For caterers
The best AI receptionist
for caterers.
Event bookings die fast. Pricing has to come back same-day.
A Saturday morning, told straight
An office manager is booking a 200-person event. She has until 5pm to lock in a quote.
It's Wednesday, 2pm. An office manager is planning a 200-head company holiday party for December. She's been told she has until end of day Friday to choose a caterer. She's calling three.
You're prepping for tonight's wedding and you've got your head in the cold storage. Phone is in the office, ringing out. By 4pm she's quoted by two and the third (you) hasn't called back. You phone her at 6, she's already accepted a proposal.
That's £8,000 of catering revenue you missed because you were doing the work for last night's booking.
Foan picks up in two seconds. Sounds friendly and capable. Asks the right questions: date, headcount, dietary requirements, any allergens to flag, drop-off or full-service, plated or buffet, budget range. Sends a callback request to your inbox so you ring her after service. Texts her a confirmation and a link to your menu.
Catering is a 'first decent reply wins' market. Customers don't shop for weeks. They want to tick this box and move on. Foan ticks the box for you in 90 seconds, then you close the deal in person.
Same pattern works for corporate events, wedding catering, private dinners, and pop-up dining.
The maths for a caterer
Capture three missed calls a month at £14k and you've recovered £486k a year.
Average ticket for caterers: £2k to £25k. Foan costs less than one missed call a year.
Avg ticket
£14k
Per month
£41k
Per year
£486k
When the phone rings, you can't answer.
The other caterer answered. You were prepping for tonight's gig.
Foan answers every line at once.
Unlimited simultaneous calls. Ten callers at the same time, ten conversations. Your number is never busy.
What Foan does on a typical caterer call
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Picks up on the first ring, even when you're with another customer.
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Captures their name, phone number, and exactly what they're calling about, read back to confirm.
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Texts you a summary the second the call ends — or emails it, your pick. Call back while they're still warm.
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Books appointments straight into your calendar (Calendly or Google Calendar).
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Sounds like a real receptionist, not a robot. Trained on your website, your services, your prices.
Works with the software caterers already run on
Speaks caterers' language. Plugs into your stack.
Foan reads your live diary, books straight in, and writes the outcome back. No spreadsheets in the middle, no tabs left open at the end of the day.
Connect the rest of your stack
Foan plugs into the systems you already run on. The agent reads your live data, books, and writes the result back. No spreadsheets in the middle.
Caterer + Calendly
Suggest open Calendly slots and book bookings during the call. Confirms email letter-by-letter before sending the invite.
Caterer + Google Calendar
Charlie checks your calendar in real time and books meetings on the call. Invite goes out the moment the caller agrees.
Caterer + Stripe
Take payments on the call. Send a Stripe link, check invoice status, handle billing questions.
Caterer + HubSpot
Sync calls and contacts to your CRM. Auto-create deals from qualified leads, attach the transcript + summary to each contact.
Run the numbers
Curious what missed calls actually cost you?
Plug your average ticket and missed-call rate into the calculator. Most caterers pay for Foan with the first three captured calls of the month.
Open the missed-call calculatorTry Foan on your own business in 60 seconds.
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