Serendipity

Unit 3, Activity 4

Index Activity 5

Writing

Imagine that you work for a catering company and you have received the following email:

Dear Sunshine Catering,

I found out about you through your website and I am interested in hiring you to cater an upcoming event. However, I would like to find out a bit more about you first.

Would you be so kind as to let me know the following?

Are you able to provide a sushi menu? (Our clients are Japanese and we would like both Western and Japanese food to be available.)
Do you have any Japanese-speaking staff?
Several of our employees are Muslim; would you be able to provide ‘halal’ dishes for them?

What would your fees be like for a lunch event for 80 people?

We are thinking of holding the event on June 5, so I would also appreciate if you could confirm your availability for that date.

Best regards,

Janice Lawton,
Administration Manager,
Klik Publishing

Your task is to plan and write out a reply to this email. Here are some tips to help you:

begin by thanking the client for their enquiry
use positive language in the email; this is a potential customer!
answer all the queries raised. You can use bullet points to do this
end by emphasizing that you would really value the client’s business

Serendipity

Writing

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