Catering continues to be an expanding industry. The author is one of our top-selling home-based business authors and is an experienced chef with extensive knowledge of the hospitality industry. Spring of 2014 is a perfect time to do a seventh revision of this title to update any old information and expand on the role of social media.

For those who want to be their own boss, change careers, or add excitement, challenge, and a boost to Social Security in the retirement years, starting a home business is the perfect option.

This series provides the tools to help launch a successful home business and keep it running in today's competitive environment. Like having a personal business advisor, each book offers insider information from professionals who have done it themselves, including:
-- Essential information on start-up costs, self-evaluation, and zoning regulations
-- Advice on how to attract first-time customers, maintain a loyal client base, and price services competitively and profitably
-- Easy-to-use worksheets and questionnaires to help entrepreneurs focus on success, plus sample business forms
-- Listings of organizations, telephone numbers, and trade contacts
-- Internet sites as sources of information, marketing and selling, and making contacts

Learn all about how to start a home-based catering business from the owner of a successful catering enterprise. This edition contains an additional chapter of catering recipes, including five special occasion menus with 25 crowd-pleasing recipes.