Hawaiʻi Island · Private Chef & Private Dining
Elevated island cuisine by Chef Dayne Tanabe — cooked in your kitchen, served at your table, built entirely around the people you’re feeding.
Why Chef Dayne
Chef Dayne Tanabe spent nearly two decades as Chef de Cuisine at Hilton Waikoloa Village, responsible for all nine of its restaurants. He trained through Hilton in New York, Florida, San Diego, Los Angeles, Honolulu and Fukuoka, Japan — then brought that standard home to Hawaiʻi Island and made it personal.
18
years
Chef de Cuisine at Hilton Waikoloa Village, overseeing all 9 restaurants
2×
first place
Judges' and People's Choice winner, Hawaiʻi Kuauli Taste of Pacific & Asia Festival 2022
6
cities
Trained through Hilton in New York, Florida, San Diego, Los Angeles, Honolulu and Fukuoka, Japan
2018
founded
DYNE born as a mobile pop-up concept rooted in feeding the community
The Experiences
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An intimate chef-driven dinner brought directly to your table.
Chef Dayne cooks in your kitchen — a vacation rental in Kona, a home on the Kohala Coast, a villa on the water. Menus are built entirely around your table: what you love, what's in season, what the fishermen and farmers brought in that week.
02
Elevated food and hospitality for celebrations and gatherings.
Small upscale catered events are DYNE's specialty — weddings, receptions, cocktail parties, corporate lunches and milestone celebrations. Large or small, the food is prepared with fresh, locally sourced ingredients and served with the polish of a resort kitchen.
03
A communal Filipino feast built around food, family and connection.
Kamayan means "to eat with your hands." A long table is lined with banana leaves and covered end to end — rice, grilled fish, lechon, prawns, lumpia, fresh fruit. It isn't limited to Filipino dishes; the spread is customized to your preference. No plates, no formality, just everyone leaning in together.
04
Hands-on classes and culinary experiences with Chef Dayne.
Chef Dayne loves teaching almost as much as cooking. An intimate class for two, or a larger session with friends and family — you cook alongside him, learn the technique behind the dish, then sit down and eat what you made together.
Also from DYNE
Customized, flavor-packed meals for clients who want convenience without abandoning their diet or restrictions. Available for delivery and pick up.
DYNE Pop-Ups is a mobile restaurant serving local street food in different communities around the island. Follow along on Instagram for upcoming locations.
Meet Chef Dayne
Dayne Tanabe grew up on Oʻahu and trained at the Culinary Institute of the Pacific at Kapiʻolani, graduating in Culinary Arts, Patisserie Arts and Liberal Arts — then added a Bachelor of Science in Travel Industry Management from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
He has worked sushi counters and sous chef lines across Oʻahu, cooked at festivals from the Hawaiʻi Food & Wine Festival to Taste of the Hawaiian Range, and taken first place in both the judges’ and people’s choice competitions at the 2022 Hawaiʻi Kuauli Taste of Pacific & Asia Festival — donating the winnings to four culinary non-profits.
“Food always tastes better with family.”
The Food
Every menu begins with what’s good right now — fish landed that day, produce from island farms, technique from eighteen years of resort kitchens.
The DYNE Experience
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Date, location, guest count, occasion and the vision you have in mind.
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DYNE works with you to shape the right culinary experience — menu, format, flow and investment.
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Chef Dayne and the team arrive, cook, serve and bring the whole evening to life.
Guests
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Read reviews on GoogleReserve Chef Dayne
Private dinners. Celebrations. Gatherings centered around exceptional food.
