Q: Is higher study is necessary for starting catering business?

A: No, only with basic knowledge you can start your business.

Q: What are the major steps which can help you to avoid problems in business?

A:  First, it is necessary to follow business plan before start catering business and in this plan if it is require, then you can apply for business loan at bank. Then before apply for loan you must have the entire required document with completely preparation. If you produce correct and required document at bank, then you can easily get your loan which becomes helpful for starting your catering business.  
Second, you must required business license and government health certificate from your local government health department. So you should apply for health certificate before start your catering business. Health department basically provide certificate after complete their inspection regarding the food, preparation area and so many other thinks. You must be careful about the food preparation and practice to cook hygienic food or it also required to hire professional staffs for cooking before apply for health certificate.

Last, you must know your market condition before start your catering business. It is necessary for you to know the demand and taste of food or what they want in market. According to the demand of customer, you should provide your service and food. Market study before start your catering business is not enough, it is necessary to periodically study your market before and after start your business. Because demand and taste of people always continuously changeable. So that getting knowledge regarding the current demand of people, periodically study or analysis of market is necessary.

Q: How catering business becomes entertaining business with lots of complication?

A: As other business catering business also need proper planning, market analysis and so many important factors for which you can easily take your business higher position in market. So it is not so easy task for you to start but with having lots of complications it also has lots of entertainment for you. If you start your catering business, then you can interact with different types of people and place which is very interesting and entertaining business.

Q: How analyses the market before start your business?

A: It is the second important step which has vital requirement before start your catering business. At time of market study you must get information about expectation of people and which type of service they require and preferred.  You should define your service or product concisely without taking any complicate method.  Then you must try to know the present demand and try to present any special service in market. Before start your business complete of market study isn’t enough for you. Periodically study of market is necessary for the business and it is generally required to be done:

• When you want to start your business, then before start it you must study your market.
• When you are going to lunch any new product or service in market, then market study is required.
• And lastly after establish your business, for continuously maintaining business strategy you also required the market study.

Q: How to minimize your starting cost in catering business?

A: In catering business starting cost is completely depends on your category of service and also depend on what you keep in your kitchen, such as mixture, bakery, oven and so many other modern equipments and also high standard serving equipments. And these equipments are so expensive and sometimes you can’t afford this price. But you don’t worry about it and you shouldn’t think that for the expensive price you can’t start your own catering business. Because with the affordable or little price you can start your business and you also arrange your own required kitchen equipments. Especially in catering business you can control your budget through hiring requirements on rent, such as table cloth, utensils, serving equipments and other kitchen facilities. You also can start your business with your own equipments if you want to minimize your cost.

Q: Is it necessary to maintain pen- paper agreement after getting catering contract? Why?

A:  Yes, as other business, you must maintain the pen- paper contract or agreement. If you maintain the written agreement, then you never become cheating from customers. You can save your huge amounts of money, time and also maintain your reputation if you maintain the written agreement.