'So much excitement here at Foods Matter! As the first day of judging dawns, the bellows are blowing for the furnaces behind the ovens, the maids and under-servants are scurrying about, readying the formal judging rooms, and the products are beaming under their cling-filmed …
Coeliac/celiac disease
FreeFrom chippie in Whitby
I had literally just pressed the 'publish' button on the last post when Alex forwarded me a press release about the Quayside fish and chip shop in Whitby. While a number of fish and chip shops now offer a 'gluten-free Friday' (or Monday, or Tuesday) the Quayside has gone the …
FreeFrom Eating Out Awards on a roll
The advantage of being a 'small compact team' is that you can be ultra flexible and move forward quickly on an idea if it seems like a good one; the disadvantage is that you are all too likely to leap into something without really having looked as carefully as maybe you …
‘Food to go’ surges ahead in FFFood Awards entries
In a positive hurricane of last minute entry forms, the 2014 closed at midnight last Sunday, logging up a satisfactory 19% increase in companies entering the awards. Very encouragingly for the freefrom sector these included 69 'new' companies some of whom are established freefrom …
Allergen legislation in pubs will not have an easy ride
A short piece in the Publican's Morning Advertiser headlined 'Allergen law 'fatal for pub specials board' has put its finger on one of the trickiest challenges faced by the new allergen regulations for 'food sold loose and in food service'. Waitrose Good Food Guide editor, …