🎤 I’m Talking at the Gluten-Free Festival This Sunday (And Slightly Freaking Out)

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A display of gluten-free baked goods at a food event, featuring sugar-coated doughnuts in wicker baskets and cinnamon rolls with icing in a plastic container. A vendor wearing blue gloves is using tongs to pick up a doughnut.

This Sunday is the Northamptonshire Gluten-Free Food Festival at Chester House Estate — and I’ve somehow landed myself with doing a talk.

Safe to say, I’m not the picture of calm. Cue cards are everywhere, nerves are doing laps, and I keep wondering why Past Me thought this was a good idea. 😅

But I am excited. It’s shaping up to be an incredible day — packed with amazing food, brilliant people, and a real sense of gluten-free community. Massive shoutout to Nicola Walpole who’s worked so hard to make this whole thing happen. She’s pulled together something really special.

I’ve written a short post over on Substack if you fancy a behind-the-scenes ramble about what I’ll be talking about (and how I’m holding it together with coffee and blind optimism).

➡️ Read it here

If you’re coming to the festival — come say hi! I’ll be the one clutching a stack of notes and hoping my brain doesn’t forget how to speak mid-sentence.

🧁 May contain humour. Definitely doesn’t contain gluten.

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    Just noticed my favourite pie people are attending this event, Voakes from North Yorkshire. Try the Scotch eggs! I was lucky enough to taste test these before they launched. There is definitely a gap in the market for a decent GF snack or lunch option. As we will probably all have experienced, many GF sandwiches are naff.

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Having been diagnosed with Coeliac Disease over 8 years ago but also suffering from symptoms for about 30 years, I decided to take action. A few years back, I launched a Facebook group to help fellow gluten-free diners in Milton Keynes find the best places to eat. The group quickly became a little sensation. Encouraged by this success, I created another group for the Northampton area a couple of years later. Both groups have become a useful resource for people searching for gluten-free dining options in their respective areas.

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