Birthday party catering, quoted in minutes

Forty guests in somebody's garden on a Saturday afternoon. Worth having, impossible to spend an hour quoting. The whole job is to make the small enquiry cheap to answer.

Updated October 8, 2026
A party menu drawn from the recipe library and costed per head.

Small jobs die of admin

A 40-cover party at $110 a head is a real booking. Spend an hour on the proposal and it stops being one. Most caterers answer these late, briefly, or not at all — and the client books whoever replied properly.

What it takes off you

  • The enquiry is captured as it arrives, with date, headcount, venue and dietary notes.
  • A menu drafts from your own recipes, scaled to forty, costed per head.
  • The quote goes out readable — dishes and descriptions, never your quantities or costs.
  • One confirmation raises the shopping list, the prep tasks and the invoice.

Drop-off or served

Both are normal here. A drop-off raises delivery and setup tasks against the drop time; a served party rosters the crew as well. The difference is on the event, not in a separate workflow you have to remember.

Questions people ask

Is it worth it for small parties?

That is the case it is built for — a small enquiry has to be cheap to answer, which means the menu drafts and costs itself rather than taking an evening.

Does it handle drop-off as well as served events?

Yes. Service style sits on the event and decides which tasks and crew it raises.

Ten minutes gets a real event in — your menu, your prices, a quote you could send. The 14-day trial takes no credit card.

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