Last weekend Rory and Karen visited the Allergy and Free From show London 2019. It was a pretty crazy ride from start to finish, with the two of them clocking up a combined 52k steps on the Saturday.
Rory: It’s an absolute pleasure going to events like this. We see lots of old friends and make some new friends too. At this show in particular, we connected with some truly great brands, and the fantastically enthusiastic people behind them.
Karen: The networking at these events is huge. It’s so good to catch up with everyone in the allergy and free from world again. It was brilliant to meet Callum finally and see Nat from Intolerant Gourmand, to see Christine Bailey in the Freee kitchen and chat to the ladies at the Free From Food Awards. I also got a chance to catch up with the fab bloggers, Rebecca (Glutarama) and Becky (Gluten Free Cup of Tea) and also to meet people properly like Sarah Howells (The Gluten Free Blogger). I was really honoured to meet new inspirational people like Natasha’s father, Nadim. Following the tragic death of Natasha when she unknowingly ate sesame in a Pret sandwich. Their family and Natasha’s Army are making it their absolute mission to make big changes to allergy processes to try and protect lives of others that have anaphylaxis to food. They have made great waves straight away and have succeeded in getting Natasha’s Law passed. Well done all – it is such a massive achievement.
It was also fab to find out about new products – for me, this is especially the ones that are dairy and gluten free. I just love a good back story and this place never fails to amaze me with them. There are so many people that refuse to sit down and put up with things – they want to make big changes for reasons close to their heart.
Rory: One thing I found strange was it seems that as bloggers or (as our name tags read ‘Influencers’) we have developed a bit of a USP…. as people who like to have a little drink. Now, you can’t blame us, we leave our kids at home and for one precious weekend – we have the ability to become teenagers again, so unsurprisingly, we go a bit wild. There was a big realisation regarding this when Safer Eating’s friend, Becky Excel, introduced Karen to her boyfriend as, “The Northern girl I was telling you about, who always has a story related to drinking.” I get the feeling that the mould has been cast.
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Karen: I found my first pretend KP choc dips from Schar and they are dairy free and gluten free. Absolutely delicious. My mini-coeliacs were so chuffed when I got home with them. Other great finds were gluten and dairy-free pretend Magnums (MiiRO Icecreams), some amazing bread from Promise, some lovely ginger tea (Lost Tea) and some fab new free-from products from Co-op. We also found a company called Play in Choc who make little toys with chocolate in them. Fantastic. It all adds to making children and adults feel less awkward and normalises fre- from a little.
Rory: One slightly disappointing thing was I didn’t get an invite to a secret event going on at the show, but Karen did, and so while this was going on I wandered around on my tod and met an amazing massage therapist who not only gave me a wonderfully relaxing massage, but he also cured my hangover.
Karen: Overall, we had an absolutely fantastic time. I always come away from these events feeling very inspired to continue the hard work with Safer Eating. And also of course, a massive haul of free-from food. I have no idea how I managed to get this lot back to Leeds on the train with a heavy case – pure determination I reckon. Thanks Allergy and Free From Show. I’ll be back!
