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Poll: Have you ever told a restaurant you have a food allergy when you don't?

Give it to us straight. Be honest.

A CHEF IN Australia has vented his frustration at people who come to his restaurant and claim to suffer from allergies when they actually don’t.

Picky eaters, dieters and food snobs – there are lots of different reasons why people do it.

But have you ever done it? Have you ever told a waiter in a restaurant that you have a food allergy when you don’t?

Poll Results:

No, never (8699)

Yes, I've done it (980)

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