Hi there! I too will be catering for my own wedding for omnis and vegans. The obvious fruit and veggie/salad tray works well, also I find that if it's done right and you don't tell anyone certain things are dairy free, they seem not to notice. Morningstar I think has a few vegan friendly dishes/snacks.
I went to a friend's wedding and she just labeled two sides of a table, one saying "vegan/vegetarian", the other saying "meat, etc". That way, everyone was happy. :P
Before making any plans I'd find out if there's a kitchen on-site where you're planning on having the wedding AND what equipment they have. If you're holding it somewhere that does not have a standard banquet facility, what type of equipment they have will be the major factor in what you cook. You don't want to commit to doing something with lots of baking and then find out they only have one standard sized oven!
If the place you're looking at has NO kitchen, plan on renting use of a commercial kitchen to do the cooking. (or bumming use of one from a place with a commercial cooking) Cooking for 80 in a tiny home kitchen is just a BAD IDEA. Also keep in mind that you'll have to carry this all across town then. Getting it all there on time and at the right temperature is much more challenging with some foods than others.
Another suggestion may be to figure out how many vegans will need to be provided for and work around that. Like if there are only handful of vegans then really make up a lovely meal for as many as you need and buffett the other guests maybe? When my husband and I were married we had a small wedding (40-50 guests) and I was the only vegan there so I had a meal made especially for me and everyone else did buffet. I did have vegan cupcakes and no one was the wiser lol. I've made quite a few vegan cakes and they are quite lovely. I made a 4 tier for a friend's wedding last year and it was quite easy and everyone loved it. If you really want to do it I would say figure out your menu early and see if it's doable instead of figuring out last minute it won't work. Plus with everything else you'll have going on as a bride it may be more manageable if you had catering.
Well, although I appreciate the idea you're providing, and I'm not saying this to pass judgment on you in any way, some vegans may not want to provide meat or dairy products because they don't feel it goes with their moral choices. e.g. if someone comes to my house, I feed them a vegan meal - I don't feed them meat and make something vegan for me.
at least not to the larger communities such as veganpeople, veganism and vegan talk.
(because most of the members of veganpeople who want to see posts about food are already here. it's unnecessarily redundant. and takes some of the information that would then be archived in our tags and puts it elsewhere.)
vegancooking is more than 2x the size of veganpeople and veganism.
you know, the best food I've ever had at a wedding was at a pot-luck - the hosts basically said, "if you want to participate, bring the dish you most want to share with your friends" and it was amazing. You may find that there are a lot of people who want to help, if you ask them.
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I went to a friend's wedding and she just labeled two sides of a table, one saying "vegan/vegetarian", the other saying "meat, etc". That way, everyone was happy. :P
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If the place you're looking at has NO kitchen, plan on renting use of a commercial kitchen to do the cooking. (or bumming use of one from a place with a commercial cooking) Cooking for 80 in a tiny home kitchen is just a BAD IDEA. Also keep in mind that you'll have to carry this all across town then. Getting it all there on time and at the right temperature is much more challenging with some foods than others.
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When my husband and I were married we had a small wedding (40-50 guests) and I was the only vegan there so I had a meal made especially for me and everyone else did buffet. I did have vegan cupcakes and no one was the wiser lol. I've made quite a few vegan cakes and they are quite lovely. I made a 4 tier for a friend's wedding last year and it was quite easy and everyone loved it. If you really want to do it I would say figure out your menu early and see if it's doable instead of figuring out last minute it won't work. Plus with everything else you'll have going on as a bride it may be more manageable if you had catering.
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(because most of the members of veganpeople who want to see posts about food are already here. it's unnecessarily redundant. and takes some of the information that would then be archived in our tags and puts it elsewhere.)
vegancooking is more than 2x the size of veganpeople and veganism.
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