For event & corporate catering operators
Catering Management Software — Quotes, Production & Delivery
Accept event quotes, schedule production waves, generate packing sheets, and coordinate delivery handoff — without spreadsheet chaos between sales and the kitchen.
14-day free trial · Built for event and corporate catering operators
Catering pain
Event catering should scale — not spreadsheet chaos
Catering operators lose margin when accepted quotes, production waves, and load-out live in disconnected tools.
Sales-to-kitchen handoff breaks
Accepted quotes live in email while production schedules in spreadsheets — kitchen prep starts before headcount changes land.
Wrong-tray load-out incidents
Multi-course events need packing verification — manual checklists miss dietary swaps under rush load-out.
No honest dispatch path
Delivery routing lives in driver texts — no trackable handoff from packing complete to on-site setup.
The solution
One catering OS for quotes, production, packing, and delivery
OS Kitchen connects event order hub, production calendar waves, packing sheets, and optional delivery routing — with honest BETA labels where dispatch depth is still maturing.
- Order hub with event date, headcount, and dietary labels
- Production board — batch quantities from confirmed catering orders
- Catering dashboard — quotes, events, production KPIs (BETA)
- Packing verification before load-out and on-site handoff
- Integration Health Center — Woo/Shopify/manual import maturity labels
- 1. Accepted quote → order hub
- 2. Production waves → batch prep
- 3. Packing verification → load-out
- 4. Optional delivery routing → on-site handoff (BETA)
Built for catering
One ops surface from quote acceptance to delivery handoff
Turn accepted quotes into production waves, packing sheets, and delivery routes — with honest BETA labels where dispatch depth is still maturing.
Quote-to-production
Accepted quotes become production tasks with yield-aware batch quantities.
Event order hub
Prioritized queue by event date — filter by client, venue, or fulfillment type.
Packing sheets
Verification checkpoints before trays leave the commissary or event kitchen.
Delivery routing
Load-out windows and stop planning when dispatch pilot modules are enabled.
Corporate CRM
Repeat client segments and communication history for corporate catering.
Product screenshots
Event orders to production waves
Illustrative UI snapshots — confirm live maturity in your trial workspace.
Event order hub
All catering events in one prioritized queue.
Production waves
Batch prep scheduled by event and course.
Packing verification
Tray checks before load-out (BETA).
Operator story — placeholder
“We stopped losing headcount changes between sales email and the prep sheet — every accepted quote lands in one queue with the right event date.”
Pilot operator — name withheld
Catering ops lead, corporate events (design partner cohort)
Illustrative placeholder — not a verified customer quote. Real case studies publish at /customers when available.
Catering comparison
How OS Kitchen compares for catering operators
Feature availability reflects typical positioning — verify current plans with each vendor before you buy.
| Capability | OS Kitchen | Spreadsheets | Generic catering SaaS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quote-to-production workflow | Included | Manual | Varies |
| Event production waves | Included | Manual | Limited |
| Packing verification | Included | Not included | Varies |
| Delivery dispatch (BETA) | Pilot | Not included | Add-on |
| Software-first (no hardware lease) | Included | N/A | Varies |
| 14-day trial | Included | N/A | Varies |
Comparison is directional — confirm CRM scope and dispatch integrations with each vendor.
Honest limitations
BETA and SKIPPED labels apply — dispatch and CRM depth disclosed in pilot scope.
- Delivery dispatch optimization is BETA — not live fleet GPS parity; pilot scope only.
- Full banquet-service staffing and tip-pool accounting are not in v1 pilot scope.
- Marketplace delivery live ops (DoorDash/Uber) are SKIPPED — partner-gated.
- Multi-location catering P&L snapshots are operational views — not audited financial statements.
- Quote PDF designer parity with legacy catering CRMs is roadmap-only.
Catering FAQ
Questions from catering operators
Quote-to-production, event scheduling, packing, and delivery routing — answered without overclaiming dispatch parity.
Can catering and commissary production share one OS Kitchen workspace?
Pilot scope supports catering event orders alongside commissary or meal-prep production when workflows align. Disclose multi-segment scope in sales calls — full segment isolation is enterprise roadmap.
Is delivery dispatch live for all events?
No — delivery routing and load-out planning are BETA. Useful when dispatch modules are enabled in your pilot workspace. Label honestly in client-facing materials.
Do you replace dedicated catering CRM or quote tools?
OS Kitchen is a kitchen operations layer — order hub, production, packing, optional dispatch. Full CRM/quote designer replacement is explicitly out of 90-day pilot scope.
How long is the free trial?
14 days on Pro/Team trial tiers. Import event orders, schedule a production wave, and evaluate catering dashboard modules with your real workflow.
Run your catering ops on one honest system
Start a 14-day trial. Import event orders, schedule a production wave, and evaluate packing and dispatch with realistic BETA labels.