I have just been having an exchange with one of our newsletter subscribers on the subject of nut allergy which I am copying in below, only because it illustrates the frustrations of suffering from a serious allergy: 'Thank you for your fantastic news letter. Just sad that it …
Peanut allergy
Allergy Awareness Week
I am afraid that we were so caught up with the FreeFrom Food Awards last week that we had not really logged Allergy Awareness Week this week... So, better late than never - a brief alert: Allergy UK are running an awareness campaign called Living in Fear to highlight the fact …
Random thoughts related to allergy….
One of the complaints of those who object to the new food allergen regulations is that they are being required to take responsibility for food allergy sufferers. 'Why can't they take responsibility for their own allergies? Why should we (as chefs or even as users of food service …
‘Top chefs attack EU regulations’….again!
More than 100 top chefs have, apparently, written to the Daily Telegraph warning that the new EU allergen regulations are going to destroy 'spontaneity, creativity and innovation' in the restaurant trade because, according to the Telegraph: The EU allergens …
Allergy Week – but not as we know it!
The week began with the extremely welcome news that the LEAP study, which had been on-going on at Guys's and St Thomas' Evelina Hospital for the last 5 years, has come up with exactly the results that we had all hoped that it would: that eating peanuts from an early age is likely …