"Sophie (ex Tobia Restaurant) has set about marketing teff, teff flour and teff products, including teff breakfast cereal. Look out for teff at shops such as Earth Natural foods and Bumble Bee in Brecknock Road..."
Charles Campion Evening Standard August 2009
Teff is a gluten-free grain that can be used as a wheat flour substitute (good for coeliacs, who can get teff on NHS prescription). It can be used to make porridge, bread, cakes and 'teff polenta’. Its arrival here comes courtesy of Sophie Sirak Kebede of Tobia Teff, who ate it in her native Ethiopia. Daily Telegraph Food and Drink August 2009 - Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey
"After finding Tobia Teff on the Freeindex website, I placed an order which I received two days later! Excellent Service! I will be using them again." Steven www.freeindex.co.uk
" Hi, Thank you for your advice, my son loves the "Teffios" so much so that I have to store them in the top cupboard so he can't get to them! It's great to have a gluten free breakfast cereal that tastes so good and my son loves. Thank you......" Susan in Manchester June 2009
"With many people striving to reduce their wheat consumption but still wanting to eat bread and cakes, teff, a gluten free grain, which in flour form can be used as a wheatflour substitute, is available from Tobia Teff. Those suffering from coeliac disease can also now get a prescription for a supply of the grain from the NHS. For more information, to download an NHS form, get recipe ideas or place an order visit......" thefoodielist.co.uk June 2009
"... a flat, spongy, pancake-like bread – is spread over a tray and placed on low, round, wicker tables..... As Sophie Sirak-Kebede, Ex chef at London Ethiopian restaurant"Tobia" explains, it’s a fundamental tenet of Ethiopian philosophy that “those who eat from the same plate will not betray each other”..... Teff is one of the smallest grains in the world, with each grain about the size of a poppy seed. Teff is gluten-free, high in protein and richer in fibre than any other grain, and it’s also an exceptionally good source of calcium, iron and amino acids.
Sudi Pigott bmi Inflight Voyager Magazine www.bmivoyager.com
"Ancient Ethiopian grain teff - a type of grass - offers an impressive nutritional profile and is making its way over to the UK.....Teff provides more fibre and is more nutritious in germ than any other grain. It also packs a high mineral content and boasts 17 times the calcium of whole wheat or barley. It is available in both grain and ground flour and can be used to make porridge, as well as added to baked goods as a wheat flour substitute ....London based teff supplier Tobia Teff says "it is a very versatile grain, as well as being suitable for coeliacs, it could also be used in products for athletes and pregnant women as it has a high iron content." Sarah Britton Food Manufacture Magazine September 2007
"It may be small, but teff is tough....But for such a little feller, teff sure packs a hefty punch, for a start it's gluten free....and its packed with nutrients including iron and high levels of amino acids....Like other Ethiopian restaurants in London, Sophie used to make her enjera using a blend of rye, millet and wheat flour, but she is now the only one using it in the traditional way for enjera. But teff can be used as a substitute for any flour – in pastas, breads, pastries, cakes and puddings. “It does everything that wheat does,” Matthew Lewin. Matthews-Table.com March 2007
"Time For a Teff..... Discover the latest grain to offer an alternative to wheat flour.... despite its size, teff packs a powerful nutritional punch, being iron rich, gluten free, more fibre than any other grain and having 17 times the calcium of whole wheat or barley .... At Tobia restaurant in London, a restaurant specializing in traditional Ethiopian home-cooking, owner Sophie Sirak-Kebede used to make do with blends of rye, millet and wheat, as supplies of teff were too irregular. She has taken matters into her own hands now,however. She's tracked down a good supply of teff flour and is currently (as far as she knows) the only Ethiopian restaurant in London serving teff-only enjera. She's also now selling teff in 1kg and 20kg quantities (£3.50/1kg and £70/20kg)" Hilary Armstrong, Restaurant Magazine. March 2007
"I have just sourced teff flour for a customer from Tobia Teff in North West London NW6. They use it exclusively in their Ethiopian restaurant - well worth a visit for those on a Gluten Free diet. Having spent the day in London, we went for a meal and were impressed by the welcoming atmosphere. Don't expect glamour but good food and value for money." Mary-Anne Barber. Lantern Foods April 2007
"However, for the gooseberry pudding in the recipe section we used another new teff flour - Tobia Teff UK Ltd. - which is imported from Ethiopia for use in the Tobia Restaurant" Foods Matter August 2007
