Software Made For Caterers, By Caterers

Chefs know the concept of “mise en place”, the practice of setting out all of your ingredients before cooking begins to be sure you have everything you need when you need it. We chose the name “Cater En Place” with the same philosophy - be sure you have what you need when you need it.

We’ve been working in the catering business since 2014, and the first thing we learned is that catering is HARD WORK! Lifting, cooking, shopping, dealing with customer expectations, and making everything delicious and beautiful is overwhelming on a good day. Even the most organized caterers tend to have to scramble around at the last moment to find some little forgotten thing. We wasted so much time scrambling!

We love our catering work, but we struggled to find good tools to help us stay organized. All the software solutions we could find were either too complicated and expensive, or didn’t have the features we needed in our catering work. So, we decided to make the tools we wished we had!

If you’ve ever had a bride send you an email asking for last-second adjustments to her whole menu, had your most experienced helper get sick on your production day, or got started extra early because you weren’t sure how long your prep would actually take, this program is for you. We’ve included tools to help simplify the entire process of arranging menus and guest counts, managing your recipes, tracking your favorite ingredient and product sources, and even building your preparation schedule.