Today we completed just over a week of judging for the FreeFromFood Awards…. In fact, thanks to the superb organisation of the backroom staff, Cressida and Katherine, it all went amazingly smoothly and I had far more trouble keeping our panels of expert, but very opinionated, judges under control than anything else!
However, I am absolutely not complaining as the judges were fantastic (see the awards website for who they were) – knowledgeable about food, about food manufacturing, about ‘freefrom’ and, since many of them also suffered from food problems themselves, about living on restricted diets. Post-tasting discussions were very heated and raised a number of really interesting issues – which I will explore here when I have regained my breath!