Holiday potluck

A holiday potluck sign-up sheet that isn't six desserts

Guests claim a dish from the invite link with just their name. Everyone can see dessert is covered before they bake.

Start a holiday potluck How to organize one How to organize one

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Guests don't need an account
Holiday dish ideas to tap

The rules of the list

Everyone sees the list before they shop

A dish is claimed once, and the whole list shows who's bringing what before anyone turns on an oven.

Cookies can take several people. Everyone sees how many.
Guests add their own dish, latkes included.
Rolls ×24, so nobody brings six dozen.
A dropout's dish reopens, and you're told which.

How it works

Step 1: Start a potluck
The bring list is on, with holiday dish ideas to tap.
Step 2: Send one link
Friends, family or the whole office. Nobody needs an account.
Step 3: Guests claim a dish
They say Going or Maybe, then claim one or add theirs.
Step 4: Chase the gaps
Ask for whatever's still open a week out, by name.

For the host

Quantities

Rolls ×24, two bags of ice, forty plates.

Ask your own question

Like who needs a ride. Only hosts see the answers.

Swapping gifts too?

Turn the bring list on for a White Elephant.

Write the menu yourself

Guests claim from your list but can't add to it.

Free up a dish

For the coworker who went quiet.

Questions people ask

Start a potluck on Joinue and the bring list is on the invite. Tap the holiday dish ideas or type your own, then send the link. Guests claim a dish with just their name.

No. Only the host needs a free account. Guests reply from the invite link in any browser, then claim a dish or add their own.

Yes. Drop the link in the team chat or an email. Coworkers claim a dish from any browser without an account, and quantities cover the plates, cups and ice.

Make desserts one row several people can join, so everyone sees how many are coming. Then list the mains and sides you need, so there's something else to claim.

Yes. Start a White Elephant or Secret Santa and turn on the bring list in the same event. Guests get the gift exchange and the dish sign-up from one link.

Their dishes go back on the list as open, and the hosts are told which ones, so you can ask someone else.

Before you send the link

Start the list before the cookies multiply

Send the link now and see what's missing while there's still time.

Start a holiday potluck Swapping gifts? See White Elephant