The evening this is about
Catering is not a cooking problem. Anyone reading this can cook for a hundred and forty. The job is knowing that it is a hundred and forty, that twelve of them are vegan and three cannot have gluten — and knowing it before the van is loaded, not when the plates go down.
- The final count changes three times in the last week, each time by a different route.
- Allergies arrive as "oh, and Marija doesn't eat dairy", by text, the night before.
- Somebody keeps the master list in a spreadsheet and somebody else keeps it in their head.
- On the day, nobody at the table knows which plate is which.
What it actually does
- Lets each guest choose their own menu and declare their own allergies, without going through the host.
- Adds it up as it comes in: 142 standard, 12 vegan, 3 gluten-free, one coeliac who must not share a fryer.
- Runs the allergens through the recipe tree, so the answer is the kitchen's data and not a waiter's memory.
- Prints a card per guest — name, seat, what they chose, what they must not have.
The detail that matters
The card is the part that matters on the day. Counts get you through the prep; a name on a plate gets you through the service without a member of staff carrying fourteen exceptions in their head at once. And a coeliac is not a dietary preference — the difference between avoiding gluten and cross-contamination is written down where the kitchen reads it.
What it does not do
- It does not clear anyone medically. What the guest declares is what it records; the kitchen's own procedure still governs.
- It does not chase people who have not replied — you decide when the host is told who is missing.
We would rather you read this before the call than find out after.
Where it sits
A wedding quoted in seconds, counted to the last plate. RSVP & Allergens is one of six tools in Events & Banquets, and it runs on the same guest, booking and menu data as the rest of the Suite — so nothing is typed in twice.
- Event CalculatorA wedding quoted in seconds, with your margin on the back of it.
- RSVP & Allergens142 standard, 12 vegan, 3 gluten-free — counted for you.
- Packing & Prep TrackerSoup for a hundred means a hundred bowls. It remembers.
- Wedding & Event InquiriesEvery enquiry in one list — site, directories, phone — with the source on it.
- Venue VisualizerPhotograph the empty room once. Show each couple that room, in their style.
- Event OrdersOne sheet for the day: hour by hour, covers, kitchen and who is on.
Fifteen minutes, no slides.
Tell us how your venue runs and we will say plainly whether RSVP & Allergens helps — and which two or three tools to start with.