Very good news for gluten-intolerant/coeliac Caffe Nero fans – Genius is now supplying filled gluten-free rolls (chicken, salad and pesto to be precise) to almost 600 stores around the UK – just hope that the one near you is one of those 600 and that you like chicken!!
However, fear not – if you do not have the right Caffe Nero near you, maybe you do have a Starbucks who, last month, launched a new Gammon, Mature West Country Cheddar & Coleslaw Gluten Free Roll made with Genius bread.
Meanwhile Costas offer gluten-free brownies, fruit cake and Bakewell tarts – but not yet any savouries.
Bravo to all of them – and we look forward to the day when finding gluten-free rolls, panini, sandwiches or cakes in a coffee shop will no longer justify a mention on the FM blog or anywhere else as it will be so common!! Meanwhile, just a thought….. Could all the above ensure that their offerings are not only gluten free, but dairy free too?… And maybe even egg and nut free?….
Bravo yes but whilst being gluten free they all contain dairy. Oh you know, sometimes I am really jealous of coeliacs. They don’t know how good they have. Oh to be JUST a coeliac. But it is a very big step in the right direction. Just read your final line and note you came to the same conclusion. Coeliacs – you are so lucky… imagine having to avoid wheat, dairy, nuts and soya. I remain smug as I sip my black coffee – it does remove any temptation to snack, eat cakes etc. and keeps my slim. Imagine what size I’d be if I could eat all this food!!!
Yes – very frustrating for those who are – or who are also – dairy and or egg/nut allergic!! However, slowly, slowly catchee monkey and the fact that so many people have now woken up to gluten as an ‘allergen’ means that they are already half way to ‘getting’ the whole allergy business – and realising that omitting gluten from their products is not actually quite as difficult as they thought it would be means that they will now, hopefully, be more open to omitting a few more things! Anyhow, we will keep pushing!!
And if ‘normal’ people realise that #GF and other freefrom doesn’t mean you have to compromise on taste, it can only get better. I have my sights on that monkey. In the meantime I will continue to smuggle in my own treats. Not been thrown out yet :o)
Absolutely! One should encourage as many ‘normal’ people as possible to try the ‘freefrom’ offer – although of course, given then it is limited anyhow, that will mean less for those who actually need it…. Ouch!
Oh yeah, I hadn’t thought of that. Maybe tell them it’s horrid and more for us? I am having this problem at all, husband who used to turn his nose up at my freefrom fare is now regularly stealing my sacred stash. Stoppit, Mine. Not sharing. 😛
The rat!!!!
There’s a lovely little cafe in Twyford, Hampshire called Celiacs Fayre. The lady who runs it is coeliac so all the food is gluten free, BUT she is also flexible and was able to cater dairy and soya free too (especially with advance notice). Her food was great and her prices very reasonable. Really worth a visit if you go down that way at all.
There is an amazing #GF cafe in Teignmouth called 26. Felt like royalty. http://whatallergy.com/2012-12/teignmouth-with-allergies-twentysix-gluten-and-dairy-free-lunch