Built for catering companies
Shindig is the system a catering company runs on — leads, clients, events, menus, proposals and payments — instead of a spreadsheet, a shared inbox and six browser tabs.
Onboarding in waves · 30-day free trial once you're in · No credit card
Platform
An inquiry arrives
The lead lands already sorted. Your form fields, your event types, your questions — answers come in structured, matched against clients you already have, and sitting in one queue instead of four inboxes.
It becomes an event
One event record, not six documents. Date, headcount, venue, menu, staffing and every note live together — and stay together when the guest count changes the week of.
You send a proposal
One link. Signed and deposited. The proposal becomes the contract the moment it's signed — same document, same link, deposit collected in the same action. No countersigning round trip.
The money lands
The balance follows the ledger. Every payment — deposit, balance, a check you logged by hand — is one entry in one ledger. What's outstanding is derived from it, so it can't drift out of step with reality.
What's inside
One queue for every lead, whatever form it came through, with the fields you chose and repeat clients already matched.
A client's history assembles itself — every inquiry, event, document and email sent, without anyone linking records by hand.
Date, headcount, venue, menu and staffing on one record. Prep lists and BEOs come off the same menu, so they can't disagree.
A proposal becomes the contract when it's signed — one link, one signature, deposit collected in the same action.
Revenue, inquiry volume and conversion, derived from the payments ledger rather than from a status someone remembered to set.
Embed a branded form on your site, or take inquiries through your free public profile in the Shindig directory.
We're onboarding catering companies in waves. Request access and we'll get you set up — 30 days free once you're in.
No credit card to start · Cancel anytime · Your client data is never sold or shared with other caterers