Eat the Streets: Food walking tour with Bristol Bites
Join Emily Knight from Bristol Bites on her tour of the best places to eat and drink on North Street. Bristol Bites is an astoundingly in-depth guide to Bristol’s food and drink. Starting as an interesting way to explore her new city, Emily now provides relatable reviews for residents and visitors alike. She’ll show you all there … Continue reading Eat the Streets: Food walking tour with Bristol Bites
How Music Affects Flavour + Glittermouth Live
An interactive flavourful lecture on how music affects flavour, using EEG brain scanners, anti-anxiety tea and the world’s rarest chocolate. Followed by a live performance of Understory’s forthcoming musical chocolate bar ‘Glittermouth’. The chocolate bar comes with an audio story about a musician who tastes melodies, a full E.P and gig poster. The chocolate is … Continue reading How Music Affects Flavour + Glittermouth Live
Better Food Farm Tour
IT IS WITH REGRET THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Grab your wellies; we’re going on a farm road trip! Heading to Chew Moo’s in Dundry, you’ll meet their herd of Guernsey cows, get a behind-the-scenes tour of the milking parlour and hear about their venture into making ice cream. From there we visit … Continue reading Better Food Farm Tour
Spice Workshop and Meal
Would you like to be more confident in how to use spices in your cooking? How to buy, store, temper and use them to make your food more delicious? Using spices is the most important part of preparing Indian food. Their flavours give Indian dishes their distinct character. Understanding how different spices are prepared, and … Continue reading Spice Workshop and Meal
Three Dog Night
The provenance of our food is important to us at Aron’s Deli. And so we’ve partnered with Gloucestershire charcuterie Native Breeds to bring you frankfurters made from 100% Gloucestershire beef, smoked over apple wood, seasoned with garlic and paprika all in natural casings. These are top quality dogs! At Three Dog Night we’re serving hot dogs and fries, … Continue reading Three Dog Night
Get Cooking! Cookery School Drop In @ KWHA
We’re hosting a series of open door cookery sessions at cookery schools across South Bristol that make up the Community Cookery group; come and have a taste of what we do. Community Cookery in South Bristol is an active collective that includes: Knowle West Health Association (KWHA), Square Food Foundation (SFF), Hartcliffe Health, Environment and … Continue reading Get Cooking! Cookery School Drop In @ KWHA
Get Cooking! Cookery School Drop In @ HHEAG
We’re hosting a series of open door cookery sessions at cookery schools across South Bristol that make up the Community Cookery group; come and have a taste of what we do. Community Cookery in South Bristol is an active collective that includes: Knowle West Health Association (KWHA), Square Food Foundation (SFF), Hartcliffe Health, Environment and … Continue reading Get Cooking! Cookery School Drop In @ HHEAG
Can Free Range Milk Offer a Solution to the Dairy Crisis?
A film and talk on the topic of free range milk, brought to you by Free Range Dairy CIC with guests. In the premier airing of this film, witness the joy shown by cows being turned out onto grass after a winter indoors. The current dairy business model focuses on commodity milk production; dairy farmers are … Continue reading Can Free Range Milk Offer a Solution to the Dairy Crisis?
Better Food Tasting Day
Come and join us for a tasting day at Better Food! We believe in good honest products, from fresh bread and chorizo, to ice cream and organic veg, which is why we strive to make local, organic, ethical and fair trade goods more available to all. Some of our products will be available to taste – … Continue reading Better Food Tasting Day
Bingo Wings: Bristol Lingo Bingo!
Bingo Wings is exactly what it says on the tin: Bingo & Chicken Wings. But this isn’t any old bingo - oh no! We’ve created Bristol Lingo Bingo: so, instead of numbers, we’ll be calling out words and phrases that you’ll only hear in Bristol. We’ve got classics sayings that you’ll hear in the city centre like … Continue reading Bingo Wings: Bristol Lingo Bingo!
Urban Food Trail Guided Walk
The Urban Food Trail is an exciting project that has brought food growing to the centre of the city. You will walk the trail of food growing beds from Millenium Square, across the city, and will finish at the new Grow Bristol Aquaponics site, where our new beehive is located. Sara Venn from Incredible Edible … Continue reading Urban Food Trail Guided Walk
Brunch 808: Hip Hop Brunch Club
Foozie’s monthly Hip Hop Brunch Club, Brunch 808, is debuting as part of Bristol Food Connection. Guest will be greeted with a hip hop themed cocktail on arrival (gin ‘n juice, obviously) and enjoy an amazing two course brunch created by Club Haus – all the while listening to some awesome classic hip hop. Then, … Continue reading Brunch 808: Hip Hop Brunch Club
Get Your Pulses Racing!
A fun cook-off with Jenny Chandler and friends to showcase innovative and attractive ways to use Brilliant Beans and other pulses (peas, beans, chickpeas, lentils and the like) as the centrepiece of your main dishes. Professional and heat-winning student chefs will be invited to enter their best recipes, cooked live on stage, for the audience … Continue reading Get Your Pulses Racing!
Kitchen Social Speed Dating
Kitchen social is a speed dating cookery class. 10 guys, 10 girls, 10 cooking stations, 1 recipe. Meet, cook, eat, drink and enjoy a night of speed dating like no other. It’s wonderfully chaotic in the kitchen of love and an excellent way to relax and meet other singles with a common love of food, … Continue reading Kitchen Social Speed Dating
Food Stories
Food Stories is a chance to eat delicious food, enjoy a convivial atmosphere, and hear some amazing tales. Imagine a delicious plate of honest French food, accompanied by incredible stories, told by people like you. It sounds like a beautiful evening with friends and that’s exactly what it is. Tell It Like bring you true … Continue reading Food Stories
Growing the Growers - Communication and Wellbeing on the Land
Getting together with others to grow food and manage land? Want ideas on how to keep your relationships healthy when the going gets tough? This session is for you. How do four twenty-somethings fare when they quit the city to go off and start a market garden business in remotest Gloucestershire? Personal relationships can be a … Continue reading Growing the Growers - Communication and Wellbeing on the Land
Seasonal Feast at Flow
The team at Flow have been one of Bristol’s most visible vegetarian presences. From their central location, they focus on providing the very best seasonal ingredients. For Bristol Food Connections, Flow will be further sharpening their focus on local, sustainable food with a special one off tasting menu. At the centre of the feast will … Continue reading Seasonal Feast at Flow
Radio Americana
Radio Americana is a night as American as apple pie! Brought to you by In The Dark radio collective and Plead The 5th Bar & Restaurant, Radio Americana combines the best of down-home good ol’ fashioned US cuisine and a lot of tall-tale telling . In The Dark are bringing the audio; they have carefully curated … Continue reading Radio Americana
Golden Hill Community Garden Spring Fair
Come to our ever popular spring fair in our lovely community garden! We’ll have LOADS of lovely veg and flower seedlings for sale as well as willow weaving, free kids’ activities, pond dipping, live music, pizza from the clay frog and more delicious tea and cakes than you can shake a stick at! Free event … Continue reading Golden Hill Community Garden Spring Fair
Spike Island Open Studios
Experience delicacies cooked up by some of Bristol’s best street food traders and Spike Island Café throughout this Open Studios weekend, and discover how the Spike Island building (a former tea packing factory) is now home to hundreds of artists, designers and creative businesses. Explore stairwell installations of light and sound, a makeshift cinema, family-friendly … Continue reading Spike Island Open Studios
Spike Island Open Studios and party
Experience delicacies cooked up by some of Bristol’s best street food traders and Spike Island Café throughout this Open Studios weekend, and discover how the Spike Island building (a former tea packing factory) is now home to hundreds of artists, designers and creative businesses. Explore stairwell installations of light and sound, a makeshift cinema, family-friendly … Continue reading Spike Island Open Studios and party
Sherry Club - Cocktail Special with Enotria & Coe
Intrigued by Sherry but not quite ready to take the plunge 100%? Our next Sherry Club is the perfect way to break yourself in gently! Hosted with Enotria & Coe we’ll be celebrating several Sherry styles by mixing them into three mouthwatering cocktails - an ideal way of getting to know Sherry and a great … Continue reading Sherry Club - Cocktail Special with Enotria & Coe
Art for Africa
Art for Africa has become an annual Bristol event run by the charity Temwa, it’s a little auction with a difference. Taking place at the Attic Bar on May 7th, the auction will feature work by renowned artists such as Toaster, Dicy, Paris, 3DOM, Paul McGowan, James Starr and Andy Council. There will be over 70 … Continue reading Art for Africa
Home
Home is for us to consider and celebrate what nourishes us and feeds our soil and soul. Lucy Portman will be exhibiting paintings that are inspired by working on the land within the city, primarily at Feed Bristol. On the Sunday there will be a BBQ at the venue between 12:00pm and 3:00pm with organic … Continue reading Home
Eat Your Words - Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi
Eat Your Words Bristol celebrates the cookbook and the act of eating together. Join us to discuss and eat Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi. Bright, fresh and exciting recipes originally published in his weekly New Vegetarian newspaper column. Taking place at Flow Bristol; a taster of vibrant dishes from the very pages being discussed, will be … Continue reading Eat Your Words - Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi
The Cauldron Restaurant Open Night
The brand new Cauldron Restaurant, in the heart of St Werburghs, is opening its door to the Food Connections Festival. The open evening will be designed to showcase the fantastic suppliers and produce available in St Werburghs. Their unique kitchen is fuelled predominantly by charcoal burning in an open pit and Victorian cast iron stove, … Continue reading The Cauldron Restaurant Open Night
The Hand that Feeds
Who grows and produces the food you eat? The Hand That Feeds is a photography exhibition in two locations (Source Food Hall and Cafe, and Poco) that serve and sell locally sourced food. It features a series of portrait photographs of the farmers and makers who grow, raise and produce this food, and connects you … Continue reading The Hand that Feeds
Brandon Hill Foraging Walk
Foraging changes our relationship with the world. We learn to slow down, becoming intimately connected with our surroundings. Looking for clues, our senses sharpened we become ever more present. On our walk you will discover numerous edible wild plants in season now. For some this will be an introduction to a green space they’d not … Continue reading Brandon Hill Foraging Walk
Sea Mills Suburban Supper Club
An evening of gourmet food. There will be four courses of fabulous food, and excellent local coffee. The Sea Mills Suburban Supper Club celebrates what can be done with the participation and help of a supportive neighbourhood community. We hope to inspire and envision people to think about what can be achieved in suburban communities. We’ll also be showcasing the … Continue reading Sea Mills Suburban Supper Club
Morrison’s Family Cook Off
Morrison’s Hartcliffe, Children’s University and City of Bristol College have teamed up to organise a family Cook Off with two of Bristol’s top chefs. The event will be also supported by The Children’s University, where children will be able to take part in food activities and have their passports stamped. Bristol heroes Freddie Bird of The … Continue reading Morrison’s Family Cook Off
A Market Meander
St. Philip’s wholesale fruit, veg and flower market - walk through its past, present and future! Join a 40 minute riverside stroll from Temple Meads or meet at St. Philips Market on Albert Crescent at the Shiny Diner Café at 11am. Free parking available at the Market if you choose not to walk. Be sure … Continue reading A Market Meander
Wine Fair - The West Comes to Town!
The West Country is rising! Not with Pitchfork or Prayer Book, but with grape vines and internationally acclaimed wines. The time has come to beat the drum for South West wine producers. Vineyards have existed here since ancient times, and tend to be small, family-run and quality-driven . Meet the growers and vintners and taste … Continue reading Wine Fair - The West Comes to Town!
East Bristol Brewery Trail
Five of Bristol’s best breweries are rolling up the shutters for the bank holiday weekend - a perfect time to get a look at the inner workings of Bristol’s burgeoning microbrewery scene! With Bristol’s brewing scene on the up, all five of these exceptional breweries are located just a short walk from each other. It is … Continue reading East Bristol Brewery Trail
The Noise
Come along to The Noise - a fun filled family afternoon at Brentry School. As well as bouncy castles and inflatable games, face painting, a craft zone, a café area, and an all afternoon roadshow there will be FREE food for all. The members of Branch Community Church will be cooking up fresh, healthy food and … Continue reading The Noise
Tastes in the Wild
Come foraging and explore natural foods that can be sourced locally, plus learn how to light, manage and cook on a woodland fire. You will get a better understanding of edible (and inedible) local plants, helping you build an appreciation of nature’s larder. Foraging explores many important issues of sustainability. Attendees will consider the conservation of species … Continue reading Tastes in the Wild
Where Venison Comes from
Meet Ashton Court’s rangers for an informative talk in the deer park to learn how they humanely and organically manage herds at Ashton Court and produce venison in the process. There are two deer parks in the Estate; one park for Red deer, the other, on the estate’s Western side, for the more timid Fallow … Continue reading Where Venison Comes from
Bristol Drugs Project Indian Celebration Lunch
Bristol Drug’s Project Indian Style Celebration Lunch Enjoy an Indian style lunch prepared and cooked by BDP students at The Community Kitchen in Hamilton House, Stokes Croft. In collaboration with City of Bristol College and The Community Kitchen. All proceeds will go towards funding the project, which has been running for 2 years. It provides … Continue reading Bristol Drugs Project Indian Celebration Lunch
Backwell Banquets: A taste of Sri Lanka
Come and join us for a taste of Sri Lanka at Bristol’s hippest new venue; Backwell House. Chef Jon Lewin will be wowing diners with dishes from his latest book “The Locals Cookbook”. Prepare to have your taste buds tantalised and let Jon take you on a journey around the beautiful island of Sri Lanka! … Continue reading Backwell Banquets: A taste of Sri Lanka
Real Economy Cooking Workshop: sweet snacks without sugar
The Avonmouthful Real Food Club and Cook Eat and Travel invite you to try making delicious snacks without using sugar! You can improve your confidence in cooking at home, and get an essential repertoire of skills that can be applied to a variety of pastry recipes. You’ll learn to enhance the flavour of ingredients while … Continue reading Real Economy Cooking Workshop: sweet snacks without sugar
Tropical Coffee Rave
The Tropical Coffee Rave is back! Welcome your day with a coffee-fueled-knees-up to the sun-soaked sounds of the Caribbean. What started as a one-off during Bristol Food Connections Festival last year is becoming a much anticipated quarterly fix for Bristolians who know a thing or two about good coffee and fun at sunrise. The rave … Continue reading Tropical Coffee Rave
Going for Gold? Bristol’s Good Food Conference 2016
Join us to celebrate Bristol’s recent Sustainable Food City Award at ‘Silver’ level and to explore how we can now ‘Go for Gold’. We invite businesses, organisations and activists from across the city who are already doing amazing work around food, and those who want to be doing more, to look at how we can … Continue reading Going for Gold? Bristol’s Good Food Conference 2016
The Milking Parlour
The Milking Parlour exhibition will be running from Thursday 21st April until Monday 25th April. 26,500 dairy farms existed in the UK in 2001; by 2011 there were 14,700. In 1950 there were no less than 196,000 dairy farms, which means that over the past 60 years, 92.5 per cent of them have disappeared. More … Continue reading The Milking Parlour
Global Dip & Dough
Global Dip & Dough will be taking 340 children from Glenfrome Primary School on a taste trip around the world. Travelling Kitchen, together with two Year 5 classes, will make a range of delicious flatbreads and dips and relishes using recipes collected from and representing the school community. The young cooks will then present a … Continue reading Global Dip & Dough
Extract Cinema Club: Pulp Fiction
Back for round three, the Extract Cinema Club is teaming up with Bristol Food Connections to bring you another evening of popcorn, cocktails and a cult cinematic classic. Inspired by our collaboration, our film choice this time is all about food. With almost every scene centred around eating or drinking, and an undeniable favourite with so … Continue reading Extract Cinema Club: Pulp Fiction
Apocalypso
New Dawn Traders invite you aboard the good ship Apocalypso as she tempts you on her voyage to the end of the world! She’s got tropical tunes whistling through her sails, and she’s filled to the gunnels with with rare and deliciously-spirited cocktails. Let her infectious good-vibes carry you away! Featuring performances from crate-digging legend and Strut … Continue reading Apocalypso
Farm Feast
A unique chance to feast on some of the farms best produce and experience a unique connection to your food. Starting with a glass of fizz, a tour of the gardens, and some delicious small plate starters, before our celebratory main event – ‘wood-fire roasted ethical goat’ which will be followed by delicious desserts – … Continue reading Farm Feast
Glos Rd Central Mayfest
Join this traditional street festival when Gloucester Road shops, community groups, cafes & restaurants spill out onto the wide pavements with art, craft, games, music & loads of tasty, locally created food and drink. Avon Wildlife Trust are launching the specially created My Wild Business pavement planters full of edible and pollinator friendly flowers. Enjoy … Continue reading Glos Rd Central Mayfest
Growing Power: Whose Food?
From pesticides to patented seeds, the global food system is dominated by corporate interests creating huge profits for a handful of corporations at the expense of our health and our environment. With free food, films and speakers, this event explores the role of corporations in shaping our food system, and how just a handful control every aspect of what … Continue reading Growing Power: Whose Food?
Wai Yee Hong dumpling workshop
Attendees of the Wai Hee Yong dumpling workshop should expect a fun, relaxed session where they will learn how to fold jiaozi and wontons, and get to taste some cooked potstickers and wonton soup. You will get to take away your own dumplings and wontons to cook at home, along with a goody bag with … Continue reading Wai Yee Hong dumpling workshop
Dig and Dine with Fresh Range
Dig and Dine would like to invite you to come along for an enjoyable morning of getting your hands dirty. You’ll sow seeds, learn about fruits and vegetables, and the art of cooking great food. Held at St Werburgh’s beautiful Boiling Wells site, with gardener Darren McLane and chef Glyn Owen - two people bonkers about growing and cooking! … Continue reading Dig and Dine with Fresh Range
Masterclass - a beginner’s guide to wine
This masterclass event will take you through the wine tasting processes, showing you how to avoid the pitfalls of spillage from swirling taking you through how to taste, evaluate and appreciate both white and red wines. Bread, cheese and pate will be provided so that attendees can try wine matching, and leave with a sense of … Continue reading Masterclass - a beginner’s guide to wine
Healthy Eating Cooking Club - Breaking bread
A healthy eating workshop where families come together and cook as a team, preparing a three course meal. This will be shared by the entire group at the end of the session, as we break bread together! Giving people the chance to use ingredients that they haven’t used before, and to follow recipes and cooking … Continue reading Healthy Eating Cooking Club - Breaking bread
Mageiros’ Feast - from Iran to Sudan
Working with wonderful Sudanese and Iranian-born home cooks, Mageiros brings you a mouth-watering, vegetarian, family-friendly and alcohol-free feast. We will be serenading you with sounds from Sudan and if you want to be part of it just bring your instrument! This isn’t restaurant food, this is real food! The Mageiros project uses food to help people … Continue reading Mageiros’ Feast - from Iran to Sudan
It’s a Bristol Ting!
‘IT’S A BRISTOL TING’… celebrates the diversity and culture of Bristol, a city born from cultural exchange of ideas, insight and inspiration. The influences of Caribbean culture are deep rooted in most things Lakota; the sound systems that power our parties, the rum that gets drunk and the juicy jerk chicken. Recipes get handed down … Continue reading It’s a Bristol Ting!
Blaise Estate Foraging Walk
Foraging changes our relationship with the world. We learn to slow down, becoming intimately connected with our surroundings. Looking for clues, our senses sharpened we become ever more present. On our walk you will discover numerous edible wild plants in season now. You will learn to identify and pick the delicacies that present themselves. For … Continue reading Blaise Estate Foraging Walk
Food, Glorious Food
Food, Glorious Food! With six courses on offer, no one will be uttering the dreaded phrase “Please sir, I want some more.” The Bellyful menu is designed around the lyrics to ‘Food, Glorious Food’, and will be followed by a screening of the Carol Reed’s glorious Oliver! So please, consider yourself one of the family and join us … Continue reading Food, Glorious Food
Foraging for food, dyes and medicines with Flora Arbuthnott
Come for a foraging walk around Bristol, learning what natural food, dyes and medicines we can find growing around us. From cracks in the pavement, to hedgerows, wild edges of paths, and river sides, discover the abundance around the city. This will give you a fresh way of reading the landscape and new insight in … Continue reading Foraging for food, dyes and medicines with Flora Arbuthnott
Language which Nourishes: Words which Feed under Pain and Pressure
This event takes a very different look at the topics of nourishment, food and alienation. In an infusion of performance poetry and discussion with the audience, the co-creators Alison Phipps, poet Tawona Sithole (University of Glasgow and Glasgow Refugee, Asylum and Migration Network) and Jane Andrews (UWE) explore the themes of suffering and hope and … Continue reading Language which Nourishes: Words which Feed under Pain and Pressure
Hotpot Supper Club
Hotpot supper club. Chinese style communal hot pot, cooked on the table by you! Hotpot is a fun way of eating and is popular all over Asia. Known as ‘huoguo’ in Mandarin, hotpot is a 1,000-year-old cooking method. Choose from a fantastic selection of delicious meats, seafood, vegetables and noodles. Guests will then cook the ingredients at … Continue reading Hotpot Supper Club
Get Cooking! Cookery School Drop In @ Square Food
We’re hosting a series of open door cookery sessions at cookery schools across South Bristol that make up the Community Cookery group; come and have a taste of what we do. Community Cookery in South Bristol is an active collective that includes: Knowle West Health Association (KWHA), Square Food Foundation (SFF), Hartcliffe Health, Environment and … Continue reading Get Cooking! Cookery School Drop In @ Square Food
Get Cooking! Cookery School Drop In @ the Knowle West Health Park
We’re hosting a series of open door cookery sessions at cookery schools across South Bristol that make up the Community Cookery group; come and have a taste of what we do. Community Cookery in South Bristol is an active collective that includes: Knowle West Health Association (KWHA), Square Food Foundation (SFF), Hartcliffe Health, Environment and … Continue reading Get Cooking! Cookery School Drop In @ the Knowle West Health Park
Edible Gardening for Beginners
Learn how to grow your own vegetables and herbs in these practical sessions run by our Gardens Manager, Susan Barker. These hands on sessions are set in the farm’s beautiful gardens, and will give you the confidence to get growing your own food at home. £32 per person for the course, which runs for three … Continue reading Edible Gardening for Beginners
Eat Well. Live Well.
Come and learn how to create delicious, healthy food in our Penny Brohn demonstration kitchen. We can tell you about the health benefits of a range of different foods and show you how to create great tasting dishes that don’t cost the earth. We have been working with people with cancer for over 35 years … Continue reading Eat Well. Live Well.
Cider BBQ
A rare chance to visit Bristol Cider Shop’s secret garden for a cider garden party! Join us for an afternoon of cider, sausages and music on Christmas Steps. Veggie options available. Free entry (but you’ll need to get here early if you want a seat!) We are a specialist cider (and perry) shop based … Continue reading Cider BBQ
Community Farmer Day
This is a one-day event with volunteers coming to help in the fields. People of all ages are welcome. In the morning Earthwise be running additional activities for families with young children (under-fives but older siblings welcome) where they’ll get hands-on with sensory activities, harvesting, planting and examining bugs around the farm. We plan to give … Continue reading Community Farmer Day
Bristol Eats Night Market @ the Tobacco Factory
Bristol Eats returns to the iconic Tobacco Factory for the first in a series of Street Food Events in the Tobacco Factory courtyard. We showcase some of the best of Bristol’s street food vendors, small independent businesses alongside music and kids activities. Free event. BEATS is a true Bristol based street-food collective, created by … Continue reading Bristol Eats Night Market @ the Tobacco Factory
Avonmouthful Real Food Club - Dot to Dot Activity & Tasters
Come and make a giant Real Economy dot to dot exploring our part in the food system. Enjoy free tasters from our producers. Plus the clubs weekly pre-ordering of food direct from producers and pick up point. With a cuppa we encourage each other to discover new tastes and recipes. We support each other to … Continue reading Avonmouthful Real Food Club - Dot to Dot Activity & Tasters
Dig in Day
Get growing for a special Dig in Day to celebrate Food Connections! The Millennium Square Community Garden began in 2014 when At-Bristol Science Centre joined forces with Incredible Edible Bristol and Almondsbury Garden Centre to plant fresh fruit, herbs and veg in the planters outside At-Bristol. Come and join us with some digging, planting, weeding … Continue reading Dig in Day
Havana Club Rum Takeover
In partnership with Havana Club, The Milk Thistle will be hosting a very special one off Rum Club especially for Food Connections! We’ll be showcasing Havana’s Seleccion de Maestros; a fabulous drop which is one of our personal favourites. Guests will be treated to an immersive evening of expertly mixed Havana cocktails, nibbles and even some … Continue reading Havana Club Rum Takeover
Breakfast in Bedminster
Roll out of bed and head down to Bedminster in your pyjamas as part of Food Connections, with Bristol invited to taste the day away with breakfast from 20 different cultures and countries. The diverse produce spans from across sustainable South West sources, special offers and pop-up events all to be enjoyed in one beloved … Continue reading Breakfast in Bedminster
Caribbean Feast with Blu Fire Smoke ‘n Grill
Caribbean Feast at The Arc Cafe The Arc Café (ARA), Blu Fire SMOKE ‘n’ GRILL and City of Bristol College are cooking up a Caribbean Feast for a 2 course lunch. The event will celebrate and promote Caribbean Cookery which plays a big part in Bristol’s Food Heritage. Come and feast on authentic Caribbean dishes … Continue reading Caribbean Feast with Blu Fire Smoke ‘n Grill
Durty Gurties Dining Room
A dining experience for everyone. This four-day long pop-up is going underground to feed you locally sourced food and drink. No matter what you can or can’t eat – Durty Gurties has a menu to excite the tastebuds and please the environmentally conscious. Join us at a historic, beautiful venue in the heart of the … Continue reading Durty Gurties Dining Room
Spring Kitchen
Join us in At-Bristol’s seasonal science kitchen as we whip up some scrumptious Spring surprises! Take part in cook-alongs, create seasonal specials and taste the delicious end results. Discover the secret of melt-in-the-mouth chocolate, plus take part in an egg dissection are we take a closer look at this versatile ingredient! Included with a general … Continue reading Spring Kitchen
Growing with Nature
Feed Bristol is Avon Wildlife Trusts’ 6 acre community food growing and wildlife gardening education hub. Come and explore this inspiring project where we champion conservation and ecology in a food growing setting. We work with the community to demonstrate the value of nature by supporting individual’s well-being. We are hosting the event in partnership … Continue reading Growing with Nature
St Stephen’s Reconnecting
An opportunity to take a tour up Saint Stephen’s historic tower, admire the views and find out about the significance of the church’s history serving the seafaring community of Bristol harbour. Also enjoy a menu of international food reflecting their travels to distant shores. Tower tours will need to be booked in advance by emailing … Continue reading St Stephen’s Reconnecting
Great Brandon Bake Off
A chance for Brandon Trust catering trainees, who have learning disabilities, to test their baking skills. They will source their own recipes and ingredients and, under supervision, bake their delights. The entries will be judged in-house in the 4 Brandon Cafes. The winners will then be put forward for sale during the Food Connections festival … Continue reading Great Brandon Bake Off
Kitchen on Prescription Pop-Up
All those visiting Wellspring Healthy Living Centre on the morning of 4 May will be encouraged to think about healthy eating by being able to taste the results of a pop-up kitchen in the lobby area of Wellspring Healthy Living Centre where we will be demonstrating simple recipes with reduced sugar and ingredients that support … Continue reading Kitchen on Prescription Pop-Up
Hindu Temple
The Hindu temple is a place of worship and also a place of gathering for Bristol’s Hindu community. Hinduism is based on care, love and sharing and food is a key part of life for Hindus. Food is seen as nutrition, health and a gift from God, as all food is blessed and offered to … Continue reading Hindu Temple
91 Ways to Build a Global City Festival
91 Ways to Build a Global City is partnering up with the iconic Malcolm X Centre for a truly unique festival. There are 91 languages spoken in Bristol, and 91 ways to Build A Global City are bringing together people from communities across Bristol to celebrate the diversity of our city. There will be food … Continue reading 91 Ways to Build a Global City Festival
Eat the Streets: Food walking tour with A Life Less Organised
Join Shonette Laffy, from A Life Less Organised, on her tour around her favourite Easton haunts. Shonette has been giving us witty and informative updates on Bristol’s restaurants and nightlife through her site, as well as contributing to local favourites Saucy Pans and Simple Lampoon. Tour goers will be treated to a variety of foods from … Continue reading Eat the Streets: Food walking tour with A Life Less Organised
Future Foods Dinner - Ideas for Sustainable Eating
Many people try to shop in an environmentally friendly way, but advice often seems contradictory and the whole picture seems deeply confusing. What might a sustainable diet (and sustainable farming) look like in future Britain? It is a question we at Birch have pondered often, and now for Food Connections we have contacted farmers, academics, … Continue reading Future Foods Dinner - Ideas for Sustainable Eating
The Great British Asparagus Feast
A six-course British asparagus feasting menu from three top Bristol chefs, with a drinks flight from Guardian writer Fiona Beckett. This will be a once in a lifetime, sumptuous six-course celebration of the short but oh so sweet British asparagus season! There is a stellar line-up of chefs, meaning you can eat at three of Bristol’s top restaurants in one magical … Continue reading The Great British Asparagus Feast
Moor Beer & Spicery Pop-Up
In this 5 course spice-extravaganza from The Spicery and Moor Beer: Spicery development chefs Alice and Matt will be serving up 5 courses of food from around the world - from Goa to Mexico, North Africa to South-East Asia. Each course will be accompanied by a glass of beer matched to that dish by the … Continue reading Moor Beer & Spicery Pop-Up
Mezze Lunch at The Spicery Open Day
Come and have lunch with us at the Spicery! Enjoy an incredible spread of Mezze Dishes with some of our own favourite and highlights from our friends and Refugee Action. Za’tar flatbreads Fattoush salad Hunkar Begendi Nigella and chilli pickles Turkish sweet pastries Iranian potato Dopiazeh and much more! Includes non-alcoholic drinks, a guided tour … Continue reading Mezze Lunch at The Spicery Open Day