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So I was chatting with a friend of mine today, who came to my very first cooking show, and she suggested a different way to do a show that I thought was a very good idea. But I wanted to run it by all of you first and see what you think. 
She told me that at my first show she and another lady really had to get going after a while. They already knew what they wanted and so once I passed out the catalogs they were the first to fill them out, figure out all the shipping and tax stuff, hand the forms over to me and leave. I already felt bad about how long I took so I apologized to her and told her that in the future I will try to make my demonstration shorter (I mean, it was my FIRST show! C'mon!). She said it was Ok and that she understood. Then she suggested maybe doing something like this for a show:
How about having a few tables with 2 or 3 of our cooking tools on them and have each guest go around and try each tool. Like chopping onions with the Food Chopper, slicing zucchini with the Ultimate Mandoline, grating cheese with the Microplane, cutting bell pepper with the 5" Forged Cutlery knife, and have wonton wrappers where people can baste oil on it with our Silicone Basting Brush. The possibilities are endless! That way EACH AND EVERY guest can try out the tools and see how they work. I can be around to explain to each guest what the tool is, how it works and answer questions.
Of course you are wondering...where's preparing the dish in all this? Well, I figured I could already have something prepared (like in the Deep Covered Baker) that I could cook while everyone is checking out the items and then once I give them the catalogs they can eat it.
My friend suggested this because she feels it will make the show a lot more interactive and shorter and possibly boost more sales because EVERYONE gets to try out EACH item. I really thought it was a fantastic idea!!
Have any of you done something like this? If so, did it work? If not, do you think it is something that would make the party more enjoyable and boost sales? Would LOVE your input!
She told me that at my first show she and another lady really had to get going after a while. They already knew what they wanted and so once I passed out the catalogs they were the first to fill them out, figure out all the shipping and tax stuff, hand the forms over to me and leave. I already felt bad about how long I took so I apologized to her and told her that in the future I will try to make my demonstration shorter (I mean, it was my FIRST show! C'mon!). She said it was Ok and that she understood. Then she suggested maybe doing something like this for a show:
How about having a few tables with 2 or 3 of our cooking tools on them and have each guest go around and try each tool. Like chopping onions with the Food Chopper, slicing zucchini with the Ultimate Mandoline, grating cheese with the Microplane, cutting bell pepper with the 5" Forged Cutlery knife, and have wonton wrappers where people can baste oil on it with our Silicone Basting Brush. The possibilities are endless! That way EACH AND EVERY guest can try out the tools and see how they work. I can be around to explain to each guest what the tool is, how it works and answer questions.
Of course you are wondering...where's preparing the dish in all this? Well, I figured I could already have something prepared (like in the Deep Covered Baker
) that I could cook while everyone is checking out the items and then once I give them the catalogs they can eat it. My friend suggested this because she feels it will make the show a lot more interactive and shorter and possibly boost more sales because EVERYONE gets to try out EACH item. I really thought it was a fantastic idea!!
Have any of you done something like this? If so, did it work? If not, do you think it is something that would make the party more enjoyable and boost sales? Would LOVE your input!
