So, following on from all that bracken – where are we taking the FoodsMatter empire? I cannot deny that James' totally unexpected death in August has certainly made me think very carefully about what it is that we have been and should be doing. In purely practical terms, he …
FreeFrom Eating Out Awards
FreeFrom Eating Out Awards – and today’s papers…..
The three weeks that followed our celebration of James' life on November 2nd (see my earlier blog) have been extremely hectic as I had to cram all of the work that I would normally have done over four to six weeks for the FreeFrom Eating Out Awards presentation into 15 days. So …
Further lessons for allergy sufferers
Huge media coverage was given to the inquest into the death of Natasha Ednan Laperouse as a result of eating sesame seeds in an unlabelled Pret baguette. Yet the inquest into the death of Megan Lee in 2017 from eating a takeaway Indian which contained peanuts appears to have …
Pret fallout
While the ongoing focus on food allergy resulting from the inquest into Natasha Ednan-Laperouse's death has been good, other aspects of the tragedy have been somewhat overshadowed by the condemnation showered, rightly, on Pret a Manger for failing to ingredients-label that fatal …
James
I have written many posts over the years about friends or colleagues who have died – but never did I think I would be writing one about James, my lifelong partner - and our Webmaster. James died of sepsis resulting from a twisted bowel just over a week ago - after four days on …