If you cannot eat gluten - what do you want from a cafe?

[Lila288]

I run a coffee shop and would like to provide more GF options aside from the usual brownies/ bars.

If you are GF what would you like to see/ what would make you return?

I will obviously be getting a separate toaster/ panini press etc and separate colour coded utensils.

My menu is quite bread heavy, think bagels/ avocado on toast/ wraps etc. I can't seem to find any suppliers that do a good GF alternative but I will keep looking.

I did try the genius bread as part of my research but it just fell apart

Also, the GF products do cost me significantly more. Would you be annoyed if the GF options were say 30/40p more than the regular items?

Thanks!

A simple corn tortilla wrap with warm beans and grilled peppers - that is my ideal gf lunch. It also happens to be dairy free and vegan.

I prefer savoury stuff that's naturally gluten free - salads or soups with avocado, potatoes, rice, quinoa or pulses to make them more filling. I'm happy to eat a filling soup without bread. I wouldn't buy a sandwich made with gluten free bread unless I was desperate. Would be slightly more likely to buy it if it was toasted!

I do lots of gluten free baking - lemon curd tarts with oat pastry, apple and cinnamon muffins, cherry and almond cake, carrot cake, choc chip banana bread, flapjack type things and would love to see that type of thing when I'm out and about. Cakes with fruit in work well without gluten as the fruit adds moisture. Nigella's chocolate olive oil cake is really easy and a nice alternative to brownies. I avoid rice flour when I can as I think it gives a gritty texture in baking.

Findlater gluten free bread is hands down the best. Like real bread!