Get Monday 3rd February in your diaries for a feast to remember! A collaboration of Adrian John Kirikmaa, @BBlockPizza and Claire Mansri from Zest Catering made entirely of surplus food! All proceeds to fight hunger and food waste. Get your tickets and please share: eventbrite.co.uk/e/surplus-supp…

Our first preserving workshop will be on Sunday 19th January at 12 noon, at BJP HQ (BS7) and we’ll be making #MARMALADE! Fancy it (or for more info) DM or email [email protected] Suggested donation of £10 to cover materials.

Update: fully booked! Next date will be announced soon. 🧡🍊👍

Our first seasonal preserves workshop making marmalade is done! Was loads of fun. Thank you so much everyone who came, and the lovely Hart's Bakery for donating some sugar. More dates coming soon. 🍊🧡🍊🧡🍊

Next workshop will be on Saturday 8th February 12-2, in BS7. Marmalade again! Message or email to book a place, or for more info. If you can’t do that date but would like to have a go (for perhaps a private/group/team building session?) contact us to discuss. 🍊

For people asking about how to make marmalade, here’s a good recipe from Delia which is very close to how we do it. A handy little video too. deliaonline.com/recipes/intern… 🍊🧡

We’ll be doing a little preserves stall here @SeedSwapBristol Sunday 9th Feb 12-4at Trinity Centre. Free to attend, great talks by gardeny legends, and a chance to swap oodles of seeds! 🌱🌶🌽🌼🥒🥬🌻🥕🥦🌸

Thanks everyone who came to marmalade workshops yesterday, and thank you @SeedSwapBristol Trinity Bristol for having us today! We have £150 in the kitty to donate to a local charity now. Any ideas folks?

Next preserving workshop on Sunday 8th March. If you were to come along, which would you fancy having a go at next?

Just a CV update: We will be suspending prep sessions, workshops and deliveries until further notice. But if any food banks would like some preserves, and can get someone to pick up from us, please let us know.

We didn’t think we’d be able to continue during the pandemic tbh BUT then fabulous preserving queen Vivien Lloyd came to our rescue with a surprise delivery of homegrown fruit! Thank you so much Vivien, jellying is in progress. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️#spreadthelove #lovefoodhatewaste

All that donated fruit from Vivien Lloyd is now pots & pots of redcurrant jelly, bramble jelly and gooseberry jam! Ready to be donated to local community charities. 🙏💕👏(+we ran out of sugar & jars so have bottled the surplus redcurrant juice to preserve & use as pectin stock.)

Steeped those discarded redcurrants & blackberries from making jellies in Ostlers Cider Mill cider vinegar to make perky fruity vinegars, lovely for summery salads. And elderflower cordial for refreshing summer drinks.😋

Rhubarb chutney made with rhubarb donated by Vivien Lloyd thank you again Vivien! 🌱💕 Not sure when we can start to do markets or workshops etc. again but we can sell direct. Proceeds go to local charities, we donate our time & resources, not for profit.

Whitecurrant jelly made with whitecurrants donated by our lovely allotment neighbour.