Cancelled Show... She Thinks I'm Not Including Her...

[soccermama]

LOL For me, I need repetition. I can talk about the products much easier when I'm using a recipe that I know really well, as opposed to having to look at the recipe to see what to do next....

Most consultants I know offer 1 recipe a month. I've been doing it this way since I started 2 years ago (my 2nd time around... first time aroud I did whatever a host wanted, and never had a decent show). This is the first host that's had a problem with it, so I'm certainly not looking to change how I do things. I always tell my hosts that it's not about the recipe I'm making, but about the fun she'll have with her friends, and the simpler the show, the more time they'll have for visiting and fun!

I also never do a 2nd recipe. 1 recipe only. Always. I've let hosts borrow dishes and tools to make extra food on their own, but my shows are short, and only 1 recipe, so I don't bore the guests.

I'm not using my work schedule and my kids as an "excuse" for the way I run my business. It's just the way I do it, so that none of my obligations get in the way of the others...... makes life slightly less stressful LOL (only slightly!)

 

[pampchefrhondab]

If you don't care about possibly losing this customer and want to run your business the same way you have been, I'm not sure why you posted for opinions.

What I have done is offer a couple recipes but usually talk the host into the one I want to fix. I'll tell them the recipe has been very popular at my shows and everyone loves it. The host thinks it was her choice, but I really got what I wanted!

I am a very picky eater (not as much as when I was younger) so I would want a choice if I were having a party at my house. It isn't very often I have a host that wants a certain recipe, this past weekend was the first time in 3 years. I can tell you the daughter was the one who wanted the ice cream cake. She is in her early 20's so when she gets married I know who they are going to call for her bridal shower!

No matter what I'm making at a show I always talk about the 4 major lines (cookware, stoneware, knives and SA) and then a few of the tools I'm using. So I really don't have to worry about changing the recipe.

Good luck - hopeuflly she will like your entertaining idea.

 

[katie0128]

Ooooh, the drumsticks sound good!

Thanks Ann!

HIJACK...

We had KFC for dinner last night and my 8yo DS picked a drumstick first. Then 3-1/2 yo DS (who is in a phase where he does EVERYTHING like his big brother) declared he wanted a piece "just like Kyle... with a handle."

 

[chefann]

HIJACK...

We had KFC for dinner last night and my 8yo DS picked a drumstick first. Then 3-1/2 yo DS (who is in a phase where he does EVERYTHING like his big brother) declared he wanted a piece "just like Kyle... with a handle."

That was one of the reasons we thought they'd be good for a show! Drumsticks and wings are probably the finger-foodiest parts of the chicken.

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[Nanisu]

I offer three main dish/appetizer recipes and three desserts. I ask them to choose one of each. Each category has a recipe that I can pre-pre most of either at home or when I first get there. I tell my hosts up front I want to highlight the guest special, and that i will be showing a stone, a peice of cookware, and serving on the Simple Additions. I have never had a problem with a host not wanting what I choose. If the host absolutely wants something else, I accomodate her--she is inviting me into her home to join her friends and recipes, so I just do that.But usually what I offer is fine.

 

[heatherkiss]

The 10 minute pork loin is really really good. and beyond simple.
You can sell ALOT of deep dish bakers, Thermomitors and silicone basting brushes.

Then do the ode to the baking stone poem for a laugh and do a dessert. Is that what your recipe of the month is?

I just put olive oil and sprinkle the rub and salt and pepper.Slice a vadalia onion on the mandoline to line the bottom of the baker. 10 minutes in micro. take temp. 10 minutes to sit. take temp. wala!

Slice it up with one of your lifetime gauranteed forged german steel ergonomically designed chef knives.

If I had the grill press and pan I would totally do the ribs.

 

[GeorgiaPeach]

If the host absolutely wants something else, I accomodate her--she is inviting me into her home to join her friends and recipes, so I just do that.But usually what I offer is fine.

Nicely said. I understand wanting to keep control of your business but I think there has to be a middle ground where you can make your host happy (happy hosts are excited and make your job easier!) and do a recipe that demos well.

 

[soccermama]

Y'all make it sound like I'm not accomodating. But if you read my posts, I said that I did offer other selections for her. The recipes she wanted me to make were not good show recipes and/or I had never heard of them. I'm not comfortable making a recipe that I don't know, at least not for a show. I offered several different choices, and she said no to each one, then cancelled.

As I already said... I offer 1 recipe per month. This host didn't like that choice, so I was trying to find a recipe that I could make for her show that she might like, and would be a good demo, considering the "Real Food Real Fast" theme she chose.

It's not gonna matter what I have to say now, since you've all made up your mind that I should do whatever a host wants, no matter what. But that's just not gonna happen. I do what my hosts want, when what they want is reasonable for my business. And that's how I run my business, and I have many, many repeat hosts and customers.