Celiac Scene E-News | January 2025
Your Gluten-Free Guide to Victoria, Vancouver Island & the Gulf Islands!
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Gluten-Free Events across Vancouver Island
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• Gluten-Free as a Trend | A Canadian Celiac Podcast
UPDATE! A ‘Registered Dietitian’ by any other name is just as sweet!
Our Gluten-Free Hero, SelenaRD.com, is changing her social media name! Please follow her on
• @celiac_made_simple on Instagram • @celiac_made_simple on Facebook
• Selena, RD at Your Finger Tips – Tuesday Q & A
• Work with Selena
GLUTEN-FREE PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Bglutenfreevictoria closed January 29 to February 22
- Pre-orders until January 22 for pick up at Moss Street Market January 25
- Alkeme Artisan Bakery • Art of Slow Food • Bake My Day • B-glutenfreevictoria • CORN THINS by Real Foods • Country Prime Meat Snacks • El Faro Gluten Free Flour • Glutenull • Grimm’s Fine Foods • Hertel Meats • Love & Peas Meal Delivery • M&M Food Market • MAiiZ Nixtamal Tortillas • Mizu Real Fruit Ice Cream • O’Doughs • Off the Hook Grab & Go • Poke Fresh Sauces • Pure Lovin’ Chocolate • Royal Nuts • Selena RD, Celiac Made Simple • Taco Revolution Mexican Foods • TOTAL PREPARE • ulivit superfood inc. • Wendel’s True Foods • Wild Poppy Market Ladysmith
• Vancouver Island’s 2025 Gluten-Free Onion Rings, French Fry ++ List!
- 900˚ BiSTRO Sidney • 900˚ Wood-Fired Pizzeria Langford • Art of Slow Food 100% Gluten-Free Cafe & Bakery • Bare Bones Fish & Chips 100% Gluten-Free Kitchen • Big Wheel Burger • Floating Fish Store • MAiiZ Nixtamal 100% Gluten-Free Tortillería • Mizu Real Fruit Ice Cream • Off the Hook 100% Gluten-Free Nanaimo • Off the Hook 100% Gluten Free Comox • Poke Fresh • Six Mile Pub • Taco Revolution 100% Gluten-Free Food Truck • Tartan Toque • The Taco Hole • Van Isle Poutinerie 100% Gluten-Free Food Truck
* Questions to Ask When Dining Out Gluten-Free
SPECIAL GLUTEN FREE EVENTS – Check Event Listing Thursdays on Facebook & Instagram!
- Burrito Mondays @ The Taco Hole
- Taco Tuesdays @ The Taco Hole
- Tuesdays @ Celiac Made Simple at Your Finger Tips
- Tuesday Gluten-Free Pasta Night @ Six Mile Pub
- Free Churros at MAiiZ Tortilleria – Tuesdays & Wednesdays
- Art of Slow Food Delivers Fresh Tuesdays & Fridays @ Peppers Foods
- Tartan Toque Half-Price Wing Nights – Wednesdays
- Gluten-Free Brunch @ Six Mile Pub – Saturday & Sunday
- Taco Revolution Foods – Saturdays @ Qualicum Beach Farmers Market | @ Duncan Farmer’s Market
- Art of Slow Food – Saturdays @ Moss Street Market
- Art of Slow Food – Saturdays @ Duncan Farmer’s Market
- B-glutenfreevictoria – Saturdays @ Moss Street Market (until January 25)
GLUTEN-FREE RETAILERS
- Art of Slow Food Cafe & Bakery • Country Grocer • Lifestyle Market & Select Stores • Love & Peas Delivery Kitchen • M&M Food Market Langford • Royal Oak • Shelbourne • MAiiZ Nixtamal Tortillería • Off the Hook Grab & Go • Pepper’s Foods • Pomme Natural Market Nanaimo • TOTAL PREPARE • Urban Grocer • Wild Poppy Market Ladysmith
DISCOUNT & SALE DAYS
- Every Day – 10% Student Discount – Pepper’s Foods • Tuesdays – Pepper’s Foods Flyer • Tuesday – Wednesday – 10% Senior’s Discount – Pepper’s Foods • Thursdays – M&M Flyer • Thursday – 10% Seniors Discount Urban Grocer • Fridays – Urban Grocer • Fridays – Country Grocer Flyer • Sundays – 10% Storewide Discount Urban Grocer • Monthly Sales – Glutenull • Monthly – Lifestyle Markets Flyer • Monthly – Pomme Natural Market’s Flyer
• Butter Tarts by Wild Poppy Bakery & Bistro
• Real Food Corn Thins Lunch & Snack Inspiration
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2025 GLUTEN-FREE FAST FOOD LIST!
Did you know that more than 60 gluten-free fast-food restaurants in Canada and a whopping 250 restaurants across the United States make an online commitment to meeting the needs of the gluten free. Note that gluten-free ingredients and offerings vary by country.
• Gluten-Free Guide to Fast Food Dining – Canada
• Gluten-Free Guide to Fast Food Dining – USA
Remember – these listings are a guide, NOT a guarantee. ALWAYS Ask Gluten-Free Questions and determine for yourself whether any given location, chef or server can deliver on their gluten-free promise!
