Carrying a “chef card” that outlines the foods you must avoid is a great way to communicate your food allergies to a chef or manager at restaurants.

FARE provides an interactive PDF of chef card templates in English and a number of foreign languages to use while traveling or at ethnic food restaurants. 

Feature	FARE
Languages	English Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Dutch French German Italian Japanese Portuguese Spanish Swedish
Allergens	None Added by user online to interactive PDF
Multiple Allergens Y/N	Added by user online to interactive PDF
Reliable Language Translations	Pass: Disclaimer
Images Y/N	No
Phrases	– I have severe food allergies. In order for me to avoid a life-threatening reaction, I must avoid all foods that contain: – Please make sure that my food does not contain any of the ingredients on the front of this card, and that any utensils and equipment used to prepare my meal, as well as prep surfaces, are fully cleaned immediately before using. – THANK YOU for your help.
Do It Yourself (Y/N)	Yes with instructions
Digital PDF Card Emailed (Y/N)	No
Physical Card Printed (Y/N)	No
Cost	Free

1. A provider passed the “Translation Test²” if there were statements that allergens may have different words in different countries and/or translated peanuts in Spanish as “Mani” and “Cacahuetes”
2. Instructions: How to make your Translated Chef Card 

Approach
(Vendors are welcomed to submit corrections and/or data missing)

• Languages/Allergens/Images: When access was easily available, the options that cards were available are listed. In some case access was denied or found difficult to ascertain .
• Reliable translation: If in Spanish the several words for peanuts were available the status was pass.
• Do It Yourself/Digital PDF Card Emailed/Download/Physical Card Sold : If a card could be emailed or generated on line the status was Y
• Price per Card/Shipping: as of January 2025