A Chef's Counter Club makes the seats closest to the action feel like the ones worth knowing about.

## Set it up

Anything the menu marks **Off** shows **Switched off** when you open it: press **Switch on and set it up** (on a phone, **+ Add more** lists them). Changes wait for [**Save**](https://help.useflub.com/your-club/saving-changes.md) in the bar at the bottom of the page, or at the top right of an offer's full-screen editor on a phone.

1. Open **Your club**, then **Settings**, then [**How people join**](https://app.useflub.com/manage/go/how-people-join).
2. Under **Free or paid**, choose [**Paid membership**](https://help.useflub.com/your-club/start-charging-membership.md), then press **Switch to paid**.
3. Under **How do members pay?**, choose **Just monthly**. Pick your fee under **What's the monthly fee?**, or press **Something else** to type your own. Choose whether **Do new members get a free trial?**, then press **Save price**.
4. Connect Stripe on the same page, so members can pay you. See [How do I launch my club?](https://help.useflub.com/getting-started/finish-setting-up.md)
5. **Priority counter sittings.** In [**What members get**](https://app.useflub.com/manage/go/what-members-get), press [**Club perks**](https://help.useflub.com/your-club/club-perks.md), then **Add a perk**, with a **Heading** such as "Priority access to our chef's-counter sittings", and a **Link** or **Phone** call to action so members can book. Press **Done**.
6. **A welcome bite.** Press **Add a perk**, with a **Heading** such as "A welcome bite on every counter sitting you book". Press **Done**, then **Save**.
7. **The counter pairing price.** Press [**Flat ongoing benefit**](https://help.useflub.com/your-club/member-discount.md) in the menu. Choose **Set price**, with "a drinks pairing at the counter" in **What they get** and your price in **What they pay**. Press **Save**.
8. **An occasional off-menu course.** Open **Club perks** in the menu again, then press **Add a perk**, with a **Heading** such as "An extra off-menu course, just for members, now and then". Press **Done**. Let members know when one's on with a message from [**Broadcasts → Write something**](https://app.useflub.com/manage/go/new-message).
9. **Cancellation first dibs.** Press **Add a perk**, with a **Heading** such as "Counter cancellations come to members first". Press **Done**, then **Save**.

## What members get

Priority for counter seats, a welcome bite on every sitting, a permanent member price on the pairing, occasional off-menu courses, and first call on cancellations. If your club already has members, they stay in, free, with everything they get today. The fee is for people who join from now on.

## What your staff need to know

The counter pairing price applies every visit — scan the member's pass to see it. If payment hasn't gone through, you'll see **Membership paused**. Sitting priority, the welcome bite, off-menu courses and cancellation dibs are all Club perks, listed under **Club perks** when you scan: nothing to redeem, just honour them.

## How you'll know it's working

A paid club's [**Paid members**](https://help.useflub.com/getting-started/paid-members.md) page, under **How it's going**, shows what's coming in. **Members** shows each person's [**Membership status**](https://help.useflub.com/members/membership-status.md).

## Related

- [Chef's Counter Club on our inspiration page](https://useflub.com/clubs/inspiration/chef-s-counter-club)
- [Chef's Table Club](https://help.useflub.com/club-ideas/paid-memberships/chef-s-table-club.md)
- [Sushi Counter Club](https://help.useflub.com/club-ideas/paid-memberships/sushi-counter-club.md)
- [Which kind of offer should I use?](https://help.useflub.com/club-ideas/which-offer-should-i-use.md)