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AI Receptionist for Catering Sarah 24/7 — answers every call and books the job
You’re plating for 200. A wedding inquiry is on line one. Sarah is an AI receptionist built for caterers. She answers while your kitchen is heads-down, collects the event date, headcount, and menu direction, answers dietary questions from your info, and books tastings.
Sarah calls you back live — hear her before you pay a dollar
From $350/month + 15¢/min usage · Cancel anytime
The calls you’re losing
Catering: the phone problem
Kitchens and phones don’t mix
Prep, service, and cleanup leave nobody free to answer, and event inquiries call during exactly those hours. Sarah takes every call, so the kitchen keeps cooking and the pipeline keeps filling.
Quote requests arrive half-baked
You can’t price an event without date, headcount, service style, and menu direction — and voicemail delivers none of it. Sarah collects a complete intake on the first call, ready for your quote.
Season stacks events and calls together
Wedding season and the holidays bring your busiest kitchens and your heaviest phones at the same time. Sarah absorbs the call surge so busy weeks stop cannibalizing next month’s bookings.
Three real calls · nothing staged
Hear Sarah on the phone
Real recorded conversations with US customers — the word-by-word transcript of each one is on the home page. Names, numbers and the client's business name are beeped out — everything else is exactly as it happened.
Qualifying the job on the call
A rental property with a leaking fridge. Sarah works out what is actually happening before anyone is dispatched.
An honest answer, not a sales pitch
The caller wants a part, not a technician. Sarah checks, says plainly that we do not sell parts, and offers what she can.
On the phone
Catering: a real call, handled
This is the shape of the conversation — triage first, details second, booking before the caller can dial a competitor. And it’s not a mockup: real recorded calls are right on this page.
- Answers while the kitchen is heads-down
- Collects date, headcount, and service style
- Answers dietary and menu questions
- Books tastings into your calendar
- Texts back missed inquiries
- Flags peak-season dates early
CallerHi, do you cater weddings? Ours is next May, probably around 150 guests.
SarahWe do, and May is a lovely time for it. Are you thinking plated dinner, buffet, or family style? And is the venue already booked?
CallerThe venue’s booked. We’re leaning buffet, and we’d need a few vegetarian options.
SarahEasy — our menus always include vegetarian mains. The best next step is a tasting so you can try the food before you decide. I have Thursday evening or Saturday afternoon open — which should I book for you two?
Integrations
Plays nicely with the tools you already run
No rip-and-replace. Sarah books into your calendar and writes into your CRM from day one.
Pricing
Every feature. From $350 a month + 15¢ a minute.
No setup feeNo contractsCancel anytime
Good to know
AI answering service for catering: how it works
An AI receptionist is software that answers your business phone with a natural, human-sounding voice — instantly, on every call, at any hour. Sarah is an AI receptionist built for caterers. She answers while your kitchen is heads-down, collects the event date, headcount, and menu direction, answers dietary questions from your info, and books tastings.
Unlike a traditional answering service that takes a message for you to chase later, Sarah completes the job on the call: she handles answers while the kitchen is heads-down, collects date, headcount, and service style, and books the appointment straight into your calendar or field-service software. Every conversation is recorded, transcribed and summarized, so your team starts the day with booked work — not a voicemail queue. Plans start at $350 per month plus usage from 15¢ per minute of conversation, with white-glove setup included and no long-term contracts.
FAQ
Catering questions
Can Sarah quote catering prices?+–
She shares the guidance you give her — per-person starting ranges, minimums, service styles — and never invents a number. For real quotes she collects the full event picture and books a tasting or consult, where your team closes the sale.
How does she handle dietary questions?+–
You give her your menu policies — vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, allergies — and she answers consistently from that. Anything unusual gets captured in the notes and flagged to your chef, instead of surfacing for the first time at the event.
Does she help with corporate drop-off orders too?+–
Yes. She takes the order details — date, delivery time, address, headcount, menu selection — and passes them to your team for confirmation. Recurring corporate clients get answered fast, which is often why they stay recurring.
What does it cost?+–
Sarah costs from $350 a month plus 15¢ per minute of talk time, with no setup fee and no contract. One booked wedding or corporate account covers a very long run of answered calls, and your kitchen never has to choose between service and sales.
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