William Morin helps chefs, aspiring chefs and culinary professionals how to accelerate their careers by getting them their first high paying catering client. MorinHospitality.com/
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Hello! What if the catering is for a Farmers Market, so they pay for the food from them own products and also some helpers for prep and service. So I just need to send a quotation for me organizing it and getting it done? Of course I will also prep, etc. They will charge $65 p/p and it will be for 100 pax. How can I calculate how much to charge for that? Thanks in advance!
Hello Rodo, that's a unique situation and requires a unique pricing structure. I think you may want to first cost out the event as if you were going to purchase all of the food and pay all of the staff and yourself. Then I would come up with a price based on that cost. Next, I would probably back out all of the food that you're going to be using for "free" from the farmers and back out the Free Labor that you're getting and figure out a cost per person or a flat rate cost that you would like to charge them that would make you happy to get out of bed in the morning and put in the work to do this event.
@@cateringbusiness Thanks a lot for your answer it makes a lot of sense. Specially the last part of making sure you make a deal that will make you waking up at the next day knowing that it was worth the energy we put on it. Thanks again and have a good day!
@@neideandrade28 industry average food cost % is generally 25%. So multiplying the cost of food x4 will give you a selling price if you desire a 25% food cost precent
It's never happen in my life. They don't need to know you're cost for the event just like you dont need to know Walmarts cost for something you bought from them. If you're referring to an itemized bill, you can provide an itemized menu to them with itemized pricing PER PERSON (or Tray). But, they don't need to know that you're food cost is 25% of the sales price. I saw a funny Twitter post about this once. From a plumber, it was a screenshot of the conversation. The client wanted a cost breakdown and the plumbers response was, "Sure, $2800 to do the job and $0 to not." Catering is a luxury service, your better off suggesting penny pinchers to order from the pizza sub shop or grocery deli if they are being cheap.
Thank you. If there is anything else you would like me to talk about please let me know. RU-vid wants constant content to keep my channel relevant, but I just like to post a few quality podcasts. I'd love to hear your ideas.
Loving your content. This video in particular is way beyond me for the moment but since it's the newest (I believe), I had some questions! How do I get your free templates and how much is included with your $40 flat fee for lifelong access to your tools? I aspire to be a catering business owner by early next year. I've waited tables in high end restaurants off and on for years and just thrive in this industry. I have no technical cooking training but cook constantly and really believe I have a lot to offer to the people in my community. I believe I can achieve this by using your no nonsense type methods - they are simple for both myself and the prospects! I look forward to learning more each day! Matthew Omaha, NE
oMG Dude! This video really helped! Ive been spending on instagram ads to get the word of my drink catering business out there. After searching "how to get your first catering job" on RU-vid, your video came up. i watched it & im trying out the Thumbtack app rn. thanks for the video! 🤙
@@cateringbusiness 😂 yah my drink business is called 818Exotic Drinks.. I Cater as a Mobile Bartender. Btw the app does require you to pay a rough amount ($65-$100) for your catering page to appear for when people are doing a search. It says they don’t actually charge u until u get ur 1st lead
