35-45 Guests

brendaivette

Help!!! Need recipes..................Host has 60-70 invites..........I'm assuming 30-40 will show up........................any suggestions.................

trps

Don't get carried away. Wait to see after she calls everyone to check. I have had 50 invites out with 5 people able to attend. Hope you get 40 people there but don't do more work because of it. Have her get salsa and chips and display them and do 2 recipes max.

brendaivette

exactly what I was thinking, demo something in the mini muffin pan(x2) and have new products out, kinda like half a show & half an open house

KellyTheChef

Tell the host that you are more than willing to help pass along some recipes if she wants to make extras. Even with that many people, you are NOT a caterer! I would make an extra of whatever recipe you demo, so you have double the amount of samples.

If that many are really supposed to show up, you may want to consider taking another adult with you to help total orders. Then, the folks you don't get to personally speak to during order taking, make sure you follow up with a phone call to ask about the opportunity, booking, and see if they have any other questions!

pamperedlinda

Don't plan the recipe until you know what her RSVPs look like. I had a host one time send out 119 e-vites. 20 people showed up. She got a lot of outside orders though and it was a great show $1800!

heat123

Nice!

jwpamp

Let the host know that you only demo one recipe. Anything more would take too long and the guests may not be too happy that they are there (everyone has somewhere else to be).

Let her make (or buy) any additional food that she wants and have it ready to go.

I did a show with 42 and made a ring at the show. I made one ahead of time and did one for the demo. They went into the oven at the same time and it was plenty for everyone to "sample".

This would be a great opportunity to take a new recruit or someone to help you out, too.

It was a $2400 show -- good luck!!

ChefLisa

Another great recipe to demo for a large crown is the Mandarin Pasta Salad. You can easily add more pasta and spinach to make it grow.

Lisa

wadesgirl

I agree with everyone else, you are there to let them sample a recipe, not feast on it. Any trifle recipe will work or the one pot pasta. Wait until the host knows how many people she will have and then talk about the recipe options. If she wants to provide food or make a PC recipe herself, she's more than welcome to.

janetupnorth

The Greek Cheese Torta feeds a lot too - you can make extra bread.

Someone mentioned the salsa idea...bring your salad choppers if you have them and have the guests make that - that can be done fairly reasonably.

stacywhitlow

With that many (if any show...had 2 hosts invite about 50...1st show had 3 guests, 2nd had 5) you could do a "Battle of the Recipes". Divide guests into 2 groups & have them each prepare a recipe. Or set up stations with potatoes...peelers, UM, etc. for guest to try out tools.

brendaivette

these are wonderful ideas, I am going to wait till monday or so to plan the recipes, but will do some in the mini muffin pan, bite size

pampered.chris

Yeah, I would wait to hear from the host. Really host coach her to have her follow up with everyone she invited. I have done shows where 70+ were invited and less than 10 showed or where I sent out 15 invites and 23 showed. You just really never know.

Good luck and keep us posted!!

brendaivette

UPDATE!!!

19 people showed, closing the show tomorrow, still have between 4-5 orders to collect and the show is at $804.02 in comm. sales

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

pamperedlinda

Great job! What did you demo?

brendaivette

The Mini Ham Puffs and the Turtle Fudge cake, but I had one of the guests do the demo, while I explained, it was really a ladies get together, they were all talking and enjoying themselves, and I did not interrupt after the demo was finished..................

PurpleAngel

Great show....

PampMomof3

YOU GO Brenda!!! See, all you needed was a little time away and look at your success take off!! You go girl!!

ChefMary412

I had a show once with 30 people. It was my second show, so my ideas were good... but my follow through still needed work!!
With that many invites, most likely the host knows PC products and recipes. My host offered to make a few PC recipes ahead of time, so they were already made. She has a pizza out on a stone, a few things on simple additions pieces. I made the jerk chicken nachos and just let people look through things. It was more of a "look at the products" than a typical show. I wish I could go back now and do it again... knowing what I know now!