Hiring Culinary Professionals at Bid Gourmet - FAQs

Q. Who benefits from BidGourmet?

Ans. Bid Gourmet has two sets of audiences -

1. The culinary professionals and catering firms who help organize all kinds of events like weddings, birthdays, corporate meetings, picnics, meetings and seminars, reunion, grand opening, baby shower and more.


2. Second set of audience are those individuals and corporates also known as event planners who are looking for catering and event management firms who can offer their services to help organize a perfect event.

Q. How do BidGourmet help people (event planners) hire culinary professionals?

Ans.

1. If you are looking to hire a reliable culinary professional, all you need to do is get registered with us.
   
   
2. Next you need to post your event giving details of the guest list, your budget, food preferences and other important information.
   
   
3. At BidGourmet, we have qualified and pre-screened culinary professionals who bid on the event posted by you.
   
   
4. You can then evaluate the bids received by our registered culinary professionals and award the project to the most suitable one. This is BidGourmet’s competitive auction model.

Q. How do I (event planner) contact the professional I hire?

Ans. Once you have selected the culinary professional BidGourmet provides you with a workspace so that you can have direct communication with the professional and this can be used for future reference as well. You can use our Private Message Board (PMB) to communicate with the catering firm you wish to hire or have hired. The information is completely private and not shared with anybody. This PMB acts as a record of all your discussions and can be referred to in case you’ve made any minor changes or specified something special.

Q. How does BidGourmet help culinary professionals to boost their business?

Ans. We are a matchmaking network that links culinary professionals with individuals looking for them. Culinary professionals and catering firms can register with us using our various memberships - Free, Basic and Premium.

Once you have registered your culinary service with BidGourmet, you can view events posted by individuals (event planners) seeking culinary services. The catering firm can read the event detail and place their bid giving details of their services and advantages of selecting them.

The project owner (event planner) evaluates various bids and hires a suitable catering professional. This way a culinary service provider can get more business online in a hassle free way and take his business to new heights of success.

Q. How can I check the reliability of the culinary professional I hire?

Ans. You can be assured about culinary professional you hire through BidGourmet as most of our registered professionals are well-known professional working with popular restaurants or privately owned catering and event management firms. All providers listed with us give details of their qualifications, references, and the type of events they have organized previously. Another important feature that can help event planners know if the catering firm is worth hiring is the feedback rating and comments left by event planners who have hired them in the past through BidGourmet. Furthermore, BidGourmet monitors the network to assure all policies are being followed.

Q. How are payments made? Do I (event planner) make the payment before the event?

Ans. The payment is to be made to the site administration just after you (event planner) select a culinary professional and assigns the event to him. We accept Paypal, checks and credit cards. Your personal payment information is secure when you conduct your transactions through our payment system. Payments are placed in escrow and held securely until the services are provided satisfactorily. The vendor can begin working on the event, knowing that you have paid into the escrow account. You and the vendor agree to a schedule for delivery of funds through setting up of a milestone. This payment is released to the professional only after the event gets completed. The site administration deducts its fee and gives the due payment to the culinary professionals.