton Soup

Rich pork broth with Chinese 5 spice, bite size pork filled won tons, crushed peanuts

and fresh cilantro sprigs

Salads

Burrata and Baby Tomatoes

Hand made Burrata, assorted baby tomatoes, fresh herbs, crostinicilantro and mint

Roasted Beets, Feta and Arugula

Assorted organic beets, arugula, kale, tomatoes and organic Greek feta

Ceasar Salad

Baby romaine lettuce, fried garlic croutons, Parmesan cheese and a bold garlic dressing

Kachumber Salad

A refreshing blend of cucumber, tomato, mint, basil, cilantro, honey and lemon

Fried Goat Cheese Salad

Baby greens, radish, tomato, Macadamia nut crusted goat cheese with Lilikoi vinaigrette

Gorgonzola Wedge

Crisp butter lettuce or red oak salad, grated egg, sweet and spicy bacon, baby tomatoes,

Gorgonzola-basil dressing

Organic Kale, Cranberry and Walnut

Chopped kale salad with turned carrots, dried cranberries, toasted walnuts and white balsamic vinaigrette

Harvest Mushroom Salad

Grilled organic island grown mushrooms, sweet corn, pickled onions and baby greens,

feta cheese with pine nut dressing

Entree’s

Pan Roasted Silkie Chicken Breas

Pan jus, roasted cremini mushroom risotto and baby onions

Charred Striploin

Pepper crusted and dry aged New York cut, cast iron seared, red wine jus

Steak Christian

Roasted tenderloin, butter poached lobster, Parsnip puree, Port essence

Island Fish

Various preparations with the freshest fish available at the fish market

Eggplant Cannelloni

Thinly slice and grilled eggplant rolls filled with Ricotta, spinach and ground beef baked in oven roasted tomato and creamy cheese sauce

Red Wine Braised Short Ribs

Slow braised Prime Angus beef ribs simmered in red wine and Port, veal reduction stock, pork belly, fresh herbs, mushrooms and pearl onions, crushed toasted pepper corns

Roasted Maple Glazed Turkey

Whole organic turkey, slow roasted and glazed with sweet maple syrup and orange liquor, served with pecan-giblet stuffing, cranberry relish, and brown maple gravy

Chicken in Red Wine Sauce

Organic chicken quarters braised in red wine with bacon, mushrooms and pearl onions served with puffed potatoes and red wine sauce

Deserts

Classic Chocolate Mousse

Swiss chocolate, fresh cream, local farmed eggs, served with crisp cookie twill

Marinated Berries with Mascarpone

Kula strawberries or raspberries in cane sugar and balsamic reduction blended with chocolate and served with Mascarpone cream

Reconstructed Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Genoise cake, caramelized white pineapple, rum syrup

Trio Tasting Plate

Something creamy, something crisp and something chocolate- a trio of tastings

Dairy Free Sorbet or Ice Creams

There is always room for a cool and refreshing tropical flavor served with island style cookies

Please note: Menus are designed to be the same four-course offering for all guests. We can tailor certain aspects of our offerings to accommodate dietary requirements or restrictions and make some substitutions provided the majority of guests consume the same menu. Substitutions may incur additional charges.

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