Accommodating Dietary Restrictions?

@HavanaChic That is exactly how I feel. I didn't want to have to have a line for meal preferences on the RSVP cards because I know I will get all sorts of dietary restrictions that are not legit. However I really do want everyone to enjoy my wedding so in an effort to please everyone I will include the line and go from there.

@Kourtney My allergy to apples is life-threatening so before I started kindergarten I knew to make sure that there is zero trace of apple in anything that I consume. When I was in school or went to camp they never provided me with an alternative snack my parents provided them with snacks for me and I usually had to remind them to give me my snack not what would kill me.

Since we are now in an era of lack of self responsibility and frivolous lawsuits I see that I will need to accommodate every individual's request.

@OP I'm glad you've been receptive to the comments. Personally, there have been many meals I absolutely can not eat for either having an allergen in or someone carelessly using the same spoon for multiple dishes or touching the common utensil to another item on their plate. I do tend to eat/bring my own food; but I greatly appreciate anyone who takes the time and care to find a way to accommodate allergies. I'm bending over backwards accommodating allergies and strict voluntary restrictions for our menu because I know how much I have appreciated when someone took the extra moment to just set aside a separate item that would be safe for me.

As long as you have options available for everyone that's what matters. I have celiac and have to eat gluten free. The only other restrictions I know of are vegetarian and lactose. So I have dairy free options available and plenty of veggies multiple meat free pastas on buffet. Our venue is making me a special plate gluten free so that my guests can gluten it up.

I am also doing a buffet. On the bottom of the rsbp card, in lieu of the meal options, I included a like for dietary restrictions. I do it for a living, so it is basically second nature to ask and accomodate

As a vegan, if I was attending a wedding for someone I wasn't that close to and they called something vegan...I'm not sure if I would eat it to be honest unless there was a chef to talk to. I don't know how many times I've even been to restaurants and they call something vegan which is actually vegetarian and could make me sick. With that being said, I never go to any event expecting anyone to cater to my food preference. Before any event I eat a huge meal. The same goes for my FH. We never get frustrated because we know our choice is out of the norm for most guests attending.

Half of my guests are either dairy free, gluten free, or meat free or a combo. So all options are dairy and gluten free and then there's a meat and veggie option.

I have friends with food allergies and dietary restrictions and am able to accommodate them in my home so I don’t see the big deal about accommodating them on my wedding day. I’ve always been accommodated with my food allergies, so I don’t mind doing so for others.

We offered a kosher/vegetarian option because we had a few kosher and vegetarian friends/family. Nobody on our list was vegan or had any allergies to food. If they did we would have accommodated them. We also had a buffet with a wide variety of options. We wanted everyone to be able to eat.

We know we have 2 guests that keep kosher, 1 GF, and at least one vegetarian. We're have kosher meals catered separately. We put s line on the RSVP to let us know about allergies and dietary restrictions. We picked all of the menu so that everyone has food options. Being thoughtful about combinations of things can mean your vegetarian dish can be GF, dairy free, and nut free. And have GF sides. It doesn't mean a whole separate meal for each option.