Why Bread Together?
We spent ages deciding on our name and wanted it to sum up what makes bread making at the Wesley special. We decided it was because we’re making bread together. We wanted to express our communal identity through a logo. One of our regular bread makers, Penny, designed it for us, wielding her usual magic with her multi-coloured pens and design skills. Key to our logo was the use of as many colours as possible, to express the inclusivity which is Bread Together. It was important to reflect the diverse range of skills and life experiences which everyone brings to our bread making sessions.
Here’s Penny with a round of her wholemeal rolls. Penny consulted us as she developed her logo, bringing in drafts which we all discussed. She ended up creating this fab design which we love for its vibrancy and circle shape.
We always enjoy welcoming different visitors. In April 2019 we welcomed David Briggs, the Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire who enjoyed eating a fresh out of the oven pizza and helped out too.
In conjunction with the Wesley we’ve enjoyed two bread making workshops with a local school. We also ran a series of bespoke themed workshops at the Hawarden Farm Estate Shop, where we made specialities such as Yorkshire Spiced Bread. Often the evenings there were sunny, so it was possible to sit outside to enjoy the snacks provided by Hawarden Farm Estate Shop whilst the bread was proving. On a couple of occasions we made the bread outside (also appreciated by the local raven who flew off with a Middle Eastern bread ring!)
A video, thanks to @canteencreate, done as a test shoot this summer in Hawarden. We’re making enriched festive bread, challah….
You can read some of our story here in an article written to celebrate Real Bread Week in 2020 https://www.sustainweb.org/jelliedeel/articles/feb20_together_we_rise_bread_together/