Homepage headline examples for caterers
The headline is read in about a second, usually by someone who arrived from a search. It should confirm they are in the right place.
Ten of them follow, written for caterers rather than filled in from a template. Your customer is someone hosting people they cannot afford to disappoint, and what they are weighing up before they get in touch is a guest with an allergy, and food that arrives cold.
Service plus place
Weddings and private events in [your town]
Use this as the safe default. It says what and where, which is what people searched for.
The outcome
[The problem], sorted — usually within the week
Use this when the result is more compelling than the service name.
Answers the worry
We handle and document allergens properly
Use this when the whole market has a trust problem.
Speaks to the customer
For someone hosting people they cannot afford to disappoint
Use this where naming who it is for filters better than naming what it is.
Credential-led
Caterers in [your town] — licensed, insured and food-safety certified
Use this where the licence is the first thing people look for.
The question they typed
Need a caterer in [your town]?
Use this to mirror the search that brought them here.
The standard
Taking the allergy question seriously
Use this if your differentiator is strong enough to lead with.
Plain and unglamorous
Caterers who turn up and charge what they quoted
Use this when your market distrusts polish.
Specialist
Just weddings and private events. Nothing else.
Use this if you have narrowed and want the right people only.
With the next step in it
Request a menu — a menu conversation and a tasting before anything is signed
Use this where the headline sits right on top of the button.
Writing for caterers: what actually matters
What should a caterer’s website say that a generic one does not?
Three things, in this order. That you are licensed, insured and food-safety certified. That you understand the thing people are actually worried about, which for caterers is a guest with an allergy, and food that arrives cold. And what happens next: a menu conversation and a tasting before anything is signed. Everything else on the page is decoration by comparison.
What does someone hosting people they cannot afford to disappoint check first?
The credential, then the proof. For caterers it sounds like this. We handle and document allergens properly. We do a tasting before you commit. We bring the equipment to serve hot food hot. Put at least one of those above the fold rather than on a separate page nobody opens.
What is the most common mistake on a caterer’s website?
Writing about the business instead of the customer. "We have been established since 1998" answers a question nobody asked. "We start with a menu conversation and a tasting before anything is signed" answers the one they are actually holding. If you only fix one thing, fix that.
How long should the copy be?
Shorter than you think, except where trust is being built. An About page of 120 well-chosen words beats 500 vague ones. The exception is anything explaining a guest with an allergy, and food that arrives cold — there, specifics earn their length.
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