Catering Guide
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Veggie Snow is a bunch of people who want to make it easier for you to cater for all the dairy-intolerant people, vegetarians and vegans who stay with you. People with special diets tend to be loyal customers who bring their friends. Giving them tasty dishes should serve you well and give you experience of making dairy-free dishes that are widely required and enjoyed.
Our tips and recipes will seriously help you if you have dairy-free or egg-free guests as well, as well as halal, kosher and other religious customers. Your eyes will be opened to a whole new tasty suite of dishes suitable for everyone.
Catering Ideas for Serving Vegetarians, Vegans and the Dairy-Free
- Catering for vegans - simple check list - a quick start, whether you are a beginner or confident manager/chef
- Recipes for Hosts - a wide range of tasty chalet-friendly dishes
- Veggie Ingredients - to help broaden your selection when you shop
- Breakfast Ideas
- Veganising Recipes - how to make any recipe veggie, dairy-free and egg-free
- Feedback on catering for vegans
- Shops in the snow - see our listings of some of the places you'll find what you need. Sherpa is always good for dairy-free ingredients. Do tell us of any you know.
Here are a few handy pages to help you cater for vegetarians and vegans and hopefully enjoy it too. Making satisfying meals makes for happy customers and happy cooks.
These catering pages are tailored specifically for ski hosts, though any caterers or food technology students will find them very handy, not to mention dinner party hosts.
You can also read about about the business advantage of providing vegan dishes.
special notes for hosts
Firstly, thank you for taking your veggie guests seriously enough to read these pages. They are in luck and are very likely to stay with you again.
You'll know your stuff about cooking, and we are building up some recipes to give you ideas for unfamiliar ingredients and greater variety.
We find that most non-veggie chefs and cooks are amazed when they realise how much variety is possible with easily obtainable vegan ingredients, and they really enjoy the experience.
The ingredients page has ideas on buying ingredients which could be very handy, and also tie in with some of the recipes.
Do ask to be listed on this website for free if you think your catering makes veggies and vegans happy.
special notes for skiers and boarders requesting veggie catering
First, look for a chalet or hotel company that welcomes special diets and prides itself in personal service. Companies which are not very interested do not deserve your business.
Small British chalet operators can be the best plan if you are from the UK. They believe in personal service and tend to come across more veggies. Dealing with British contacts avoids the long distance phone calls and language barrier if English is the only one you're good at.
Even if not all your group is veggie/vegan, it can help all of you get more interesting food if you ask for most of the catering to be veggie/vegan because then the caterers can concentrate on a smaller number of dishes. Everyone can eat what they like on the slopes.
Refer the company you book with to these pages to help them plan your meals, ideally long before the ski season even begins. They tend to do their staff training in November, and any bulky ingredients they could get in the UK they'd need to bring out at the beginning of the season.
Inform them right from the beginning of any special dietary requirements - it is only fair to give them a chance to prepare. Running a ski company is a very busy job, so last minute special requests can be a total headache.
If you return home singing their praises, please tell us about them so we can list them in our accommodation pages.
Author: Sophie Fenwick-Paul
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Veggie Snow is a bunch of people who want to make it easier for you to cater for all the dairy-intolerant people, vegetarians and vegans who stay with you. People with special diets tend to be loyal customers who bring their friends. Giving them tasty dishes should serve you well and give you experience of making dairy-free dishes that are widely required and enjoyed.
Our tips and recipes will seriously help you if you have dairy-free or egg-free guests as well, as well as halal, kosher and other religious customers. Your eyes will be opened to a whole new tasty suite of dishes suitable for everyone.
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