After reading the letter 'How do we avoid cooking up trouble' (Letters, 4 December), I felt that I needed to praise our wonderful cook, Toni. Soon after she joined us we found that we had managed to employ a complete gem. Toni is able to find recipes for most of our children's dietary needs, which take account of vegetarians, nut allergies, tomatoes, eggs, dairy-free, gluten-free, wheat-free, additives, oranges, pears and grapes.
After reading the letter 'How do we avoid cooking up trouble' (Letters, 4 December), I felt that I needed to praise our wonderful cook, Toni.
Soon after she joined us we found that we had managed to employ a complete gem. Toni is able to find recipes for most of our children's dietary needs, which take account of vegetarians, nut allergies, tomatoes, eggs, dairy-free, gluten-free, wheat-free, additives, oranges, pears and grapes.
Toni does all the shopping, checking labels for nut traces, and when they arrive at the nursery she labels all food with symbols used in the nursery for food containing dairy, gluten and wheat. She will look for recipes for our planned activities and work with the staff in the rooms.
What a star!
Alison Finn, nursery manager, Just Learning, Newbury, Berkshire
