Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne

FRSE Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and Literature, letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject". ...

is a Scottish chef and writer who specialises in cookery and

food allergies A food allergy is an abnormal immune response to food. The symptoms of the allergic reaction may range from mild to severe. They may include itchiness, swelling of the tongue, vomiting, diarrhea, hives, trouble breathing, or low blood pressu ...

Biography

Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne studied

Physiology Physiology (; ) is the science, scientific study of function (biology), functions and mechanism (biology), mechanisms in a life, living system. As a branches of science, subdiscipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ syst ...

Queen Mary University of London Queen Mary University of London (QMUL, or informally QM, and formerly Queen Mary and Westfield College) is a public university, public research university in Mile End, East London, England. It is a member institution of the federal University ...

. After graduation, she trained at

Leiths School of Food and Wine Dame Prudence Margaret Leith, (born 18 February 1940) is a South African-British restaurateur, broadcaster, cookery writer and novelist. She was a judge on BBC Two's ''Great British Menu'' for eleven years, before joining ''The Great British ...

in London and worked as a section chef at

Terence Conran Sir Terence Orby Conran (4 October 1931 – 12 September 2020) was a British designer, restaurateur, retailer and writer. He founded the Design Museum in Shad Thames, London in 1989. The British designer Thomas Heatherwick said that Conran "m ...

's restaurant Bibendum. In 1998, she returned to teach at Leiths, where she was commissioned to write the ''Leiths Techniques Bible''. She lives in

Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...

with her husband and three children, two of whom suffer from dairy, egg and wheat

allergies Allergies, also known as allergic diseases, are various conditions caused by hypersensitivity of the immune system to typically harmless substances in the environment. These diseases include Allergic rhinitis, hay fever, Food allergy, food al ...

. After publishing her book on cooking for food allergies in 2007, Bruce-Gardyne worked on developing the recipe for a perfect, fresh gluten-free loaf. In April 2009, she launched Genius Fresh White and Brown Gluten and Wheat Free bread into the retail market the UK and founded the company Genius Foods Ltd based in Edinburgh. Genius bread has won three awards since its launch – Award for the Most Innovative Product from Coeliac UK; Award for Innovation at the Foods Matter Free-From Food Awards; and Award for Innovation at the Bakery Industry Awards.

Honours

Bruce-Gardyne was elected a Fellow of the

Royal Society of Edinburgh The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) is Scotland's national academy of science and letters. It is a registered charity that operates on a wholly independent and non-partisan basis and provides public benefit throughout Scotland. It was establis ...

in March 2017.

Books

*''Leiths Techniques Bible'' (co-authored with Sue Spaull),

Bloomsbury Bloomsbury is a district in the West End of London, part of the London Borough of Camden in England. It is considered a fashionable residential area, and is the location of numerous cultural institution, cultural, intellectual, and educational ...

(2003); —this book has won two major awards since publication: :: a) "Best Book in the World for Food Professionals", Gourmand Book Awards, 2003 :: b) Top 10 "The Most Useful Cookery Books Ever", Waitrose Food Illustrated, 2005.The Most Useful Cookery Books Ever - Writers and critics - Celebrities and articles
, Waitrose.com; accessed 14 May 2017. *''How To Cook For Food Allergies'', Macmillan; (published 19 October 2007)

References

External links

Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bruce-Gardyne, Lucinda Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of Queen Mary University of London Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Gluten-free cookbook writers Scottish chefs Scottish food writers British women chefs British cookbook writers British women food writers 21st-century Scottish women writers 21st-century Scottish non-fiction writers