How much do you tip a caterer?
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Anonymous
| We have a caterer coming to our house for a big birthday bash. How much would you tip on the total bill? How would you give the tip? |
Anonymous
| I prefer to hand cash to each server individually. I worry that if I roll it into the payment to the vendor, the individual servers may not see it. Too many stories about unscrupulous or desperate business owners. |
Anonymous
| I take the same approach to contractors who do work on my house. (Assuming the work is finished and good.) |
Anonymous
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How much is the catering bill? Typically if you hand each server $40-50 bucks they will be thrilled.
(Worked in catering for 9 years) |
Anonymous
| $50 each to servers |
Anonymous
| OP here - Catering bill was 5k, there were 4 servers. I asked the caterer what was standard, and they said 15%....was that way off then? |
Anonymous
| The 15% is probably for the centering person you dealt with. The servers should still get $50-$100 each. |