Help! Non-Cooking Kitchen Show Question

[Nep2nfly]

I just started with Pampered Chef (haven't even received the kit yet), and my sister would like to do a show, but her kitchen is being renovated. She wants to do it during my first 30 days, but won't be able to utilize her kitchen. She would like to have it at a pavilion near her house. There would be a grill, but nothing else. Being new to PC, I'm not sure what to do. I told her we would work something out. What can I do? Does anyone have recommendations on recipes that require no cooking, but still demonstrated the PC products well? I could really use the booking. Any ideas?

 

[Nep2nfly]

It also has electricity, if that would help. Should I try toting a microwave out?

 

[pampchefsarah]

Do you have any non-kit products, such as the Deep Covered Baker? If not, you can do a salad, which would show off the Utility Knife, Food Chopper, and Cutting Board. If you have any of the Grill Tools, you can make it a Grill Show. Otherwise, you can always make something ahead of time, and bring it with you, and then talk about the tools you used, and bring foods the guests can use to 'play' with your tools. The Ham & Cheese Breakfast Squares are a new consultant recipe, super delicious, and the Large Bar Pan, being stone, will keep them warm for hours (especially if you cover the top in foil).

 

[ChefBeckyD]

I'd do the Cool & Crunchy Chicken Tacos as a Taco Salad - and grill the chicken.

 

[Nep2nfly]

I do have the DCB, but don't have any grilling products.

 

[reneenshelcook4u]

Not sure if you have done this show yet, but if you do have access to electricity, go to walgreens and invest $10 in a burner. I have used mine with good results at shows. Esp at apartment shows with no oven at all. My director also let me borrow her larger skillet and her SA large bowl for a salad.

 

[sassypip]

I have been making chicken ceaser salad at my shows. Make the 30 min chicken in your DCB ahead of time right before you leave to go to the show. ALl I do is cut up romaine lettuce, zest some lemon with the microplane grater over the lettuce, then I grate parmesean cheese over it. I take the citrus press and press a lemon onto the salad and then mix it all up. I talk heavily about the DCB with the chicken in it before I do all this. THen I just add ceaser croutons and serve it with the chicken on the side. I take the chicken off the bones and put it back in the baker right after I do my demo and people are looking at the catalog. I also use the measure mix and pour. It has the ceaser dressing recipe on the side. I make that up ahead of time too. IT shows off some good products and then I usually will bring a dessert if the host has at least $100 in outside orders. I like to make stuff in the trifle bowl. SOmetimes I will do it at the party or just birng it already made and just top it off with whip cream or whatever at the party with the easy accent decorator.

THE chicken cesear salad was suggested by my director. She has been doing this same recipe since last summer and selling tons of DCB. I just did it at my last 2 parties and sold one at each party. Up until then, only my host's were getting them at the discount. Also have been selling a lot of the microplane graters and up until now had not sold one!