At SCOFF-pop-up, we strive to represent the best food traders in the South West. We want people to enjoy the unique experience of eating alfresco, supporting local businesses and chowing down on something fresh and memorable for lunch. No more boring lunches we say!
We are a female led team, passionate about food and the desire to bring communities together over the love of food.
Our team of street food specialists will work with you to create a bespoke pop-up experience that meets the specific demands of a site or event. We’re able to bring something special to any space using the power of tantalizing street food to encourage further social interactions and connections within the local community.
We love a challenge and are particularly fond of activating disused and derelict spaces bringing them back to life with our events.
Our track record includes:
Bristol’s BIG Market, Eat Drink Bristol Fashion, Bristol Food Connections, Taste Chocolate, Kingsmead Square Street Food Market, Brunel Square Market, Ashton Court Producers Market, Finzels Reach Market and SCOFF pop-up.
Sophie often works with developers, using her experience in event activation, logisitics and delivery; combined with her expertise in the food industry to produce exciting events and pop-up concepts. Her vision to help build communities and place-making makes her an ideal fit for new developments, activating buildings before demolition and creating a legacy in the early stages whilst the brick dust is still settling.
It also helps that Sophie was once herself a trader and therefore can see things from both sides. She uses this insight to fully understand the strategic, social and operational requirements needed to build a successful pop-up site that creates community, inclusion and longevity.
Clients include: Cubex, BBC Studios, Create Real Estate, North Somerset Council, Willmott Dixon and Redcliffe and Temple BID,
Established in lock-down 2020, our pop-up continues to be popular with berth holders, locals and visitors to the marina. With the recent addition of Thursday nights; our careful selection of high quality traders has helped forged a regular customer base and a street food loving community.
Lock Control, Portishead Marina BS20 7DF
When:
Thursday, 5pm - 8pm
Saturday and Sunday, 11am - 3pm
In spring 2021, we were appointed to deliver a street food pop-up as part of the regeneration of Avonside Business Park. With the recent addition of Friday nights to activate the riverside area of the site; our pop-up continues to bring new people to Avonside and compliments the other food and drink businesses located on site.
Avonside, New Broughton Road, Melksham SN12 8BT
When:
Thursday, 5pm - 8pm (carpark)
Friday, 5pm - 8pm (riverside)
“We approached SCOFF as we wanted to attract more people to the estate and for different reasons. We also wanted to start to build a case for similar occupiers to locate themselves at Avonside on a permanent basis. It’s positively succeeded in drawing new visitors from a broad cross section of the local community on a regular basis and has driven social media engagement and awareness.
SCOFF stands out because of the diversity and quality of the food offering, the professionalism of the organisation and execution of the pop-ups plus it requires barely any input from us. We’ve found it effective in promoting the estate and would recommend working with Sophie and her team”.
- Ricky Humphreys, Director, Create Real Estate - Avonside, Melksham
“During lockdown, we were looking for an outdoor activity that our berthholders and residents could look forward to without breaching lockdown rules.SCOFF came at the perfect time giving locals a purpose to get out into the fresh air and enjoy some exciting food but in a safe environment.
SCOFF has helped the marina become more of a destination and brings a different demographic to the area by speaking to the wider community. The pop-up brings street food to a town where there are limited takeaways available and the changing line-up of street food on offer means there is always choice.
We’ve been surprised at how easily it runs; as a site owner, we really don’t have to do much. The operation is self-sufficient, the traders are clean and tidy and the variety and quality of traders is extremely high. I would 100%recommend SCOFF to other site owners and developers”.
- Danielle Jones, Portishead Marina Manager
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