I am afraid that I missed much of the most recent 'gluten-free diets are the work of the devil' furore last week as I was focusing on Glasgow and the Allergy show – of which more anon. But, as always, Alex has stepped in and brought his forensic spotlight to bear on what is being …
Food
Free Range Milk
Thanks to an article by the wonderful Joanna Blythman in a recent Guardian, I have just discovered about this brilliant initiative. Built up over the last five years by Somerset farmer, Neil Darwent, Free Range Dairy has created a set of standards and a logo, Pasture Promise, …
FFFood Awards judging – multi coloured week 2 – and City Harvest
Well, this was not a particularly colourful entry into the Tea Time category – but it was a Gin and Tonic Cake so how could one resist that?.... Boris, who took up residence in one judge's chair and showed very little inclination to move, might have been interested – but …
FreeFrom Food Awards – Childrens’ category
The Children's category of the FreeFrom Food Awards, sponsored for the third year by Delamere Dairy, is run for us each year by chef-nutritionist Christine Bailey. Christine has a seemingly bottomless pit of brilliant children with coeliac disease and food allergies just queuing …
FreeFrom Food Awards judging – Week One….
This is what we like to see - a room full of judges fully focused on the job in hand! And it is some job this year, with well over 500 products to judge over the two week period. I am also delighted to be able to report that the standard of the entries so far has been really …