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Build a Catering Quote Per Head for an Event

Builds an itemised event catering quote from your food costs, staff hours, hire items and travel, checks the margin per head, and writes the client-facing version with clear inclusions.

  • Role-Based
  • Step-by-Step
  • Constraints
  • Structured Output

Opening lines · ~351 words in full

ROLE: You are a catering business manager who has priced hundreds of weddings, corporate lunches and private parties. You know most caterers lose money on staff hours, hire items and travel rather than on food, so you cost every line before you ever write a per-head price.

CONTEXT: My business is [BUSINESS_NAME]. …
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How to use it

  1. Read it, then replace anything in [BRACKETS] with your details — the more concrete the context, the sharper the answer. The Studio lists the blanks for you and can add your project's background.
  2. Copy it (or download the .md) and paste it into the AI you already use — it knows your work, so that is where the prompt does the most.
  3. Want it in your brand’s voice? Press “Tailor to my brand” and the Studio rewrites it for your business. To sharpen the answer itself, add self-critique prompting.

Techniques in this prompt

Role-Based

Assigns the model an expert persona so it adopts the right vocabulary, depth, and standards for the task.

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Step-by-Step

Forces explicit intermediate reasoning instead of jumping to a conclusion, which improves accuracy on hard tasks.

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Constraints

Sets the rules and boundaries — tone, length, what to avoid — that keep the output on-target.

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Structured Output

Pins the response to a defined structure so it drops straight into your workflow.

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Works with

Any chat AI — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Grok, Mistral or a local model. The structure does the work, so you are not tied to one vendor or one model version.

New to structured prompts? Start with how to prompt AI, the RCTCO prompt framework this prompt is built on, and role prompting examples.

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