Dietary Restrictions

People are usually pretty good about speaking up if they have a dietary issue. We are offering chicken, beef and a veggie option. For the 2 gluten-free people coming we will make a special request and the kitchen can accommodate them.

We are not doing a separate cake, but one of the gluten free folks is my sweet 4-year-old flower girl and I don't want her to be excluded. I'll order some special different dessert for the two of them so they can be included but don't have to have the cake. It should be easy unless a bunch of others start coming out of the woodwork!

I actually asked guests to let me know about any food-related issues. What I was most concerned about was that for some guests, the Legal Sea Foods menu would violate their kosher restrictions. Fortunately, Legal Sea Foods kind of specializes in accommodating food restrictions, so I was assured that they could deal with whatever issues a guest had. And as it turned out, all the guests were fine with the menu choices originally offered.

I've put it on our invites but our caterer is happy to cater to any dietary requirements, so I just tell them what and who and they take care of the rest, so it's not really a big deal for me.

I know just out of our bridal party; 1 bridesmaid is vegetarian and lactose intolerant, 1 bridesmaid is severly allergic to mushroom (will have a reaction even if her food brushes past a mushroom) and would probably prefer to starve than eat a piece of fish, 1 bridesmaid is 14 yrs old and will really only eat chicken and sausages. My mum needs to be served fish because of a throat/stomach condition and if she eats steak or anything tough she will spend the rest of the night in the bathroom.

I'm going to do special requests for my bridal party and with the rest of the guests they will get chicken or beef unless they are vegetarian/or NEED gluten free, dairy free etc.

I'm allergic to gluten, soy, eggs, and diary so my menu is quite allergy friendly. My mom and sister have similar issues we know of a handful of vegetarians and pescetarians. I put the following on my RSVP card: "Dinner will be buffet style. If you have allergies or dietary restrictions requiring a special meal, please let us know."

But since I have so many food issues I think our menu will cover anything people list. My caterer has been wonderful!!!!

The last wedding I went to didn't ask but I called the bride and groom and told them my allergies bc I didn't want them to pay for a plated meal that would just get thrown out. I would have packed snacks in my purse if need be but their caterer was happy to accommodate.

We did not offer a choice; bbq buffet, but I did write on the RSVP card to let us know of food allergies or if they are vegetaria/vegan. We will figure something out for those pelt but I still wanted to make our lives easy. Good luck!

I put it on my website for people to let me know but since no one looks at websites lol I am aware that it may come up. If someone is deathly allergic to a food whether it be peanuts, fish etc they usually know to say something because its a matter of life or death for them.

As someone who has suffered with a tree nut, dairy, cucumber, and fruit allergy for 29 years I've grown accustomed to asking what is in things before I eat them. I always carry my Epipen with me and in no way would I expect the B&G to offer a nut, dairy and fruit free cake...that would almost be impossible! LOL, as a bride the venue we have chosen is perfect for us because they actually make everything from scratch (sauces, creams, dressings, literally everything) and so I know what is going into each and every dish. We have dairy allergies, nut allergies, shellfish allergies, gluten intolerance and pretty much every kind of allergy you can think of when it comes to our guest list. We are trying to accomodate by having no seafood at the wedding and our cake is nut-free but as for the dairy allergies we will be putting lactose pills into the baskets in the washroom for guests to use. We also have a lot of vegetarians so that will be an option on our RSVP card but only that.

Speaking as someone with a gluten sensitivity please do! It's just common consideration though IMO. You wouldn't invite someone to a party on the second floor with no elevator if they were in a wheel chair would you? There have been several occasions where I was "glutened" by accident at friends houses or restaurants when they cooked what they thought to be gluten free, and almost passed our after getting really sick. It can take days to recover. We are now eating at a restaurant so haha the cook there can deal with it...but when we were catering ourselves we did take allergies of our guests into consideration. Gluten is in like....everything too. Its really a PITA. It depends on the level of allergy though.

Its just consideration though...there is a difference between an allergy and a preference. Example- I eat pasta=pass out FMIL noticed her eggs had been flipped by a spatula and wouldn't eat them because they weren't chopped up...lol

We are serving a family-style dinner, and also offering vegetarian and gluten-free meals. About 1/4 of my family has celiac disease, so I need to be considerate of that. Although, come to think of it, it's never the other way around...We have "gluten-free Christmas" and it's so gross!

Also to add on the cake note- I wouldn't bother getting a gluten free cake unless you are just really nice. People can go without cake but its kinda rude to offer a dinner that people just cant eat. Perhaps your vegetarian dish could double as a Gluten free (or other allergen) dish? As a Vegetarian too I am kinda use to people just being like...well you can eat the carrot sticks lol. So thats nice you are going to be offering that!

Ditto to what others have said, some religions have some food laws to follow as well. I guess it just depends on how much you like your friends!

I agree with the cake thing...I'm definitely not doing anything special for that. They will eat it or they won't, and all will survive.

In the South you don't really have to worry about too many vegetarians and glutenfree fad dieters And people should know what they're allergic to and stay away from trouble foods. We're all adults here...

We asked our guests to let us know about their dietary restrictions since we were having a plated dinner with everyone getting the same thing. We knew before hand about 2 vegetarian friends, 2 friends with severe nut allergies and 2 friends who were lactose intolerant, but still wanted to flush out any other ones we didn't know about. Our caterer was very accommodating and those people who had different meals said theirs were excellent.