Restaurant Events Manager
If you want to start booking more private catered events at your restaurant, add off-site catering services, or boost your restaurant's annual revenue by hosting more public events, you are in the right place.
Running your restaurant, handling daily operations, and making sure you're turning a profit takes a lot of time. Adding events may seem like an added stress that simply doesn't fit on your plate.
However, if you have Savory Services as your restaurant events manager, selling and planning private dining events, off-site catering, and attracting customers to the public events at your restaurant, you can add a substantial revenue stream to your business without the headaches that come with it.
Restaurant Event Services - How it works
Private Dining Events
If you have space in your venue that can provide guests with a private or semi-private dining experience, we can book birthday parties, graduation dinners, rehearsal dinners, family reunions, business meetings, lunch and learns, and so many other kinds of private social events as well as corporate events.
If you are just looking for off-site catering to have clients pick up or have your team deliver, we can start booking catering events and sell your menu items to feed larger groups for off-site dining.
Or, if you want to start attracting new customers, generating more revenue, and improving the restaurant experience by hosting public events we can do that too. Hosting viewing parties for sporting events, hosting live entertainment, or a trivia or karaoke night. There are several ways to generate more traffic and revenue with hosted restaurant events and we can kick it all off for you. Here is how it all works:
Event Consultation
Our first step is to review your layout and the available dining space in your restaurant. We take a look at the revenue generated by your regular dining operations to identify when adding event revenue would best benefit your restaurant. Together, we consider what kinds of events you would like to host and what types of events customers would consider booking in your restaurant venue. We set room rental fees to collect for private space, food and beverage minimums to meet, and any other standards and policies for selling or hosting events at your restaurant.
Creative Design
Our next step is to create event menus, upselling services, food, and beverage options, and design event packages to promote for your restaurant. We develop event contracts and banquet event order templates to use for each event that is booked. We'll also create an event calendar for upcoming hosted events that will work for your venue with enough time to start spreading awareness and sell tickets.
Restaurant Event Awareness
Then we'll get to work on spreading awareness to your existing customers and any one that may be interested in booking an event in the future. We will update your website, directory listings, social media pages, and include information for any email or snail mail marketing.
Selling and Planning Restaurant Events
Now that we are setup for success, it's time to start generating revenue. Acting as your events manager, we will provide information to inquiring customers, engage over the phone and through messaging or email to book events on a shared calendar, working within the agreed availability. We will plan the details, work with event vendors, negotiate best pricing and maximizing profit margins for your restaurant.
Once contracts are signed, we continue to plan each event with those clients detailing all information on BEOs so your staff will know exactly what each client envisions for their event.
Day of the Event and Follow-Up
On the day of the event, Savory Services can either be the onsite coordinator to manage the event or if you prefer, we can train an event captain to takeover the event to manage the day of event operations.
After the event concludes, we will do the event follow-up with the kitchen staff, service staff, management, and client individually to identify any areas to improve or change to operate more efficiently.
We will complete revenue and traffic reports and analysis to share with you regularly to make sure that the restaurant is reaching the goals we set, and you are generating the revenue you deserve!
Start Booking and Planning Restaurant Events Today!
Start with a conversation, let's discuss what kinds of events would be a success at your restaurant or bar. Industry experts predict 2024 will see a boost in catered event sales, don't miss out on your slice of the pie!
