Eating Out with Celiac Disease Is Hard.
This Card Makes It a Little Easier.
A free card you can pull up on your phone or print and hand to your server. It explains celiac disease, educates the kitchen about hidden gluten sources, and gives you the exact questions that actually matter for cross-contamination safety.
If you have celiac disease, you already know that eating at a restaurant requires a whole mental checklist before you even sit down. Finding somewhere safe, researching the menu, figuring out what to say when you get there, hoping the server understands and takes it seriously.
And sometimes, even after all of that, you just do not have the energy to explain everything from scratch to someone who may or may not have ever heard of celiac disease.
This card exists for those moments. You can hand it to your server or pull it up on your phone. It does the explaining for you.
Here's what comes in your free download:
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Page 1: The Restaurant Guide card, with language to explain celiac disease to your server, including which hidden gluten sources to watch for in sauces, dressings, and fryer foods
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Page 2: The Restaurant Questions card, with specific cross-contamination questions about fryers, prep surfaces, gloves, and utensils that the kitchen needs to answer before you eat
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Sized to save on your phone or print and carry in your wallet, so it's ready whenever you need it
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Created by a celiac disease advocate and verified by her gluten-detection service dog Suki, who checks every meal before Kendra eats it
I'm Kendra Williams, a celiac disease advocate who has been navigating restaurants, travel, and daily life with this disease for years.
I know what it feels like to sit down at a restaurant and have no idea if you're going to be safe. I know sometimes I am just tired and hungry and don't have the energy to ask all the questions about the food. I also know the embarassment of standing out during a group dinner with a table full of people who will ask all the questions about your disease. I created this card because I got tired of finding the words from scratch every single time, and because I wanted something I could hand to a server that actually covered the right questions without me saying a word.
I travel with my gluten detection celiac service dog, Suki, who checks all of my food for gluten before I eat it. Every question on this card is something I actually ask.
