The UK Natasha’s Law & Allergen Handbook for Cafés, Pubs and Restaurants
Thirty seconds at table nine: the answer is decided long before the guest asks.
For: The owner, general manager, head chef or supervisor of an independent café, pub or restaurant in England, Wales, Northern Ireland or Scotland who has to answer the allergen question on a busy shift, and wants a system rather than a memory test.
Allergen Safe
A guest asks whether the chicken has sesame in it. Your server has four plates on one arm. A plain-English, UK-only allergen system for independent cafés, pubs and restaurants, with every legal line quoted from its source.
What it covers
Checked at source
How to use it
Inside
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PDF and EPUB, the eight A4 templates and the reaction card for £12.99. With the Allergen Matrix workbook, £24.99. Full refund on request for 14 days. Start with the free sample chapter.
A plain-English, UK-only allergen system for independent cafés, pubs and restaurants. It takes the allergen question from the supplier to the table, link by link, and tells you at every step what the law says, what official guidance adds and what works on a busy shift.
Owners, general managers, head chefs and supervisors of independent cafés, pubs and restaurants in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Busy, practical people who are not lawyers.
Eleven short chapters: the 14 allergens; the law in plain English; Natasha’s Law and the PPDS label; loose food and the FSA’s 2025 best practice; suppliers, specs and recipe allergen cards; the allergen matrix and menu changes; storage, cross-contact and cleaning; taking the allergen order; when it goes wrong; training, records and the EHO visit. Each chapter has a diagram, a table or checklist, and a short list of things to do before your next service.
Every legal statement is quoted from the Food Standards Agency, Food Standards Scotland or the legislation, with its source, read at source on 27 October 2026. Law, official guidance and good practice are always labelled, so you know which one you are reading. Where Scotland differs, a box says so.
Eight A4 templates: allergen matrix, recipe allergen card, supplier specification check, allergen order checklist, menu-change sign-off, staff training record, cleaning and cross-contact checklist, and allergen incident log. Plus an A4 reaction card for the phone. Print as many as you need for your own business.
General guidance, not legal advice. It doesn’t replace your local authority, and in a suspected reaction it says one thing: call 999 and follow the NHS guidance for your nation.
Ali Solak has spent more than twenty years in hospitality operations and leadership, running outlets across five countries. In London he led the multi-site rollout of Simit Sarayı, with sites on Oxford Street, Bond Street, Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square, Villiers Street, Southampton Row, King’s Road and Green Lanes.
In June 2024 he founded Epicurean Digital Consultants, a London consultancy for independent cafés, restaurants and hospitality brands. It is founder-led: you work with Ali directly, not with an account manager. He wrote this book for the supervisor at the pass on a busy Saturday.
Free sample chapter
Free
Read This First and Chapter 1, as a 17-page PDF.
The book and templates
£12.99
The book as PDF and EPUB, the eight A4 templates and the reaction card, and every corrected edition free.
The book and the Allergen Matrix
£24.99
Everything in the book edition, plus the Allergen Matrix workbook and pack (£31.99 if bought separately).
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