Who? Stephane Bonneau, Tourism Advisor, La Rochelle chamber of commerce.
Waiters Race organized: La Rochelle 2011 (France)
Number of waiters races organized: 1
About the concept
WR.com: When did you hear for the first time about waiters races?
Stephane Bonneau: 20 years ago when I was young, I’ve participated to a waiters race in Normandy.
WR.com: was 2011 La Rochelle waiters race the first edition?
Stephane Bonneau: No, this is a reissue, the last one occurred in 1990.
WR.com: How came-up the idea of organizing a waiters race in La Rochelle?
Stephane Bonneau: We have created for the event “Escales Shopping 2011″ a Festival of terraces for the professionals of the hotels and restaurants industry; it seemed natural to organize a waiters race to close those 3 days event.
About the organisation of the waiters race
WR.com: How many months before the race did you start organizing it?
Stephane Bonneau: 2 months.
WR.com: Which media did you use to promote your event?
Stephane Bonneau: Regional daily newspapers, web media and social networks.
WR.com: Can you give us a general idea of the budget of such an event?
Stephane Bonneau: The budget for the festival of the terraces was 5000 € but I am not able to define the cost of the race itself.
Plans for the future
WR.com: Were the other people involved in the waiters race (participants, sponsors etc…) satisfied with the waiter’s race?
Stephane Bonneau: yes!
WR.com: Do you intend to organize a waiter’s race in the future?
Stephane Bonneau: Yes, we already plan to organize one in 2012.
About WaitersRace.com
WR.com: Were you surprised to find a waiters race community on the web?
Stephane Bonneau: Yes.
WR.com: What do you think about WaitersRace.com and its support to the organizers?
Stephane Bonneau: I did not expect so much…!
Finally …
WR.com: According to you, what are the main components of a successful waiters race?
Stephane Bonneau: A good weather and fun!
