Vegan Wedding

Hi! Congrats on your engagement!! That’s so exciting!!


I’m not vegan or vegetarian, but a good friend of my FH is. We just recently went to their wedding. The way they handled the food was to have a variety of options in a buffet (a couple of meats, pasta salad, some vegetables, etc) and they had vegan/gluten free burgers served directly to them. The cake was vegan. I don’t know about the cake pops. I don’t know if this would work for you or not. I’m pretty sure that the bride and groom were the only vegan eaters there.
For our wedding, we will have a few vegan/vegetarian guests and have several options. We will probably serve a portobello mushroom dish.
My biggest struggle dietarily is finding dessert that fits my style of eating. I’m sure that other brides here will have advice as well. What I have found is that if you just keep looking then you’ll start to find the right places to look and then you will discover that there are lots and lots of options.
Good luck and have fun!!!

I went to a vegan wedding a few years ago and they had salad and burgers sliders with vegan cake.

I haven't been a wedding that's fully vegan but I wouldn't have any problem with it! For catering, maybe think outside the box a little bit and talk to your favorite vegan restaurants in the area. See if any of them have catered weddings before. Try to pick options that are as hearty as possible, and probably give your guests a heads up beforehand that the food will be vegan so that anyone who's worried can eat a little before the wedding. But seriously, anyone can survive one meal without animal products.

As far as cost and budgeting go, we have a long engagement as well and are setting aside a chunk of money every month that goes into a high-interest savings account. You have almost two years to save up money so hopefully that should be enough time to save what you need for the wedding! I might sit down with your FS now and talk about the budget. Figure out what you can save each month, start working on a sample budget for the wedding, and then see how much money you might be able to spend on the venue. You can start by looking at farms/barns in your area on WeddingWire, but expand that if you can't find something you can afford - parks could work, or venues that have outdoor ceremonies with indoor receptions (all the community centers in the area we're getting married are set up like this).

I don’t k kw what the catering options are like where you live, but I know there are places around here that I’ve found that do custom menus. We have to have a completely nut free wedding as one of our guests has a deadly nut allergy so we’re looking at those options so we can be sure of what is going into the food. They can create a menu for whatever your budget may be (you tell them beforehand so they only give you options in your budget).


Have you tried looking at gardens or parks? We’re getting married at Rocky Mountain National Park and the entire cost for the ceremony is $250 for the permit application. A lot of state and city parks also offer similar pricing options and some parks & recs have rental properties that are fairly affordable. Another option I had looked at was a lodge with an amazing outdoor patio owned by Denver Parks & rec, the rental was $100/hour. That’s an option for an affordable outdoor wedding.

I absolutely agree with finding a local vegan/vegetarian restaurant (or any restaurant you love really) and seeing what they can do as far as catering. I'm a vegan and although we are not doing a vegan wedding, we did want that vegan option and we are on a budget. When we were looking at catering I did notice a fair amount of options outside of basic eggplant parm, the main ones being Mexican and Mediterranean.

As far as the venue, if you're thinking outdoor I would check into local parks. I know there are a lot of parks that have venues specifically for weddings and can be very cost effective.

I like the suggestion pp had about buffet. I went to a wedding recently where the couple had dietary restrictions but they opted to do a buffet with options for everyone

My husband and I had our wedding 2 weeks ago. He is not a die-hard vegan, but tries to eat "vegan" and his family is vegan. We were able to sit down with our caterers and decide on the menu and discuss our concerns for his family being vegan. We were able to have the regular options for meat lovers (chicken and beef), but also were able to add eggplant parm AND a vegan loaded risotto that had a bunch of fresh vegetables and it was a big hit!

We went to FH’s cousins wedding in sweden. They had an all vegan wedding and the food was amazing. There are a lot of options with vegan food now, you just have to find the right caterers.

I am a vegan (my FH is not), but my parents, best friend, and sister are too. Our caterer is separate from our venue which made it easier to find a good vegan option. We are having two entrees for people to choose from: 1) Grilled Skirt Steak and 2) Vegan Stuffed Bell Peppers. Anyone who doesn't like steak or doesn't eat red meat, they can get the stuffed bell peppers. We will have multiple vegan options for our cocktail hour that are more than just a fruit and veggie crudite. Haha

If you want a non-boring vegan wedding, I think you may need to be prepared to spend more on high quality catering. As you probably know, people who aren't used to eating vegan often have a very limited idea of what vegan is (or can be), and unless you have a caterer with specific experience in making delicious vegan food, I worry you will be disappointed. Not only that, but I think if you are forcing all of your guests to eat vegan, you want to make sure the food is amazing so it will show all of your meat-eating friends that vegan doesn't need to be boring or leave them feeling hungry.

We chose a farm as our venue that also does their own catering. It was considerably more expensive than other options, but the food and experience will be amazing, and our chef had no problem accommodating vegan palates. I am not at all worried that the vegans and vegetarians at our wedding will feel like they are missing out (we ourselves are omnivores, but have plenty of guests who have ethical, medical, or preferential dietary restrictions). For us the extra expense is worth the peace of mind, as we are fully confident that our wedding will be incredible.