When Food Matters Live launched last year, one of their 'initiatives' was to run Twitter chats/debates to engage their followers and others in the various aspects of healthy food and living that the show was intended to highlight. One of these was, of course,'freefrom' food which …
What allergy?
Unacceptable attitudes to allergies
Not surprisingly the press has been awash this week in articles and programmes about the new allergen regulations. Good! Great that they are paying attention and covering the subject. However, inevitably, the coverage has also brought the worst along with the best – such as some …
Presenting the FreeFrom Eating Out Awards!
Antony Worrall Thompson throws off the scarf concealing the name of the winners of the first ever FreeFrom Eating Out Awards last Tuesday at the awards presentation. And who might those winners have been? Well, they were the delightful team from the Alford Arms in Frithsden …
What Allergy? Essential reading for all food allergics
This is just a mini rave about our friend and colleague, Ruth Holroyd's, excellent allergy blog, What Allergy? I am sure that many of you will already know or follow Ruth – but if you don't, you should! Around 80,000 people do read her blog every month, so if you don't, you are …
Egg wash!! How many allergens should you exclude?
I had scarcely pressed the 'go live' key on my last blog about allergen-free catering when the following email plopped into my in-box: Good morning Michelle, I am hoping that I can persuade you to help me in my battle to encourage chefs to stop putting eggs either in or …