Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Our First Show Together!

[strasfamily]

My husband and I are doing PC as a team - he is doing the shows and I am doing the business end, bookings, orders, etc. Well our first show is tonight and even though I am not the one presenting, I am so nervous! I know he will do great though - he did a quick run down of his show last night and I was so impressed!

 

[Momma23boys]

I am always intruiged by the tag team effect...
Sounds like you have the outline all figured out.. and your hubby's enthusiasim will show through!~ guests really respond to that extra energy..
Congratulations and Good Luck to both of you!!!!

 

[jenniferlynne]

That is so cool. Do you each, or one of you, work another job or is PC it? I hope it works out for you!

 

[pcjeanie]

That is great that you and your husband are doing it together! I do mine alone and work another FT job. It would be great to have someone to assist with orders, washing dishes and packing up, not to mention answering questions. Don't be nervous. If you make mistakes, don't tell anybody and they probably will never know. I always forget to say something because there's just so much to say about Pampered Chef. I'm only in my 4th month but I love it and have been very pleased so far. It's just so much fun and it feels great to help people learn more about cooking. Good luck!

Jeanie

 

[strasfamily]

Yes, we both work full time jobs as well. We are going to see how this works out on top of that. I do know that we are cooking more which we didn't do before! Hopefully the money will come along with it!

 

[jenniferlynne]

Just hang in there and it will. In the beginning I was all excited about my business and it showed with my bookings. When I started to slack off, so did my bookings and the $. I decided I have to take this very seriously or just quit and go get a job. Well, I don't want to do that. I picked up the phone and now I have 9 shows this month!! That's the most I've ever had!! I'm not for sure if one of them is going to hold. It is a week from today and I still haven't gotten her guest list, and she didn't leave me her phone number. I've tried to call the hostess that she booked from, but she's not returning my calls either. Oh well. Even if they all don't hold, I learned that I can really do it if I try!!

 

[chefjeanine]

GOOD LUCK!

I think it sounds like so much fun to work as a team. I've loved it when my husband helps me at my Mystery Host shows. I call him "Vanna" and the guests love having him there at the show.

I was remarking the other day about women enjoying having men as PC consultants. He asked me what I thought about him doing the shows and me handling the business aspect. While I think he'd do great. . .I'd miss that part of the business. Maybe we can work out a compromise.

Have fun!

 

[lacychef]

That is so awesome that you are doing this together That will be so fun! Just relax, take a deep breath, and have fun! Everything else will follow. Your excitement shows & it's contagious!

 

[kitchencop]

We do ours a team together as well....even our kids (9 & 3). They put on the PC childrens apron and hat and help demonstrate items. This has added to our success and cooking has become a family event and not a chore. Keep up the team work and you'll do great.

 

[soonerchef]

Don't be nervous, I am sure everything will go off without a hitch!! Rememer too that you only have one first show. Have fun!!!!!

 

[strasfamily]

We are back. Robert was really nervous and felt he bombed, but everybody said that he did a great job.

We made the antipasto veggie pizza. Right before we made it, our host's husband was using the broiler and didn't move the rack down lower. He put the pizza crust on the top rack and after 10 minutes we smelled it burning. The whole thing was burned to a crisp! Robert was funny, he said "take a look at the bottom, at least that didn't burn!" and everybody cracked up laughing. I think that really broke the ice. The host had an extra pizza crust in the fridge, so we quickly cooked that one up so all was not a total waste.

I think we are going to have a $500 show since orders are still coming in. Thanks for eveyone's encouragement!

 

[kitchencop]

Thats great....Our first show the host told us there was going to be 10-14 people and only 3 showed. So talk about a bomb. And the sales were only at $200. But we did have a great time and we got a booking that turned out to be a $1,000 plus show, plus she signed as a Consultant.

It can only get better from here......

 

[jenniferlynne]

The first show is usually the hardest. I did a mock show for my family before I started and I thought I was going to die!! My husband said he felt nervous for me because I looked like I didn't know what I was doing!! Anyway, my show right after that was so easy and relaxed and was $500! I'm really glad I did the mock show first because it helped me remember what all I needed to say.

 

[lisaterwilliger]

My husband and I started as a team and its kinda dwindeled to just me..but he's always offering to help me with anything I need him to do. At one of our first shows we met a lawyer who offered my husband an internship with her law firm next summer (he starts law school in the Fall), she said all of the best lawyers she knows also love to cook! I couldn't believe how lucky we were to be in the right place doing this as a team!