sizzledraft

Turn your catering pages into event-ready video

Sizzledraft turns a caterer’s restaurant website into a short video ad using real food photography, menu details, hours and location information from the page. It captures the site in a headless browser, builds scenes from its brand tokens and renders the video frame by frame with scored, normalised audio.

Opening lines that work here

  • Planning an event? Start with a menu guests will remember.

    It connects the caterer’s food photography and menu range to the event planner’s immediate decision.

  • From working lunches to wedding tables, see what we cater.

    It quickly shows range while naming two distinct catering occasions.

  • Your venue is booked. Now let’s feed the guest list.

    It addresses planners at a recognisable stage and moves attention directly to catering.

How can I turn my restaurant website into a catering video ad?

Submit the restaurant URL and Sizzledraft drives a headless browser through the page to capture real food photography, menu content, opening hours and location details. It then authors a scene using the site’s own colours, typography and other brand tokens before rendering every frame. The first video is cut from the website alone, so the page should clearly present the dishes and event services you want featured. Later videos can take a prompt, such as focusing on wedding breakfasts, office lunches or canapé service. Choose vertical 1080x1920 for phone-first placements or horizontal 1920x1080 for wider screens. Both formats render at 30fps in H.264.

What should a catering page show before I make the video?

Lead with strong event photography, then make the menu range easy to scan. Show different service styles such as plated dinners, buffets, sharing boards or boxed lunches only when your restaurant actually offers them. Put useful catering details in HTML, including event types, sample dishes, dietary options, service area and enquiry steps. Keep opening hours and the restaurant address accurate because the browser may capture them from the page. Avoid making a PDF the only source of menu information. PDF menus cannot be captured reliably, so repeat the important dishes and package details as HTML or images. A focused catering page gives the first website-only cut better material than a general homepage dominated by table bookings.

How do I make food and menu range clear in a short ad?

Use the opening seconds to pair one strong event-food image with a specific catering need, such as a wedding meal or working lunch. Then show range through a few distinct dishes or service formats instead of flashing an entire menu too quickly to read. The video can use genuine photography and wording captured from the restaurant site, which keeps the offer grounded in what guests can actually order. Audio is scored with the edit and normalised to -14 LUFS. If you choose a trending sound, Sizzledraft hands it over as a link so you can attach it natively on the publishing platform. It is not baked into the file, because baked-in audio would not count as using that sound.

What the browser actually gets

The browser can capture visible food photography, HTML menu items, opening hours and location details from the restaurant site. It cannot reliably capture a menu locked inside a PDF, so the menu should also be available as HTML or page images.

The common mistake

A common mistake is squeezing the full restaurant menu into one fast video. Fix it by choosing a specific event type, opening with one strong catering image and showing a small, readable selection that proves the relevant menu range.

  • Food photography that looks inviting on a restaurant page can feel static when placed unchanged in a catering video.
  • A long menu makes it difficult to show enough range without leaving viewers unable to read individual dishes.
  • Restaurant hours and location can distract from the event offer when the video does not clearly separate dining information from catering details.

Questions

Can Sizzledraft use the catering menu PDF on my restaurant site?
Not reliably. The browser needs the useful menu content presented as HTML or as images on the page. Add representative dishes, event packages and dietary information directly to the catering page rather than leaving them only inside a downloadable PDF.
Will the video use my restaurant’s real food photography?
Yes, when the photography is visible on the submitted page, the browser can capture it for the video. Use clear event images that show serving style, table presentation and menu variety, rather than relying only on dining-room photos or close-ups with no catering context.
What video formats can I get for catering ads?
Vertical videos render at 1080x1920 and horizontal videos at 1920x1080. Both use 30fps and H.264, with audio normalised to -14 LUFS. Vertical suits phone-first event discovery, while horizontal can fit wider placements or presentation screens.
Can I make another video for a different type of event?
Yes. The first video is cut from the restaurant site alone. Later videos accept a prompt, so you can request a version centred on a specific service your page supports, such as corporate lunches, wedding catering or private dinner menus. Pricing is $19 for two videos or $39/month for eight.

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