Not allowed to take birthday cake to daughters party?

daisiegg

heartbreak_star wrote: »

Is there?

Me and the OH are end/middle of June babies and we both did really well in school

You learn something every day!

HBS x

Yes there is, it is well documented. Of course, there are always plenty of exceptions

krustylouise

peachyprice wrote: »

You're missing the point.

If you bring a cake into their kitchen that has a nut crumb on it and that gets transferred to their kitchen which then in turn gets transferred to a sandwich and a child eats it and has an anaphylactic seizure it would be the businesses fault for letting outside food into their kitchen.

I bet it has far more to do with their insurance policy than squeezing an extra £10 or whatever out of you.

Hope you find somewhere different that will accomodate your cake though.

I never mentioned taking my cake into their kitchen. Merely lighting it in the cafe and cutting it to put in party bags would have sufficed. And I would hope, seeing as they seem to be so stringent on health and hygiene that they would clean said table that I used.

daisiegg

peachyprice wrote: »

Depends really, if you're the mother of a child with nut allergy and ask them if they have a nut free kitchen you'd be pretty pee'd off.

VERY few kitchens would claim to be nut free for this exact reason!

CH27

krustylouise wrote: »

But as previously mentioned then this would not be the cake t daughter requested to eat amongst her friends and family.

This is you making a big deal of it not your daughter.

You have two choices really accept the conditions where you want to go or have the party elsewhere.

krustylouise

daisiegg wrote: »

Was that a sarcastic comment?

Given that the comment was aimed at me I didn't feel that this was a sarcastic comment and certainly didn't take it that way.

dawn27

If you are set on having the party there, then why not take a few picnic blankets with you and go to the local park afterwards. Slice the cake up and enjoy the sunshine if its a nice day

daisiegg

krustylouise wrote: »

Given that the comment was aimed at me I didn't feel that this was a sarcastic comment and certainly didn't take it that way.

If you read on you will see that the poster responded and explained, and definitely was not being sarcastic

SueC_2

krustylouise wrote: »

If I had it at home and any child had a reaction would they sue me? Likely not, it is an unforseeable situation and if they had a known allergy they would make it known before watching their child eat something that may cause a reaction.

The difference is that there is no Health and Safety at Home Act, but there is a Health and Safety at Work Act, under which the company have a responsibility / duty of care to those using their premises.

The degree to which that is taken is absolutely open to interpretation (and how much risk the individual business is prepared to accept), and in a lot of cases is used as an excuse to justify commercial decisions.

But, be that as it may, at the end of the day, they can dictate whatever terms they like, and it's up to you whether or not you accept them.

fluffnutter

peachyprice wrote: »

Depends really, if you're the mother of a child with nut allergy and ask them if they have a nut free kitchen you'd be pretty pee'd off.

I don't disagree with this, I'm just pointing out that it's not necessarily possible to be nut free, with the best will in the world. Your example was a nut crumb accidentally getting into the kitchen - this could happen in any number of ways, some which are beyond reasonable control.

That's why I think, legally, the restaurant might not be liable for a mistake like this. It depends. If they said a dish they prepared didn't have nuts in it, yet nuts were an integral ingredient, they'd be liable. If one of their dishes were contaminated and the source unidentifiable, then they probably wouldn't be liable. It boils down to whether the cake would constitute identifiable or unidentifiable contamination I guess.

LEJC

krustylouise wrote: »

I never mentioned taking my cake into their kitchen. Merely lighting it in the cafe and cutting it

Dont assume that you would actually be allowed to light a candle either....or indeed use a sharp knife in order to cut the cake into slices....again sadly in the past I have been blighted by red tape that prevented both!!!!!!