Programme

MONDAY 4 FEBRUARY
Paddington Bear arrives to stay at Dalemain in Cumbria. During the week he will visit Sharrow Bay Hotel to help make his Anniversary cake and he has been invited to go on the steamer on Ullswater. As a special treat he will be visiting The Dacre Puddings kitchen to sample the Marmalade Bread and Butter Pudding which is to be served to those attending the lunch following the RHS lecture. Anyone wanting him to visit should get in touch with Dalemain Estates to see what he can do.

THURSDAY 7 FEBRUARY
Royal Horticultural Society Lecture ‘Totally Tropical’ by Sue Hoy, lecturer in Plantsmanship, Garden Design and Garden History, and Head Gardener at Normanby Hall, Lincolnshire.

ENTRANCE BY PREPAID TICKET ONLY

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10        Lecture and  Tour of Garden - Tickets £10 (£8 for RHS members)
12.30   Drinks in the House and  Lunch - Tickets £15

FRIDAY 8 FEBRUARY                                                

10 - 4

Dalemain Garden open with beautiful aconites and snowdrops All day breakfasts Tickets £2 at the Gate

10.30	Judging of Marmalade Loaves Competition  by Duncan Monroe, managing director of Carr's Flour,  Dan Lepard, baker and food writer,  Claire Sherwen, of Cumbria Life magazine, and Annette Gibbons, Cumbria's celebrity TV chef
11.00	Judging of Marmalade by Annette Gibbons, The Master of the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers, The Master of the Worshipful Company of Gardeners, Dan Lepard, Colin Aikrigg, Head Chef of Sharrow Bay Hotel , Pam Corbin of Thursday Cottage

SATURDAY 9 FEBRUARY
PRIVATE EVENT for Brownies, Rainbows and Beavers in Cumbria to celebrate Paddington Bear’s 50th Anniversary                                                                                                                          

SUNDAY 10 FEBRUARY

Marmalade Festival Day and National Marmalade Day 

• 10.00 - 4.00   House and Garden - visit the House to view the marmalade .        
•  10.30    Presentation of Prizes
• The World’s Most Expensive Marmalade made by Duerrs of Manchester will be on show
• Paddington Bear's Marmalade Sandwich Competition 
• Paddington Bear Tent with Stories,Games and Cookery Demonstration for Children
• Artisan Foods - tasting and opportunity to buy lunch 
  
• Cookery Demonstrations:- 
• 11.30      Johnny Scott - Carving Demonstration
• 1.30         Food & Co - Recipes from Recipes with a Citrus Twist
• 2.30         Ivan Day - Unusual Citrus Fruits
• All day breakfasts, lunches and teas, marmalade scones and marmalade ice cream
• Launch of the special Citrus cookery book Recipes with a Citrus Twist  sponsored by Carrs Breadmaker in conjunction with Cumbria Life in aid of Hospice at Home
• Marmalade Tasting and Troubleshooting - Bring your  marmalade problems to share with the experts
• Special Marmalade Loaves on sale created for the Festival using Carr's flour

Tickets available at the gate -  Entrance £3, children free, includes house and garden and viewing of Marmalade

The Festival will be held on February
7-10, 2008 at Dalemain in Cumbria.
Sunday 10 February – will be an opportunity once more to view  the entries.

ALSO PLANNED:

• Paddington Bear’s 50th Anniversary celebrations with  stories and games for children
• Celebrity Cookery Demonstrations
• Royal Horticultural Society Lecture
• Exploring  the exotic species of the citrus family from all over the world.
• Artisan Food Producers – a real chance to taste some of the most delicious food in Cumbria and an opportunity to have it cooked or prepared for your lunch
• All Day Breakfasts, Marmalade scones, Lunches and teas

Seven of Cumbria's leading independent bakeries are creating marmalade loaves (using Carr's flour) especially for the festival.
They are:
Gretna Bakery  (Gretna)
Grange Bakery (Grange-over-Sands)
Munx Lakeland Bakery (Staveley)
Staff of Life (Kendal)
Moore's Bakery (Dalston)
Bryson's Bakery (Keswick)
Broughton Village Bakery (Broughton in   Furness)
From January 14 the bakeries will be selling the loaves in their own shops to help publicise the marmalade festival.
Judging to find the tastiest loaf will take place at the festival on Friday 8 February.  The judging panel will be Duncan Monroe, managing director of Carr's Flour, Dan Lepard, baker and food writer, Richard Eccles, editor of Cumbria Life Magazine.
The loaves will be on sale at the event on Sunday 10 February from the Artisan Food Stand.  All proceeds will go to Hospice at Home