It started with a spreadsheet. Then another spreadsheet. Then a whiteboard. Then a shared Google Doc that nobody could find. Then a $300/month software that looked like it was designed in 1997 and still couldn't handle the simple fact that "Chicken Breast" can be served grilled, blackened, or pan-seared with different sides.
The existing options were either ugly and expensive (CaterEase, with its Windows 98 aesthetic and enterprise pricing) or pretty but shallow (generic event software that doesn't understand what a BEO is, let alone why your prep sheet needs to know the 20% production buffer for passed appetizers).
"I got tired of software built by people who've never plated 200 chicken breasts in 15 minutes or dealt with a bride changing the menu at 4pm the day before."
So GATHEROUND was born. Not in a Silicon Valley incubator. In a commercial kitchen, between events, by someone who actually uses catering software every single day and knows exactly where the pain points are.
Every feature exists because someone needed it. Every workflow was designed by someone who's actually done the work. The modifier system? Built because "choose 2 sides" shouldn't require a PhD. The production buffer calculations? Based on years of knowing that passed apps need more buffer than plated entrées.