Gluten-Free Events Calendar

If it’s gluten free and happening in Victoria, Vancouver Island or the Gulf Islands, you’ll find it listed here! From tastings to contests, farmer’s markets to food trucks – this is your calendar to Gluten-Free Paradise!  Join Victoria’s Gluten-Free Foodies and add a new restaurant – and possibly a new gluten-free friend – to your repertoire!

May
5
Sun
Wise Bites & Chef Pola Inc @ Veg Expo Vancouver
May 5 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Veg Expo VancouverCanada’s Premier Vegan and Sustainability Expo Sunday, May 5th 10:00am to 5:00 pm at the Vancouver Convention Centre West.

Learn more about Vegexpo.ca


WiseBites IG

Wise Bites is a baker and distributor of delicious, healthy food products based in Richmond, B.C. Their products are safe for those with any of the eleven most common allergies and sensitivities – and to help everyone satisfy their cravings for a healthy snack or dessert. Learn more …

  • CERTIFICATIONS: Gluten‐Free, Vegan, NON‐GMO, Kosher, HACCP
  • FREE from the Top 11 Allergens
  • HIGH in protein, fibre & iron
  • LOW in sugar, fat & sodium – sweetened mostly with dates
  • NUTRITIONAL VALUE – use only healthy, clean ingredients
  • CONVENIENTLY PACKAGED – grab n’ go snacks – School Safe (Nut‐Free)
  • DEDICATED FACILTY – no risk of cross contamination
  • THAW & SERVE products for bakery

Don’t miss the debut of Chef Pola’s Gluten-Free Granola at Booth #120

Catch Chef Pola’s Main Stage Presentation at 12:30pm
How Food Choices and Daily Habits can Create Better Health and Balance

Vegan Rob's

Vegan Rob’s – Booth #117

  • Entrepreneur Robert Ehrlich had already created several of the most iconic snack brands of the past generation but like Chef Pola Culinary, Rob wanted to launch a new snack food focused on nutrition and compassion.
  • His goals were simple: love yourself, our planet and all living things. Then make a product that was delicious, gluten-free and a whole lot of fun. Learn more here!

Chef Pola Sorbatto

Sorbatto – Booth #116

  • Sorbatto™ Frosty Blue is created with the whole blueberry – all of the flavor, plus all the antioxidant-rich nutrients! Frosty Blue isn’t a sorbet, and it isn’t a gelato. It’s a bold, yet smooth fruit experience in a league all its own. Frosty Blue begins with the blueberry’s natural pectins and fiber, creating a rich, creamy, texture all by itself, without the use of syrup (like sorbet) or dairy (like gelato).
  • Plant-based products, straight from the Yakima valley in Washington State to your freezer! Learn more here.
Oct
14
Sat
B-glutenfreevictoria European-Style Desserts & Artisan Bread @ Halloween Market
Oct 14 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

B-glutenfreevictoria halloween marketHalloween Market @ Da Vinci Centre

Saturday, October 14 11am-4pm
DetailsInstagram

B-glutenfreevictoria 100% Gluten-Free European Style Desserts and Artisan Breads

How to order! 

bglutenfreevictoria.square.site
Instagram via DM
bglutenfreevictoria@gmail.com
• 250-208-3646
• Pick up or delivery arranged when ordering.

Enjoy a selection of baguettes, bars , biscuits, bread, buns, cinnamon buns, coffee cakes, cookies, croissants, filled pastries, loaves (banana bread & orange cranberry,) muffins, pies & sourdough! Best of all! MINI DONUTS!

COMPLETE Market Schedule
TODAY’S Listings


Tanja Blondin wpAbout 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 on 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 stop by her trailer during her busy  market schedule this summer.

b-glutenfreevictoria 19B-glutenfreevictoria choc donuts 2b-glutenfreevictoria 10b-glutenfreevictoria 3b-glutenfreevictoria 16b-glutenfreevictoria 15b-glutenfreevictoria 20b-glutenfreevictoria 17b-glutenfreevictoria 18b-glutenfreevictoria 7b-glutenfreevictoria 6b-glutenfreevictoria 8b-glutenfreevictoria 13b-glutenfreevictoria 12b-glutenfreevictoria 21b-glutenfreevictoria 22b-glutenfreevictoria 23b-glutenfreevictoria 24b-glutenfreevictoria 27b-glutenfreevictoria 25b-glutenfreevictoria 11b-glutenfreevictoria 5b-glutenfreevictoria 28b-glutenfreevictoria 29b-glutenfreevictoria 30B-glutenfreevictoria macaronsB-glutenfreevictoria sourdough 3b-glutenfreevictoria platter

Oct
29
Sun
B-glutenfreevictoria European-Style Desserts & Artisan Bread @ Wicked Victoria
Oct 29 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm

b-glutenfreevictoria-HalloweenWicked Victoria on Government Street

Kick off Halloween Week in a Wickedly Wonderful Way!
Saturday, October 29 Noon to 5pm
Details

B-glutenfreevictoria 100% Gluten-Free European Style Desserts and Artisan Breads

How to order! 

bglutenfreevictoria.square.site
Instagram via DM
bglutenfreevictoria@gmail.com
• 250-208-3646
• Pick up or delivery arranged when ordering.

Enjoy a selection of baguettes, bars , biscuits, bread, buns, cinnamon buns, coffee cakes, cookies, croissants, filled pastries, loaves (banana bread & orange cranberry,) muffins, pies & sourdough! Best of all! MINI DONUTS!

COMPLETE Market Schedule
TODAY’S Listings


Tanja Blondin wpAbout 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 on 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 stop by her trailer during her busy  market schedule this summer.

b-glutenfreevictoria 19B-glutenfreevictoria choc donuts 2b-glutenfreevictoria 10b-glutenfreevictoria 3b-glutenfreevictoria 16b-glutenfreevictoria 15b-glutenfreevictoria 20b-glutenfreevictoria 17b-glutenfreevictoria 18b-glutenfreevictoria 7b-glutenfreevictoria 6b-glutenfreevictoria 8b-glutenfreevictoria 13b-glutenfreevictoria 12b-glutenfreevictoria 21b-glutenfreevictoria 22b-glutenfreevictoria 23b-glutenfreevictoria 24b-glutenfreevictoria 27b-glutenfreevictoria 25b-glutenfreevictoria 11b-glutenfreevictoria 5b-glutenfreevictoria 28b-glutenfreevictoria 29b-glutenfreevictoria 30B-glutenfreevictoria macaronsB-glutenfreevictoria sourdough 3b-glutenfreevictoria platter

May
5
Sun
10% Storewide Discount @ Urban Grocer
May 5 all-day

Urban Grocer Store 10% 4

10% Storewide Discount every Sunday

  • excludes eggs, milk, and advertised sales

Urban Grocer’s Gluten-Free Flyer!
Urban Grocer’s Complete Weekly Flyer – Friday to Thursdays
Subscribe to Urban Grocer’s news & receive a 10% off coupon!


Urban Grocer Map

Click on image to see map

Urban Grocer! Your better every day grocer!

Reviving the grocery tradition at the Junction of Oak Bay Ave and Fort Street! The people behind Urban Grocer have been in the grocery business on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands for more than 50 years.

1625 Fort St (see map) • 778-265-0934
Open 7 Days a Week 7am to 10pm
www.urban-grocer.caFacebookInstagramTikTok
community@urban-grocer.ca


Urban Grocer Store 10% 1

  • 10% Seniors discount every Thursday *,** 

* excludes eggs, milk, and advertised sales
** must be 65 years+

Vegan, Vegetarian & Dairy Free Foods
Urban Grocer supports Island Brands – Look for the Island Good logo on product tags, signs, and in our weekly flyer!

Product requests! Always looking to stock shelves with the products we want! Contact garth@urban-grocer.ca


Urban Fare Join our Mailing List

Subscribe and receive 10% off!

Urban Grocer wants to hear from you!


Urban Grocer Store Front

Urban Grocer Store Place 2

Urban Grocer Store 3

Urban Grocer Store 1

May
12
Sun
10% Storewide Discount @ Urban Grocer
May 12 all-day

Urban Grocer Store 10% 4

10% Storewide Discount every Sunday

  • excludes eggs, milk, and advertised sales

Urban Grocer’s Gluten-Free Flyer!
Urban Grocer’s Complete Weekly Flyer – Friday to Thursdays
Subscribe to Urban Grocer’s news & receive a 10% off coupon!


Urban Grocer Map

Click on image to see map

Urban Grocer! Your better every day grocer!

Reviving the grocery tradition at the Junction of Oak Bay Ave and Fort Street! The people behind Urban Grocer have been in the grocery business on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands for more than 50 years.

1625 Fort St (see map) • 778-265-0934
Open 7 Days a Week 7am to 10pm
www.urban-grocer.caFacebookInstagramTikTok
community@urban-grocer.ca


Urban Grocer Store 10% 1

  • 10% Seniors discount every Thursday *,** 

* excludes eggs, milk, and advertised sales
** must be 65 years+

Vegan, Vegetarian & Dairy Free Foods
Urban Grocer supports Island Brands – Look for the Island Good logo on product tags, signs, and in our weekly flyer!

Product requests! Always looking to stock shelves with the products we want! Contact garth@urban-grocer.ca


Urban Fare Join our Mailing List

Subscribe and receive 10% off!

Urban Grocer wants to hear from you!


Urban Grocer Store Front

Urban Grocer Store Place 2

Urban Grocer Store 3

Urban Grocer Store 1

May
19
Sun
10% Storewide Discount @ Urban Grocer
May 19 all-day

Urban Grocer Store 10% 4

10% Storewide Discount every Sunday

  • excludes eggs, milk, and advertised sales

Urban Grocer’s Gluten-Free Flyer!
Urban Grocer’s Complete Weekly Flyer – Friday to Thursdays
Subscribe to Urban Grocer’s news & receive a 10% off coupon!


Urban Grocer Map

Click on image to see map

Urban Grocer! Your better every day grocer!

Reviving the grocery tradition at the Junction of Oak Bay Ave and Fort Street! The people behind Urban Grocer have been in the grocery business on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands for more than 50 years.

1625 Fort St (see map) • 778-265-0934
Open 7 Days a Week 7am to 10pm
www.urban-grocer.caFacebookInstagramTikTok
community@urban-grocer.ca


Urban Grocer Store 10% 1

  • 10% Seniors discount every Thursday *,** 

* excludes eggs, milk, and advertised sales
** must be 65 years+

Vegan, Vegetarian & Dairy Free Foods
Urban Grocer supports Island Brands – Look for the Island Good logo on product tags, signs, and in our weekly flyer!

Product requests! Always looking to stock shelves with the products we want! Contact garth@urban-grocer.ca


Urban Fare Join our Mailing List

Subscribe and receive 10% off!

Urban Grocer wants to hear from you!


Urban Grocer Store Front

Urban Grocer Store Place 2

Urban Grocer Store 3

Urban Grocer Store 1

May
26
Sun
10% Storewide Discount @ Urban Grocer
May 26 all-day

Urban Grocer Store 10% 4

10% Storewide Discount every Sunday

  • excludes eggs, milk, and advertised sales

Urban Grocer’s Gluten-Free Flyer!
Urban Grocer’s Complete Weekly Flyer – Friday to Thursdays
Subscribe to Urban Grocer’s news & receive a 10% off coupon!


Urban Grocer Map

Click on image to see map

Urban Grocer! Your better every day grocer!

Reviving the grocery tradition at the Junction of Oak Bay Ave and Fort Street! The people behind Urban Grocer have been in the grocery business on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands for more than 50 years.

1625 Fort St (see map) • 778-265-0934
Open 7 Days a Week 7am to 10pm
www.urban-grocer.caFacebookInstagramTikTok
community@urban-grocer.ca


Urban Grocer Store 10% 1

  • 10% Seniors discount every Thursday *,** 

* excludes eggs, milk, and advertised sales
** must be 65 years+

Vegan, Vegetarian & Dairy Free Foods
Urban Grocer supports Island Brands – Look for the Island Good logo on product tags, signs, and in our weekly flyer!

Product requests! Always looking to stock shelves with the products we want! Contact garth@urban-grocer.ca


Urban Fare Join our Mailing List

Subscribe and receive 10% off!

Urban Grocer wants to hear from you!


Urban Grocer Store Front

Urban Grocer Store Place 2

Urban Grocer Store 3

Urban Grocer Store 1