Chelsea Clinton's Extraordinary Vegan Wedding

by Annie Hartnett · 2010-07-30 13:00:00 UTC
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Chelsea Clinton, former first daughter, is getting married this weekend in Rhinebeck, New York. The affair has been called "The Wedding of the Decade." The New York Daily News reported that this is no ordinary celebrity wedding, because it "includes world leaders and well, Oprah."

"It's bigger and more important than a celebrity wedding," said Diann Valentine, an event planner. "It will certainly be the most influential of setting trends."

The $3 million dollar celebration is a "highly secretive affair," but one thing is for sure: the menu will contain vegan and vegetarian options. Chelsea Clinton has been a vegetarian for over a decade, and she is currently a vegan. Chelsea also has a gluten allergy, so the wedding cake will be both vegan and gluten-free. It has been speculated that the cake will be made by Babycakes bakery in NYC.

Clinton's wedding won't be all vegan, however, there will be organic grass-fed beef on the menu. In the past, other vegan celebrities have gone whole hog with their wedding celebrations.

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi were married in 2008 in an all-vegan wedding. They served a vegan red velvet cake from Sweet Lady Jane.

Casey Affleck and Summer Phoenix wed in Savannah, Georgia in 2006. Their more famous siblings, Ben Affleck and Joaquin Phoenix, both attended the vegan celebration. The Phoenix siblings have been vegan since early childhood.

And in my favorite celebrity wedding of all time, Alicia Silverstone married Christopher Jarecki in Lake Tahoe in 2005.  Both vegan, Silverstone and Jarecki served an organic plant-based menu.

Chelsea Clinton's wedding might not be an all-vegan affair, but if it's truly the wedding of the decade, other brides are likely to copy Clinton's menu and choose to leave animals off their guests' plates. Gone are the days of only two menu choices at weddings, chicken or steak, and vegan weddings are likely to increase in popularity over the coming years. I'm so glad to see that Chelsea Clinton is making weddings a friendlier place for animals.

Photo Credit: realsmiley

Annie Hartnett is a writer and animal advocate who has worked for several wildlife rehabilitation centers and environmental programs.
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