Dining Card

Something that is very important when going to a new place to eat is having a dining card.  This is a simple card stating your special diet and gives more information to those that don't know very much about Celiac disease.  I take my dining card with me and give it to my server to give it to the chef to make sure that there is no cross-contamination.  I always make sure that my name is on my dining card so that they realize that I am a person, and not just money coming in.  Below is the dining card that I use.  I print it out and cut around it so that I can hand it to my server.  Feel free to use it, just make sure you change the name at the top. ^-^

My name is Amanda Arthur,

 

I have an illness called Celiac Disease                                                                    

and I have to follow a strict gluten free

diet.

I may therefore become very ill if

I eat food containing flours or

grains of wheat, rye, barley and

oats.

Does this food contain flour or grains

of wheat, rye, barley or oats? Or

is it prepared using the same utensils or

 surface which was previously used to

prepare foods with these grains?

If you are uncertain about what the food 

contains, please tell me.

I can eat food containing rice, maize,

potatoes, all kinds of vegetables and

fruit, eggs, cheese, milk, meat and

fish –as long as they are not

cooked with wheat flour, batter,

breadcrumbs or sauce that contains

these grains.

               Thank you for your help!

This is the size and shape of my dining card.  You can do it however you want, just try to make it on the small side, people don't want to read really long texts.