Follow one Wednesday at a cooking school on EquipDash, from the first online booking to the numbers at close.
They book on your own booking page, branded as your school and sitting on your website.
Dash answers on your booking page and on the phone, from your class details and the articles you wrote.
Dash lists what needs you today, with the fix on the same line.
A course is booked once and holds the guest's seat for every night, with the same chef the whole way.
Every guest gets a waiver. A parent signs for each child, and the waiver records who signed for them.
Sell a class by the seat or as a private class. The first booking for a time decides which way it runs.
Tell the till what they want in one sentence, and Dash fills the sale.
Each one fills in the guest's name, class and time from the booking, in your own words.
A couple moves their own booking to next week, and everyone on the waitlist gets an email.
Each guest's allergy and diet answers sit on the class list, and one tap checks them in at the door.
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Cooking class terms, explained.
Cooking class booking software sells seats in each class by the date, prices them per person or per couple, collects each guest's allergies and a waiver, and schedules the chefs who teach. EquipDash also runs the counter sales, gift cards, memberships, courses, the waitlist and the after-class emails, with Dash AI answering customer questions.
In a shared class, seats sell one by one and guests from different bookings cook side by side. In a private class, one group books the whole kitchen for that time. Many schools sell the same class both ways, and the first booking for a time decides which way it runs.
Couple pricing is one price for two seats booked together, usually a little less than two single seats. A class might be $95 a person or $180 a couple. Date nights are often sold mainly by the couple.
A course is a set of classes booked together, like six Tuesday nights that build on each other, taught by the same chef to the same group. The guest pays once and their seat is held for every night. Kids' summer camps work the same way over a week of mornings.
Each guest answers a short list of allergy and diet questions when they book, and the answers stay on their seat in the class. The chef reads them before class to set up separate boards and knives where needed. Most schools also say plainly that a shared kitchen cannot be allergen-free.
A class pack is a number of classes bought up front for one price, for example five classes for $425. The buyer uses them one booking at a time, often within a year, and can share them with a friend if the school allows it.
A food handler card shows that a person has passed a food safety course. Many states and cities require one for anyone who prepares food for the public, including chefs who teach. Each card has an expiry date, so schools track them for every chef.
Most schools charge one group price that covers a set number of guests, then a price for each extra guest up to what the kitchen holds. For example, $900 covers 8 guests and each extra guest is $75, so a party of 12 pays $1,200.
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