Putting the die in diet

I thought being a chef was challenging until I had to cook for a man with chronic osteoarthritis meaning he had to avoid everything from the nightshade family (potatoes, tomatoes, aubergines, peppers), red meat, citrus fruits, fried food, sugar, coffee, wheat and dairy products.

“That leaves lots of other foods you could eat though” I said encouragingly.

“But I also have rosacea and can’t eat spicy food, liver, cream, cheese, yogurt, chocolate, avocado, spinach, bananas or consume alcohol!” And my eczema forbids me meat, eggs, fish, peanuts, soya.

“Can I recommend a little arsenic in your kale sir?” I asked.