further details on the 2011 competition will be posted soon
The Homemade Marmalade Winners from 2010:
Best in Show
Dr Yen Chung
Seville Orange
Gold - Rachel Carter
Any Citrus
Gold: Tod Bulmer
Dark & Chunky
Gold: Jonathan Hamel-Cooke
Romantic Marmalade
Gold: Jayne Salt
Romantic Literary Competition
Gold: Margaret Meiklejohn
Best B&B and Hotel
Gold: Caroline Davies
Children's
Gold: Aidan McDougall & Francesca Weymouth
Man Made
Gold: Andrew Hill
Clergy
Gold: Susan Jones
Military
Gold: Victor Gubbins
Merry
Gold: Yen Chung
The Artisan Producer Winnners:
Double Gold
Jane Maggs, from Wild and Fruitful
Winning entry: Lemon & Lavender Marmalade
Gold
Sandy Boyd, from Ludlow Food Centre
Winning entry: Hand-cut Seville
Gold
Georgina Regas, from Museu de la Confitura, Spain
Winning entry: Kumquat
Silver
Sandy, Ludlow Food Centre, Lady Windsor's Marmalade
Kate Nicholson, The Hawkshead Relish Co., 5 Fruit Marmalade
Barbara Whatley, from Essfoods, Seville Marmalade
Cranfield's Foods, Seville, and Grapefruit & Ginger (two entries)
Jane Maggs, Wild & Fruitful, (untitled) Marmalade
Bronze
Deborah Richards, Crellow, Fathers Favourite Seville
Martin Humphreys, Abel & Cole, Orange & Mandarin
Penny Seymour, Ouse Valley Foods, St. Clements & Whisky
Sue Webb, McNeills Fine Foods, 3 Fruits
Auntie Val's, Chocolate Orange Marmalade,
Kathy Neuteboom, Stonham, Hedgerow & Grapefruit
Commended
Deborah Richards, from Crellow, for Rhubarb & Grapefruit Marmalade
Sandy, from Ludlow Food Centre, for Seville Marmalade, and 3-fruit (two entries)
Fiona Hesketh, from Galloway Lodge Preserves, Marmalade
Penny Seymour, from Ouse Valley Foods, Pineapple, Lime & Lemon Marmalade
Laura Campbell, from Congleton, Seville Marmalade
Sue Webb, from McNeills Fine Foods, Lemon Marmalade
Kate Nicholson, The Hawkshead Relish Co., Orange & Honey Marmalade
Ian Moseley, Old Water View, Marmalade, and Lemon Marmalade (two entries)
Real Meals Delicatessen, Seville Marmalade
Barbara Bulmer, Kenyon Hall, 3 Fruits Marmalade
Heritage Kitchen, Citrus Marmalade
Cranfield's Foods, Lemon & Rose Petal, and Pink Grapefruit Marmalade (two entries)
Nick Selby, Melrose & Morgan, Marmalade, and Good Morning Marmalade (two entries)
Jane Maggs, Wild & Fruitful, Seville with Whisky, and Orange & Quince (two entries)
Jeanette Duggin, Lady Jay's, Chunky Orange & Whisky, and Lime & Gin (two entries)
Camille Ortega McLean, The Pickled Village, Undecided Breakfast
Georgina Regas, Museu de la Confitura, Orange Marmalade, and Lemon with Cava (two entries)
The Family Jam Production, Pear & Ginger
Les Comtes de Provence, Mandarin & Clementine
Marmalade Cats
Our marmalade cats are here!
We asked readers to send in pictures of their marmalade coloured cats and here they are.
Click here to see them in their glory.
The winning entry for the most romantic marmalade moment
by Margaret Meiklejohn, Edinburgh
It was my mother who suggested I take a jar of her home-made marmalade with me to the house in Perthshire. I was leaving to spend the weekend with a group who had attended a charity ball at which one of the party won a week’s holiday in Perthshire, and generously invited us all to join him there. I knew Iain only slightly but he seemed nice enough.
At breakfast the first morning Iain fell on the marmalade and enthused about how good it was. I knew my mother made great marmalade and thought nothing of it.
It was when I was leaving the next evening that it happened. I had to return to work in Edinburgh and slipped away from the dining table as we finished eating. Iain came out to see me off. He looked intently at me and said ‘Thank you for bringing the marmalade.’ Then he kissed me and vanished back into the house. I was dumbfounded.
We have now been married for nearly twenty years and the youngest of our four children has marmalade coloured hair. Iain tell everyone that our marriage is founded on marmalade, and it is.
Dalemain: the magnificent backdrop to our festival
We have a brand new leaflet you can download that explains some the history surrounding Dalemain Mansion, and illustrated with beautiful photographs that ensure you'll visit us someday. Click here to download (pdf 655kb)
2010 Marmalade Competition
If you're ready to enter and show us all what good marmalade really is about, or just to find out what the judges think of your recipe, then download one of our entry forms riight here:
Click here for the Homemade Marmalade Entry Form
(pdf 208kb)
Click here for the Commercial Artisan Entry Form
(pdf 626kb)
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