Hen Party Sushi Workshop: Your Digital Invitation

Twelve people in one kitchen, a bride who has never rolled a maki in her life, and a chef who needs a firm number by Thursday. That's the plan. Before you book, you need to know what the workshop costs, who is actually coming and where it's happening. A digital invitation sorts the last two: you build it today from the catalogue, send one link, and the replies arrive without anyone chasing them in the group chat.

The hard part is never the rice. It's the headcount. Chefs price per person, someone has to book the space, and by now the hen party chat is three hundred messages deep. Nail the numbers early and the rest of the weekend falls into place.

What a sushi workshop for a hen party costs

Prices swing wildly depending on who runs it, so compare like for like. Ask for a quote with the monitor, the ingredients and the material — mat, knife, apron — plus drinks and clean-up on separate lines. Otherwise you are comparing two totals that mean different things. The final figure depends on how many of you there are, how far the chef has to travel, and whether you are in a flat, a restaurant or a hired space. Confirm the minimum and the maximum before you pay a deposit, because a workshop for ten people and a workshop for sixteen are two different prices.

• An itemised quote: monitor, ingredients, mat, knife, apron, drinks and clean-up.
• The minimum and maximum number of guests the chef will take.
• Whether travel is included, and whether a fourth-floor flat with no lift costs extra.
• Cancellation policy, and the date you have to confirm final numbers.

Digital invitation for a hen party sushi workshop

A digital invitation is a web page for your event — not a PDF, not a picture you forward in the chat. You set the date, the time and the address of the workshop, add the map, and your guests open the link on their phone and reply from wherever they are. No app to install, no account to create, nothing to download.

If the chef moves the start time, or the venue falls through and you end up crowding into someone's flat, you edit the invitation and the link stays exactly the same. Nothing to resend, no 'sorry, new version' message. The RSVPs collect in an ordered list inside the invitation, so you can give the chef a real number before you agree the per-person price — and you can see who has replied without scrolling through the chat.

Change the time, the address or the dress code, and the same link shows the new version.

How to create digital invitations and split the cost

Decide before you send: does everyone pay a share, or is the bride covered? Put it in the phrase field in one plain line — 'The workshop is split evenly; bring your own drinks' — so nobody has to guess. Use the RSVP questions to catch the people who are only staying for dinner, so you do not count them for the chef. Keep the money side out of the reply form: confirmations in one place, payments somewhere else. Then choose a design, add the date and the address, publish it and send the link. It is €29.99, one payment, no subscription, and you can still edit it after it has gone out.