Some are organised by or in support of the Real Bread Campaign, others are simply ones with a bready bent.
The majority of events listed on this calendar are run by organisations other than the Real Bread Campaign. The wording for each entry has been supplied by the organisers. An event appearing on this list is for infomation only and does not represent an endorsement.
To find out more about an event, please contact its organisers. Before heading off to an event we recommend that you check details (such as times and whether or not fess apply) with its organisers.
Far too much thoughtfully and lovingly produced delicious food is served up in pappy baps, buns, baguettes and white slices mass-produced at the other end of a motorway somewhere by who knows, using who knows what - it's like presenting the Mona Lisa in a frame from a pound shop.
We urge producers, stallholders and other caterers to serve their fantastic food in Real Bread (i.e. addtive-free) from a local, independent bakery.
Whether it’s a stand-alone event or part of something wider, a Real Bread activity is a great way to bring people together. After all, the word companion comes from cum panis - Latin for ‘with bread’.
| Tue
1 | |
Wed
2 | |
Thu
3 | |
Fri
4 | |
Sat
5 | |
Sun
6 | Somerset and Devon Members Shared Lunch and Loaf Swap - Come and meet fellow Real Bread Campaign members over a shared lunch and loaf swap at this beautiful working watermill. Free event 12 noon-2pm. Location: Clyston Mill, Broadclyst, nr Exeter Contact: 01823 672301 Katie Venner katie@tracebridgesourdough.co.uk Organisers: Katie Venner of Tracebridge Sourdough and Emma Parkin of Emma's Bread |
Mon
7 | Real Bread Maker Week 7-13 May - Real Bread Maker Week is time to give some love to the Real Bread maker:
On your high street
In your kitchen cupboard
At the ends of your sleeves
This is the only national week exclusively dedicated to celebrating artificial-additive-free loaves and the local bakers who make 'em!
Click on other dates this week for events.
Find special offers and more details about the week at http://bit.ly/9Sa3R0
Please add the details of your own event to this calendar using the 'add your event' link above. Location: Nationwide Contact: Chris Young realbread@sustainweb.org Organisers: Real Bread Campaign Website: http://www.sustainweb.org/realbread/national_real_breadmaker_week/ Brixton Windmill May Day Recycling Parade and Festival - Brixton Windmill opens for the summer season on Easter weekend. On 7 May 7 (bank holiday Monday) we are holding a parade from Brixton to our festival in Windmill Gardens. The theme is recycling.
If you or your group want to design a poster, take a stall at the festival, decorate a float, create a dragonfly or bug to decorate the railings of the park, or make a fantastic costume out of recycled materials, you are welcome to do so.
We hope May Day 2012 will be a great day for Brixton Windmill and a great day for Brixton.
Come along and join the fun in Windmill Gardens on Monday 7 May! Location: Windmill Gardens, Off Blenheim Gardens, London SW2 5EU Contact: festival@brixtonwindmill.org.uk Organisers: Friends of Windmill Gardens Website: http://brixtonwindmill.org/ |
Tue
8 | Real Bread Kits for Real Bread Maker Week - 6 days of selling Real Bread kits (just add water and time) from our Bakery to help you make Real Bread at home. Duration: 6 days Location: The Bakers' Table, Talgarth Mill, The Square, Talgarth, Powys, Wales, LD3 0BW Contact: Stephanie Durning 01874 711125 bakers.table@yahoo.co.uk Organisers: The Bakers' Table @Talgarth Mill Website: http://www.talgarthmill.com/bakery Festival & Street-Food Sustainability Workshop - A half-day workshop for festival and street-food caterers looking to learn more about building sustainable food
principles into their dishes. Cost: £15, or £10 for London Food Link and SRA members, and Food Legacy pledge signatories Location: New Covent Garden Market, London Contact: melissa@sustainweb.org or kelly@sustainweb.org/020 7837 1228 Organisers: Ethical Eats & Food Legacy Website: http://www.sustainweb.org/ethicaleats/events/#1 |
Wed
9 | Artisan Bread Making - In this class you will get to use heritage flours from local producers: spelt, Kamut, barleycorn; which you will use to make pittas, flatbread and a seeded plait. You will also learn about enriched dough and make brioche.
This is a hands-on session, finishing with a light meal and you will leave with a bag full of the products you have made, as well as the knowledge, skills and confidence to fit bread making into your busy lifestyle.
10.00am to 1.00pm Location: 8 White Horse Business Centre, Devizes, SN10 2HJ. Contact: Margaret Bryant: margaret@vaughanskitchen.co.uk (01380 530203) Organisers: Vaughan's Kitchen Ltd Website: http://www.vaughanskitchen.co.uk Free Real Bread taster session - FULLY BOOKED! - Sorry - FULLY BOOKED
A free Real Bread taster sessions at the award-winning Manna from Devon Cooking School in beautiful South Devon. We'll be working with a variety of doughs and discussing mixing, kneading, proving and baking to get the perfect loaf. Then we'll be eating them for lunch!
Starting at 11am and running through til 2pm, places are strictly limited so please email us to reserve yours or to find out more about our regular Real Bread classes held at the school Location: Manna from Devon Cooking School, Kingswear, TQ6 0DE Contact: Holly and David info@mannafromdevon.com Organisers: Manna from Devon Cooking School Website: http://www.mannafromdevon.com |
Thu
10 | Artisan Bread Making - In this class you will get to use heritage flours from local producers: spelt, kamut, barleycorn; which you will use to make pittas, flatbread and a seeded plait. You will also learn about enriched dough and make brioche.
This is a hands-on session, finishing with a light meal and you will leave with a bag full of the products you have made, as well as the knowledge, skills and confidence to fit bread making into your busy lifestyle.
6.30pm to 9.30pm Location: White Horse Business Centre, Hopton Industrial Est, Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 2HJ Contact: Margaret Bryant margaret@vaughanskitchen.co.uk (01380 530203) Organisers: Vaughan's Kitchen Limited Website: www.vaughanskitchen.co.uk Free Real Bread taster session - FULLY BOOKED! - Sorry - FULLY BOOKED
A free Real Bread taster sessions at the award-winning Manna from Devon Cooking School in beautiful South Devon. We'll be working with a variety of doughs and discussing mixing, kneading, proving and baking to get the perfect loaf. Then we'll be eating them for lunch!
Starting at 11am and running through til 2pm, places are strictly limited so please email us to reserve yours or to find out more about our regular Real Bread classes held at the school Location: Manna from Devon Cooking School, Kingswear, TQ6 0DE Contact: Holly and David info@mannafromdevon.com Organisers: Manna from Devon Cooking School Website: http://www.mannafromdevon.com |
Fri
11 | Real Bread Baking - In celebration of Real Bread Baking Week join this class to experience the joy of bread making. Knead, pummel and stretch your way to perfect bread. Learn to make a basic white loaf, a focaccia, granary bread, cinnamon rolls and a traditional Sabbath bread. You will leave the class with a bag of dough to bake at home. Location: 15b Little Portland Street, London W1W 8BW Contact: 0207 631 4590 / info@cookeryschool.co.uk Organisers: Cookery School Little Portland Street Website: www.cookeryschool.co.uk Advanced Bread Making - Ideal for those who make bread and already know how to handle dough but would like to step up a level. You will be working with heritage grains such as kamut and rye, the latter being the hardest grain to work with but it has natural sweetness and flavour and produces very tasty and nutritious bread.
You will learn how to make Boridinski bread, our special beer, cheese and chilli cobbler and learn more about buckwheat flour – completely unrelated to wheat, as it is from the same family as rhubarb!
7.00pm - 9.30pm Location: White Horse Business Centre, Hopton Industrial Est, Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 2HJ Contact: Margaret Bryant margaret@vaughanskitchen.co.uk (01380 530203) Organisers: Vaughan's Kitchen Limited Website: www.vaughanskitchen.co.uk Beginners Breadmaking - Learn how to make the perfect doughs to produce a white tin loaf, rustic brown bread and soda bread. Friendly expert Linda Dobbs will show you how. cost £75 includes lunch and a recipe/info pack to take home with your breads. Timing - 9.45 am - 3.30 pm Location: Bush Hall Lane, Mill Green, Hatfield, Herts, AL9 5PD Contact: 01707 357850/museum@welhat.gov.uk/Linda Dobbs Organisers: Mill Green Mill and Museums Website: http://www.welhat.gov.uk/museum Camp fire bread with Mud Pies - Mud Pies are nature classes for 2 to 5 year olds in Aberdeen to discover nature and explore outdoors. We'll be lighting a fire to make some delicious damper bread - yum! Location: Easter Anguston Farm, Peterculter, Aberdeen Contact: 07929 465680 - Mandy Tulloch Organisers: Mandy Tulloch, Mud Pies Website: www.mudpieadventures.co.uk |
Sat
12 | Ludlow Spring Festival - We decided to create a weekend event, centred on Ludlow Castle, where the emphasis is on enjoying some of the great food and drink produced in and around Ludlow and the Marches, coupled with some music and other entertainment for all the family. We're aiming for a great atmosphere, with seriously good beer, bread, bangers and much much more!
We've joined forces with the Marches Transport Festival, which is usually held on the same weekend every year, so you'll also be able to see a fascinating collection of vintage and classic cars, motorbikes and commercial vehicles at the same time.
Entry to Ludlow Spring Festival also includes entry to the whole of Ludlow Castle, the wonderfully atmospheric ruined castle that towers over the neighbouring countryside, hills and forests.
And the town of Ludlow itself is well worth a visit in its own right. It's one of the finest small towns in Britain, with a fascinating mixture of medieval and Georgian architecture, surrounded by unspoilt countryside.
It's not just a festival of beer, bread and bangers, there'll be quite a few surprises in store. Brought to you by the team that created the famous Ludlow Food Festival, and held in the stunning surroundings of Ludlow Castle. Duration: 2 days Location: Ludlow Castle, Ludlow, Shropshire, Contact: 01584 873957/spring@foodfestival.co.uk/Beth Heath Organisers: Ludlow Marches Food Festival Website: http://www.ludlowspringfestival.co.uk/ Bread Making Workshop - The perfect programme for all abilities to enable you to leave with the confidents to continue achieving perfect loaves time and time again. You will be guided through the process from start to finish, learning by doing, and leave with several of your own hot loaves, recipes and happy! Limited spaces so please book early. 10% discount when 2 booking together, please quote when booking. Location: Diss Rugby Club Contact: info@breadworkshops.co.uk Organisers: Bread Workshops Website: http://www.breadworkshops.co.uk Bread making course - Come and learn how to make real bread. A fun packed day where you will make a selection of breads to take home, enjoy a tasty lunch and meet people who love bread.
To celebrate 'Real bread makers week' we are offering this months bread course at a discounted price of £50...if you mention 'real bread' when booking! Location: Ashland House, Manchester Rd Wigan Contact: 07727057129 Organisers: Food Positive Ltd Website: http://www.foodpositive.co.uk Bread & Oven Course - A fun day learning about and building bread ovens. Pizza for lunch and bread making in the afternoon. Includes local organic lunch and breads to take home.
10% off for RealBread Campaign members Location: Community Allotment, Nevill, Lewes, East Sussex Contact: 07751055261/owenpostgate@hotmail.co.uk/Owen Organisers: Owen Postgate Make your own bread course - Hands on bread making course for beginners and those wanting more hot tips and techniques. How to use fresh yeast, which flours are best for you and how to shape and bake your own loaves. Small group size; 1.30-5.30pm. Cost £30 per person includes all ingredients and notes. Location: The Real Food Store, Paris Street, Exeter EX1 2JB Contact: 01392 490009/em.parkin@blueyonder.co.uk/Emma Parkin Organisers: Emma Parkin of Emma's Bread Website: http://www.emmasbread.co.uk National Mills Weekend - National Mills Weekend is the annual festival of our milling heritage and provides you with a fantastic opportunity to visit mills, many of which are not usually open to the public. This year we are celebrating the fact that many Traditional Mills are at the Heart of the Community!
There are special events over the weekend hosted by many of the mills, lots for kids to do and get involved with, including Real Bread baking - fun for all the family.
To find the mills open in your area, search for your county in our Windmills and Watermills pages.
http://www.nationalmillsweekend.co.uk/windmills.htm
http://www.nationalmillsweekend.co.uk/watermills.htm Duration: 2 days Location: Nationwide Contact: http://www.spab.org.uk/spab-mills/ Organisers: Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, Mills Section Website: http://www.nationalmillsweekend.co.uk Daily Bread - A one-day introduction to real bread baking (9.30am to 5.30pm) for beginners and those who want to increase their confidence, knowledge and skills - and get going with the sourdough.
Usual cost £185 (including VAT)
Quote 'Real Bread Maker Week' for a 50% discount.
Location: Macbiehill Farmhouse, Lamancha, West Linton, near Edinburgh Contact: 01968 660449 / Andrew@breadmatters.com Organisers: Bread Matters Website: http://www.breadmatters.com |
Sun
13 | National Mills Weekend at Cogglesford Mill - Greenfield Bakers will be at Cogglesford Mill 10am -4pm with samples to try and Real Bread to buy. Cogglesford Mill, Sleaford is a fully restored working watermill producing organic stoneground flour. Duration: 2 days Location: Cogglesford Mill Contact: Denise Spearman 01529414155 Organisers: North Kesteven District Council Website: http://www.heartoflincs.com Community Bread Baking Workshop - Get involved with Brighouse's Community Bread Project.
Real Bread workshop - learn to bake Real Bread- make, eat and take home Location: Rastrick Community Hub, Rastrick High School, Brighouse HD6 3XB. Contact: 07875 938434 lovebread@hotmail.co.uk Organisers: carole roberts Website: http://www.lovebread.moonfruit.co.uk Artisan Bread Basics Course - Full day bread baking course. Make a big range of breads using one simple technique. Based on the "sponge" method - we will make a white boule, fougasse, baguette, granary bloomer, wholemeal date & cinnamon cob, and seeded wholemeal rolls. Lunch and breakfast included. £110, 10% discount for Real Bread Campaign members, Location: 17 Estella Way, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 1HS Contact: 07850 343438 / Dave / info@thebarefootbakery.co.uk Organisers: The Barefoot Bakery Website: http://www.thebarefootbakery.co.uk The Bridge Mill - Mill Open - We will be opening on the Sunday of National Mills Weekend and will be turning the stones by water power. for the first time in 60 years. The mill was restored to working order in March 2012. We will also be celebrating Real Bread Maker Week with a mobile log fired bread oven so that visitors can make and bake their own bread. Location: The Bridge Mill, Bridgerule, Holsworthy Devon Contact: 01288 381341 Rosie or Alan Organisers: Rosie and Alan Beat Website: www.thebridgemill.org.uk |
Mon
14 | |
Tue
15 | |
Wed
16 | |
Thu
17 | |
Fri
18 | |
Sat
19 | Weekend fo Breadmaking - A full weekend of bread making for beginners in our home kitchen with artisan bread maker Paul who has 20 years bread making experience behind him. What he doesnt know about bread is not worth knowing! We will be showing everyone how to make great tasting bread from home all weekend. Real Bread Campaign related bookings receive 10 percent off their booking. Duration: 2 days Location: Crowborough, East Sussex Contact: 07976 32 72 78/ cupcakes@prettywittycakes.co.uk Organisers: Pretty Witty Cakes Website: www.prettywittycakes.co.uk Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Day - Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution team says:
'We will be looking to everyone and anyone who cares about food to step up, get involved and join people around the world by hosting or attending local food events in their community. All funds raised during the campaign will go to impact local and national projects and help us launch a food education movement spearheaded by our annual day of action. '
The Real Bread Campaign would like all bakers to take this opportunity to teach Lessons in Loaf - that is a Real Bread making class for kids (and perhaps parents and teachers as well) in a local school.
Register your interest in Food Revolution Day by signing up at www.foodrevolutionday.com to stay up to date
You can also apply to be a Food Revolution Day Ambassador or submit an offer of your help for Food Revolution Day through the landing page. and find our more at http://bit.ly/zcOL6V Location: Worldwide Contact: FoodRevolution@jamieoliver.com @FoodRev Organisers: Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution team Website: http://www.jamieoliver.com/us/foundation/jamies-food-revolution/news-content/food-revolution-day-2012 |
Sun
20 | |
Mon
21 | Bread at Home basics - Learn the basics of bread making on this one day course held in my home. Make pizza, flatbreads, rolls and loaves. The price includes lunch and refreshments. Location: Woodwinds, Wyre Hill, Bewdley, DY12 2UE Contact: j_c_bell@talk21.com Janice Bell Organisers: Bread at Home |
Tue
22 | |
Wed
23 | Sourdough Breadmaking Workshop - The unbelievably easy way to bake your own delicious sourdough spelt bread. No special equipment needed, starter provided, sourdough tips.
Evening Workshop 6 - 9pm includes simple bread and soup meal for £40. Location: 26 geraldine Road, London W4 3PA Contact: 07529 549589 / julie@simpleayurveda.co.uk Organisers: Julie Rawnsley Website: http://www.simpleayurveda.co.uk |
Thu
24 | |
Fri
25 | 100% wholemeal bread course - Yes you can! You can make delicious rye/caraway and walnut breads using 100% wholemeal organic flour, freshly milled on the premises in our working watermill. Cost £85 includes lunch and recipe/info pack. course timing, 9.45 - 3.30. Location: Bush Hall Lane, Mill Green, Hatfield, Herts, AL9 5PD Contact: 01707 357850/museum@welhat.gov.uk/Linda Dobbs Organisers: Mill Green Mill and Museums Website: http://www.welhat.gov.uk/museum Pane, pizza and focaccia - Pizza, pane and focaccia are among some of the best known comfort foods of Italy. Virtually every village has a bakery (or two) selling delicious pizzas, beautiful focaccia and a vast range of different breads. In this hands on class you will learn the secrets for the perfect pizza base, experimenting with different toppings and how to make focaccia, grissini and pane toscano using well tested recipes. Location: Lowden Garden Centre, Bath Rd, Shaw, Wiltshire, SN12 8EZ Contact: 01225 743075 / ottaviaincucina.co.uk / Ottavia Mazzoni Organisers: Ottavia in Cucina - Italian cookery and baking classes Website: http://www.ottaviaincucina.co.uk |
Sat
26 | |
Sun
27 | Take The Flour Back - Bakers, farmers, growers, allotment holders, scientists, beekeepers, and people who eat food are turning out to voice their opposition to GM crops coming back to the UK.
Meet Sunday 27th May, at 12 noon, in Rothamsted, Harpenden, Herts. Or take your own action in your own way, at your own time. Together we can stop this trial. Location: Rothamsted Research, West Common Harpenden AL5 2JQ Contact: info@taketheflourback.org Organisers: www.taketheflourback.org Website: http://www.taketheflourback.org Take the flour back! Mass action against GM wheat - Public day of action against the Rothamsted genetically modified wheat trial.
Bakers, farmers, growers, allotment holders, scientists, beekeepers, and people who eat food are turning out to voice their opposition to GM crops coming back to the UK.
Meet Sunday 27th May, at 12 noon, in Rothamsted, Harpenden, Herts. Or take your own action in your own way, at your own time. Together we can stop this trial.
Cow genes on toast anyone? No thanks!
What's up with the trial?
It could be dangerous.
This trial is testing a brand-new synthetically-constructed 'fake' gene that is 'most similar to one found in a cow'. This is a concerning use of synthetic genes and of animal genes in plants.
It's not wanted.
Even the USA has abandoned attempts to commercialise GM wheat because there is no market for it. Biotech company BASF recently backed out of Europe because no-one wanted to buy GM food.
Once it flowers, it's here to stay.
The trial is happening in the open air, meaning that when it starts to flower it can cross contaminate other wheat crops and wild grasses. This is a real threat. In Canada there is no organic oilseed rape left because all the farms have been cross-contaminated with GM rapeseed.
For more info nearer the time, go to www.taketheflourback.org or contact us at info [AT] taketheflourback.org Location: Rothamsted, Harpenden, Herts Contact: info@taketheflourback.org Organisers: Take the flour back Website: http://www.taketheflourback.org |
Mon
28 | |
Tue
29 | |
Wed
30 | |
Thu
31 | Fulbourn Farmers Market - Organized for the first time the Fulbourn Farmers Market. Transition Cambridge Community Bakery will be present to provide information on Real Bread and give a taste of a wide variety of loaves.
Saturday 31st March 2012 14:30 – 16:30 Location: The Fulbourn Centre, Home End, Fulbourn, Cambridge CB21 5BS Contact: For real loaves, Peter at loafforlifebakery@gmail.com Organisers: Fulbourn Community Centre |
