Remember when ordering food was easy?
Now, it can take me three or four awkward conversations with staff before I can be fed. Sometimes, I have to educate staff and alter their menu completely.
Sometimes I am brave and just go for it straight away “Hi. I am a ridiculously awkward person to feed, unfortunately. I have coeliac disease and so can’t have gluten. But it gets worse…. I also have lactose intolerance so can’t have dairy either.’’
Cue silence. Blank looks. “I’ll see what the chef says.”
You automatically talk about yourself in a negative light as you know it is a pain for somewhere that doesn’t have anything in place for people like me.
Trust is another major issue – if they’re not used to it, then how will they know about preventing cross-contamination or that there is gluten in some stock cubes?
It has felt like a bit of risk every time I eat out.
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And there’s more. If I am in a big group of people, especially people I might not know that well, it feels awful having to have a long discussion with the waiter. You don’t want to make a scene, but you need to know you can eat safely.
I usually ask if the chips are cooked in the same fryer as batter/breadcrumbs and, if so, if they can give me some other kind of potato. I just love it if they have a gluten-free menu already or if they say to me “the chips are cooked separately.” It makes life so much easier.
So let’s spread the word about these places! And make those awkward conversations a thing of the past.
Karen Woodford
Managing Director of The Safer Eating Company
Coeliac disease, lactose intolerance and fructose intolerance (IBS)