The catering platform for restaurants
C4tering
by SpoonAdvisor
Run catering like a system — not a stack of sticky notes. Build the quote, check your food against the headcount, win a clean client approval, and fire a kitchen chit straight to the line.
🎉 It’s free — and we match your current credit card fee, so switching costs you nothing.
Why C4tering beats the spreadsheet
Everything a catering order needs — in one place.
Built by people who’ve actually worked the floor and the back office. C4tering does the busywork so your team can do the cooking and the hosting.
Check food against headcount
Right on the catering invoice, C4tering reads your quantities against the guest count and flags each line short, just right, or too much — before anyone starts cooking.
Clean client approval
Your client reviews the catering proposal and approves it with one tap. You get a clear yes on the record — no “I thought we said 40 people.”
Personalized emails & reminders
Quotes, confirmations, and automatic reminders go out with the client’s name and event details. Deposits and final counts never slip through.
Version history you can trust
Every change to the catering order is tracked. See exactly what the client signed off on and when — so a last-minute edit never becomes a dispute.
No more messy paperwork
One shared, always-current catering order replaces the email chains, screenshots, and texts flying back and forth between you and the client.
Built-in tipping
Give the customer a clean tipping option at checkout. Your crew gets recognized for great catering — no awkward conversation required.
Print or export the kitchen chit
Send the order straight to the line as a printed kitchen chit or export — no re-keying it into your POS. What the client approved is exactly what the kitchen cooks.
The part everyone loves
How much food for that many people?
It’s right on the invoice. C4tering reads every line against your guest count and tells you whether each quantity is short, just right, or too much.
Catering Invoice · Garcia Wedding
Order #C-2048| Item | Per guest | Quantity | C4tering check |
|---|---|---|---|
Gyoza |
5 pcs / guest | 400pcs | Just right |
Chicken Katsu |
1 pc / guest | 60pcs | Not enough |
Rice bowl |
1 pc / guest | 80pcs | Just right |
California Roll |
3 pcs / guest | 240pcs | Just right |
Edamame |
1 pc / guest | 80pcs | Just right |
Mochi assortment |
1 pc / guest | 150pcs | A little much |
In the live system every quantity recalculates the moment you type — tuned to your own recipes and portion counts. These figures are a sample.
From “approved” to the line
The order becomes a kitchen chit.
The second a client approves, your kitchen gets a clean ticket — quantities and prep notes, with the pickup time. Print it or export it.
- No re-typing the catering order into your POS
- No mismatch between what the client ordered and what the kitchen makes
- Every quantity in pieces — clear for the line
- Works on the same printer your kitchen already uses
CATERING CHIT
What it costs
So, the price?
Run it on our partner processor
C4tering is completely free when your card payments run through our partner processor — and don’t worry, we match your current credit card fee. You won’t pay a cent more per swipe than you do today. Tips, deposits, and final payments all flow right through it, and the processor covers the cost of the platform — so you don’t.
Own merchant, or no payments at all?
That’s fine — but here’s the honest math. Our partner processor is what funds the free version. Use your own merchant, or skip payment integration entirely, and C4tering runs on a one-time sign-up fee plus a small monthly fee. Reach out and we’ll walk you through the numbers and whether your setup connects cleanly.
Let’s get your catering off the spreadsheet.
C4tering sets up around how you already work — your menu, your portions, your printer. Then catering just… runs.
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