B-glutenfreevictoria European-Style Desserts & Artisan Breads
Enjoy baguettes, bars, biscuits, breads, buns, cinnamon buns, coffee cakes, cookies, croissants, filled pastries, loaves (banana bread & orange cranberry,) muffins, pies, sourdough, and not least of all – MINI DONUTS!
How to order!
• bglutenfreevictoria.square.site
• Instagram via DM
• bglutenfreevictoria@gmail.com
• 250-208-3646
• Ordering information & locations
Market & Event Appearances!
B-glutenfreevictoria appears throughout greater Victoria, including Goldstream Market, Moss Street Market, Esquimalt Farmers Markets and seasonal events! TODAY’S APPEARANCES
COMPLETE SCHEDULE
ESQUIMALT FARMER’S MARKET – Thursdays
Indoor – Esquimalt Recreation Centre 527 Fraser St
4:30 – 6:30 – September 28 • October 5, 12, 19, 26 • November 2, 9, 16, 23, Sunday, November 26 • December 7, 14
esquimaltmarket.com • Facebook • Instagram
MOSS STREET MARKET – Saturdays Year Round
Outdoor – 10am to 2pm – through to October 28
Indoor – 10am – 1pm – starting November 4
mossstreetmarket.com • Facebook • Instagram
GOLDSTREAM MARKET – Saturdays
Veterans’ Memorial Park
10am to 2pm – September 9, 16, 30 • October 7
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SEASONAL
Halloween Market @ Da Vinci Centre
Saturday, October 14 11am-4pm
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Spectrum Music Program’s Christmas Market
Saturday & Sunday, November 4 & 5 10am-5pm
Spectrum Community School at 957 W Burnside Rd, Victoria
Details
36th Calico Christmas Market
Saturday & Sunday, November 11 & 12
Spectrum Community School at 957 W Burnside Rd, Victoria
$5 entry fee – 12 years & under free
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WESTCOAST OUTDOOR MARKETS – Closed for the season
Mary Winspear Centre – 2243 Beacon Ave
westcoastoutdoormarkets.com • Facebook • Instagram
Sidney Street Market Beacon Avenue – Closed for the season
5:30 to 8:30 – Closed for the season
About Tanja!
Listen to Tanja on ‘A Canadian Celiac Podcast!
Tanja Blondin, Owner / Operator of B-glutenfreevictoria, has been baking for as long as she can remember. Her German heritage continues to inform the food that she creates.
With hospitality in her DNA, Tanja has done it all from baking to catering, always with the best in presentation.
When her daughter was born, Tanja started a cake business that allowed her to work from home. The business was so successful that it grew into a full catering and pastry shop in Ontario. From there, she went on to manage restaurants, including the Starbucks that she transferred to in Sidney, to be closer to family.
Seeking a change from the coffee business, Tanja assumed a position in the bakery department of Sidney Thrifty Foods. It was around this time that she began experiencing health problems that lead her, and her daughter, to be diagnosed with celiac disease.
Her employer tried to accommodate her condition with a move to the cake decorating department, but the proximity to airborne gluten flour was too much for her. Tanja had to resign, but that does not mean she stopped baking. Their loss was our gain!
What to do with decades of experience baking European pastries? Tanja reimagined them using gluten-free, organic ingredients, freshly milled at the dedicated gluten-free Millstone Farm Organics in North Saanich:
- almond flour • baking powder • brown rice flour • buckwheat flour • chia • buckwheat flour • eggs (fresh!) • flax seeds • millet flour • potato starch • psyllium husk • oats (pure) • quinoa • sorghum flour • sliced almonds • tapioca starch • teff flour • xanthan gum • white rice flour
Tanja adapted her favourite recipes to gluten free in her dedicated kitchen, and set up a booth at Sunday’s Mary Winspear Centre to test the market. The response has been so positive that she has gone on to create a ‘B-glutenfreevictoria Food Trailer’ – a first for Vancouver Island and beyond!
View the possibilities and order online through bglutenfreevictoria.square.site, or catch her at her many market appearances!
