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startcateringbusines — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:56:17 CDT

The last thing you want to do is spend several hundred if not thousand dollars on setting up a catering business in your home or commercial location only to find out your city will not allow it.
Certainly many small caterers do not have health permits or business licenses. Although I do not recommend this, what you do is your own business. If you do choose this route please think it through.
Do you have a homeowners association or nosey neighbor who may complain about you running a business out of your home to the authorities? If you plan on making this your full time income, is it worth lying awake at night worrying if the city is going to close you down.
Another consideration is do you have assets you do not want to lose. Unless you are completely legal most insurance policies will not cover you if you cause damage or someone becomes sick from one of your caterings.
Following is information you must know to make intelligent decisions about setting up your catering business; whether in your home or in a commercial space.

Requirements for a Health Permit
Requirements for a Business License
Insurance Requirements
Legal Protection
Tax Liabilities
Payroll Tax Liabilities
Water Department polices.
Subdivision Policies
Landlord Restrictions
Electrical Availability

Do you want to Start a Catering Business

startcateringbusines — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:50:02 CST

What do you want?

Starting you own catering business can be as varied as caterers are different themselves.
To follow a specific strict procedure can be frustrating and difficult. Filling out
questionnaires in software programs for business plans has always caused this frustration
to me. Asking me questions that I have no idea of the answer and certainly do not want to
spend the time and money to find answers to. Certainly when the questions are not
appropriate for my situation. Yet if starting a catering business is what you want, certain questions are needed.
What is more appropriate and enjoyable is to follow a set of guidelines and customize the
process to your goals and desires. Now that is not to say being asked un-related question
to your goals can not be helpful. For a home based catering business often these questions alert you to things you did not know you needed or reminds you of items you have forgotten. My point is do not get
stuck in the process.

The process of setting up your business should be an exciting and enjoyable experience.
An experience filled with hopes and dreams, don't let some of the details cause you to
give up before you even start. One of the greatest advantages to start a Catering Business is
you can start as small or big as you want. If you find out what you originally had in mind
is going to be to much effort or expensive at this point in your life, just adjust down and
start smaller. It is a cliché but so true "The longest journey starts with a single step". So
lets take that first step.

What do you want?
Do you know, or maybe you just thought catering would be a great idea and have no idea
where to begin. Lets start by creating a small file system. You can purchase a file box for
a couple of dollars at the store or just find a box that will hold your file folders. Purchase
or find in your home a box of files that will fit your file box, some pens and a calculator.
Your first file should be for receipts. Place the receipt for the supplies you just purchased
into the file. You are now in business.
Next take out a piece of paper and answer these questions. Certainly you can do all this
on your computer, yet this is a piece of paper you may want to look at on and off as you
build and grow your business. You may be different but I find I do not tend to re-open old files on my computer. Stay tuned for our next lesson on Home Based Catering Businesses

Best of catering,
Chef Jeff

Start A Catering Business Now

startcateringbusines — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:29:29 CST

Hi,

This is just my first post to Starting A Catering Business, so I am learning how the system works. My goal is to make weekly updates with suggestions and tips to help the beginning caterer and or experienced home base caterer. Much more information can always be at Starting A Catering Business

It can be very gratifying to have your own catering business and this is something we will talk about in the next post. I have owned four restaurants and now a home based catering business. The benefits are awesome including a lifestyle I control.

There will be plenty of tips on how to start a catering business through out the posts, which I hope will having you coming back for more. I will also be doing regular pod casts with the information on how to access them coming soon.

So if you want to start your own catering business or already have I believe you will receive many new tips and valuable information by stopping back often or go ahead and subscribe to my rss feed. You can also get more information at Your Catering Success

Best of catering,

Chef Jeff