AI receptionist for caterers in London
A London catering company lets roughly 17 calls a week ring out. Callwise answers all of them on your existing 020 number, books the work and sends you the transcript.
- Keeps your 020 number
- Answers on the first ring
- No per minute fees
- Live in 24 hours
Ring +44 330 912 2553. It answers, and you can try to catch it out.
What the phone looks like for a London catering company
London and the wider Greater London has a population of around 9.7 million, built on professional services, hospitality and an enormous base of independent trades serving them. That produces a lot of phone calls, and for a catering company working across the City, Camden and Croydon most of them arrive at the exact moment nobody can pick up.
Event catering is booked on availability and the first caterer who confirms the date usually wins it.
Callwise answers on your own 020 number. Customers ring the number they already have, it is answered on the first ring by something that sounds like a person, and the job is booked into your diary before the caller has thought about trying anybody else.
When London calls go unanswered
- while running an event, which is most weekends
- evenings, when event planning happens
- the run up to Christmas
What London callers want
- catering for a wedding or a corporate event
- numbers, menus and dietary requirements
- availability on a specific date
What a London catering company loses to the phone
£43,700
a month, at one site
Around 17 missed calls a week, assuming only a third would ever have booked, at £1,800 a customer. Callwise costs £499 a month, whatever the volume.
What it does for London catering companies
Checks date availability against your diary
Takes numbers, venue and style of event
Explains your menus and price per head
Answers while you are running an event
London catering companies ask us
Do we keep our 020 number?
Yes. Your existing 020 number stays exactly as it is and keeps ringing your phones. Calls only reach the assistant when nobody picks up, or at the hours you choose, so nothing about how London customers reach you changes.
Do you work with catering companies outside London?
Yes. There is nothing local about how it works, so London and everywhere across Greater London is covered the same way, along with the rest of the UK. The local part is your number and your customers, and both stay yours.
We are always at events. Who answers then?
Nobody, and Saturday is both your busiest event day and a common enquiry day. Those enquiries are worth thousands each.
Can it quote per head?
From your menus, yes, which is enough to qualify the enquiry before you spend time on a proposal.
Will it record dietary requirements?
Yes, and repeat them back, so they reach your kitchen accurately.
Hear it answer, then decide
Ring it and ask what a London customer would ask. It is the same assistant your callers would get, so if it does not convince you on the phone it will not convince them either.
Talk to our AI assistantNo form, no sales call. Thirty seconds on the phone with the thing itself.