Oh man their loss on the demos, it can only improve the numbers....
Cooking Demos:
1)bring in folks wanting to learn how to cook
2) Chef Groupies....(I admit it I'm a cook and a groupie)
3) Help sell whatever is being demoed
4) Hopefully start a newspaper column with the recipe used at the demo
5) bring in folks to the restaurant
6) If you bump it up with a Gift certificate for a drawing then all the better for you and the market.
I really can't fathum why they'd want to wait...it takes nominal $ to start....actually I bummed equipment our first set of demos cus we had no fundage.
We got the farmers to contribute produce and we didn't hand out samples just recipes...
Now the chef gets $100 for 2 demos he supplies the equipment (I have 2 burners) he needs for the demo as well as samples for 100 per demo...he connects with the featured farmer and buys from him. I get $50 gift certificate from the restaurant for a market drawing. They get outrageous
PR, cus we're cool and have loads of schedules printed in the community. And to top it off the State is giving me $2000 for this project!!!!I don't see a down side here. Oh yeah except having to write and edit recipes from guys who don't get um to me before 10PM Friday for a 8am market. But hey I'm working on that one to see if it can't be streamlined and timely.
Mofo find out what the hold up is it may be a really insignificant problem that can be worked around.
I love that your featuring local produce and organic sustainable....It's important folks know that bananas don't grow in Mo or Ill and it's really ok....