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Don't forget to put vegetarians options for food, and clearly mention that is is vegetarian.
by mehdim 13y ago
Don't forget to put vegetarians options for food, and clearly mention that is is vegetarian.
- patallan 13y agoThat's a great point - I guess part of me is blind to that because my diet is mainstream, but also, I'm surprised that there's still events that don't provide solid vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free options. Thoughtlessness at best, really.
- dllthomas 13y agoNut-free is also a good candidate, though obviously at some point budget and common sense will constrain.
- patallan 13y agoI would expect good caterers should provide dining options that avoid common allergies - and certainly they'll accept dietary requirements if they're anything close to competent.
- zacharycohn 13y agoAs an event organizer of events at many different levels, I will always make sure to have a vegetarian option, but I usually stop there. It becomes increasing more difficult, expensive, and complex to try to guess how much of and many different diets may be represented. That being said, I do usually push for healthier-than-average food. I also started a "War on Pizza" in Seattle to get other event organizers to stop serving Pizza at events...
- mehdim 13y agoIt's funny because most of the best technical speakers I receive in my conferences have always a specific food option. May be this is that which make them so good in what they do :)
- adrianhoward 13y agoDon't forget to put vegetarians options for food, and clearly mention that is is vegetarian. And when you do please remember that people other than the vegetarians eat it! Omnivores will happily chow down on the veggy/vegan/whatever options - so you need to at least double-down on the percentages. Lost count of the number of events where I've gone hungry coz they've got "10% veggy food" coz 10% of the attendees said they were veggy. Personally when organising events I aim for 50/50 omni/veggy, with about 10-20% of the veggy option being vegan. The omnivores never notice. The veggy/vegan/dairy-free folk notice and love you for it. Don't underestimate how getting fed well affects peoples opinion of an event (and the reviews and publicity you get afterwards ;)