ChefSandi
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I thought I'd tell you guys about a fun show that I did last week that went over really well. It was a Make and Take Kids' Lunches show...the invites we sent out advertised the show as a night to make a memory with your kids and to go home with two healthy bagged lunches. The hostess and I set up stations...Lunch #1 -- Cut N' Seal Sandwiches, Summer Fruit Sampler, and Raspberry-Almond Muffins; Lunch #2 -- Pepperoni Bread (the only non-PC recipe), Fruit Salsa w/ Cinammon Chips, and Almond-Macaroon Cookies.
The Muffins and Cookies we had made up ahead of time, but we had 4 mothers come with their kids so each one set up at a station and made the entire recipe for all of the participants. Then we sent the kids and moms into the living room for a sampling of everything while we cleaned up and set up the assembly line for making lunches. We played a round of Queen of Shoppers with the kids helping their moms (they LOVED it!), and then while I went over the guest specials and other business stuff with the moms, the hostess helped the kids pack their lunches to take home.
Pros: Creative -- not your everyday Pampered Chef party; not too much work because you don't have to prepare a demo -- just have to organize the food and stations; gets your name out to new people
Cons: Too many Parent/kids combos would make for chaos -- 4 was perfect, we could have easily done 5, maybe 6, so sales are lower than a typical party UNLESS you get good outside orders (which we did); you might need a double set of products to use for all the recipes to be made at once -- my hostess and I combined our products for this reason
Let me know if you have any questions!
The Muffins and Cookies we had made up ahead of time, but we had 4 mothers come with their kids so each one set up at a station and made the entire recipe for all of the participants. Then we sent the kids and moms into the living room for a sampling of everything while we cleaned up and set up the assembly line for making lunches. We played a round of Queen of Shoppers with the kids helping their moms (they LOVED it!), and then while I went over the guest specials and other business stuff with the moms, the hostess helped the kids pack their lunches to take home.
Pros: Creative -- not your everyday Pampered Chef party; not too much work because you don't have to prepare a demo -- just have to organize the food and stations; gets your name out to new people
Cons: Too many Parent/kids combos would make for chaos -- 4 was perfect, we could have easily done 5, maybe 6, so sales are lower than a typical party UNLESS you get good outside orders (which we did); you might need a double set of products to use for all the recipes to be made at once -- my hostess and I combined our products for this reason
Let me know if you have any questions!
