Bring my own pots/pans 2 restaurants?

[SharronBedford]

Everytime I eat in a restaurant/I get sick.Of course I order Gluten Free,but it doesn’t seem to matter.

Would it appropriate to bring my own Sauté Pan & maybe a Pot/Cooking utensils?

[trents]

You can try it but I'm not expecting it would be well-received by the kitchen staff.

Have you tried requesting that your food be prepared in it's own, clean pots/pans and handled with separate, clean utensils?

Have you tried GliadinX?

[captaincrab55]

34 minutes ago, SharronBedford said:

Everytime I eat in a restaurant/I get sick.Of course I order Gluten Free,but it doesn’t seem to matter.

Would it appropriate to bring my own Sauté Pan & maybe a Pot/Cooking utensils?

It's not appropriate in my opinion.   Is it from eating at the same restaurant? Many restaurants offer gluten free options.   They are often meant for people trying to follow a healthy gluten-free diet and not those necessarily with Celiac.   I've had good luck with Outback!    

[trents]

But it's usually not the gluten free options that is the problem. It's the cross contamination from how the food is cooked and handled in that it is not done with cookery and utensils that haven't also been used for gluten containing foods. Do you know if that's different at Outback restaurants? Are the gluten-free offerings prepared and handled in a dedicated way?

[captaincrab55]

1 hour ago, trents said:

But it's usually not the gluten free options that is the problem. It's the cross contamination from how the food is cooked and handled in that it is not done with cookery and utensils that haven't also been used for gluten containing foods. Do you know if that's different at Outback restaurants? Are the gluten-free offerings prepared and handled in a dedicated way?

The DETAILS! Outback Gluten Free Menu - Gluten Free Dad

[trents]

5 minutes ago, captaincrab55 said:

The DETAILS! Outback Gluten Free Menu - Gluten Free Dad

"“Food is prepared in a common kitchen with the risk of gluten exposure. We cannot guarantee any menu item is completely free of gluten. When placing your order, please let your server know you are ordering a gluten-free menu item.”

[captaincrab55]

59 minutes ago, trents said:

"“Food is prepared in a common kitchen with the risk of gluten exposure. We cannot guarantee any menu item is completely free of gluten. When placing your order, please let your server know you are ordering a gluten-free menu item.”

trents,   Let's not just Cherry Pick, but also show the good part too!    It's just not common to find a restaurant with two kitchens and gluten free restaurants are few and far between.

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Outback has a decent gluten free FAQ page where they explain some of their responses to common questions we all have. Check out their site for the full details, but here is a brief summary and key takeaways:

Registered dietitians developed the Outback gluten free menu which included training on how to prepare and serve the dishes

All Outback Steakhouse seasonings are gluten free

Kitchens are NOT gluten free but they prepare dishes to order in a separate space and try to prevent cross contamination

Outback provides gluten free training to their employees

Outback Steakhouse has consulted with Gluten Intolerance Group experts to help them with their gluten free dining experience but are not a validated safe space.

[trents]

Captaincrab55, I don't think it's a matter of cherry picking. Agreed, having access to restaurants that have a gluten-free menu section is certainly preferrable to patronizing ones that don't. And I appreciate Outback's being so transparent about what gluten intolerant people can expect and not expect. But in the context of this thread the important point seems to be that avoiding cross contamination is of utmost importance to the OP. OP is apparently very sensitive to cross contamination as she states that "everytime" she eats out, despite taking precaution to avoid gluten in what she orders, she "gets sick". And Outback is clearly stating that they cannot rule that out.

[C4Celiac]

4 hours ago, SharronBedford said:

Everytime I eat in a restaurant/I get sick.Of course I order Gluten Free,but it doesn’t seem to matter.

Would it appropriate to bring my own Sauté Pan & maybe a Pot/Cooking utensils?

🤣

if you do please record it and show the video.

 

You should not be eating at restaurants from gluten free menus. I can't believe people with Celiac do this and expect to not be getting Gluten. Do you really think these people working at restaurants care about your gluten problem?

You need to start accepting the fact that you are not like everyone else anymore

[GF-Cate]

20 hours ago, SharronBedford said:

Everytime I eat in a restaurant/I get sick.Of course I order Gluten Free,but it doesn’t seem to matter.

Would it appropriate to bring my own Sauté Pan & maybe a Pot/Cooking utensils?

Restaurants can be so difficult because few are truly able to avoid all traces of cross-contamination, and provide the 100% gluten free food celiacs need to heal, avoid triggering an autoimmune response and stay healthy long-term. 

My guess would be that liability concerns would prevent most restaurants from using your pots and pans. 

I recently downloaded the app from Gluten Dude and recommend it if you are US-based. It's easy to distinguish restaurants that offer "gluten free" menu items and take precautions to avoid cc (listed with orange "CC" in right column) vs. those that are 100% gluten free (listed with green "gluten-free") - within 100 miles of me there were several restaurants that are 100% gluten-free that I was unaware of - roadtrip in my future! 

https://glutendude.app/

When considering eating outside of your home, start with a restaurant where celiacs have reported positive experiences.

Find out the level of precautions the restaurant takes and how accommodating they seem. Call (during off-hours, not during prime meal service hours) and speak with the manager or chef. 

Ask lots of questions during the phone call about their ingredients, preparation methods and procedures to keep celiacs safe. If they tell you they can't accommodate you, believe them. If they don't know to the answers to the questions or if they are annoyed by them, it's probably not a great choice.

Know that you may not be able to eat the most exciting or interesting thing on the menu. The more ingredients in your meal, the more risk of something having gluten. 

Even in restaurants with the best intentions, the industry has a high turnover rate and there's a lot of misunderstanding about celiac and gluten intolerance in general (and food allergies as well).

Even if you do all that, you may get glutened. My worst restaurant glutening several years ago was at a place I felt very confident with and gave all the "right" answers. I felt sure they really got it. But it was a huge fail and I was violently sick.

I mostly avoid restaurant dining, but have a couple of local, safe restaurants including one that is 100% gluten-free & one that has a celiac owner and is 95% gluten-free with excellent precautions and staff training and knowledge. 

I do really miss the "dining" experience though, so I will join in a restaurant outing with my family, eat at home (or at our vacation rental if we are traveling) before or after, and only have a beverage at the restaurant. I simply tell them I have too may "allergies" for them to safely accommodate me and that I won't be dining. 

[Kate333]

Very simply, you will stop getting sick when you stop eating out.  As C4 put it so directly, you need to accept the fact that you are not like most people anymore and cannot continue with "business as usual" post celiac disease diagnosis.  And in case you haven't been told by your doctors, the gluten-free diet means 100% gluten-free, not merely reduced gluten consumption/exposure.  You really are endangering your health by rolling the dice and eating out.  Yeah, I know that really stinks, is very hard to come to terms with emotionally, but it's the only way to guarantee you will avoid future continued stress/gut damage.

The only exception to risking eating out in restaurants I can think of is finding restaurant legitimately ENTIRELY gluten-free (meaning everything on menu is gluten-free and place is inspected/dedicated/certified as gluten-free, not just a popular chain restaurant touting gluten-free menus).  They are so rare but there are a few in larger cities.  I live in Sacramento and there is one downtown here called Pushkin's Bakery (also one north of the city, in Roseville), which is devoted to avoiding even the smallest possibility of CC risk by using only gluten-free ingredients, cooking onsite with staff rigidly trained to meet celiac disease requirements.  They have breakfast and lunch items. ALL food is gluten-free. dairy free, and Vegan.  Haven't tried it yet because place is always crazy crowded.    I really wish people with celiac disease would get together an invest in creating more dedicated, completely gluten-free restaurants (a chain restaurant in multiple cities would be fantastic!).  I also pray/hope a cure/vaccine comes soon. Until then, it's just not worth it to risk further damage to our guts.

[C4Celiac]

There's one 10 minutes down the road from me in North Naples Florida called Epiphany Gluten Free Bakery.  I don't eat there much though because they charge $6 for a piece of pizza  🤣