SD–FOOD–03 · United States · not scoped to any state · event contract forms
30-page contract · 14 sections · plus fill-in checklist, how-to guide and sources · 60 pages across 4 files
The guest count dropped by twenty the week of the wedding, the food was already bought, and nobody had written down when the number was locked.
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An event catering agreement for an independent caterer, with the four pages the commodity versions skip: a guest-count and menu-lock schedule with real deadlines, a deposit and cancellation schedule with a column for why each figure is the actual cost, a venue walk-through page, and a dietary and allergen disclosure the client signs. 658 fill-in blanks across 15 sections. No temperature, holding time or cooling schedule appears anywhere in it, on purpose: those come from the edition of the food code your own county adopted, and a figure copied out of a template is the figure an inspector will hold you to. No regulation is cited, because none governs what a catering contract contains. The one government page quoted is cited for what it says it is: a model that jurisdictions adopt and amend.
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Businesses like yours usually start with these. It is where a trade starts, not a complete legal inventory of everything it could ever be asked for — no list on any website is that. Every line below says where it came from.
Showing what a catering & events food is asked to carry.
Catering & events foodTen items on the list, one of them a multi-file kit rather than a single document. You are looking at one of them. We sell five of the other nine; four we do not have yet.
OURSNot a rule we can point at — this is what the trade gets asked for.
REGA regulator asks for this.
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OURSNot a rule we can point at — this is what the trade gets asked for.
OURSNot a rule we can point at — this is what the trade gets asked for.
Named because leaving them out would make the list look complete when it is not. Tell us which one you need and it goes on the build queue with your trade attached.
REGA regulator asks for this, and which one depends on your state.
REGA regulator asks for this.
21 CFR 117.1
OURSNot a rule we can point at — this is what the trade gets asked for.
OURSNot a rule we can point at — this is what the trade gets asked for.
Your state can add to this. We have written down two places where this trade’s set differs from one state to the next. What we sell is written to the federal baseline, and a state that runs its own programme can ask for more than the federal rule does.
Print this checklistWedding planner / event vendorSix items on the list, one of them a multi-file kit rather than a single document. You are looking at one of them. We sell two of the other five; three we do not have yet.
OURSNot a rule we can point at — this is what the trade gets asked for.
OURSNot a rule we can point at — this is what the trade gets asked for.
OURSNot a rule we can point at — this is what the trade gets asked for.
Named because leaving them out would make the list look complete when it is not. Tell us which one you need and it goes on the build queue with your trade attached.
OURSNot a rule we can point at — this is what the trade gets asked for.
OURSNot a rule we can point at — this is what the trade gets asked for.
COMPNot a rule we can point at — it is standard in this trade.
Your state can add to this. We have written down one place where this trade’s set differs from one state to the next. What we sell is written to the federal baseline, and a state that runs its own programme can ask for more than the federal rule does.
Print this checklistFood truck / cartNine items on the list, one of them a multi-file kit rather than a single document. You are looking at one of them. We sell three of the other eight; five we do not have yet.
OURSNot a rule we can point at — this is what the trade gets asked for.
REGA regulator asks for this.
OURSNot a rule we can point at — this is what the trade gets asked for.
OURSNot a rule we can point at — this is what the trade gets asked for.
Named because leaving them out would make the list look complete when it is not. Tell us which one you need and it goes on the build queue with your trade attached.
REGA regulator asks for this, and which one depends on your state.
REGA regulator asks for this.
21 CFR 117.1
OURSNot a rule we can point at — this is what the trade gets asked for.
OURSNot a rule we can point at — this is what the trade gets asked for.
COMPNot a rule we can point at — it is standard in this trade.
Your state can add to this. We have written down two places where this trade’s set differs from one state to the next. What we sell is written to the federal baseline, and a state that runs its own programme can ask for more than the federal rule does.
Print this checklistInside the file
01The contract itself, 15 sections with 658 fill-in fields, as a fill-in PDF you can type into
02A 20-question page for looking up your own county health department, the food code edition it inspects against, and your state's alcohol regime
03A guest-count section with a real guarantee deadline, what happens to a late increase, and what is charged when fewer guests attend
04A menu-lock date, a tasting record, and a substitution rule for the day an ingredient is unavailable
05A dietary and allergen disclosure signed by the client, covering 19 requirements, with what you will do and what you will not promise
06A deposit and cancellation schedule with a column for why each figure is the real cost, plus what happens when the caterer is the one who cannot perform
07A 20-item venue walk-through, a rental register, a staffing table, an alcohol page and a running order for the day
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One more time, plainly: this is a blank agreement and it is scoped to no state. Every state-specific figure in it is left blank for you to fill from your own, and whether what you write in holds is decided by your state's law, often your city's. Check yours before you rely on it.
