Guests Have Decided to Go Vegan and I Don't Have Food For Them

Just bring in outside food. I'd be annoyed if I were you but they probably assumed a caterer would be well versed in vegan. I don't necessarily think it's bad of your caterer because this isn't a last minute thing they sprung on you.

Overall, deep breath, arrange a vegan meal for them and just let it go. It's an annoying bump in the road, but a fixable one

Whether the caterer is full of BS or not - their business, their choices. And it would be insane for the OP to find a new caterer 6 weeks out.

OP, I'd be frustrated, too. Sounds like two vegan meals from a different caterer or restaurant is your best bet.

I'm really surprised at a lot of the comments on this thread. 100% agree with Celia on this one.

Also find the idea of asking if the chicken is free range pretty cringey but maybe that's the midwesterner in me. I would never do that and the thought is mortifying.

@LeeLee FH and I thought the ask regarding free range and grass fed was in horribly poor taste, and we both were born and raised in SF!

What does being from San Francisco have to do with anything?

I don't understand the issue with any of this. From what I understand, you are getting married in a major city. I have no idea what caterer doesn't cater to vegans in a major city, all the caterers I contacted do. Just as they cater to people with allergies.

Also, people are becoming more conscious about where they get their food from. The majority of my friends get their meat delivered from outlying farms and don't travel to the grocery store for meat because of factory farming.

"Hi Kim and John.. Our caterer cannot provide a vegan option for you. If you'd like, you are more than welcome to bring something to eat but otherwise, I will understand if you don't want to attend. We'll be disappointed but we understand"

We have a guest who has a severe allergy. When we met with our caterer, I stressed this and she will have her meal taken care of. However, in your case..this isn't an allergy and you didn't know they were going to turn vegan.

And heck no to anyone who is saying find a new caterer. Why in the world would she do that?

@AL - I feel like you're being unnecessarily confrontational. There are lot more vegans and extremely conscious eaters in California and SF than most other places in the country.

Mary how is ASR doing these days?

Also- I'm with Jessie- I don't understand how a restaurant/catering company unless it's like MEATS INC- doesn't do vegan.

If you hired Meats In My Mouth Catering I'd totally get why they don't do vegan. But it's just a catering company- that's absurd to me.

Being said- there is no way you're going to get a new catering company in this short amount of time (not likely) - I'd work the catering company to find a solution and or hire someone else to be a stop gap.

Problem solving is what you need at this point- not finger pointing. It's disappointing the company isn't willing to met you half way- did you talk to upper management?

So now you have to stress even more because someone decided to become a vegan. I don't eat beef or pork. When I go somewhere, I don't make a fuss about what someone is serving b/c I always keep some type of snack with me. If they are true vegans, they know to do the same. It's way too late in the game to change your caterer...that's actually ridiculous. You could stress and find a restaurant to make the meals...and then stress about them getting to the venue and on the appropriate plates. You could buy them a bag a lettuce and tell them to have at it. Or you could tell them to bring their own. At this point, don't stress yourself because they all of a sudden decided to become vegans. They sound extr

OMG Jo, You had me thinking it was actually her but its not. :o(

@JoRocka - They're an independent business; they're allowed to do anything they want to do. I honestly don't blame them at all and I'm not even upset with them. They didn't do anything wrong, in my eyes.

Does... does anyone have a number for Meats in my Mouth Catering?

Asking for a friend.

Vegan is further restricted than vegetarian and I find it rude that they would make the request.

If I had three choices in dinner entree's, I am not changing one to vegan to accommodate two people out of 180! They chose this lifestyle and should understand that events will not cater to just the two of them. Especially considering that vegan means NO animal products, as in no dairy based sauces, no butter, no animal products of any kind at all. This is difficult at an event.

Possibly have two plated meals brought in for them, but that is as far as I would be willing to go.

I have a vegan sister and she often eats prior to events and just snacks on what she can there, she never expects a host to cater to her life preference at a large event as she is not the priority of the day. Salads and vegetables are usually always available.

Tell them there will be a lovely salad. I used to be vegan and I either brought my own food to some things or I just did the best I could with what I had. I was vegan for compassionate reasons, and making my host feel uncomfortable didn't seem compassionate.

Meats in my mouth catering lmao!!! Why is this not a real business?

Personally, I think it's crazy that your guest is requesting this last minute. I have 2 guests who are vegan as well, but they both said they are bringing their own meals or eating prior, which is fine with me! Try to find a work around or discuss it further with ur guests.

Meats in My Mouth catering sounds really good.

Celia nailed it. OP you are doing the right thing by bringing in food from an outside restaurant, but I think they were a bit rude in asking so close to the date. People on this thread are being ridiculous acting like you should switch your caterer over this.

@Asta being Kosher or having food allergies are not choices. Veganism is a choice and therefore I think it is different. Plus those with serious food allergies would never eat from a buffet anyways, knowing that cross contamination is always a risk.

ETA: @Jsarge gross I cringe when anyone orders steaks well done.

@JSARGE - The steak cooking at wedding is always so confusing to me. I was at a wedding over the summer where this douche-y dude in his twenties sent his steak back - I kid you not - SIX TIMES because it insisted it be cooked medium-rare. Like dude. You're at a wedding, not a steakhouse.