For caterers

Quote with margin. Cook the same margin.

Most caterers quote in February and cook in May. Onion, paneer, and oil don't wait. Forkcast locks recipe cost at quote time, watches the supply window between booking and execution, and re-flags any event where current plate cost has moved past your quoted margin — before you cook the loss.

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The catering problem

The price is locked. The cost is not.

Most caterers under-quote because they price by gut, never recipe-cost the menu, and have no view of supply movement between booking and event day. The difference shows up as 'a tough season'.

What you get

The operating loop, catering edition

Same engine as the restaurant tier — calendar, supply watch, recipe costing — adapted for the per-event reality of catering.

Recipe-costed quote calculator

At booking time, pick the menu — we return the minimum viable plate price using live mandi prices. Lock margin from day one.

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Quote-vs-actual variance

Per-event tracker that flags when current ingredient cost has moved past your quoted plate cost — re-quote before you cook.

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Procurement plan

T-14 dry goods, T-7 staples, T-3 perishables — auto-generated for every confirmed event so the last-week scramble disappears.

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Supply price-lock alerts

Paneer up 18% over 4 weeks? Lock T-7 supplier price now for the next 3 events. Same Supply Watch engine, catering lens.

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Event-book ingest

Excel or WhatsApp event book → live calendar of confirmed events → covers, projected revenue, projected margin.

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Banquet & wedding-season planner

Cluster of muhurat dates → kitchen + transport + headcount plan that books vendors before peak-season rates kick in.

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A day in the life

Ramesh, wedding caterer in Pune

₹60L–₹2.4Cr/month seasonal swing. 4–14 events per month in peak season.

Without Forkcast: Monday 7am he checks his event book — 6 weddings + 1 corporate dinner. He quoted the largest one (Sangeet for 600, ₹720/plate) in February. He buys onions Wednesday at ₹62/kg, having quoted on the assumption of ₹28/kg. He absorbs ₹38K of variance on that single event, eats it as "a tough season," and re-quotes the next one at ₹780. He has no way to spot this for the four other events still ahead.

With Forkcast: Monday 7am dashboard — "Confirmed event book, next 30 days: 6 weddings + 1 corporate = 4,200 covers / projected ₹26.4L gross. Sangeet 18 May — quoted ₹720/plate, current recipe-cost ₹658/plate (margin 8.6% vs quoted 14% → flagged). Wedding 24 May — current margin 1.3% vs quoted 11% → critical, renegotiate. Procurement plan auto-generated for each event. Supply-lock-in alert: paneer trending up 18% — lock T-7 supplier price now for next 3 events." Outcome: two events re-quoted with revised inclusions before invoicing. ₹84K of margin recovered across the next 30 days.

FAQ

Catering FAQ

I quote on Excel and WhatsApp. Will Forkcast work for me?

Yes — that's exactly the case we designed catering ingest around. Drop your event book as a CSV / Excel export and we'll create a confirmed-event calendar in minutes. Native Petpooja Catering and BanquetEase integrations are on the roadmap.

How early before an event should I onboard?

Even one week before a Saturday wedding, the quote-vs-actual variance check pays off — paneer or onion can move 15–25% in a fortnight. The earlier you onboard a quote, the longer the window where Supply Watch can lock prices.

Can the quote calculator handle Jain / pure-veg / vegan menus?

Yes. Recipe costing is ingredient-level, so any cuisine or restriction works. Jain mode adds an automatic check for onion, garlic, root vegetables; pure-veg flags any ingredient that's not in the approved list; vegan checks for dairy.

What's the typical margin recovery from re-quoting?

In our pilot data, two events per month get re-quoted with revised inclusions before invoicing — recovering ₹40K–₹90K of margin over a 30-day rolling period. The Catering tier at ₹9,999/month is paid back inside the first re-quote.

Do you handle wedding muhurat clustering?

Yes — the Hindu calendar engine that powers restaurant demand also surfaces muhurat density 60+ days out. Your event-book report flags weeks where you're over-committed on kitchen capacity and under-staffed on chefs.

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