COELIACS BEWARE! Wellafter learning that Vintage Inns had at last introduced a gluten free menu, which as a coeliac pleased me, I decided after much trepidation to give it a go. On the menu was chipsgreat, at last I could eat chips! WRONG.I was assured that the chips are gluten free but they are fried in a fryer that also fries gluten containing products. So whilst the chips are gluten free before going into the fryer, they have gluten following frying. So, to a sensitive coeliacSTEER CLEAR!. It didn't end there. I ordered a root vegetable risotto, circa £8, and was served a dish of risotto rice (which I admit was tasty), a garnish of dried up watercress, a few slivers of wet watercress thrown into the rice (I guess to give he illusion of a nice green juicy vegetable) and, hey, this is itsome chunks of swede squares. That's all. My interpretation of a root vegetable dish, I'm afraid, didn't quite equate to a serving of only one vegetable. HmmmI thought to myself, I don't really want to complain, because as a coeliac, I get rather weary of it. However, the thought of paying £8 + for a serving of only one vegetable and rice (forget the garnish and insignificant splash of watercress), I just had to go for it. The Manager was excellent and admitted that something had gone wrong. He would take it up with the chef. He deducted the price of the meal and some extra off my friends meal and drinks. So hey all ended well? WRONG AGAIN.TODAY I HAVE STOMACH CRAMPS. There is no doubt that some of that damn awful gluten free dish of swede and riceactually picked up gluten. How can that happen? Its easy to work that one out.Vintage Inns has no idea what suffering can be caused when gluten contaminates food eaten by a coeliac. If the company knew this, they would not provide food which is advertised as gluten free, when it contains gluten. It is misleading and there could be serious consequences for the coeliac customer. read more