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Scoop
6 hours ago
- Health
- Scoop
Coeliac NZ Urges Restaurants To Raise The Gluten-Free Standard Amid Growing Need
Press Release – Coeliac New Zealand Despite this growing need, Coeliac NZ says many restaurants still lack awareness of proper gluten-free food safety practices. Even trace amounts of gluten through cross-contamination can cause serious illness for coeliac customers, making safe … Coeliac New Zealand is urging restaurants nationwide to raise the bar on gluten-free dining, ensuring safer dining out options for the growing gluten-free community and helping to revitalise the struggling hospitality sector. More than 100,000 Kiwis are estimated to be living with coeliac disease, with thousands more likely undiagnosed due to the wide-ranging and often silent symptoms. The only treatment is a strict gluten-free diet, making access to safe dining options essential. Others avoid gluten for lifestyle reasons, further driving demand for trustworthy food choices. 'For people with coeliac disease, dining out isn't just about enjoying a meal – it's navigating a minefield of hidden ingredients, cross-contamination risks, and the fear of being misunderstood or dismissed,' says Coeliac NZ general manager Wendy Bremner. 'A single misstep in the kitchen can result in hours or days of illness, pain and recovery.' Despite this growing need, Coeliac NZ says many restaurants still lack awareness of proper gluten-free food safety practices. Even trace amounts of gluten through cross-contamination can cause serious illness for coeliac customers, making safe practices not just a courtesy, but a necessity. 'CNZ conducted a member survey recently and overwhelmingly safe eating out options remain the biggest challenge. For many, the risk is just too high – so they choose not to dine out at all. That's a missed opportunity for restaurants,' Bremner says. 'Investing in training isn't just about earning trust, it's about upskilling staff in allergen management and ensuring venues can confidently serve a growing market. Safe dining builds loyalty, enhances reputation and ultimately supports business success.' Marisa Bidois, CEO of the Restaurant Association of NZ adds: 'At a time when many hospitality businesses are doing it tough, investing in gluten-free food safety training and improving gluten-free offerings is a smart way to attract new customers and show existing ones they're valued. It's not only the right thing to do, it makes good business sense.' The call to better cater for to gluten-free customers – particularly those with coeliac disease – comes during Coeliac Awareness Week (9-15 June) under the theme 'Coeliac Disease is Different for Every Body.' Coeliac NZ says more needs to be done to recognise the wide variety of symptoms which are often atypical or silent. These can include neurological issues, skin conditions and fertility problems. Increased awareness, improved screening and redefining diagnostic criteria are vital to earlier intervention and better health outcomes. 'Coeliac Disease is different for every body,' Bremner adds. 'The more people understand the diverse symptoms, the better equipped we are to support those affected both in their everyday lives and for their long-term health.' For more information about Coeliac Awareness Week 2025, visit About Coeliac Disease Coeliac disease triggers an autoimmune response, damaging the small intestine and impairing nutrient absorption. While classic symptoms like diarrhoea and cramping are well known, many people remain undiagnosed due to mild or atypical symptoms. Yet if left untreated, coeliac disease can lead to serious health issues, such as osteoporosis, fertility issues, and nervous system disorders. Greater awareness leads to earlier diagnosis and better health outcomes. For more information on Coeliac Disease and Gluten-Free Food Safety Training, visit Coeliac Awareness Week 2025 is proudly supported by Allergywise, Bakels, Bin Inn, Eat Choice, FreshLife, Gluten Free Shop, Griffin's, Lee Kum Kee, My Food Bag, Ocho, Tip Top, Synergy Health and Waitoa.
Scoop
8 hours ago
- Health
- Scoop
Coeliac NZ Urges Restaurants To Raise The Gluten-Free Standard Amid Growing Need
Press Release – Coeliac New Zealand Despite this growing need, Coeliac NZ says many restaurants still lack awareness of proper gluten-free food safety practices. Even trace amounts of gluten through cross-contamination can cause serious illness for coeliac customers, making safe … Coeliac New Zealand is urging restaurants nationwide to raise the bar on gluten-free dining, ensuring safer dining out options for the growing gluten-free community and helping to revitalise the struggling hospitality sector. More than 100,000 Kiwis are estimated to be living with coeliac disease, with thousands more likely undiagnosed due to the wide-ranging and often silent symptoms. The only treatment is a strict gluten-free diet, making access to safe dining options essential. Others avoid gluten for lifestyle reasons, further driving demand for trustworthy food choices. 'For people with coeliac disease, dining out isn't just about enjoying a meal – it's navigating a minefield of hidden ingredients, cross-contamination risks, and the fear of being misunderstood or dismissed,' says Coeliac NZ general manager Wendy Bremner. 'A single misstep in the kitchen can result in hours or days of illness, pain and recovery.' Despite this growing need, Coeliac NZ says many restaurants still lack awareness of proper gluten-free food safety practices. Even trace amounts of gluten through cross-contamination can cause serious illness for coeliac customers, making safe practices not just a courtesy, but a necessity. 'CNZ conducted a member survey recently and overwhelmingly safe eating out options remain the biggest challenge. For many, the risk is just too high – so they choose not to dine out at all. That's a missed opportunity for restaurants,' Bremner says. 'Investing in training isn't just about earning trust, it's about upskilling staff in allergen management and ensuring venues can confidently serve a growing market. Safe dining builds loyalty, enhances reputation and ultimately supports business success.' Marisa Bidois, CEO of the Restaurant Association of NZ adds: 'At a time when many hospitality businesses are doing it tough, investing in gluten-free food safety training and improving gluten-free offerings is a smart way to attract new customers and show existing ones they're valued. It's not only the right thing to do, it makes good business sense.' The call to better cater for to gluten-free customers – particularly those with coeliac disease – comes during Coeliac Awareness Week (9-15 June) under the theme 'Coeliac Disease is Different for Every Body.' Coeliac NZ says more needs to be done to recognise the wide variety of symptoms which are often atypical or silent. These can include neurological issues, skin conditions and fertility problems. Increased awareness, improved screening and redefining diagnostic criteria are vital to earlier intervention and better health outcomes. 'Coeliac Disease is different for every body,' Bremner adds. 'The more people understand the diverse symptoms, the better equipped we are to support those affected both in their everyday lives and for their long-term health.' For more information about Coeliac Awareness Week 2025, visit About Coeliac Disease Coeliac disease triggers an autoimmune response, damaging the small intestine and impairing nutrient absorption. While classic symptoms like diarrhoea and cramping are well known, many people remain undiagnosed due to mild or atypical symptoms. Yet if left untreated, coeliac disease can lead to serious health issues, such as osteoporosis, fertility issues, and nervous system disorders. Greater awareness leads to earlier diagnosis and better health outcomes. For more information on Coeliac Disease and Gluten-Free Food Safety Training, visit Coeliac Awareness Week 2025 is proudly supported by Allergywise, Bakels, Bin Inn, Eat Choice, FreshLife, Gluten Free Shop, Griffin's, Lee Kum Kee, My Food Bag, Ocho, Tip Top, Synergy Health and Waitoa.
Scoop
12 hours ago
- Health
- Scoop
Coeliac NZ Urges Restaurants To Raise The Gluten-Free Standard Amid Growing Need
Coeliac New Zealand is urging restaurants nationwide to raise the bar on gluten-free dining, ensuring safer dining out options for the growing gluten-free community and helping to revitalise the struggling hospitality sector. More than 100,000 Kiwis are estimated to be living with coeliac disease, with thousands more likely undiagnosed due to the wide-ranging and often silent symptoms. The only treatment is a strict gluten-free diet, making access to safe dining options essential. Others avoid gluten for lifestyle reasons, further driving demand for trustworthy food choices. 'For people with coeliac disease, dining out isn't just about enjoying a meal - it's navigating a minefield of hidden ingredients, cross-contamination risks, and the fear of being misunderstood or dismissed,' says Coeliac NZ general manager Wendy Bremner. 'A single misstep in the kitchen can result in hours or days of illness, pain and recovery.' Despite this growing need, Coeliac NZ says many restaurants still lack awareness of proper gluten-free food safety practices. Even trace amounts of gluten through cross-contamination can cause serious illness for coeliac customers, making safe practices not just a courtesy, but a necessity. 'CNZ conducted a member survey recently and overwhelmingly safe eating out options remain the biggest challenge. For many, the risk is just too high – so they choose not to dine out at all. That's a missed opportunity for restaurants,' Bremner says. 'Investing in training isn't just about earning trust, it's about upskilling staff in allergen management and ensuring venues can confidently serve a growing market. Safe dining builds loyalty, enhances reputation and ultimately supports business success.' Marisa Bidois, CEO of the Restaurant Association of NZ adds: 'At a time when many hospitality businesses are doing it tough, investing in gluten-free food safety training and improving gluten-free offerings is a smart way to attract new customers and show existing ones they're valued. It's not only the right thing to do, it makes good business sense.' The call to better cater for to gluten-free customers – particularly those with coeliac disease - comes during Coeliac Awareness Week (9-15 June) under the theme 'Coeliac Disease is Different for Every Body.' Coeliac NZ says more needs to be done to recognise the wide variety of symptoms which are often atypical or silent. These can include neurological issues, skin conditions and fertility problems. Increased awareness, improved screening and redefining diagnostic criteria are vital to earlier intervention and better health outcomes. 'Coeliac Disease is different for every body,' Bremner adds. 'The more people understand the diverse symptoms, the better equipped we are to support those affected both in their everyday lives and for their long-term health.' For more information about Coeliac Awareness Week 2025, visit About Coeliac Disease Coeliac disease triggers an autoimmune response, damaging the small intestine and impairing nutrient absorption. While classic symptoms like diarrhoea and cramping are well known, many people remain undiagnosed due to mild or atypical symptoms. Yet if left untreated, coeliac disease can lead to serious health issues, such as osteoporosis, fertility issues, and nervous system disorders. Greater awareness leads to earlier diagnosis and better health outcomes. For more information on Coeliac Disease and Gluten-Free Food Safety Training, visit Coeliac Awareness Week 2025 is proudly supported by Allergywise, Bakels, Bin Inn, Eat Choice, FreshLife, Gluten Free Shop, Griffin's, Lee Kum Kee, My Food Bag, Ocho, Tip Top, Synergy Health and Waitoa.
Edinburgh Reporter
4 days ago
- Sport
- Edinburgh Reporter
Guests announced for Hibs European Pioneers Celebration Dinner
Hibs have confirmed three of the guests for the upcoming European Pioneers Celebration Dinner on Tuesday 8 July 2025. Held in the Famous Five Suite, the special evening will be hosted by Luke Shanley and will feature a three-course meal, card bar, and exclusive Q&A sessions with iconic names from Hibs and beyond. The names announced today include Des Bremner, a key member of the Turnbull Tornadoes and a European champion, who made 287 Hibs appearances under legendary manager Eddie Turnbull between 1972 and 1979. At Hibs, Bremner won the 1973 Drybrough Cup, played in European competitions and helped the Club to the final of both the Scottish Cup and League Cup, before moving on to Aston Villa – where he lifted both the European Cup and European Super Cup in 1982. Joining Bremner will be John O'Neil, who spent three years with the Club from 2000 to 2003 and was a part of the Hibernian side that took on AEK Athens in the UEFA Cup in 2001. O'Neil also memorably scored twice at Hampden Park against Livingston to send Hibs to the 2000/01 Scottish Cup Final. and also scored in the famous 6-2 demolition derby at Easter Road. Former Hibs and Rot-Weiss Essen defender Mathias Jack is the third guest. The German defender joined Hibs in 1999 and was a popular figure in EH7 over the turn of the millennium. Before his four-year Hibs stay, Jack had previously played for Rot-Weiss Essen between 1993-95. He was instrumental in Essen's remarkable run to the 1994 DFB-Pokal Final and also won the Lower Rhine Cup at the club. Book tickets here: Like this: Like Related
The Herald Scotland
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
In Scotland we don't make political jokes, we elect them
That left Cumming reliant on his suits and a light smattering of smut for laughs, and it did not go well. Jilly Cooper, legendarily nice to everyone, looked like she wanted to throttle him. Ditto David Mitchell. But why? His teasing, such as it was, had been of the mildest kind, more George from Rainbow than Gervais at the Golden Globes. As Cumming confirmed on Sunday, comedy is a serious business. Get it right and you will be adored, put a foot wrong and it's curtains, or cancelled. Makes you wonder why they do it. There's the money of course, but they can't all earn Peter Kay-level wages. The biggest mystery is political comedy. Who in their right mind would try to get a laugh out of the state we're in today? Step forward Rory Bremner, who is just about to start his Making an Impression tour. His show at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh on June 1 is already sold out, but there's a waiting list if you fancy your chances. Sold out? Waiting list? Rory Bremner? The bloke who does Gordon Brown impressions and other cutting-edge material? The very one, though his list of subjects now extends to more contemporary figures, including Trump, Starmer, and Farage. The older faces and voices may yet be wheeled out; it depends on audience reaction. As he made clear in a recent interview, Bremner is more interested in pleasing his audiences than eviscerating the powerful. That in itself is a radical notion. Read more 'Look, I love making people laugh,' he told the Sunday Times. 'Yes, satire has lost its power a bit because our leaders are so shameless. But we're so polarised now — there is so much hate. I just want people to enjoy stuff, and if the best you can do is to send people into the night laughing? What a great job. It's like Voltaire and his idea of cultivating your own garden. Just do your best, in your own particular way. Don't change the world: just cheer it up a bit.' So we're talking comedy that's not nasty, just a little bit naughty. Comedy that sits on the nicer end of the spectrum. Is it an idea whose time has come, or in a world of Trumps and Farages, should comedians show no mercy? Bremner has played in this sandpit before and knows more than most what a risky business it can be. He is the guy, some readers will remember, who thought it was a great idea to make a 'fun' programme about Scottish politics in the run-up to the independence referendum. We all know what a barrel of laughs the independence campaigns turned out to be. Bremner's BBC Scotland show, Rory Goes to Holyrood, was the canary in the coalmine. 'Unionist lackey' and 'English toff' were among the more printable reactions. He is, in fact, from Edinburgh, but if anything, that seemed to annoy his critics even more. Has the balloon burst on political comedy in Scotland? (Image: Mark Runnacles) Interviewed by The Herald at the time, Bremner said his film was about 'making a case for political comedy in Scotland'. Scottish politics, he said, was unlike anything he had encountered before in that there was a great degree of hostility. It was usually taken as read that politicians were fair game for comedians, but that did not seem to apply in Scotland across the board. In other words, you could poke fun at anyone you like, as long as they were Unionists. Everything and everyone else were off limits, especially if they were in any way connected to the SNP. It was a pretty damning indictment at the time but looking around then, and now, Bremner had a point. Where are the satirists revelling in the governing party's woes? Who dares take on the rich and powerful in Scotland? Or is everything so dandy around these parts there is no need for such comedy Bravehearts? BBC Radio Scotland has Noising Up on a Saturday morning, billed by the Radio Times as 'a mix of sketches, gags, spoofs, quickies and take-offs, satirising all that's happening right now and poking fun at what might be around the corner'. I don't think many would compare it to Spitting Image or Bremner Bird & Fortune in their prime, but it is at least having a go. And hey, no flag-waving demos outside, so that's a bonus. I don't know if Bremner has been working on his John Swinney in prep for Edinburgh. I hope so. When it comes to impressions of women he seems to be limited to the late Queen, which is a pity giving the starring role in Scottish politics of one woman in particular. Regardless of subjects, it will be fascinating to see if Bremner's wish to generate 'joy in the room' comes true, and if he mentions a certain independence vote. According to someone who caught one of the rehearsal gigs, Bremner's takes on Trump and Farage are worth the ticket price alone. But what would a 'good' take look like in this context? For all the spoofs and cartoons of Trump, he won a second term, and he keeps on going, regardless of his critics. Any impression of Farage risks giving him even more free publicity. Has no-one learned the lesson from Boris that when it comes to political clowns it's best to think Stephen King rather than lovable children's entertainer? Johnson laughed all the way into Downing Street and look what happened then. Good luck with your gigs, Mr Bremner, and your efforts to make comedy a little less savage. Perhaps you can add Glasgow to the list. We're famously welcoming to comedians, and after all that's happened lately, we could do with someone poking fun at our political classes. See you soon? Alison Rowat is a senior politics and features writer on The Herald. Contact
