Advice for First Pampered Chef Shower

[Becca115]

I have a lead through my sister to do a PC Bridal Shower. I've never done one, or even been to one. Any advice for my first one? Any easy recipes that are a hit? Any PC related games? Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[jrstephens]

I did the presentaion with lime and cucumber. I left the food up to the host. I recommend keeping it short and sweet and focusing attention on the bride. We played the Left/Right game it was a HUGE hit. I had three small gifts in brown bags. Two were gag gifts and one was a good gifts. I closed it with $606 in sales and the registry on my website it still open and she is going to put cards in the invites for other showers hoping to met more of her wish list. I was nervous about doing it at first but it was so much fun. I hope to do a lot more. I typed up her Wish List and put it inside of everyone's catalog along with an order form. Be sure to let the guest know they can order for themselves and it still helps the bride, I had about $100 or so of orderes they ordered for themselves too. Hope this helps!!

 

[lacychef]

I work with the person that is holding the bridal shower. I usually do 1 or 2 recipes, usually ones that are quick to prepare. I like to demo recipes that use tools that are on the bride's wish list. If they are wanting to play traditional bridal shower games, I have them do that first, then go into my demo. I also type up the wish list so everyone can see, & let them know if there's something they need-they can order it on the same order to save on shipping plus all sales help the bride earn free product. I have the pics of products cut out & on a display...the guests take off what they're buying so there's not duplicates purchased. There's a thread here where someone did this using fake flowers that's really cute.
Just work with the host & bride; see what they want & work with it. It's a win-win...the bride gets LOTS for her kitchen, & the consultant ends up with great sales & usually new leads!

 

[Becca115]

ThanksThanks for the great ideas and advice. So do I help the bride register for the things that aren't bought at the party that are still on her wish list? How long do you keep the registry open? I know I'm full of questions. Thanks for the help.

 

[pckimboyers]

I hate to be one to bring you some bad news about a shower, but I dont' want anyone to go through what I did. If they do their own games and things, I would try to find a way to make sure you have time to talk with the guests, keep them interested in the door prize and things like that. With my first one, their stuff took so long that I didn't have any time to talk with the customers for bookings and such, and they didn't want to do the door prize because they were so tired they wanted to leave... If I had to do it over again, if it's ok with your host and bride, have them fill out the door prize slip earlier in the shower, so at least they are interested! The sweet beginnings poem is really cute...... I'll see if I can figure out how to put it on here for you.....

 

[chefdeb]

Can someone send me the left/right game for a Bridal Shower?
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