Pieminister Blog

How we’re supporting mental health this summer, one gravy boat at a time. CALM, Campaign Against Living Miserably, is leading a movement against suicide offering life-saving services and empowering everyone to reject living miserably. We couldn’t think of a better cause to get behind and this summer we want to raise 1000s to help them read more …

Topics: charity, News

We’ve been counting down the days and it’s finally here: Pie Week! This year we’re ramping up the celebrations and turning it into a festival of pie, from Mothership Monday to Sunday Funday, we’re bringing you a cracking line-up. Get organised and book a table in advance for the day that tickles your taste buds. Or why not read more …

A refreshing alternative to the usual Black Friday spending-frenzy, Black Pie Day is an opportunity to spend wisely, giving to a good cause in return for delicious pies. Two of our award winning Classics, Moo and Kevin, will be baked in a charcoal pastry for lunchtime on Friday 23 November, turning the traditionally golden crust to black. read more …

Topics: charity

Every drop counts: our partnership with FRANK Water In the UK over 3,100 million litres of water is sold in plastic bottles each year. That’s 4.7 litres per person in the UK. Compare that to the 663 million people in the world who don’t have access to safe water. We think it’s a problem, and read more …

Topics: charity, News

THE GREAT BRITISH PIE: DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND WHATEVER THE GREAT BRITISH WEATHER THROWS AT US. Cold and wet or hot and sunny, we’ve got pies for all seasons. Take a look at our summer menu and you’ll see what we mean when we say we’re not just here for hot pies. read more …

Topics: charity, Menu

What? On the 16th June in Bristol, two foolhardy Pie Ministers (our founder Jon and Chief Pie Inventor Matt) will be taking the leap, jumping the jump and subsequently dropping 160ft off a crane. The rest of us will be watching below, waiting for the bungee cord to kick in and ricochet them back up to safety. read more …

Topics: charity, event, News

This summer, we’ve teamed up with UK Harvest to help feed thousands of people across the UK with good food.  In fact, we’re aiming to feed 10,000 people in need.  How will we manage that?  Well it’s actually very simple: every time you buy one of our new Summer pies, we’ll donate a pie to them on your read more …

Topics: charity, News

Back in the summer of 2015, we teamed up with our Stokes Croft neighbour Temwa, a community-led charity operating in Malawi.  Our plan was to sell enough pies to fund a forest in Malawi, so we made two special summer recipes using the best Somerset cider, kindly donated to us by Orchard Pig. Temwa have read more …

Topics: charity, News

The story so far…. Back in June we decided to spend the summer giving free pies to help people raise money for a charity (or just to raise peoples’ spirits). The response to this  has been overwhelming. Just half way through the summer and we’ve already supported more than 100 different events.  From Leeds and Manchester down to Dorset read more …

#LittleActsofPieness Since the start of June we’ve been inviting community-spirited people to apply for free pies for good causes.  These random acts of kindness (or Little Acts of Pie-ness) are helping raise funds for good causes and making people smile. We originally pledged to give away more than 10,000 surplus pies over the summer. And we’ve already donated over 8000 – in the first month! read more …