In my last sad blog about Livvy I also mentioned that following on from my talk at the TUCO (The University Caterers' Organisation) conference there were several initiatives afoot to improve the provision of safe freefrom food for allergic and coeliac students starting …
FreeFrom Eating Out Awards
Olympia Allergy Show 2016
I'm afraid that after three days of an Olympia exhibition – even one as good as the Allergy Show – you are slightly losing contact with reality, as you can see! This is Alex, Cressida and Kathy (of the FreeFrom Eating Out Awards – our newest recruit) 'being' FFA – FreeFrom …
Irish gongs!!
Well, here I am, giving forth as usual on the subject of freefrom. But what is that that I have in my hand? A magnificent Waterford crystal vase..... I went to Ireland last week for the presentation of the first Irish FreeFrom Food Awards – an extremely splendid event in the …
FreeFrom delivery – or not…
Last week I got the following email from Julia Reid who runs Stonecroft guest house in the Peak District and was the winner of last year's FreeFrom Eating Out Awards Guest House category. 'Last week I did my weekly shopping online from Ocado as usual. In the past my gluten-free …
Has Brussels destroyed the creativity of our chefs?
Well, here we are – a year on from the imposition of Brussel's draconian allergen regulations on the catering industry.... Yet, have we seen mass closures of restaurants – or lemming-like swarms of suicidal chefs, their ‘spontaneity, creativity and innovation’ destroyed, racing …