Creating a Delicious Demo: Chicken Club Ring and Warm Nutty Caramel Brownies

[luckystar]

Hi everybody,

I need your advise. I`m taking over a show for my friend, the host wants the chicken club ring and the warm nutty caramel brownies.
How would you do it make both receipes as a demo???

 

[PamperedK]

I never make 2 recipes. I've had hosts ask me to do this before and I let them know I'll send them the full recipe for one if she wants to make it ahead of time but I will only demo 1 recipe.

 

[PamperedTammy]

I would do your warm nutty caramel brownies ahead of time. Then you can discuss how you made them and what tools you used. And do your Chicken Club Ring as a Interactive Show. Let your guests use the tools to make it. It seems like people enjoy using the tools to find their likes and dislikes. I have found that really is FUN and the guests do get more out of the demo.

 

[dannyzmom]

I wouldn't. Those are both long, involved recipes. I'd tell her she has a couple of options:
-she can make the brownies ahead and have them ready to serve & you'll do the ring.
- you'll do one recipe for her and she can ask one of her friends to host a show and you'll do the other recipe at that show
Once you start doing two long involved recipes at show, here's what happens:
anyone who books off that show will expect you to do two recipes, your shows will run WAY long and people will get bored and start interrupting you midway thru cuz they wanna check out & leave, you'll get fewer bookings because people don't wan't to have the consultant in their house for 5 hours, your attendance will drop because people will not want to give up their entire afternoon & evening for your shows, you won't recruit because the job will look SO hard.
How do I know this???
Because I spent most of 2007 doing just this and couldn't figure out why I wasn't getting bookings and why all of the above things were happening...I was in a nasty funk. Til I got in a long talk with my NED and a few of my sister directors nad figured out just what I was doing...and then decided to change it!
Please...do yourself a favor and learn from MY mistakes!

 

[luckystar]

Thank you so much for you answers. If she will really insists of doing the brownies, they have to be made ahead.

 

[luckystar]

ups one more question. I never did the ring before. It sounds like it doesn`t need too much tools, do you guys still talk about other tools anyway??

 

[dannyzmom]

ups one more question. I never did the ring before. It sounds like it doesn`t need too much tools, do you guys still talk about other tools anyway??

Always - it's called "cross-selling" -- sort of like at McD's when they ask "would you like fries with that?" - same concept. If you're talking about the knives you can mention the cutting boards...if you're talking about the scraper collection you can talk abotu the batter bowls or exec cookware...each tool can lead you into cross-selling another. Does that make sense? Go thru the list of tools you'll "need" for the recipe and try to come up with 2-3 things you can cross-sell with each of those tools. It's a sure way to boost your sales.
Good luck

 

[daniellemorgan]

ups one more question. I never did the ring before. It sounds like it doesn`t need too much tools, do you guys still talk about other tools anyway??

When I make a ring I use:
1. Batter Bowl
2. Food Chopper
3. Classic Scraper
4. Basting Brush
5. Round Stone w/Handles
6. Utility Knife (for initially slicing the meat and large veggies)
7. seasoning (i like dill and italian)
8. Pizza Cutter
9. Garlic Press
10. Cutting Board
11. Heart Trivet
12. Baker's Roller

And I don't use these, but you could even use the oven mitts and measuring cups as other up-sell products.

 

[luckystar]

thank you all sooooooo much

 

[urbnk8]

I always do the brownies ahead of time. (at the hots's house) Then demonstrate the other recipe during the show.

 

[JAE]

Question...Shouldn't the brownies be warm when served? If you do them ahead, by the time you eat them after the ring they will be too chewy. First, tell the host you don't have time to do two recipes. If she still wants both then tell her she may put the ring ingredients together before you arrive because you won't have time to do that. I would have the host get the filling ready ahead of time. You can demo putting the filling onto the crescent rolls if you want. Put it in the oven. Then I would do the brownie as the actual demo, so the ring can be eaten while the brownie is baking. They both bake at the same temperature.