Having always been shut down when wanting to express myself, being told ‘no-one wants to hear you’, Read more
Fifty years
Following on from my previous blogs ‘It was a lonely existence’ and ‘Working in hospitality with food allergies’, I would like to share my experiences along the road of 50 years to diagnosis.
After many years of seeing various GPs and getting nowhere, I met a lady in 2008 at Olympia, London. Read more
The challenge of working in hospitality with food allergies is very real, and there are quite a few chefs who have food allergies.
How on earth does that work? I hear you thinking
There was one chef I knew who was allergic to fish, yet he was the Fish Chef. Read more
It was a lonely existence
I was bullied for many reasons through my school life. Having the name of Digweed, being slow at everything, being tired, feeling unwell, getting allergy rashes, wearing glasses, being good at singing… These were all ‘good reasons’ for my peers to poke fun at, pick on, and avoid me, I was fair game! I was rarely invited to parties and I kept myself to myself. I didn’t have friends.
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Cater Allergy Safer – how it started
Having grown up navigating food allergies and intolerances, Stella realised at quite an early age that she would need to learn to prepare her own food. The best way for her to do this was to go to catering college. After 2 years in college, learning the industry, Stella worked in many hotels, hospitals, schools, pubs and supermarkets. Read more