Discovering delicious ways to use locally grown food and reducing food waste
September 2026 - dates to be announced
St Paul’s Church, Coronation Road, Bristol, BS3 1AS
BS3 Jammin’ is an annual weekend event for the local community to donate their surplus locally grown foods, for us to all cook, press and preserve it, in order to reduce food waste and support our local food bank.
Volunteer chefs (which include Mark Chapman from Cor Restaurant, Elliott and Tessa Lidstone from Box - E Restaurant, Masterchef contestant Woei Lee and Bristol City College’s Bill Bennet Clark) cook all weekend as members of the public help with food prep and learn from the chefs.
Other activities include apple pressing, following our very own PYO Map around BS3 and finding out what’s growing in the area, a cooking competition (where the only rule is to use something from the harvest), an educational compost stall, arts and crafts and more!
Video made by Moving Human
Press and Media
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BBC News, Bristol, 15 September 2024
Jamming session: St Paul's Church in Southville hosted its annual BS3 Jammin' event last Sunday, with local residents bringing their fruit and vegetables which were turned into jams, chutneys and more on a day set up to reduce waste but also support the BS3 Community Foodban
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Bristol Good Food 2030, 17 September 2024
Cags Diep reports on the BS3 Jammin’ Community Harvest. Read on about the impact of this event and find out how to stay connected.
As I reflect on the incredible weekend of 7th and 8th September 2024, I can’t help but feel a surge of pride and joy. Our BS3 Jammin’ Community Harvest event wasn’t just a success — it was a testament to the power of community, creativity, and caring for our environment…
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Church Times, 17 January 2025
In the parish: How to run a community food project
The premise of BS3 Jammin’ is straightforward: gather surplus food and jars from the local community to create preserves, juices, and meals. The project was hosted by St Paul’s, Southville, in Bristol, and led by a member of the community, Cags Diep, who was inspired to create the project after witnessing the panic, greed, and food shortages during the Covid-19 pandemic. It became clear to her that many communities were overlooking the potential of untapped local food resources…
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B247, 13 September 2025
For just over two years, St Paul’s Church on Coronation Road has been home to BS3 Jammin’, a community event organised to reduce food waste.
This year, the event takes place across Saturday and Sunday from 1pm to 5pm.
Caroline (“Cags”) Diep founded the event in 2023, together with St Paul’s Church vicar Jacqui Kean, after spending some time volunteering at BS3 Community Foodbank, which is based out of the church…
Photos from our Instagram
GET INVOLVED
We always need volunteers to help with our event, as without volunteers we would be running around like headless chickens! If you love: picking/foraging fruit and veg, have a passion for making freshly pressed apple juice, want to learn more about how to preserve/cook with locally grown foods, can help with stewarding, setting up and packing down - WE WANT YOUR HELP!
Also if you want to host any activities or have a stall and it’s in keeping with our ethos of locally grown foods and sustainability, please get in touch, we would love to hear your ideas!
DONATE YOUR HARVEST
WE WANT YOUR FOOD!
Anything you have lovingly grown from your homes, allotments, community gardens and anywhere in between so we can get BS3 Jammin’ ! We want to see all the incredible things that can be grown in Bristol, find out how creative our chefs can get by making as many delectable delights out of it AND most importantly we want to put the abundance of food into good use and reduce food waste!
Please contact us using the form above if you have any produce to share and need help harvesting it, we can coordinate volunteers to help pick the food!
SUPPORT FROM BUSINESSES
If your business would like to help, please get in touch as there are so many ways for you to support us.
What’s important is that our event is free and fully accessible to everyone, which can only be done by the kind donations from local businesses!
Take a look at our SHOPPING LIST of all the things we need and let us know what you’re able to offer. We are happy for you to do the shopping for us OR if it’s easier to donate money towards supplies, that’s absolutely fine too!
We appreciate your support however big or small as it means we can keep this event free and accessible to all.
Love for BS3 Jammin’
“Thank you and the whole crew for such a fab event I absolutely loved it and was a lovely surprise to fill an otherwise dreary weekend!”
— Member of the public
“Thank you so much for organising such a fun weekend of activities. I really enjoyed visiting and meeting others and sharing the food. I’ve eaten delicious stuffed marrow for tea”
— Member of the public
“This has genuinely boosted her confidence and I feel so proud of her getting stuck in. So, thank you for giving that opportunity to them.”
— Mother of 11 year old and 15 year old volunteers
“Awesome event this weekend. Big thank you to you and all the volunteers. I really enjoyed it, as did the whole family”
— Member of the public
“I can't remember a time when I so enjoyed the company of people I'd only just met. Sign me up for next year!”
— Volunteer Chef
“What an amazing event – you manage it so well and inclusively. It was amazing to see so many people getting involved.”