Have Vegetarian Guests Coming To Your Wedding? Here's How To Cater To Them

While planning the catering for your upcoming wedding, you probably want to make sure that you have something to offer all of your guests. If some of your guests are vegetarian, however, you could be worried about ensuring that their needs are met at your event. Luckily, there are a few steps that you can take to help make this happen.

1. Find Out Ahead of Time

First of all, you should find out how many vegetarians will be at your wedding beforehand. Consider adding a special spot on your RSVP cards for people to add their dietary preferences. Then, you will be able to tell your caterer about how many vegetarians will be at the event so that he or she can prepare for it.

2. Consider Serving Buffet-Style

Although there are a lot of benefits of serving dinner-style at your wedding, you might want to think about doing it buffet-style instead, particularly if you have a lot of guests who have special dietary preferences. Then, your vegetarian guests can pick and choose what they want, and you won't have to worry about your non-meat-eating friends and family members accidentally getting served the wrong way.

3. Have Food Properly Labeled

If you do decide to serve your food on a buffet, make sure that everything is properly labeled. For example, it can be tough for people to tell if your lasagna is vegetarian-friendly without cutting into it, but a simple placard can help guests search for the right menu choices for their dietary needs.

4. Offer a Meat-Free Main Course

Instead of offering a beef and chicken main course, consider opting for a meat-free main course. Pasta with an Alfredo sauce or tomato-based, meat-free marinara sauce, for example, are vegetarian-friendly but might be appealing to other guests who typically do eat meat. You can opt to offer just vegetarian main courses, or you can offer one meat-based dish and one non-meat-based dish.

5. Provide Lots of Side Dishes

Another option is to provide lots of filling, meat-free side dishes. Then, the non-meat-eaters at your wedding can find lots of yummy things to fill up on, and your other guests are sure to enjoy having lots of variety as well.

As you can see, there are a few things that you can do to cater to your vegetarian guests. If you're planning your wedding and are worried about vegetarian-friendly catering, try these steps.  For more information on this and other catering issues, contact a professional like Mascaro's Catering.