10+
Properties min. for trade rates
30 days
Consolidated invoice terms
7 days
Lead time, peak season
56+
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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, coffee. Dropped between 2pm and 3.45pm after the cleaner has finished. From £35 for a four-person pack, scaling to around £120 for the premium spread. 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.
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.
“We had big pans from salt wind for our wedding and the food was AMAZING. Mark and his team could not have been more helpful throughout the whole process and were a dream to work with. Nothing was ever too much trouble and so many people have said how lovely the food was. I’d book them for another event in a heart beat!”
“Just returned from my wifes 50th birthday party and the caterers were superb. Salt Wind Catering provided top quality food and plenty of it the party was for 50 people and we had plenty. Special mention for the amazing coleslaw and chicken they were totally scrumptious! Will definitely use again and can highly recommend Salt Wind thanks for your great service!!”
“Saltwind came up to sunny Devon for Jo’s 60th party. Everyone absolutely loved the Hog Roast. We had a party of 55 and we were still finishing off the food at 3am. Mark and the guys were great and worked so hard to keep everyone fed. The crackling was awesome! And we all loved the beef as well! Was everything we wanted and more ! Cheers to Saltwind!”
“Salt Wind Catering were a joy to work with - clear communication & excellent food. They catered for 100 people with different dietary requirements and were so professional. I would recommend to anyone.”
“We used SaltWind to provide catering support for our father’s wake. The team were very easy to work with and the food was outstanding. It was delicious, fresh, well presented and drew much praise from all who attended. First class and highly recommended.”
Vegan, vegetarian & gluten-free options available on request —info@saltwind.catering
Severe allergies: Our kitchen handles nuts and gluten daily — for severe nut, peanut, hazelnut allergies or coeliac disease we cannot guarantee a trace-free environment. Please tell us at enquiry stage so we can advise.