Events & Catering module
Catering without the paperwork.
By the numbers
Catering rewards whoever answers first
7×
more likely to qualify a lead when you reply within an hour — and 60× more than after waiting a day.
Source: Harvard Business Review, 1.25M leads, 2011
What changes with Gumbeaux
The request becomes a priced draft quote the moment it’s submitted, so you can reply in minutes, not days.
5.3%
a year: projected growth of U.S. catering through 2032 — versus about 3% for restaurants overall.
Source: Monkey, State of Catering (100+ brands, $1B+ sales), 2026
What changes with Gumbeaux
Inquiries from your website and your phone feed one pipeline with stale alerts, so none slip through the cracks.
$416
average catering order value in 2025.
Source: Monkey, State of Catering (100+ brands, $1B+ sales), 2026
What changes with Gumbeaux
Quotes are priced from your own recipes and serving sizes, with deposit and margin built in — every job priced on purpose.
Industry research about restaurants in general, shown with its source — not results from Gumbeaux Soft customers.
Time back
A catering job, two ways
An inquiry arrives
An email or a voicemail, re-typed into a spreadsheet.
The request creates the lead and a priced draft quote.
Pricing the job
Pans and portions worked out by hand.
Priced from your recipes and serving sizes, with service format and margin.
Sending the proposal
A document attached to an email, then phone tag.
A private proposal link the client views and accepts online.
Collecting the deposit
Chasing a check.
The client pays the deposit or the balance from the proposal.
Following up
Leads go cold in someone’s inbox.
A pipeline with status, assignment and stale alerts.
How it works
How it works
The request comes in
From your catering form or a phone call — date, headcount, menu, service style and budget, saved as they go.A draft quote is priced
Line items from your recipes and serving sizes, with service format, deposit percentage and margin.You review and send
Change anything, then send a private proposal link.They accept and pay
The client views, accepts and pays the deposit online. The job joins the guest record, with shopping and production lists ready.
Proposal · Harper rehearsal dinner
Sat, Oct 18 · 80 guests · buffet, delivered
Smoked brisket
$420.00
Chicken and sausage jambalaya
$260.00
Green beans, mac and cheese
$240.00
Banana pudding
$160.00
Delivery and setup
$95.00
Total
$1,175.00
Accept and pay 50% deposit
Deposit $587.50 · balance due Oct 16
Features
What it does
Request to draft quote
Priced from your recipes
Quote builder
Proposals accepted online
Deposits and balances
Inquiry pipeline
Phone briefs, same pipeline
Shopping and production lists
Catering deck
Your numbers
The time your quotes take now
Pricing pans, writing it up, sending it, chasing it.
Starting value: Monkey, State of Catering (100+ brands, $1B+ sales), 2026
Hours a month building quotes
Hours a year
Catering in your pipeline each month
Every one of those deserves a fast, clear reply.
No silos
What it connects to
Catering calls
Recipes, costing & margin
Lead pipeline & follow-ups
Private events
One guest record
Email & text campaigns
Questions