Published: Sunday, 7th September, 2008 12:00
Not free from food awards
By Jonathan Kelly
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Plenty on their plates: From left, chef and food writer Christine Bailey, Michelin-starred Giorgio Locatelli, and Vanessa Scott
A NUTRITION adviser can claim to be the country’s top gluten-free chef after winning a competition organised by charity Coeliac UK.
Christine Bailey, who runs courses at the Centre for Nutrition Education in Market Place, Wokingham was presented her joint prize by Michelin-starred chef Giorgio Locatelli at his London restaurant, Locanda Locatelli, last week.
Christine, from The Knapp, is a chef, specialist food teacher, and freelance food writer, and took gold for her apricot and orange polenta cake. She said: “Although Italians have a lot of pizza and pasta in their diets, it’s also the home of polenta so when Giorgio heard about my polenta dish his eyes lit up. I’m used to devising recipes because I teach courses on healthy diets and for those with allergies, and I was delighted to win.”
The competition was launched earlier this year to raise awareness that one in 100 people in the UK have coeliac disease, which causes ravaging the gut lining. Gluten is found in wheat, rye and barley.
Christine and one of her three boys, four-year-old Isaac, have intolerances to gluten similar to coeliac disease. Contact christinembailey@hotmail.com.
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