Pieminister Blog
Pieminister was one of twelve businesses to take to the high seas (AKA Bristol docks) last Thursday, to Stand Up for Safe Water, a SUP boarding charity event hosted by our partners Frank Water. Despite 35mph winds and choppy waves, Pieminster’s ‘In the Gravy’ SUP team stayed afloat! Team members Ben, Romy, Cath and Ash read more …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Back in the summer of 2015, we teamed up with our Stokes Croft neighbour Temwa, a community-led charity operating in Malawi. Â 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 …
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 …
Our intrepid cyclists powered through their 80 mile ride across the West, stopping for pies, pints and Orchard Pig apple juice along the way. Organised by Temwa to raise money for their Forestry Project in Northern Malawi, Pieminister’s team alone has raised a whopping ÂŁ2,110 so far.  That’s over 20,000 trees towards the Pieminister Forest we’re planting in the read more …
We have baked two special pies this summer – the tipsy chick and the scrumpea – and every time you buy one, we’ll plant a tree.  Actually Temwa, a Bristol-based Community Development Charity will plant the trees as part of their Community Forest Project in Northern Malawi. Temwa has been a long-term friend and neighbour here in Bristol read more …