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£1,000 per diem, broken down is £50 per head. The caterer has to provide the grub (say £10 of that) and facilities (say another £10). Then the caterer has at least two persons doing the work (say £20 for the two). Which leaves a possible £10 per head profit, not that much really.
Are you re-charging (with 15% handling fee of course) back to the client?
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No re-charging. Agency offering us 20k all in which is already being stretched very tight for up to three challenging days plus post production.
I get the maths, I just think 1000 per day is over the odds. For smaller shoots (10-15 people) I've done the catering myself and had great results for about 200 all in. Maybe 250 if hiring mobile cooking gear/urns etc. I get that that is cutting corners to extremes but adding 750 to that plus travel (quoted 200) doesn't sound like a deal.
CYOA
Anyone do mobile catering? Have a possible shoot coming up - this time with a bit more of a budget so I don't have to do it myself the night before - but not a grand a day like I'm being quoted.
Need catering for about 20 people. Either 2 days including one very late night (8am to 10pm or so) or 3 days (8am to 6pm). Needs to be mobile in some sense - doesn't have to be a food van (especially if it costs 1k a day) but needs to be near Heathrow one day, Maidenhead the next and potentially central London if the 3rd day happens.
Let me know. Also even if not available would love an idea of what it would cost me. The quote I had was from someone who usually does larger shoots and said he'd need to add in a 400 quid surcharge for less than 35 heads. Is 500/600 for two days completely unrealistic?