Butchers: filling butchery classes with online booking

How butchers can fill butchery classes with online booking: places per block, class types, what participants take home, private groups and seasonal classes.

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Butchery classes bring curious cooks into the shop after hours and turn them into regular customers. Put each class on a booking page with one place per block: people book at any hour, the class closes when every block is taken, and you order the right carcasses and cuts for exactly the right number.

One service per class

On Book, each service has a name, a price and an optional description shown on your public page, and each slot belongs to one service, sits within one day and has its own capacity.

ServiceExample slotPlacesExample price
Pork butchery and sausage making3 h8€90
Lamb breakdown class3 h6€110
Steak cuts and grilling2 h 3010€75
Private class for a group3 h1€700

Durations, places and prices are examples: set your own.

Places matched to blocks

Give each class as many places as you have blocks, knives and space to supervise. Each online booking takes one place, and a full class leaves your page.

What the description says

  • what they'll learn and what they take home;
  • to bring a cool bag;
  • aprons and knives provided;
  • start time, after the shop closes.

The booking form takes first name, last name, email and phone, plus an optional note that reaches you in the new booking email and appears in the participant's calendar file.

Private groups

For a birthday or a team, create a private class with one place per slot: one booking takes the whole class. Slots of different services can overlap, so keep private and public classes on different evenings.

Seasonal classes

Barbecue cuts in spring, game in autumn, festive roasts in December: create each with an end date on its slots. Slots repeat each week on the weekdays you choose until an end date.

Changes

Participants can't move or cancel online: they contact you, and rescheduling works across services. Book doesn't email clients about changes, sends no reminders and doesn't take payments or sell vouchers. Your bookings sync with Google, iPhone or Mac calendars. Book costs €5/month, everything included: unlimited services and bookings, no commission, no contract.

How many places for a butchery class?
As many as you have blocks and can supervise.
What do participants take home?
Say it in the description, and ask them to bring a cool bag.
Can a group book a private class?
Yes. One place per slot, so one booking takes the class.
Does Book sell gift vouchers?
No. Book doesn't take payments or sell vouchers.

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