Finding out what you are going to offer and where you are going to purchase your food and how to accept payments.

What you'll learn

Identify where to purchase food and equipment for their catering venture.

How to "purchase" catering equipment with no upfront capital.

How to leverage the network you have already built professionally.

Identifying what your strengths are in culinary arts and focusing on those.

How to accept payments and get the most money out of events.

Defining you service offering to begin marketing yourself as a professional caterer.

Requirements

No hospitality business experience is required. This course is for anyone trying to breakout into the industry or to polish their existing operation and service offering.

Description

This section of the course is the first paid module of the program. In this course I will hold your and every step of the way to discovering solutions to the most pressing issues of starting a catering business. How will you find the food you need to purchase? Where will you get the catering equipment? How can you afford all of this? All of this is covered in the first lecture.The second lecture will teach you to drill down on what your core strengths are so you can effectively define what you can offer to your potential customers and avoid a nightmare scenario that you land a job that you are not able to perform.The third lecture outlines how you will be able to take payment of the events and also what technology and software you may want to utilize before launching your business. The final lecture will help you understand your customers and how to better serve them and target them. This module is incredibly important and will leave you feeling more comfortable with your daring decision to start your own catering business.Chef William Morin prides himself in delivering his clients the best possible business growing strategies available on the marketplace. He is a New England native and no stranger to the hospitality industry. From high school culinary classes, studying abroad in Italy, to heading up multi-million dollar restaurants. "Billy" is accomplished in the industry.Celebrity Chef New Hampshire states:"...our next Celebrity Chef, William Morin! Born and raised in Salem, William was bit by the cooking bug early at the age of 14, working as a bus boy in a local diner. After four years of bussing tables and eventually working the line at the diner throughout high school, William was accepted into the country’s most prestigious culinary school, the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York."Billy has been; featured in various New England publications, a Thumbtack Top Pro, teaching Culinary Arts classes and featured in public speaking events.Billy's hobby, digital marketing, eventually merged with his Culinary passion and he gave birth to The Morin Hospitality Group. A company dedicated to helping businesses realize their untapped potential in the digital space.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Procurement Network

Lecture 2 Procurement Network

Section 3: Circle Of Competence

Lecture 3 Circle Of Competence

Section 4: Payments And Software

Lecture 4 Payments and Software

Section 5: Service Offer Target

Lecture 5 Service Offer Target

Aspiring home catering business owners.,Line cooks and Chefs.,Culinary Students or Hobby Culinarians that want to begin their own catering business.,Hospitality professionals and business owners who wish to make their menu items more profitable.,Hospitality professionals and business owners who want to launch and expand a catering business segment or banquet business segment.