Fall Recipe List for Hosts | Find the Perfect Menu for Your Seasonal Gathering

[ksmedic]

Hello Cheffers.

I am thinking about making a list of recipes for my host packet that says what this season's recipes are that I'm making. I have found it is a nightmare if I don't specify the recipe options because they come up with some bizzare recipe that I've never made and doesn't show off any products!
Does anyone else have a flyer/list of recipes for the season?

Also,
What recipes are you all making this fall?

Thanks as always. I love this site!!!!

 

[beckyjsmith]

I pick the same recipe for each month and do the same recipe all month. I don't allow my hosts to choose. That way I am sure to show off not only the big ticket items, but incorporate the specials for the months I am trying to book.
This month I am doing zesty skillet ravioli.

 

[lesliec]

I suggest a few. I def don't give them free reign on that one. I usually ask, would you like a salad or a pizza, or I may offer Fajitas or a dessert. The two I did all of August (and most of the summer) were Deluxe Cheeseburger Salad and the Antipasti Pull Apart Pizza.

I offer:
Deluxe Cheeseburger Salad
Cool and Crunchy Chicken Taco Salad
Antipasti Pull Apart Pizza
3 Cheese Garden Veggie Pizza
Fajitas

I always offer a dessert, but have never had anyone choose it. I always tell them that if they have 15 confirmed, then I will bring a dessert.
I also post the recipes on my website, so that hosts and guests can get it. I do offer recipe cards at my show, but not my show recipes. If they want the recipe which we prepared (and they usually do), I make them go to my website and get it. I like to encourage web traffic. It also saves me from having to double check if I have enough copies of specific recipe cards and having to appologize if the person in front of them took the last one.

 

[nikked]

post #18 in this thread (http://www.chefsuccess.com/f22/what-how-many-recipes-do-you-do-58596/) has a host coaching letter I have found successful in regards to recipe selection...it's an older version, but gives you an idea...

 

[wadesgirl]

Hello Cheffers.

I am thinking about making a list of recipes for my host packet that says what this season's recipes are that I'm making. I have found it is a nightmare if I don't specify the recipe options because they come up with some bizzare recipe that I've never made and doesn't show off any products!
Does anyone else have a flyer/list of recipes for the season?

Also,
What recipes are you all making this fall?

Thanks as always. I love this site!!!!

I do exactly what you are thinking. This season I have three recipes I'm offering all season. There is a master list of just the ingredients to get in all my host packets. The host chooses one and gets the ingredients for it.

Anit-Pasti Pull Aparts
Chicken Enchilada Pizza
Spumoni Brownies

 

[lesliec]

The only thing I don't like about the pull apart pizza is that it is hard to clean the stoneware, and if the host is helping with the dishes it may be a deterrent.

 

[wadesgirl]

The only thing I don't like about the pull apart pizza is that it is hard to clean the stoneware, and if the host is helping with the dishes it may be a deterrent.

What was hard to clean about it? Mine came clean with a pan scraper and hot water like normal.

 

[beckyjsmith]

I do exactly what you are thinking. This season I have three recipes I'm offering all season. There is a master list of just the ingredients to get in all my host packets. The host chooses one and gets the ingredients for it.

Anit-Pasti Pull Aparts
Chicken Enchilada Pizza
Spumoni Brownies

I provide the ingredients for my hosts, which is a big factor in why I choose the one recipe per month.

 

[wadesgirl]

I provide the ingredients for my hosts, which is a big factor in why I choose the one recipe per month.

That would make it easy for you especially if there is an item or two you can buy in bulk or have in your own garden.

 

[cochef]

I select recipe choices from the Season's Best Recipe Collection and add the book in their Host packet. During Host coaching, we discuss the recipe choices and narrow it down to one or two. I then have her guests sign her cookbook during the show.

 

[lockhartkitchen]

I always choose my recipes to showcase the upcoming host special (for bookings). My recipes in September focus on SS cookware to book for October. I have my 3 recipes posted on my website (see my signature) if you want to view. I guide my hosts to my website to get the ingredients and choose one of my recipes.

 

[raebates]

I tell my hosts, "I'm making ____________ for my parties this month. Does that sound good to you?"It's rare for me to have a host ask for something different. When they do it's because of allergies (one is allergic to cinnamon) or taste preferences (I have several hosts who dislike chocolate).