10+
Properties min. for trade rates
30 days
Consolidated invoice terms
7 days
Lead time, peak season
66+
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Catering built around how letting portfolios actually run
If you manage 10 or more Cornwall holiday lets, catering is one of the few guest-facing services you have not yet consolidated. The cleaners are on a single contract, laundry is one supplier, the hot-tub maintenance is one phone number. Catering still tends to be per-booking, per-property, often left to the guest at the last minute. That is where Salt Wind Catering sits, a single trade account covering welcome hampers, mid-stay food, group-booking catering and changeover packs across every property in the portfolio.
This page covers how the B2B model works, what services slot in, the billing mechanics, and how to open an account. For the consumer-facing menu, see the holiday home catering page. For the deeper operational breakdown, see the linked blog guides at the foot of this page.
Where the operational time goes
Changeover-day chaos
Cleaners arrive at 10am. Guests check in at 4pm. Between those two times somebody is meant to coordinate a welcome hamper drop without the delivery van and the cleaner colliding on a narrow Cornish lane. Across 30 properties, that is 30 separate problems every Saturday.
Mid-stay BBQ requests
A group of 14 staying at one of your premium lets emails on a Wednesday asking if you can sort out a Saturday BBQ. Either you send them off to cold-call caterers (who are already booked in August) or you have a trusted supplier on speed-dial. Without the latter, the booking experience drops.
Group-booking food briefs
Hen weekends, stag groups, family reunions, corporate retreats, the group bookings on your premium tier almost always want food on at least one night. Hog roast, paella, buffet. Routing these through a single trade caterer means consistent quality across every property, every booking.
Dietary brief management
Vegan guests, gluten-free briefs, nut allergies. With per-property catering, every dietary brief gets re-explained to a different supplier. With a trade account, the brief comes in once, the supplier already knows the kitchen, and the answer arrives back the same day.
What we put on a portfolio trade account
1. Welcome hampers, timed to arrival
Fresh Cornish bread, dairy, deli platter, fruit, cake, tea and coffee, in three tiers, priced per box and per pack in the sheet below. The single highest-leverage upgrade on a let. We time the drop between 2pm and 3.45pm after the cleaner has finished, so guests walk in to a fully stocked kitchen on arrival.
2. Mid-stay BBQ, DIY kits or on-site cook
DIY BBQ kits from £8.45 per head delivered chilled (4-cover minimum), or full on-site charcoal cook for group bookings of 50 or more. Guests light the cottage BBQ themselves on the DIY model; we bring the gazebo, grill and cook team on the on-site model. See the BBQ catering page for the full menu.
3. End-of-stay clearance packs
A small but useful add-on: pre-packaged grab-and-go food for the morning of departure so the family can eat on the road home instead of hitting the lay-by McDonald's. Sausage rolls, Cornish pasties, fruit, sandwiches. Drops at 8am alongside the early changeover window.
4. Group-booking on-site catering
For larger lets that take 25-plus bookings, full on-site catering layered onto the let stay. Hog roast (£11-£22pp), giant-pan paella (from £12.25pp), charcoal BBQ (£9.95-£19.95pp). Our 3m x 6m cook gazebo needs garden space; we will tell you up front which properties in your portfolio are suitable.
5. Cold and hot buffet drops
Cold buffet from £7.95 per head, hot buffet from £16.95 per head. Drop-and-go format on disposable platters, no waiting staff, no cutlery hire. Works for arrival-night meals at family group lets and for self-catered film/TV crews using a let as a base.
The welcome box sheet
Three tiers and a dog box, priced per box and by the pack. Pick a tier per property or mix them across a portfolio. Every line can be swapped at the same cost, and dietary swaps carry no surcharge.
Tier A: Essentials
£22 per box
The box that stops a guest driving out for milk at nine at night.
What is in it
- Cornish milk, butter and half a dozen eggs
- Crusty loaf
- Cornish tea and coffee
- Cornish clotted cream fudge
- Seasonal fruit
By the pack
- 10 boxes£210 · £21 each
- 20 boxes£400 · £20 each
- 50 boxes£950 · £19 each
Tier B: Welcome
£32 per box
Dinner on the first night and breakfast the next morning, so nobody shops on arrival day.
What is in it
- Everything in Tier A
- Cornish pasties (2)
- Cornish cheese and chutney
- Cornish bacon and sausages for the morning
- Cornish apple juice and elderflower pressé
- Cornish biscuits
By the pack
- 10 boxes£305 · £30.50 each
- 20 boxes£580 · £29 each
- 50 boxes£1,400 · £28 each
Tier C: Signature
£46 per box
The box that gets photographed. For the properties where the owner is charging for the view.
What is in it
- Everything in Tier B
- A Cornish cheese board with crackers and quince
- Cornish charcuterie
- Cornish scones, clotted cream and jam
- Cornish saffron cake
- Cornish chocolates
- Fresh flowers
By the pack
- 10 boxes£440 · £44 each
- 20 boxes£840 · £42 each
- 50 boxes£2,000 · £40 each
The Dog Box
£13.75 per box
For dog-friendly lets. Add it to any tier, or send it on its own.
What is in it
- Cornish dog biscuits
- A dog treat
- Beach towel
- Collapsible bowl
- Poo bags
By the pack
- 10 boxes£132.50 · £13.25 each
- 20 boxes£250 · £12.50 each
- 50 boxes£600 · £12 each
Free delivery across Cornwall
No carriage inside TR and mid-Cornwall, on any pack size. Our rivals subcontract their delivery and charge it on. We drive it ourselves.
A named changeover day
You give us the changeover day and the boxes are there the morning of it, not in a window. Miss it and the boxes are free.
One invoice, not eighty
Every property on one monthly account, itemised by address so you can recharge the owner.
Swap the contents
Any line in any tier can be swapped for another at the same cost. Dietary swaps carry no surcharge.
How the trade account actually works
One PO, multiple properties
You raise one purchase order covering the agreed period, month, quarter or season. Deliveries get posted against that PO. At month-end we issue a consolidated invoice itemising property, date, guest count and order. Standard 30-day terms (subject to credit check). This matches how cleaners and laundry already invoice, so it slots into existing back-office process.
Named account contact
One phone number, one email. Not a call centre, not a contact form. The same named contact knows your portfolio, the access notes for every property, the dietary patterns of recurring guests, and can make decisions on the ground when something needs adjusting.
Property access notes held centrally
Key safe codes, lane access quirks, cleaner handover preferences, rotating gate codes, kitchen-on-the-first-floor properties. Logged once per property at account set-up. We do not ask your operations team for the code every time a delivery goes out.
Weekly retainer concept
For Saturday-changeover portfolios, the standing weekly retainer is the cleanest setup. A locked slot, a fixed arrival-pack spec, monthly billing. Headcount on the property roster gets adjusted up to 7 days ahead of each changeover. Peak August capacity is not a problem because the calendar is blocked months in advance.
Locked seasonal pricing
Trade accounts get a documented rate card on signature. Per-head rates lock for the season. You can pass the welcome hamper into the stay rate at booking confirmation without worrying that the August invoice will come in 15 percent higher than the May one.
“Fantastic company. We had a celebration buffet for wedding guests at Manor House in Looe. Great communication from the start and the food went down well! Lots of compliments from guests and there was more than enough to go round. Would 100% use again and can’t recommend enough. Thank you guys!”
“Exceptional food! Had them for my wedding and the all the guest raved about how good the food was! Will definitely be using them again the future!”
“Great service wonderful food. No fuss or drama . Super helpful . Thankyou”
“Saltwind. Catered for my son’s wedding. The food was exceptional, the menu catered for a variety of challenging requirements and was excellent in quality and generous in quantity. I cannot recommend them highly enough. Henry Thornton”
“We used Salt Wind Catering for a party of 50. We chose to have the hog roast and vegetarian paella plus salads. For dessert we had the chocolate brownies with strawberries and cream. The communication before the event was excellent and on the day the service was perfect. All the food was delicious. Our guests were very impressed and commented on how much they enjoyed their meals. Should we have another party I will know where to come! Many thanks to Mark and his team.”
Vegan, vegetarian & gluten-free options available on request:info@saltwind.catering
Severe allergies: Our kitchen handles nuts, gluten and sesame daily. For severe nut, peanut, coeliac or sesame allergies we cannot guarantee a completely trace-free environment, so please tell us at enquiry stage. We will advise honestly, and we ask that the guest keeps any prescribed medication on hand.