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Thank you.

Yes, but was waiting for final head count to sign. Do you give contract right away along with deposit to hold the date ?

It sounds pretty good to me! Especially the part about Not returning to " Insanity"..lol

I do have a contract. I took a deposit to hold the date which will come off final bill. They were informed final head count was due 2 weeks before event date ,( March 7th) The plan is to sign the contract today and collect the deposit 30% for food. I have experienced a drop in numbers if...

Original number of proposed guests for this function was 70. I anticipated final number might be down by 10- 15%. Final head count 2 weeks before the event is 40 people!!! Simple menu, buffet ..I gave her a good price for this piccata, green beans and rigtoni with vodka sauce and threw in 10...

Hi All, When applying sales tax to a final catering bill, I am going to apply it to the total amount of "Food" only at 7.35% in CT? And regarding Gratuity, I know some companies put in right in the contract 18% gratuity requested. Others say simply Gratuity appreciated and leave it up to the...

Yes indeed. I am definitely in the process of improving my understanding and executing of my contracts. Thank you for your feed back. It is appreciated.

Once they decided to use me, I asked for a $200 deposit to book date. In my contract, I did say the $200 was "nonrefundable" I did not define what I meant by that. They assumed that it would come off final bill,unless the gig was cancelled in which case it would be nonrefundable. So I will at...

Thx s Well said, my friend. Thank you.

This client paid the Deposit of $200 to book the date. My contract says "non refundable" It does not specify anything about taking it off bill if job goes through as planned, but clearly this client is interpreting it as such. How do you all handle the initial deposit? Do you take it off final...

Thank you do much.

Thank you so much ! Very helpful..

I am rewriting my contract. (Hypothetically), in the event that there were a death,accident or act of God in the client's family who has booked the date, and given deposit for food and then at that juncture cancelled. Would they be responsible for whole agreed upon remaining balance due ? I...

Cheflayne, Thank you for feedback. So you just customarily have in your contract a line that states Service Charge? Is it a percentage of the cost whole gig? How do you or do you explain this to client?

What is consensus of opinion on this? Charging a nonrefundable deposit in order to book/ hold a date for a Client's function be it a Catering gig or a Cooking Class/ Dinner Party. And regarding Gratuity, do you state in the contract,a 20% gratuity is appreciated? Thanks for feedback