From inquiry to invoice to load-out. Every event lives in one place: proposal, BEO, financials, seating, schedule, debrief.
Open an event and tab through Info, Items, Financials, Schedule, Seating, Tasks, Documents, Pack list, Debrief. Each tab reads the same source-of-truth event row, so changes propagate immediately: change the guest count and the pack list re-builds, the invoice updates, the seating chart flags missing seats.
Drop-offs and one-off catering don't need the full event drawer. Express Order is a 30-second flow: name, date, contact, items, done. The full record exists; it just defaulted everything sensibly.
Spreadsheet UX for editing many events at once. Bulk-receive payments distributes one $50,000 corporate check across four events in a single screen. Bulk archive, bulk cancel, bulk discontinue. Every destructive bulk action requires owner approval before it runs.
The biggest time sink in catering software is the manual event setup: typing line items off a contract, attaching the right contact, splitting tax + service + gratuity. Drop the PDF (or photo of a napkin) into Maître chat and it does the typing for you.
“[Drop a signed contract PDF]”
MaîtreMaître extracts contact, event details, line items with quantities + prices, dietary notes, and proposed timeline. You review the structured form, click Save, the event is created.
“Draft a proposal for the Anderson wedding”
MaîtreMaître reads the event details, your default catalog pricing, your standard tax/service/gratuity rates, and writes a proposal you review + send.
“Cancel the Bautista event”
MaîtreMaître confirms in plain text first, then moves the event to cancelled and logs it in the audit trail. You add the reason on the event, which is what groups it in the lost-revenue report.
$50 of Maître work included monthly, metered at what the model costs us. Overage is off unless you turn it on. Read more on the Maître AI page.
We build custom features for individual customers starting at $10/month. If your idea is broadly useful to other catering operators, we may waive the monthly fee entirely and add it to the standard catalog. The first conversation is free and we’ll tell you which path applies.
Leads, customers, prospects, all in one CRM. Filter by tag, send to the list, write merge letters that pull in their event details.
Learn moreSell the Harvest Dinner at $95 a head. The client sees one line and what it includes. The kitchen sees every dish, scaled to the headcount. The tax is right on both.
Learn moreBook a tasting linked to the wedding. Mark each bite as loved, good, needs-change, or skip. Click a button and the liked items flow onto the proposal with 'client favorite' notes baked in.
Learn moreUnlimited seats · every integration · $50/mo of Maître AI included · 14-day free trial · no credit card.
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