Help! I'm Doing a Show at Curves Tomorrow! Any Suggestions as to

[ChefBeth2]

Help! I'm doing a show at Curves tomorrow! Any suggestions as to what to make? I've never done something like this! I won't have access to a sink or stove or anything like that. I'd love some suggestions on what to demonstrate, what food to make ahead of time, etc.

Thanks!

Beth in PA

 

[dannyzmom]

How do you do a show at Curves? How did you get the gig? Do you approach the management? I have a Curves nearby I would love to get in with!

 

[jdavis]

I would suggest someting out of the It's Good For You cookbook. They have a really good dip in there you could make up ahead of time and just bring the cutting board and knives, wedger, and other things to make up a fruit tray and demonstrate them to make up a pretty presentation.

 

[Paige Dixon]

And everyone can sit on the floor during the demo- a "low fat" show.

 

[Sk8Mom209]

How about the Med. Cafe Salad from the celebrations shows a few seasons back. It was really yummy and easy!

I a in the process of joining my local curves and am going to be try to do demos there.

Good luck

 

[tlennhoff]

You can go to CC and do a recipe search on the world low-fat and find a few available recipes such as:

• Autumn Fruit Salad
• Cinnamon Tostada Chips
• Tropical Fruit Salsa

 

[Debbie Soucy]

Beth, I did a show at curves and was in the same situation. I made the Strawberry Spinach Salad. It was a big hit. you can also show a ton of product. Good Luck! Debbie

 

[chefkristin]

So how do you get a show at Curves???

 

[Gina M]

I actually belong to a Curves in my town - member for the last 4 years - this is how I actually met my director. She had a table set up in May of 2005 for a HWC fundraiser and I came in to exercise and ordered some products. She also had a drawing and I won a free cooking show. I did my show in July of last year and then went to a cluster meeting in August to see the new products and recipes. Shortly after that, I signed up to be a consultant! Mind you, I had no intention of becoming a consultant before I met Becky (PamperedBecky on this site) but I was impressed with how fun it seemed and how easy it looked to make some money. I've really enjoyed this past year. So this past May, I was able to set up my own table for a HWC fundraiser of my own and although I didn't get any bookings from it - I did get over $750 in orders from it and everyone there pretty much knows where to come for their PC products. I didn't do a demo but set up my products and came at different times of the day to take orders. It was successful in my book and I'm hoping to do a holiday table there perhaps in November. I've also had the manager there do a catalog show that was over $500 in sales - I leave about 5 catalogs out and replenish them from time and time and a lot of the girls ask me how business is and I definitely talk about it. It's a great way to meet new people - you just never know what could happen. And I'm lucky because Becky told me I should do a table there since I am a member there (Thanks Becky!). I'm pretty social so it's easy to work it into conversations. Best of luck to you!

Gina Miller

 

[ChefBeth2]

Thanks, Everyone!I got this booking from a friend who had a show, and the director of one of our local Curves invited me to come do a show there. This is what I decided to make:

The Antipasto Pizza in the new Season's Best
A fruit tray with the Hawaiian Fruit Dip (got the recipe here somewhere!)

and the following recipes from It's Good For You Cookbook:

Quick Hummus Dip
Roasted Garlic and Red Pepper Dip
Rosemary Pita Chips
Berries 'N Cream Wonton Cups

I also got water bottles to pass out -- was going to do something in the Family Quick Stir Pitcher, but it got jammed into the dishwasher and cracked.

Anyway, I'll let you know how it goes!

Beth in PA
Blessed Wife of Dean and Pampered Mama of 8 cheffers who love to help in the kitchen!

 

[Grandmarita]

I'm celebrating my 2nd anniv. as a Curves member, tomorrow, and will have a table display for the five days of this week. I'm able to do that every three months. It has led to six shows in 16 months, for me. One was my first $1,000 show. I change my display, daily so that the table is not crowded,
and feature Cookware; Simple Additions; Kitchen Gadgets; Picnic and Bar-B-Q;
Classics. I have a drawing and generally give at least five Season's Best, or
several small items under $4 in value. At Holiday time when the owner was looking for donations for their Tree, I donated two cookbooks and gift certificates. Nobody called to redeem the Free Shows, and I never heard who got the Cookbooks. Nothing was posted to indicate the gifts were from
me/Pampered Chef, so it was not the free advertising I had hoped for. Keep that in mind if you are asked to donate free products for a member drawing
at Holiday time.

When I was at the Tues. night dinner at Wave 3 of National, one of the newly ladies who had become a Director in her first three months as a PC was also the owner/manager of a Curves in California. She had recruited six people who attended her Curves. She had an awesome personality and was so exciting and enthusiastic to talk with. Just a ball of fire! Do any of you recall who she might be?

 

[pamperedbecky]

And I'm lucky because Becky told me I should do a table there since I am a member there (Thanks Becky!).

Gina Miller

You're welcome, Gina! I think pursuing things like this is WELL worth it. See? I got a great team member out of the deal who's a wonderful person and we have a lot of fun. I continue to do tables at some area Curves in May (besides the one Gina belongs to) and I always come away with a good-sized fundraiser out of it for Help Whip Cancer. But, Gina, you sure have the BEST one! And it helps that you're a member and know lots of the people. Keep up the great work!

I agree....you NEVER know who you're going to meet and what may come out of it.

 

[Cindycooks]

OK - but if you are NOT a member - how to you suggest I go about approaching the manager at Curves? Do I do up a proposal? Such as maybe a mystery host type show?
Love the idea of the drawing for prizes!