As of 13 August 2026, AI can plan your wedding menu.

What to actually do

1. Use a tool built for this

   The route this page recommends

2. Do it yourself

   Second choice

   A chat interface, chat-fluent skill, and roughly 30 minutes until you can act on the result.

   How to actually do it

   1. Open a note or spreadsheet and gather the guest count, children’s numbers, service style, budget, venue restrictions, meal timings, cultural requirements and preferred foods.
   2. Ask guests for dietary requirements and allergies through a private RSVP process, recording only the information needed for catering and keeping allergy details separate from the public menu.
   3. Collect the caterer’s current sample menus, ingredient information, service options and confirmed price list, then paste the relevant details into the prompt.
   4. Paste the completed prompt into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini and ask it to produce the three menu options and comparison table.
   5. Compare each draft against your guest list, budget, venue facilities, service timings and the caterer’s current menu and price list, removing anything the supplier cannot provide.
   6. Send the selected menu and every allergy or cross-contamination question to the caterer, then record the supplier’s written confirmations before publishing the menu or accepting the final arrangement.
   7. Give guests the confirmed menu and a separate route for reporting dietary changes, then update the caterer rather than relying on the AI draft.

   Prompt

   Plan a wedding menu for a UK wedding using the information below. Produce three menu options, each with a drinks-free reception menu, starter, main course, dessert, vegetarian option and vegan option where relevant. Keep the options suitable for the stated budget and service style. Label common allergens clearly, but do not make any claim that a dish is safe for an allergy or free from cross-contamination. Identify every point that the caterer must confirm, including ingredients, substitutions, preparation, cross-contamination controls, children’s portions, late dietary changes and whether the venue can serve the food. Include a concise shopping or supplier question list and a final comparison table. Use only the facts I provide, make no assumptions about guests or prices, and mark missing information as a question.
   
   Wedding date: [date]
   Location and venue: [location and venue details]
   Number of adult guests: [number]
   Number of children: [number]
   Service style: [plated meal, buffet, sharing platters, food stations or other]
   Budget and whether it includes staffing, equipment and drinks: [details]
   Catering arrangements: [in-house caterer, external caterer or undecided]
   Dietary requirements and allergies: [details, without unnecessary personal information]
   Cultural or religious requirements: [details]
   Foods to include: [details]
   Foods to avoid: [details]
   Season and preferred style: [details]
   Venue facilities and restrictions: [details]
   Courses and timings: [details]
   Guest preferences and children’s requirements: [details]

   Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.

3. Hand it to a person

   The distant third

   A person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.