Dietary restrictions

I would ask on the RSVP and see how many people have dietary restrictions. If there are quite a few people, I would just make one of the buffet entree options GF and vegan. If its a few people, maybe just ask the caterer to make a special plate for them - there might be an extra charge for this though. Also, there are a LOT of people on weird diets now, so just try to do the best that you can.

Please ask on your RSVPs to list any dietary restrictions so you can make sure there's something for everyone to eat

If it's a legit dietary restriction I think it's important to keep it in mind but there can be so many of them that it can make it difficult. Worst case scenario, cater more to the allergy affecting the most guests. I think variety is really the key. Buffets seem to be a better choice for food allergies since you can pick and chose.

My husband and his best friend/best man are both allergic to gluten. My grandpa-in-law, mom, SIL, MOH, and myself all have to eat low-carb due to diabetes. That being said, we are aiming for a MOSTLY low-carb, gluten free menu.

We are also having a buffet style dinner. We know FHs aunt cant have anything so when we saw her the other day we told her our menu and she said she can have the salads and one of the meats. I have a friend who is GF but shes really good about picking around and eating what she can, which she already said she will be fine. We also have a friend who doesn't do buffet food so we are serving her at the table with everything separate. And FHs brothers girlfriend eats literally nothing and said she will only eat dessert so shes SOL (shes a pain and idc, harsh I know lol) so she will either eat before she comes or just eat a bunch of cake. We are pretty positive no one else has any kind of allergy but on out invites we listed the date and time and all that jazz and then underneath that we just put buffet style dinner and dancing to follow. We did not add anything to our RSVP and would hope that if people had concerns they will reach out to us. The caterer will also have little signs by the food about what it is an if it is GF, vegetarian, vegan and all of that.

I put on my website about dietary restrictions and food allergies. I will put this on the details card as well with the invites. People should know this means ACTUAL diets/allergies not "I don't like this food or I don't eat this". Shame, pick what you want from the buffet then lol. We have a buffet too. So except for those diet restrictions (I don't even think we have any) everyone else will do buffet. I am ensuring there are not nuts or green peppers in anything because my mom is allergic to green peppers and a friend is allergic to nuts. This is simple enough to make sure my venue knows this!