Tomato Tasting BRISTOL

This is in invitation event for Growers and Chefs with an interest in seed diversity, flavour and food systems.

Join the Gaia Foundation's Seed Sovereignty Programme for a day celebrating tomato diversity at Simms Hill Market Garden.

We will begin the day tasting tomatoes from our outdoor blight resistance tomato trials.
Aftewards, we will taste a variety of locally grown tomatoes from the South West of England and the South of Wales. 
For lunch we will share a tomato themed feast prepared by Setonji's Sunshine Kitchen.

In the afternoon we will hear from Songsoo Kim, Head of Sourcing and Development Super8 Restaurants about deepening relationships between chefs and farms for a better food system and bridging regenerative farming and seasonal menu development.

We are asking participants to bring tomatoes for the tasting - those you have grown or locally loved varieties. 

Schedule: 

10.30: arrivals

11am: intros + tomato tasting

1pm: tomato themed lunch

2pm: talks

3.30pm: end


Directions
Address:
81 Frenchay Park Road, Bristol BS16 1EL

Sims Hill CSA is on the Grow Wilder site. 
This is located on the corner Frenchay Park Rd and Stoke Lane in Stapleton, BS16 1HB. The entrance is by the traffic lights on Frenchay Park Road. There is a small amount of car parking available, but where possible it’s great if people can use a more sustainable way of popping by. There is plenty of bike parking, and bus stops very close to the entrance, served by: 16, 18, 18A, 48A, 46, 626 and A3.

Parking
Park at Begbrook social club which is just over the road