HOSPITALS, PRISONS & THE MILITARY ENTRY FORM
In the first round of the judging process, your establishment will be marked on the answers that you provide here. Therefore please make sure you give accurate answers in as much detail as possible.
Entry opens 27th May and closes on 31st August 2014
Entry Criteria
To be able to enter the FreeFrom Eating Out Awards your establishment must offer:
a minimum of
• 3 breakfasts
• 3 main courses
• 3 desserts
• 3 snacks
that are gluten free or dairy free or egg free – e.g.
a. The dish concerned should not contain any gluten or dairy or egg, depending on what it is claiming to be ‘free’ of.
b. The dish concerned should not contain any ingredients that carry ‘may contain’ warnings for gluten or dairy or egg, depending on what it is claiming to be ‘free’of.
c. The dish concerned should not be contaminated by any gluten, dairy, egg used elsewhere in the establishment.
N.B. Legally, for a dish to classify as 'gluten-free' it must contain no more than 20ppm of gluten. For this competition, if you are unable to prove, either by laboratory tests or through accreditation by a body such as Coeliac UK, then you should refer to the dish as NGCI – No Gluten Containing Ingredients.
When we receive your completed entry form we will email whoever you have nominated as your awards contact
with a pdf copy of THE ALLERGY CATERING MANUAL, award's director Michelle Berriedale-Johnson's excellent manual based on her 20 years experience of catering for those with food allergies and intolerances.
Judging process
Stage 1.
The judges will use your completed entry forms to assess your establishment’s suitability for an award.
Stage 2.
One of our judges will call your establishment, incognito, to discuss their requirements as a 'freefrom' guest and to assess how well you may be able to deal with their needs.
On the basis of your answers they will decide:
a. Whether your establishment is potentially award should be shortlisted and go on to be visited, incognito, by our judges.
b. Has a good basic grasp of the essentials of allergen-free catering and an interesting menu but has not yet quite reached an award-winning standard – in which case they will Commend it and send you a ‘Commended by the Freefrom Eating Out Awards’ logo.
c. Still has a way to go before they could recommend it to anyone on a gluten-free or allergen-free diet – in which case the FreeFrom Eating Out Awards will recommend ways in which you could improve your service.
Stage 3.
If your establishment has been shortlisted, you will be sent a ‘Shortlisted for the FreeFrom Eating Out Awards’ logo and you will be visited, incognito, by our judges.
Stage 4.
On the basis of our judges’ findings, Gold, Silver and Bronze awards will be made. These will be presented at the Food Matters Live Event in November at Excel in London.
If you have any queries please email [email protected]
