Host a potluck with no doubled dishes
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Guests claim a dish from a link, you see the gaps by category, allergies in one place, and a day-of plan for where everything goes.
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I'm hosting a potluck for about 25 people (a Friendsgiving, an office lunch or a neighborhood party) and I want a great meal with no doubled dishes and nobody left out.
Build me a small tool for me as host and a page for my guests. Ask me the date, the headcount and the categories I want covered (mains, sides, desserts, drinks).
Host home screen: how many dishes are claimed by category, what is still missing, and the one thing to do today (for example, nobody has claimed a vegetarian main).
Guest page: a link where guests pick a dish, see what is already taken, and say what they cannot eat. Tell them when a dish is already covered and suggest what is needed.
Allergies and diets in one place, with each dish marked safe or not, and a small printable card for each dish.
When I tell you something changed (two people both bring apple pie), suggest who switches and offer to message them.
A day-of screen showing where each dish goes and the oven and fridge order.
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What you get
- Guests claim a dish from one link and see what is already taken.
- The gaps by category, and the one thing to do today, such as no vegetarian main yet.
- Allergies and diets in one place, with each dish marked safe or not and a card for the table.
- A plan that suggests who switches when two people bring the same dish.
- A day-of screen with where each dish goes and the oven and fridge order.
What usually gets in the way
- A paper sheet gets lost and a shared spreadsheet gets edited into a mess.
- Three people bring dessert and nobody brings plates or drinks.
- Allergies are scattered across texts instead of listed once.
- You do not know the headcount until the day.
- Chasing replies in the group chat takes more time than the planning.
The longer story
A potluck fails in familiar ways: three people bring dessert and nobody brings plates, allergies surface at the table, and the host spends days chasing replies in a group chat. The sign-up sheet is the smaller problem.
A link where guests claim a dish, with the gaps by category visible to the host, replaces the chasing. Allergies and diets collected once let each dish be labelled, and a day-of plan turns twenty-five dishes into an oven and fridge order.
Anything you label for allergies is only as good as what guests tell you: ask them to check the cards.
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