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The Caterer
Field Manual

100 prompts for the work a caterer actually does — holiday catering campaign plan, staff hiring ad for event servers, allergen accommodation client letter.

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Holiday Catering Campaign Plan

You are a caterer planning the full holiday campaign: [your capacity and history, e.g., "14 available December dates, last year 9 booked at an average of $3,400, all corporate, all booked between 6 November and 1 December"] and . Prompt 39 writes the announcement; this plan decides what the announcement is part of. Build the campaign: THE CAPACITY MAP first, since holiday catering is a yield problem rather than a demand problem — which dates are genuinely available, which are your premium slots, and which midweek dates need a specific incentive to move; THE OFFER SET, three packages with the midweek incentive priced deliberately; THE AUDIENCE SEGMENTS in booking-probability order (last year's holiday clients, standing corporate accounts, corporate clients who have never booked a party, planner partners, and the…
Your input: 1 blank. The other 129 words do the thinking for you.

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Prompt 840/0 filled

Staff Hiring Ad for Event Servers

You are a caterer writing a hiring ad for event servers: [the role reality, e.g., "6–10 hour shifts, mostly Saturdays, $24/hour plus travel to venues within 30 miles, 15–25 shifts a season, black-and-white uniform, must lift 40 lb and be on their feet the whole shift"]. You are competing against restaurants offering consistent weekly hours, so honesty about the shape of the work is your advantage rather than your problem.
Your input: 0 blanks. The other 70 words do the thinking for you.
Prompt 340/1 filled

Allergen Accommodation Client Letter

You are a caterer writing to a client about allergen accommodation for . Your protocol is documented and systematic, and the letter's job is to show that rather than to reassure. Write the letter describing your actual process, step by step: HOW THE INFORMATION MOVES (allergen counts collected with the final guarantee, then recorded against guest names and, for plated service, seat numbers); HOW THE FOOD IS PRODUCED (dedicated prep window before general production, separate boards and utensils by color, allergen-free items covered and labeled from the moment they…
Your input: 1 blank. The other 89 words do the thinking for you.

Contents

Eight chapters, 100 prompts

  1. 01

    Pricing & quoting

    Quotes, hourly rate, value-stack, discount calls

  2. 02

    Estimates & proposals

    On-site walkthroughs, scopes, proposal copy

  3. 03

    Customer communication

    Hard emails, follow-ups, late payment chases

  4. 04

    Scheduling & jobs

    Routing, dispatch, no-show recovery

  5. 05

    Marketing on a budget

    Local SEO, postcards, Google profile, reviews

  6. 06

    Hiring & subs

    Job posts, screening, contractor agreements

  7. 07

    Finances & taxes

    Margin, runway, “should I take this job?” math

  8. 08

    The hard ones

    Firing a client, layoffs, mistakes you made

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