A C AL L TO MARMAL ADE MAK ERS
MARMALADE Awards 2015 Marmalade makers of the world unite. The 10th Dalemain Awards and Festival is looming and the deadline for entries is 15th February 2015. Here is a brief taster of the event and an application form – so go on, get making!
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he Awards and Festival will be held on Saturday 28th February and Sunday 1st March 2015 from 10am to 4pm (both days) at Dalemain Mansion and Historic Gardens, near Penrith in Cumbria. If you feel you have a winning marmalade, why not throw a jar of it into the ring (not literally, of course) and enter it into the Amateur Category. Not only could you get to meet Paddington Bear, you will also be raising money for good causes too, with all entry fees going to charity. All marmalade makers can rise to the
FEELING INSPIRED? Check out our recipes for making ‘vintage-inspired’ marmalade by Bronze Award winner Seren Evans-Charrington in next month’s Home Farmer.
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challenge and enter their marmalades into whichever category catches their eye. The categories include traditional Seville, Merry (with alcohol), Citrus, First Timers, Peers & Political (for people in politics, not political marmalade!), Children’s, Man-made, International, etc. For a full listing, together with a description of the various categories, please go to the Festival’s website at www.dalemainmarmaladeawards.co.uk, where you will find more information and lots of useful advice. Each jar is tasted and marked by the Cumbrian WI, together with a team of artisan judges, and, if it attains sufficient marks, is then given a Dalemain Gold, Silver or Bronze Award. Each entrant receives a mark card, together with the judges’ feedback, a certificate and a thank-you letter. Plus they also get twofor-one entry to Dalemain Mansion and Historic Gardens. The Best-In-Show marmalade is always chosen from all the Gold winners and is presented with a Dalemain Double Gold Award. The winner is then invited to have
their recipe produced and scaled up by Fortnum & Mason for a period of one year, and it will be sold at their store as well as in The Marmalade Shop at Dalemain. A sum of 50p from each jar sold is donated to Hospice at Home around the world.
FURTHER INFO The application form is available to download at: www.homefarmer.co.uk/ marmalade-awards. For full information about the Awards, previous winning entries and full details of the categories, go to: www.dalemainmarmalade awards.co.uk. Twitter: marmaladeawards Photo: Hermione Hasell-McCosh www.hermionemccosh.com
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