So, our mini European marathon is nearly over… I am currently sitting in the fast train from Amsterdam to Brussels – hoping that it will make a better job of getting me to my destination than the local train I had booked to get me from Brussels to Amsterdam. (For anyone’s …
Coeliac/celiac disease
Egg wash!! How many allergens should you exclude?
I had scarcely pressed the 'go live' key on my last blog about allergen-free catering when the following email plopped into my in-box: Good morning Michelle, I am hoping that I can persuade you to help me in my battle to encourage chefs to stop putting eggs either in or …
Allergen-free catering – really quite simple once you put your mind to it…
I have spent much of the last week working on the entry forms for the FreeFrom Eating Out Awards which open at the end of this month – and it has really focused my mind on exactly what is involved for an eating-out establishment in going 'freefrom'. But while, at first glance, …
Another public relations disaster – Tesco’s ‘may contain nut’ warnings
Companies spend a fortune on 'public relations' so how do they so often get it wrong? They employ specialist PR agencies, set up focus groups 'to gauge public feeling', recruit dedicated teams to run their Twitter accounts and their Facebook pages, and yet the gaffes continue. …
FFFood Awards 2014 – the party, the buffet, the winners – the kiss…
The winners' tasting buffet is definitely the highlight of the FreeFrom Food Awards party these days – especially this year when Chef Dean and his very artistic minions had had a go at it! And whereas last year there was a mad scramble at the end of the presentations to get …