Transform Your Host and Show Recipe Selection for Maximum Sales

[TheFreddiesCook]

Do you always let the host choose a recipe? What I have done in my few shows so far, is to give them a list of the recipes that I am comfortable working with... But now that I've been reading here, seems like I need to change some of those to better sell some of the big tickets products, like the DCB.

Well, so far every host has chosen the Three Garden Pizza... So I am doing that pizza in my sleep now . I'd like to try something else to maybe demostrate the DCB or the cookware.

So my question is, should I be the one suggesting the recipe instead of letting the host choose? If I want to politely change the host's choice, how can I do it? Thanks!

 

[DebbieJ]

I generally offer one recipe a month. I'll say something like "I've been doing these 15 min Chicken Fajitas and everyone loves them. It's just a few ingredients and it cooks in just 15 mins in the microwave. Everyone raves about them--what do you think?"9 times out of 10 they say it sounds great. It's your business--you control what you do.

 

[leslieprichett]

I ask if they want to do an appetizer, a main dish or a dessert recipe, then I pick which recipe we do from that category

 

[Pedey]

I ask if they want to do an appetizer, a main dish or a dessert recipe, then I pick which recipe we do from that category

Ditto! The appetizer I do it the Elegant Artichoke Cups, the main dish is Grilled Chicken Penne al Fresco & the dessert I do are the Truffle Brownie Cups. I've also offered the Autumn Apple Cherry Crisp a few times and it's always been a success!

 

[smilesarepriceless]

I always phrase it like this, "For the month of January here are the recipes I'm offering - Spinach Carbonara Pizza, Loaded Baked Potato Chowder, or Pina Colada Upside Down Cake. Which of these most appeals to you for your party?

--always serve and make things you ARE COMFORTABLE with!!! NO extra stress needed!
--it makes them feel they are choosing..but keeps you in control.

 

[Sheila]

I do the fully interactive shows, so as long as I have the right tools, I'm open to anything. I usually send 3-5 suggestions via e-mail & let them choose which one they want. Occasionally I'll have a host jump the gun & send me recipes that she found on line & wants to do. If I don't have all the tools, I tell her. One of them had what I was missing & we still did that recipe. But since I'm not the one doing the preparation, it's perfectly fine with me to try new things. I just make sure that if they are breaking down into groups to do 2 or 3 recipes that the host knows to choose two different cooking methods and not 2 microwave dishes or 2 oven dishes. So far, no complaints.