4. A little more about us...
1.5 months old
Passion driven, started as a blog. Blog continues to
focus on sharing everyday Parsi dishes
Planned to do only dips and desserts but pivoted to
offer Parsi food upon receiving requests
Unlike other caterers there is no set menu
Not another me-too caterer that hates sharing trade
secrets
5. 5 things we are
contemplating
One-on-one Parsi cooking classes
You Tube Channel on Parsi cooking
Corporate catering for startups
Customised menus for party orders based on
guests preferences
Expand to offer content and event management
guidance for Parsi weddings
6. What I am looking
for
• Hospitality interns
• Mentorship for food costings,
suppliers, sourcing
• Marketing & Branding Support
• Funding to hire sales staff for
corporate catering and event
management services
7. What I am looking
for
• Hospitality interns
• Mentorship for food costings,
suppliers, sourcing
• Marketing & Branding Support
• Funding to hire sales staff for
corporate catering and event
management services
Editor's Notes
As a self-confessed foodie, ordering food is something I both love and hate. I love going through page after page of delicious sounding items but am always confused as to what to order. This decision is doubly hard when I have to order not only for myself but for the whole table.
My solution to this decision fatigue facing several foodies is a rotating menu. The limited menu concept is slowly starting to be adopted by several restaurants internationally with the likes of Le Relais de Venise L’Entrecôte in Paris and now a global chain or Burger & Lobster in Mayfair which offer no options. The concept will probably take a while to penetrate in the Indian food market where the average menu at restaurants is a minimum of 8 pages and with some caterers it is even longer! At Bawi Bride we give this a twist by having a new menu that is available each week and offering a customised menu based on your guests and your preferences for parties.
share the story - how it was a blog, how bawa groom motivated me to try out selling dishes/love for cooking. Continuing with the blog and some of the plans there;
- parsis are known for their food but very few parsi cooking classes - the key mission here is to try to find a studio where I can do these classes - want to do it professionally.
Corporate catering market is saturated but not really for startups who face the problem of being perpetually understaffed - in such circumstances organising the catering is always the last priority.
When ordering for parties, the host has to go through 3 - 4 caterers as not everyone offers what they want. To be able to provide customised menus for their parties and oversee that it all goes well - doesn’t all have to be cooked by Bawi Bride / could be linked to another caterer?
Food and events go hand in hand. Trained as an event co-ordinator so could also expand into that area
Chef assistance - either in the form of a co-founder or else an early stage recruit to help on weekends/in a freelance model in building up the business
Mentorship - was based in NZ so need support in getting connected to right people, suppliers etc.
