Live Behind The Scenes for Sebastien Sans Gluten x Melanie Persson (The Very Hungry Coeliac): Gluten Free Collaboration Creation

A Gluten Free Podcast
Episode 205

My guests on today’s episode are the founder of Sebastien Sans Gluten, Sebastien Syidalza and Gluten Free Cookbook Author and Masterchef Alumni, Melanie Persson.  We take you live behind the scenes of the recent collaboration between Sebastien Syidalza, owner of Sebastien Sans Gluten and Melanie Persson (The Very Hungry Coeliac) in creating a special Asian and French Inspired Gluten Free Creation.

What we’ll talk about:
* Chatting with Sebastien about what Melanie and he have created
* Creating a special Asian and French Inspired Gluten Free Creation
* How Sebastien and Melanie connected 
* Sebastien’s experience of making recipes from Melanie’s first cookbook and connecting at the Sydney Gluten Free Expo
* Sebastien’s approach to collaborating and working together with others in the gluten free community 
* Bringing different ideas, ingredients, approaches and experiences into a collaboration for the end product 
* What Sebastien has been up to since we last spoke on the podcast
* The difficulty of running a gluten free business in this current financial landscape
* Sebastien’s perspective of making quality over quantity
* Sebastien being part of the community and so connected with his customers
* The problem with assumptions on social media and around gluten free food
* Melanie’s experience of meeting Sebastien and collaborating with him
* Melanie’s different approach to working in a home kitchen versus Sebastien’s approach in a commercial kitchen
* Melanie’s experience of engaging with the gluten free community through her latest book release and the recent gluten free expos

Links
Mel & Seb’s collab creation

Melanie Persson’s recent appearance on A Gluten Free Podcast

Sebastien’s appearance on A Gluten Free Podcast 

The Celiac Cruise

Purchase Gluten Free Feasts by Melanie Persson

Pasta Di Casa Founder Anthony Dionne’s episode

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