What event organisers check before they ask a caterer
- What you cater: weddings, corporate lunches, private parties, funerals; and what you don't.
- Menus with a price per person, or at least "from". People compare caterers by this number first.
- Guest numbers: your minimum and maximum.
- Dietary options: vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, allergies, and how you handle them.
- Where you go: the area you cover, and whether you work at any venue.
- What's included: staff, crockery, setup and clear-down, or food only.
The sections a catering website needs
- Top of the page: what and where ("Event catering across County Cork"), Request a quote, phone, and "menus from €18 per person".
- Menus, priced per person, with what each includes.
- The events you cater, with guest numbers.
- Get a quote: a form that asks the event type, the date, the venue, the guests and dietary needs.
- Photos of your food and set-ups.
- Contact.
A quote form that asks the right questions
From my one message, Ginta set up Quote requests with three kinds of event (wedding, corporate lunch, private party). Each asks which menu they're considering (with "Not sure yet"), the number of guests, the venue and dietary needs, then the date and their contact details:
Each request arrives in Ginta and in your email; you mark it new, quoted, won or lost and keep the quoted amount and notes with it.
What I'd change before sharing it
- Put the menus in the Menu part. Ginta wrote the four menus and their per-person prices into the page itself. That reads fine, but its own check then said "Menu isn't on your website yet", which is confusing when the menus are right there. Ask "put the four menus in the Menu part" and you can change prices later without the AI.
- What's included. Staff, crockery, travel: say it next to the menus, or every quote starts with the same question.
- Your own photos of your food at real events.
- Allergens. Food businesses must give allergen information; say how you handle allergies, and confirm them per event. In the UK, GOV.UK's guide covers registration and allergens (starting a food business); in Ireland, check with the FSAI.
How it works with Ginta
Write the events you cater, your menus with per-person prices, guest numbers, dietary options and the area you cover.
Ginta builds the website in about a minute; our example took 63 seconds and 12.4 credits, with no questions. Quote
requests, the Menu and a gallery are on every plan, the Free plan included, at a name.ginta.page address; your own
domain starts at €5 a month (with your own Claude or ChatGPT) or €19 on Light. Run a food
truck as well? Websites for food trucks.
Questions
Should caterers put prices on their website?
Yes, per person or "from": it's the first thing organisers compare, and it filters out budgets you can't work with. Say what changes the price (guests, service style, travel).
What should a catering enquiry form ask?
The event type, the date, the venue, the number of guests, dietary needs and allergies, the menu they're considering, and their contact details. Ginta's quote form asks those, with your own questions per kind of event.
Can people order catering and pay online?
For events, quote first: every event is different. For fixed packages (a lunch box for 10, a party platter) you can use Ginta's Shop with delivery or pickup and card payment through your own Stripe account.
Can I show different menus for weddings and corporate events?
Yes. Each kind of event in the quote form can offer its own menus; the page can show them in separate sections.
