Monthly Dinner Parties at Consultant Home

[Rhonda-Roo]

There were six people in our group and we all signed a contract up front.

Did anyone feel uncomfortable signing a contract? Do you remember what information was in the contract? I keep thinking about it, but I think people might feel uncomfortable doing that.

That was nice of everyone to pitch in to help with the groceries.

 

[VeronicaW]

Do you habe a pic of the inside of your brochure?

It's just a simple fill in sheet:
January _________
February __________
etc.

I'm attaching my updated brochure.

 

[otisbg]

I get an error message that there is something wrong with the publisher file. I cannot open it.

 

[dme.grant]

I don't think any of us felt uncomfortable signing the contract. There wasn't really anything in there that we weren't ready to do anyway, and since Jen had several different groups going on at the same time (different nights of course) she explained that it was her way of keeping herself on track as well as making sure everyone had all the information up front.

 

[ShellBeach]

I'm attaching my updated brochure.

I don't have MS Publisher, and there isn't a free viewer like there is with Power Point and Adobe Acrobat. Could I trouble you to convert it to an XPS file?

Thanks in advance!

 

[chefjeanine]

See if this works.

 

[VeronicaW]

See if this works.

Thank you so much for converting it!
I was having trouble trying to understand how to do it!

 

[ShellBeach]

Thank you!

 

[chefjessicah]

I LOVE this idea, but I'm not real comfortable asking people to sign a contract, either. How did you find people interested in doing this?

 

[kelleyariel]

my director has 12 people in her clubs, one for each month, so each person gets to host 1 show a year and with the larger number of people you can set a lower minimum purchase and still have a good show.

 

[byrd1956]

ooooo....makes me want to clean and expand my house!

 

[chefshelly77]

Could you please share a little more info with me about how you started your club? Did you use a flyer and contract? Any information that you could share would be greatly appreciated. I would really like to know how you got everyone signed up and kept everything running smoothly...
Thanks so much

I've been doing a cooking club for 2 years and it's been great! It keeps me active each month (even in those slow months), I've made great new friends, everyone gets to be host one month (I collect $20 from 8 out of the 9 members, the 9th being the host (who by the way picks and pays for the recipe ingredients, the 9th member/host gets a $160 shopping spree or...they can use their month to become a consultant and buy the kit, NICE!
I've ran two clubs at the same time, works great. I talk about it at all my shows, I have brochures and word of mouth.

I highly recommend starting a cooking club. It's also been great because I am able to have these at my house each month, so I don't have to lug anything around, I'm in control of whether it's "kid friendly or not" and I never have to get childcare. Again, NICE!

I love my "Chic Cheffers!!!"

 

[sailorsarah]

This sounds like something I would do, we have cook outs almost every month. I don't think I'll start it before we move to Texas this summer, but that'll just give me time to work on a plan for it. Thanks for the great idea!

 

[vgibsonrn]

This is a great idea...would love to hear how well everyone's group is going.

 

[VeronicaW]

Has anyone used my brochure to get their clubs started? Or found another one that works great?

 

[PamperedinConshy]

I am a brand new consultant (just joined in April) and I have to say that all of these ideas are really inspiring. A cooking club is a great way for a new consultant like me to guarantee some business in the beginning of my career.I think that a cooking club could also be geared towards younger people maybe who have just left college and are just figuring out how to cook and be a real life "grown up." I pitched the idea to a coworker of mine who is just out of school a year and she pounced on it. She might not have many friends who have the kind of $$ and space to make an entire show successful, but the cooking club would be a great way for her to learn a) how to make some yummy things and b) slowly build up her kitchen.