A caterer's website that shows the kitchen is in order.
People hiring a caterer for a function, a year-end or a funeral want two things before they ask about price: proof that the food is handled properly, and a quick way to say how many people and when. A good caterer's website answers both without a phone call.
Good for
- Caterers, bakeries and spitbraai businesses who take orders by WhatsApp and Facebook only
- Food businesses who want corporate and event clients to find a menu, a certificate and a contact in one place
- Mobile and home-kitchen caterers who want to look as established as they are
What a client checks before booking a caterer.
Event planners, HR managers and families all ask some version of these questions. The site answers them in the order people ask.
Is the food handled properly?
If you hold a certificate of acceptability from your municipality, the site says so, with the municipality and certificate details you give us. If you do not hold one, the site does not imply it.
What do they cook, and for how many?
Menus as real descriptions, with the group sizes you handle and the types of event you cater for. If you only do functions above a certain size, that is stated.
Where do they cook and deliver?
The areas you serve, whether you cook on site or deliver, and any minimum order. Clear limits save everyone a wasted call.
How do I ask for a quote?
A short form for the date, number of guests and type of event, plus a WhatsApp button, so the reply can include a price instead of three questions.
The certificate behind the kitchen.
Food premises in South Africa are regulated, and municipalities enforce it. These points come from the conditions municipalities attach to a certificate of acceptability under the R638 hygiene regulations of 22 June 2018. This is background we have sourced for you, not legal advice. Confirm your own obligations with your municipality's environmental health office.
A certificate of acceptability must be displayed in a conspicuous place on the food premises for the information of the public, and where display is impractical a copy must immediately be made available on request. A website cannot replace the displayed certificate, but a line saying you hold one, and where, tells clients what to expect.
Source: Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality: Conditions for a Certificate of Acceptability under R638 of 22 June 2018 · checked 24 Oct 2026
A certificate is not transferable from one person to another or from one food premises to another, and if the person in charge is replaced the municipality must be told in writing within 30 days. A caterer who moves kitchens needs a new certificate, so the site should only describe the premises you actually hold one for.
Source: Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality: Conditions for a Certificate of Acceptability · checked 24 Oct 2026
A certificate is valid for the nature of handling set out on the application, and a municipality can add restrictions to it. Describe what you actually prepare, and keep it consistent with what your certificate covers.
Source: Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality: Conditions for a Certificate of Acceptability · checked 24 Oct 2026
The municipality's own conditions state that the certificate does not exempt you from complying with any other law or legal requirement connected with the business or premises, including town planning schemes and by-laws. We say only what is true of your premises and leave out claims about approvals you do not hold.
Source: Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality: Conditions for a Certificate of Acceptability · checked 24 Oct 2026
What we would put on a caterer's site.
A compliance line you can stand behind
Your certificate of acceptability, shown with the details you give us and only if you hold one. A client sees you have the paper before they ask.
Menus that read like menus
Real dishes, real group sizes and real event types, written with you. Photos are your own food, taken with your phone if that is all you have.
A quote form made for events
Date, venue, number of guests, type of event and dietary needs, delivered straight to your WhatsApp or email.
Clear service limits
Where you cook, where you deliver, your minimum order and how far ahead people should book. Stating them filters out the wrong enquiries.
A place for real reviews
A link to leave a Google review after an event, and a page for the real ones, so your reputation lives somewhere you control.
Starting prices, upfront.
Most caterers want the quote-request version: the client gives the date, number of guests and type of event, and the request reaches your WhatsApp or email ready to price.
Hosting from R250 per month. Every price is flat and agreed in writing before work starts. Full pricing · How this compares with other quotes.
Free tool for caterers and food businesses:
What caterers and food businesses usually ask first.
Does a caterer need a website if bookings come from Facebook and WhatsApp?
Those channels work for people who already know you. A site gives corporate clients, event planners and anyone you were recommended to a menu, your compliance details and a contact in one place they can forward to colleagues.
Should I mention my certificate of acceptability on the site?
If you hold one, a short line saying so is reassuring, and it is the first thing a careful corporate client asks about. If you do not hold one, we leave it out and never imply it.
Can I put my menu and prices online?
Yes. Many caterers publish menus with starting prices per head, and we can keep prices off the site and ask for a quote instead if that suits you better. Either way the menu stays accurate and you can update it.
I cook from home. Can I still have a professional site?
Yes, but be accurate about your premises. Food premises rules apply to anyone who handles food for the public, and municipalities set their own requirements, so confirm yours before you promise anything on the site.
What does a caterer's website cost?
From R4,500 for a brochure site, or from R7,500 with a quote-request form, both flat and agreed in writing before work starts. Hosting is from R250 a month.
Websites for other trades.
Attorneys and law firms
A firm's website counts as publicity under the profession's code of conduct, and the responsibility for it stays with the practitioner.
Building contractors
Before a property manager, site agent or procurement officer rings a building firm, they look it up.
Electricians
Electrical work carries a legal paper trail, and customers who have been through a property sale or an insurance claim know it.
Guesthouses and B&Bs
Booking platforms are good at being found and costly at being kept.
Plumbers
A plumber's website has one job.
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