From pricing your services to honing your food presentation skills, this comprehensive guide provides a wealth of information about building a home-based catering business.
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Customer Rating: Summary: Okay but not exactly what I was looking for Comment: I was interested in starting a part time catering business out of my home. Meaning part-time, cooking in my home. This book was very thorough but pointed out what I had found in the mean time that this is not possible. By working out of your home, this book means that you can run the business aspect (i.e. planning, selling, etc) out of your home. Separate (costly) kitchen facilities are required in most staes. So, while this book was informative for someone who is willing to put their career on the line and solely do catering, it did not work for my purposes. Customer Rating: Summary: bunch of ideas Comment: ...this book contains a lot of useful information, precautions and advices. The author gives also titles of books that are required for the caterer.
Customer Rating: Summary: Gift for a beginning Chef Comment: Bought this as a Christmas gift for a new Chef interested in starting their own catering business. So far they love it and find it very helpful. Customer Rating: Summary: Amazing and captivating Comment: I read a lot (and I mean a lot, as I have thousands of books in my library), but this is one of the very few business books I've been truly inspired and uplifted by. When I say "the only book you need to succeed in catering" it's not only a cliche, I believe it's really true! In her writing, the author strikes the fine balance between telling you the 'real deal' and hardships of starting your own business, while managing to keep you motivated and telling you about all the positive that can come out of your efforts as well. It is extremely detailed, honest, passionate, and credible. This has truly been a fantastic help to me while I'm planning to launch my own catering business next year. Brava!!! Customer Rating: Summary: Ilegal to cater from home Comment: Although the concept of this book is appealing, it is ILLEGAL by health department standards to cater from any home kitchen UNLESS it is fully licensed and certified as a commercial kitchen. Hopefully, this author is not giving permission to folks to attempt to cook and deliver food from home kitchens, which is completely against health department rules.
