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.
May
16
Tue
Victoria’s Gluten-Free Foodies Meeting Up @ Ebizo Japanese Restaurant
May 16 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Ebizo RestaurantLet’s meet up and try one of the most elusive of gluten-free cuisines – celiac-safe Japanese food!

Room for only 7 attendees. 

Tuesday, May 16 at 6pm
Ebizo Japanese Restaurant
604 Broughton St
(250) 383-3234
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Email ellen@theceliacscene.com to RSVP


Pure Lovin Ebizo GiftThank you to Pure Lovin’ for their donation of delicious organic, gluten-free, vegan chocolates as a very special ‘Treat to Go!’

Based on the great experience of one of our most intrepid Gluten-Free Foodies, I popped in to speak with Ebizo about their ability to serve celiac diners.

Server Nigh-Yee readily identified which rolls, nigiri and sashimi are already gluten free, or could be adapted to be so. They can furnish us with gluten-free soy sauce.

I asked that on this occasion, that the chefs be made aware that our group requires 100% gluten-free food and to take any extra precautions to necessary to assure our safety.

Ebizo is a small restaurant so they only take reservations for groups of seven or less. This means this meet up is quite exclusive and that if you are interested, best to sign up soon!

Arigato!

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Pictures from the Meet Up! 

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