User:FoodAllergyGal

Food Allergy Gal was just "Food Gal" when she entered the food industry at age 3. Even before high school, she worked in restaurants if she wasn't working at her parents' roadside produce stand. She loves to cook, entertain, and help others.

In her early 20's, she was diagnosed with 2 food allergies caused her a major life change. She had been hospitalized repeatedly, lost a kidney and nearly her life several times. In 2012, Food Allergy Gal was diagnosed with another 7 food allergies. Today, 2014 she deals with over 14 food allergens on top on environmental allergens.

While life may have handed her a few challenges, Food Allergy Gal turns frowns upside down by creating Food Allergy Gal as a company in 2012. Today she works to help over 220 million worldwide with food allergies and a total of 425 million with some special dietary need. The growing trend in developed countries is adults being diagnosed with multiple, late onset food allergies. The impact is huge, because they have to not only deal with all the scary medical conditions but also with the reality of learning how to cook, shop, and eat all over again. The food world generally does not know how to handle food allergies and they are extremely undereducated. Even well funded organizations, like FARE do not know how to reach the Food Industry and those running it to make an impact enough to make changes. Food Allergy Gal tries to bridge that gap.

"Food Allergy Gal's objective is to continue to create savory food despite having food allergies and bring that knowledge to other chefs and bakers across the world.