A former Glenwood Springs waiter and chef has caused an online uproar among the celiac disease community for his Facebook page posting about disregarding requests for gluten-free meals.
Damian Cardone, who worked as a chef at the Sopris Restaurant and Buffalo Valley, and more recently worked as a waiter at Florindo’s, posted the message on his Facebook page March 10.
The message was discovered this week by celiac disease online advocate Shauna Ahern and posted to her Facebook page, “Gluten-Free Girl.” It was picked up by other activist blogs and resulted in hundreds of phone calls to Florindo’s from outraged people across the country.
Cardone left his position at the restaurant March 15, according to Florindo’s owner Florent Gallicchio, and has moved back to the East Coast, according to his former boss Kurt Wigger, who owned the Sopris and Buffalo Valley.
In the March 10 post on Facebook, Cardone wrote, “People who claim to be gluten intolorent dont realize that its all in there disturbed liitle heads. People ask me for gluten free pasta in my restaurant all the time, I tell em sure, Then I serve em our pasta, Which I make from scratch with high gluten flour.” (sic)
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