Can you help me plan breakfast and lunch for a large group ?

[TheDogsMother]

I'm organising an overseas offsite trip for a group of 10 and there's been loads to get sorted. Next on my list is thinking about a delivery shopping list to cover 2 x breakfast and 1 x lunch to feed them all.

We have 1 x vegetarian, 2 x lactose intolerant, 1 x no nightshade vegetables (onion, tomato, pepper, potato). I'm thinking probably buffet style so people can eat according to their dietary requirements so what food would you include ? It wants to be easily assembled but look really appealing. I'd really appreciate some ideas as my brain is pretty worn out with the rest of the planning 😆

And for the nightshade allergy person?

@TomeTome I agree with you. @Ponderingwindow I also agree with you !

Last trip I organised for them I had a chef prepare meals and deliver to the villa for heating up. It was largely successful though the guy who runs the company also said they enjoyed doing their own baguettes for lunch. Hopefully this way it won't fall to the most junior and/or woman.

Thanks to all of your brilliant input this is the list I've created. Do you think the quantities look ok ? They are staying a further 5 days so there is time to finish things up as snacks.
I'm not entirely sure houmous and falafel will be available but we'll see.

Drinks
Tea
Coffee
Sparkling water x 6 litres
Still water x 6 litres
Soy milk x 2 litres
Dairy milk x 3 litres

Breakfast (2 days)
Pastries (Croissant, Pain au Raisin) x 10
Brown seeded loaf
White sourdough loaf
One other type loaf
Soy yoghurt (1 large tub)
Dairy yoghurt (1 large tub)
Butter
Jam
Honey
Granola (1 pack)
Muesli (1 pack)
Eggs ( x18)
Blueberries (one large pack)
Strawberries (one large pack)
Grapes (two packs)
Melon x 1
Avocados x 4

Lunch (1 day and light evening snack on arrival evening)
Cherry tomatoes (2 packs)
Cucumber (2)
Salad bags (2)
Couscous salad
Pasta salad
Mixed bean salad
Parma or serrano ham (or Prsut ?) (3)
Chicken slices x 2
Houmous (2 packs)
Falafel (2 packs)
Emmenthal or Gouda or Edam slices (2 packs)
Mini Mozzarella balls x 1
Manchego (or other sheep’s milk cheese)
Pitted olives (large jar)
Baguette (2)
Ciabatta rolls (6)
Brown rolls (6)
Mayonnaise
Crisps (2 large bags)
Choc Ices/Ice Cream

@OneMoreTime23 When we had the chef prepared meals last time the others had veg lasagne and he made a special one with a white sauce for the nightshade guy. Not sure how easy it would be to source something like this in a supermarket though.

Any prepackaged pasta dish/salad is going to have onions in it as a minimum. Most seem to have tomatoes.

That said, I always travel with stuff I can eat (including to weddings etc) because otherwise I’m just eating eggs (if I’m lucky) or cheese. (I’d swerve all of the baked goods on your list too.)

There are salads and pasta sauces that don’t contain “nightshades”, I wasn’t aware onions were part of that so that’s good extra info. I can’t see where the issue is?

99% of veg lasagnes use tomatoes as the base of the sauce. And onions as well.

you seemed to be suggesting the nightshade allergy person gets garlic bread and salad. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I would imagine the individual pasta bake would be more appropriate. I think most people would have worked it out but apologies if it was open to confusion.

the dairy free pasta bake? What’s that sauce likely to be made of, do you think? Will it contain tomatoes, peppers or onions?

@OneMoreTime23 I’m struggling to understand why you think an individual pasta bake can’t accommodate dietary restrictions? Perhaps you missed “individual”. Perhaps you don’t like pasta?

In this instance anyway, the nightshade avoider isn’t lactose intolerant or vegetarian so I’m guessing macaroni cheese is easiest, or creamy mushroom or chicken or bacon? OP seems to have a working plan.

thank you @TomeTome