{"id":312709,"date":"2025-12-12T20:52:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T20:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/312709\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T20:52:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T20:52:07","slug":"pinknikbox-gluten-free-cafe-opens-in-north-walsham-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/312709\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinknikbox gluten-free caf\u00e9 opens in North Walsham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Piknikbox launched in Vicarage Street, North Walsham, on Friday morning.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Customers will be able to come in and get comfortable while tucking into sandwiches, sausage rolls and homemade cakes &#8211; all of which will be completely gluten-free.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Piknikbox is run by Helen Taylor (Image: Sonya Duncan)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>It can be found in Vicarage Street (Image: Sonya Duncan)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Everything is totally gluten-free (Image: Sonya Duncan)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Owner and founder Helen Taylor is gluten intolerant herself and said she has to be &#8220;very careful&#8221; when she is eating out.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;A lot of the time, when you go somewhere and tell them you are gluten-free, they will say &#8216;you can have chips&#8217;,&#8221; she said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Some places have even offered me a banana, which is just silly!&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>It serves a range of sandwiches, cakes and sausage rolls (Image: Sonya Duncan)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Ms Taylor runs a catering unit at Beeston Regis Holiday Park and said she had a lot of calls for gluten-free items, which inspired her to go all in.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She has always dreamed of opening a caf\u00e9, so she has put a lot of care into designing the space.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>It is decorated with antiques (Image: Sonya Duncan)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I wanted something that looked a bit boujee &#8211; I love antiques so I have them everywhere, and we have some lovely vintage crockery.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;There&#8217;s also a 1950s-inspired area.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>There is a variety of vintage crockery inside (Image: Sonya Duncan)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Ms Taylor added she is especially happy to have opened in North Walsham.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I am an Aylsham girl originally, but I have lived in Meeting Hill, about a mile from North Walsham, for 11 years,&#8221; she explained.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;North Walsham is our nearest town and I love popping in &#8211; I love looking at all the old, quirky, listed buildings.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Piknikbox launched in Vicarage Street, North Walsham, on Friday morning. Customers will be able to come in and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[102,6636,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-312709","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-nutrition","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}