A FIFE woman and her husband have taken the leap to open up a completely gluten-free coffee shop in Dunfermline. 

Inspired by her love of coffee and her husband, Nathan, who struggles with Coeliac Disease, Jiordia Wragg - who had planned to pursue a law career and open a coffee shop in later life - said: 'Why wait?'

She told the Press: "I always wanted to open a coffee shop, that’s why I went on studying. The original plan was to finish law, get money from working as a solicitor and then open my own business.  

"It was meant to be an early retirement project for me and my husband but it just happened. We may as well just do it, there’s no point waiting."

Originally, Jiordia planned to offer gluten-containing options too but after seeing the overwhelmingly positive feedback she received for opening a gluten-free cafe, instead she will be making non-gluten-containing traybakes, cakes, pastries, toasties, bagels, sandwiches and salads.

Vegan options will also be available but will be bought in. 

An extensive coffee menu will also be available and Jiordia is sourcing everything as locally as possible. 

She continued: "My husband is coeliac, he was diagnosed when he was ten-months-old. Originally I was actually going to sell normal bread, that’s what I said 99 per cent of the time.

"I was going to get everything separate; a separate panini press and everything. I was planning to buy in cakes that have wheat, but with the feedback that I've gotten so far on Facebook, it made it easier to decide that we’re not having any wheat at all, we’re going to be completely gluten-free. 

"It was kind of overwhelming when I was looking at the feedback I was getting. The majority of the time, people were just really positive and happy about it.

"People are so positive that there's going to be a gluten-free cafe, that they’re going to be able to come in and they know it’s going to be safe."

On top of that, she is sourcing all of her ingredients and products as locally as possible. 

"I’m getting my bread locally sourced," she said.

"I’m getting my coffee locally sourced, I’m getting as much as I can locally so I’m supporting local businesses around me as well." 

Named after one of their favourite places in Barcelona, Plaza Real, the store's name is coincidentally a nod to her maiden name, Real.

She continued: "Plaza Real is based on a place in Barcelona that I like but also it was my maiden name, there’s a massive history of it in the Philippines.  

"[My family] were really happy about it, they’re really supportive."

Jiordia is encouraging everyone to come along and enjoy her food, whether they're gluten-free or not. 

She added: "You just have to try it, you won’t notice a difference and if you did you would think it’s much nicer!"

The cafe on Douglas Street will open later this month with a soft opening for food only as she waits for her coffee machine to be delivered. Both sit-in and takeaway options will be available.

Keep up to date on the opening of the shop through their Facebook page, and once open, head along and try their gluten-free goodies.