Sounds like I have a party in the making! I once did my orecchiette bake for fourteen ladies (Mrs Steve's tap-dancing class's annual shindig). They liked it so much that they came back the next year for my veggie Italian bean stew with shallow-fried ciabatta dumplings. With those numbers you always get one or two vegetarians, but the carnivores didn't notice a thing. I had to clarify in advance apropos of the parmesan and mozzarella, which, strictly speaking, are not vegetarian as they must be made with animal rennet. But they were OK with that, agreeing with the sentiment that I'd done my best!