What it should cost
Cost Planner
A full cost model for a private dinner: food, kitchen labour, service, rentals and logistics, by market and service style, with the per guest figure and the whole evening side by side.
What it does
Private dining quotes are hard to compare because every house splits the same costs differently. This planner rebuilds the quote from the bottom: what the food should cost in your market, how many kitchen and service hours the format needs, what the hire and the logistics add. Use it to sanity check a quote, not to replace one.
How to use it
- Pick the market, the format and the guest count
- Set the service style and the menu level
- Read the five cost blocks and the per guest total
- Compare a real quote against the same five blocks
Notes
- Prices are guide values in euros for 2026 and exclude wine and flowers
- A quote 30 per cent below this model is usually missing staff hours
- Above forty guests, rentals and logistics grow faster than food
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How much to buy
Quantity Calculator
Guest count, service style and menu shape turned into a shopping list in kilos, litres and pieces.
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Staff Planner
The brigade for your dinner: cooks, servers, bartenders and the captain.
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Drinks Calculator
Champagne, wine, water, spirits, ice and the glass count for a reception, a dinner or both.
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