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Ben @ The GF Table | Gluten-Free Advocate
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🌟 Coeliac Life | Gluten-Free Living 🌟
Misdiagnosed for 30 years, finally diagnosed in 2016—sharing my journey to inspire and guide others. 🍞🚫

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So I’m starting to get some grey in my beard. Wife recons I should keep it natural, someone at work said I should dye it. I recon it looks pretty good at the moment, what does everyone think? 🤔 #beard
Ben taking a walk along the river in Boscastle, wearing a brown leather jacket and dark shirt. The river winds through the village with grassy hills and stone walls in the background under an overcast sky.
October 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Tried to make cute pumpkin truffles.
Accidentally created edible demons.
At least they are gluten free. 🎃 😂
A side-by-side comparison image labelled “Expectation” and “Reality.” On the left, perfectly smooth, glossy chocolate pumpkin truffles are arranged neatly on a plate, each decorated with small orange sweets for eyes and smiles, topped with a green icing stem. On the right, homemade truffles sit on a similar plate but look lumpy and uneven, with colourful sweets forming messy, grinning faces. The comparison is humorous and clearly shows the contrast between professional and homemade results.
October 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Boil it. Butter it. Basil it. Parmigiano it.
White Rabbit’s new Aubergine Parmigiana Girasoli Pasta might just be my new comfort food obsession. #GlutenFree
October 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Cooked breakfast for lunch on a Saturday (that’s an epic weekend meal). The only thing missing I think is black pudding. 😞

Everything gluten free and so delicious.

#glutenfree #glutenfreebreakfast #glutenfreelunch #cookedbreakfast #glurenfreecooking
A gluten free full English breakfast featuring crispy hash browns, baked beans in tomato sauce, grilled sausages, fried egg with a runny yolk, sautéed mushrooms, and strips of crispy bacon on a white plate.
September 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗠𝗬 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘 🍽️
Be honest. Drop your scores, insults, and praise if you can find any.
#RateMyPlate
A suspiciously beige bowl of sweetcorn and chicken chowder that looks like it’s plotting against the spoon. Thick, lumpy, and photogenically challenged but probably tastes better than it photographs.
August 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Yesterday: long weekend bliss 🌞
Today: meetings, emails, and pretending to be productive… thank goodness for coffee.
#Coffee
August 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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🕵️‍♂️ Spot the gluten challenge 🕵️‍♀️

Taken yesterday in the Free From aisle at Morrisons, Cribbs Causeway, Bristol.
One of these wraps is NOT gluten free… but you’d have to be a label-reading ninja to notice.

Can you find it?
#GlutenFree
August 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Easy Beefy Mexican Orzo, made gluten free, loaded with cheese, and served with tortilla chips for scooping.
Messy, melty, and deliciously gluten free.
(Used Tesco Gluten Free Orzo).
#GlutenFree
August 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Anyone else prefer using thick sliced bread as a bun for a burger? 🍔
July 22, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Picked this up from Poets Bakery at the Northamptonshire Gluten-Free Food Festival…
…and it’s soooooooo good. 😅🍫

White chocolate rocky road, gluten free, full of marshmallowy joy.
#GlutenFree
A close-up of a thick slice of gluten-free white chocolate rocky road on a paper napkin. It’s packed with mini marshmallows, chunks of biscuit, and topped with swirls of white chocolate. The texture looks chewy and slightly crumbly, with a golden hue underneath the chocolate drizzle.
June 24, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Anyone else tried this Sainsbury’s GF casarecce?
It’s… a bit like pasta in the way tofu is like cheese.
Technically true, emotionally dishonest. 😐
Would love to hear if it worked better for anyone else?
#GlutenFree
Box of Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference gluten-free casarecce pasta. The packaging highlights it’s free from gluten, milk, egg, and soya, made with a blend of rice, maize, and amaranth flour. A bowl of green pesto pasta with peas and basil is pictured on the front.
June 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Warm gluten-free brownie, meet Cornish clotted cream.
A duo so rich, it probably owns property in Padstow.

Had this beauty at The Britannia Inn in Par — crisp edges, fudgy middle, and that cream? A proper dollop of indulgence.

(And yes, I did consider licking the plate.)

#GlutenFree
A blue ceramic plate holds a dessert featuring two triangular pieces of chocolate brownie drizzled with chocolate sauce. A generous scoop of Cornish clotted cream sits beside them, with a decorative chocolate stick placed across the cream and brownies. The plate rests on a wooden surface, and the dessert is presented attractively for a rich and indulgent treat.
May 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Cooking gluten-free in a shared kitchen be like:
Hazmat suit on. Danger signs up. One crumb and it’s game over.

It’s Coeliac Awareness Month — we’re not paranoid. We’re just experienced.

#CoeliacAwarenessMonth
A claymation-style bearded chef wearing a yellow hazmat suit and blue goggles prepares a plate of gluten-free pasta in a chaotic kitchen. The background is filled with glowing loaves of bread, hazard signs, caution tape, and biohazard warnings, emphasising the dangers of cross-contamination for people with coeliac disease.
May 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Morning routine:
1. Wake up
2. Question existence
3. Drink coffee like it owes me money

Here’s to another day of coffee fuel top ups.
#GlutenFreeLife #CoeliacCoffeeClub #BeardFuel #TheGFTable
Ben, a bearded man with neatly styled dark hair, smiles warmly at the camera while holding up a grey ceramic mug in a casual morning cheers. He’s wearing a burgundy top, and the softly blurred background keeps the focus on his cheerful expression and the mug.
April 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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⚠️ Final hours, folks — the 20% off code Easter20 for Froth Fest 2025 expires at midnight!

If you’re into gluten-free beer, live music, and GF fish & chips, get on it.

Friday 23rd May
Potbelly Brewery, Kettering
tinyurl.com/FrothFest2025

Come get your pint back.
#FrothFest2025
April 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Gluten-Free Froth Fest 2025
Friday 23rd May | 7–11 PM
Potbelly Brewery, Kettering
£12.50 | 18+ | Cash only
Live music by Mark Litster
#GlutenFreeBeer

tinyurl.com/Frothfest2025
Claymation-style event poster with vibrant orange background. Features clay fries in a blue container, a cheeky beer mug, music notes, and key event info including £12.50 ticket price, 18+ age limit, cash-only policy, and booking link.
April 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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I cooked some halloumi the other night, and they came out so crispy! The coating was super easy. I coated them in olive oil and then cornflour, and put them in the air fryer for 10 minutes—perfect! I just used a dipping sauce, but does anyone have any ideas on what I could coat them in next time?
A close-up shows five rectangular pieces of halloumi cheese that have been coated in a light, crispy batter and fried to a golden-brown color. The texture of the coating appears slightly uneven and bubbly. The halloumi inside is visible in some areas as a creamy white. They are presented on a plain white plate.
April 11, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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Apparently, I’ve been turned into an action figure.

Yep—this is the official @the_gf_table collectible, complete with:
🧔 Beard
🍝 Gluten-free pasta
☕️ Coffee cup
And more

Part of a viral trend I may or may not have taken way too seriously.

Would you collect one or keep scrolling?

#ActionFigureMe
Collectible action figure of a bearded man in casual clothes, holding a coffee cup, inside a purple blister pack labeled “@the_gf_table.” Accessories include a frying pan, smartphone, laptop, camera, bowl of pasta, a backpack, and a box of Toffifee.
April 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Remember my post about ground-up crickets in gluten-free recipes? 🦗
Yeah… that wasn’t just a weird fact — it’s actually a thing.

But… are you really ready to serve cookies that might hop off the plate and start conversations.

Would you try it?

#GlutenFree
Close-up of a brown and green grasshopper perched on a textured, round surface, possibly a snail shell, against a black background.
April 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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When you’re coeliac but still need your pizza to be absolutely stacked…

Gluten-free base topped with:
🍕 pepperoni
🥓 pancetta
🍖 ham
🌭 sausage
🧀 mozzarella
🧅 red onion
🫑 mixed peppers

Crispy, cheesy, and unapologetically over-the-top. Zero gluten.

#glutenfreefoods #thegftable #gfpizza
A gluten-free pizza topped with pancetta, pepperoni slices, diced ham, sliced sausage, melted mozzarella, mixed peppers, and red onion, served on a white plate.
April 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Loved the drive today at Sywell Airfield. One of the most amazing experiences I’ve ever had. 🏎️🏁
A black 1960s Ford Mustang convertible is the central focus of a photo taken outdoors on a sunny day. Several other luxury and classic cars are parked in the background on a concrete lot. A classic black Ford Mustang coupe is parked facing the viewer on a bright green grassy field under a partly cloudy sky.
April 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Tesco’s Free From Easter Cupcakes are almost too cute to eat! 🐰🐣 Gluten-free, wheat-free, and milk-free—because everyone deserves a sweet Easter treat! 💛✨
#GlutenFree
A person holds a box of Tesco Free From Easter Cupcakes in a supermarket aisle. The packaging is decorated with pastel Easter eggs and contains four cupcakes topped with edible images of a bunny and a chick. The box highlights that the cupcakes are gluten-free, wheat-free, and milk-free.
April 1, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Gluten-free? ✅ Delicious? ✅ Completely addictive? ✅
Toffifee might just be the perfect sweet—hazelnut, caramel, nougat, and chocolate all in one bite.

Honestly, if loving these is wrong, I don’t want to be right. Who else is obsessed? 👀

#GlutenFreeTreats
A box of Toffifee chocolates by Storck. The packaging is golden brown with bold white and brown lettering spelling ‘Toffifee.’ Below the name, the description reads: ‘A hazelnut in caramel with creamy nougat and chocolate.’ The front of the box features an image of the sweets—small caramel cups filled with nougat, topped with a whole hazelnut, and finished with a smooth chocolate button. The box contains 15 pieces. An open box of Toffifee chocolates, showing 15 round caramel cups filled with nougat and topped with smooth chocolate. The chocolates are neatly arranged in a gold plastic tray, with one empty slot in the top left corner where a piece has been removed. The glossy chocolate surfaces have a few natural imperfections and slight marks.
March 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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We thought we were having curry for dinner… turns out, we were cooking plastic instead.

Moral of the story? Always read the instructions—especially the part about removing it from the tub first.
#CookingFails
Two plastic tubs of curry on a baking tray, both looking overcooked and slightly melted. The top curry has an orange-brown sauce with a thick, uneven texture, while the bottom one is more yellow and has an odd, baked appearance. The plastic tubs have warped and partially melted, sticking to the tray. The whole scene looks like a cooking experiment gone wrong.
March 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Just tried the gluten-free Sicilian lemon curd muffins from Tesco and WOW. 🍋🧁 Soft, spongy, and packed with loads of rich lemon curd — and that sugar crunch on top? Who knew gluten-free could taste this good? 😍
#glutenfree
A packet of Tesco Finest Free From 2 Sicilian Lemon Curd Muffins. The packaging is mostly clear, showing the muffins inside, with a label in shades of beige, purple, and gold. The words “Gluten Free” and “Wheat Free” are highlighted in green and yellow boxes. The front also includes a nutrition label indicating the energy, fat, saturates, sugars, and salt content per muffin. A clear plastic package containing two Sicilian Lemon Curd Muffins. The muffins have a crumbly, sugar-topped surface. A “Best Before” date of 26/03/2025 is printed in black ink on the plastic, along with a time stamp and product code.
March 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM