Know which in-home dinner leads are worth tasting time
Every enquiry walks hosts through guest count, dietary restrictions, and kitchen readiness before you ever quote a tasting. Kitchen photos and allergy details arrive with the enquiry, already scored and routed to your CRM.
The exact intake your in-home dinner leads complete
This is the real 7-question guided intake for In-Home Dinner — the same flow your customers finish before you ever pick up the phone.
What a qualified in-home dinner lead should tell you
A single dinner engagement where a private chef prepares and often serves a custom menu at the host's home, sized to guest count, dietary needs, and how ready the kitchen is to support the meal.
- This Dinner
- Many Guests Will Be
- Any Guests Have Dietary
- Dinner Take Place
- Kitchen At Location Fully
- Cuisine Or Menu Style
- Services Included With Dinner
The questions your team needs answered
Every in-home dinner intake asks these — and why each one matters.
| Question | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Who is this dinner for? | Distinguishing personal, corporate, institutional, and special-event hosts lets you route corporate or institutional enquiries toward invoicing and liability conversations before you quote a tasting. |
| How many guests will be at the dinner? | Guest count carries the highest weights in this catalog, since a 5-to-10 group is the sweet spot for a single chef delivering a full plated menu without added staff. |
| Do any guests have dietary restrictions or allergies? | A yes answer flags that the menu can't be finalized until allergy specifics are collected, so you can follow up before locking a tasting date. |
| When do you need the dinner to take place? | Timing weights peak for within-a-week and within-a-month requests, since those are the enquiries you can actually staff without turning down other work. |
| Is the kitchen at the location fully equipped for cooking? | Kitchen equipped carries a real weight gap between yes and no because an under-equipped kitchen means bringing induction burners, extra prep space, or rethinking the menu entirely. |
| What cuisine or menu style would you like for the dinner? | The free-text cuisine answer tells you before the call whether the requested menu style is inside your repertoire or needs a referral. |
| What services do you need included with the dinner? | Knowing which services beyond cooking are wanted — shopping, table service, cleanup — lets you price the tasting and event correctly instead of renegotiating scope later. |
How Cliont scores in-home dinner leads
Every answer is weighted automatically — no manual review required.
Value signals
- 1 to 4 guests
- 5 to 10 guests
- 11 to 20 guests
- More than 20 guests
- Within a week
- Within a month
Disqualifiers
- Not sure yet
See the lead your team receives
In-Home Dinner Lead
From first click to qualified lead
Follow hosts and planners through one smooth, guided flow.
They land & meet you
Your video greeting plays instantly — a real face instead of a blank form.
They explain the event
Smart questions adapt to their event and capture the full scope.
They add inspiration
Inspiration photos and event details come attached, so you can quote fast.
You get a ready lead
Scored and qualified — waiting for you to win it.
Built for in-home dinner workflows
| Cliont capability | In-Home Dinner application |
|---|---|
| Automatic lead scoring | Guest count and timing answers carry the highest weights in this catalog, so a 5-to-10 guest dinner needed within a week ranks well above a vague, far-out enquiry. |
| Conditional follow-up prompts | A yes on dietary restrictions can trigger a request for allergy specifics alongside the free-text cuisine answer, so the menu conversation starts with real constraints. |
| Multi-select scope capture | The services question lets hosts flag grocery shopping, table service, and cleanup upfront, so your quote reflects the full job instead of just the cooking. |
| CRM routing | Every scored in-home dinner enquiry, with its guest count, timing, and kitchen readiness answers, lands in your CRM without manual re-entry. |
| Kitchen readiness flag | The kitchen equipped question's weight gap between yes and no tells you at a glance which enquiries need extra equipment discussion before you confirm a tasting. |
Common in-home dinner lead scenarios
Quick family anniversary dinner
A host needs a 6-person dinner within the week and confirms the kitchen is fully equipped — the intake surfaces this as a strong same-week match your team can staff immediately.
Corporate group with allergies
A business host is booking for 15 guests more than a month out and flags dietary restrictions — you get lead time to plan the menu and confirm accommodations before the tasting.
Large event, no firm date
An institution enquires about a dinner for more than 20 guests but selects 'Not sure yet' for timing — the intake still captures every detail so you can follow up once the date firms up.
Kitchen not fully equipped
A vacation host answers 'no' to kitchen readiness — the lower-weighted answer flags that you'll need to bring extra equipment or adjust the menu before confirming.
Full-service request
A special-event host selects grocery shopping, table service, and cleanup alongside cooking — the multi-select answer lets you price the tasting for the full scope, not just the meal.
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- AI-powered voice bot
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- Digital estimates & e-signatures
- Photo, video & file upload
- Advanced analytics dashboard
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In-Home Dinner lead-intake FAQs
How does the intake handle dietary restrictions and allergies?
The yes/no dietary question flags any restrictions upfront, and it pairs with the free-text cuisine field so you see the menu style request alongside the allergy flag before you finalize a tasting.
Can the intake tell me if a host's kitchen can support my equipment needs?
Yes — the kitchen readiness question carries different weights for a fully equipped kitchen versus one that isn't, so you know before the call whether you'll need to bring extra gear.
What happens when a lead has more than 20 guests?
That guest count option is weighted lower than the 5-to-10 and 11-to-20 ranges, since larger groups may exceed what a single in-home chef can staff — you can still review the lead and decide whether it fits or belongs with Private Event Chef.
How do you score enquiries that don't have a firm date yet?
'Not sure yet' is the lowest-weighted timing answer in the catalog, so those leads still land in your CRM but score lower than a within-a-week or within-a-month request.
Can I see what extra services a host wants before I quote?
The services question is a multi-select covering cooking only, grocery shopping, table service, and cleanup, so you can price the tasting for the actual scope instead of renegotiating after the call.
Does the intake separate personal dinners from corporate or institutional bookings?
Yes — the first question asks who the dinner is for, so you can route business, institutional, or special-event hosts differently from a family or personal occasion before you respond.
Turn in-home dinner visitors into qualified events
Give every in-home dinner visitor a guided intake instead of a dead contact form — and get a scored, qualified lead before you reply with a quote.