Gluten Free Food Festival, Due Drop Centre, Auckland, 18-19^th October

SUNDAY 19th OCTOBER

Timetable for FREE workshops and a food demonstration*, hosted by Coeliac New Zealand. (*included with festival ticket)

10.30 am - 12.00 pm: morning workshop session

12.30 am - 1.30 pm: food demonstration

2.00 pm - 3.30 pm: afternoon workshop session

Thank you to our proud supporters Vogel's and Edmonds.

Pre-register to attend the workshops and food demonstration

Everyone Loved Our Free workshops at last year’s festival in Auckland – and this year we have a new lineup of speakers.

WORKSHOPS

Getting to the Guts of It - Understanding Coeliac Disease and Supporting Optimal Gut Health

Join the team at Coeliac New Zealand for an engaging seminar featuring expert medical specialists. Discover the importance of diagnosis, dietary management, and long-term care at every stage of life. The session includes time for Q&A with our panel, as well as opportunities to connect with fellow attendees, share experiences, and gain practical insights from the gluten-free community.

Session 1: Sunday, 19th October 2025, morning session (10.30-12 pm)

Session 2: Sunday, 19th October 2025, afternoon session (2.00-3.30 pm)

Hear from the Experts and Share your Experience

Topics include:

Insights from a gastrointestinal specialist – What’s happening inside the gut and why it matters
Follow your gut – How to ensure a correct and timely coeliac diagnosis
Feeding the gut – The role of nutrition and the gluten-free diet in healing and health
Checking in – Why ongoing care and regular follow-ups are vital for long-term wellbeing

Whether you have coeliac disease, support someone with it, or are simply interested in gut health and gluten-free living, this seminar offers valuable information and a community connection.

Come along, get informed, and take charge of your gut health.

Our Presenters

Dr. Jonathan (Jon) Bishop - Paediatric Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist- MB ChB 1995 Edin; MRCPCH 1999; CCT (UK) Paeds 2008; FRACP 2013

Jon completed undergraduate and postgraduate paediatric gastroenterology training in the UK before undertaking a six-month Fellow post in Starship Children’s Hospital in 2007. Jon returned to the UK to work as a consultant post in the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, between 2008 and 2011, before the lure of the Southern hemisphere proved too strong and he returned to Starship as a Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist/Hepatologist. His professional interests include coeliac disease, inflammatory bowel disease and cystic fibrosis liver disease.

Professor Clare Wall – Head of the Discipline of Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Auckland; Phd and Registered Dietitian.

Clare is Head of the School of Medical Sciences at the University of Auckland and a New Zealand Registered Dietitian. Since qualifying in the UK in 1984, she has specialised in paediatric dietetics, practicing in the UK and Australia. An active contributor to infant and childhood nutrition policy, she serves on national review panels. Her research explores how early-life nutritional determinants affect health, and she led a National Science Challenge - funded trial on prebiotic complementary foods and infant gut microbiomes. She has a daughter with coeliac disease.

Hilary Baird - Specialist GP based in Tamaki Makaurau; BSc, MBChB, MPH, FRNZCGP, FNZCPHM

Hilary has been a practising GP for nearly 20 years, initially training in the UK, before emigrating to Aotearoa New Zealand 15 years ago. Hilary works part-time as a GP, and part-time in Public Health. She has a young daughter who was diagnosed with coeliac disease 2 years ago.

Suzanne Aitken (Registered Dietitian)

Suzanne is a Registered Dietitian with over 15 years’ experience in primary care. She has extensive experience working with vulnerable populations using a holistic approach to wellbeing as part of a wider clinical team. She has a management background with a passion for providing exceptional clinical care, improving health inequities, and increasing access to services. She will support the team at Coeliac New Zealand with the roll out of the GF Food Safety - Masterclass as well as providing education, support, and awareness for those living with coeliac disease.

FOOD DEMONSTRATION Supported by Vogel’s & Edmonds

Sunday, 19 October 2025, 12.30 pm - 1.3o pm

Gluten Free Made Delicious: The Vogel’s & Edmonds Experience - presented by Malika Ganley.

Join our new Food Ambassador, Malika Ganley, live at the Gluten Free Food Festival as she shares her love of cooking and baking with Vogel’s Gluten Free breads and Edmonds Gluten Free ingredients. Discover simple, flavour-packed recipes, clever tips, and plenty of inspiration to make living gluten free both easy and delicious. Whether you’re newly gluten free or a seasoned pro, this is your chance to taste, learn and be inspired by two iconic NZ favourites.

Introducing Malika Ganley

Food has always been at the centre of Malika's life - from cheffing on superyachts to owning award-winning cafés, mentoring as a chef for the Flavours of Plenty festival, assisting with recipe development for a top-selling New Zealand cookbook (gluten free and refined sugar free) and creating recipes and catering for retreats and events. With a Bachelor of Science majoring in Human Nutrition, she loved developing food that is flavourful, practical, and nourishing. Diagnosed with coeliac disease seven years ago, and having used food to help manage other autoimmune conditions, she is passionate about sharing her story and showing that gluten-free eating can still be joyful and full of flavour.

Pre-register to attend the workshops and food demonstration

If you or someone in your whanau has coeliac disease and you are not already a member of Coeliac New Zealand, here is why you should become one:

“Joined Coeliac NZ, read the information sent (was so helpful), tried some of the recipes, they are amazing and use the wee book with the ingredient list provided all the time – a constant addition to my handbag (need another one actually for when I change handbags 😊). Also learning about GF-free logos, which my husband is all over now too.”
“Telling people and them knowing someone with Coeliac Disease and connecting with them and listening to their stories and their helpful tips, made me think I was not alone.”
“Learning to take more time when supermarket shopping to be able to read ingredient lists ..”

Agenda

If you would like to advertise at the conference there are still opportunities available. Please use the contact form to request a Coeliac NZ Conference 2023 sponsorship pack.

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