Overview
- The ceremony is scheduled for November 5 at Rio de Janeiro’s Museum of Tomorrow with Prince William expected among roughly 700 guests.
- Brazilian chef Saulo Jennings criticized a mandated 100% vegan menu as disrespectful to local culinary traditions after initially being asked to cater.
- Jennings later offered a fully fish-free menu built around Amazon-sourced ingredients, but he was ultimately not chosen to cater the event.
- A person close to the event said budget constraints drove the decision to use another supplier, and reporting indicates Prince William did not set the vegan requirement.
- The episode spotlighted tension between a standardized vegan rule and claims that community-managed Amazon fisheries like pirarucu represent sustainable practice.