Orange marmalade from Rajasthan, India wins 2018 Commonwealth category
The winner of the 2018 Commonwealth category in the World Original Marmalade Awards is India, with an Orange & Ginger Marmalade made by Victoria Singh at Col. Sudhir Farm, Kota, Rajasthan, using organic oranges picked from a tree that grow in the grounds of the house, with white Indian sugar, stone-crushed locally grown root ginger [...]
Winners of the Label Competition
We always receive huge numbers of creative entries into our annual Marmalade Label competition, and this year has been no exception! Thank you to everyone who entered the competition, and huge congratulations to the following winners: THE CHILDREN'S LABEL COMPETITION We had so many beautiful entries, but the three that the judges loved the most [...]
Dalemain Mansion & Historic Gardens OPEN for 2018!
Following the excitement of a very successful 13th Marmalade Awards & Festival we are delighted to be opening our doors for the coming season! The Mansion will be open 10.30am - 3.30pm for guided tours & freeflow every Sunday - Thursday. Please see our Times & Prices page for more information. For one week only [...]
Jane Hasell-McCosh talks marmalade with Radio 2’s Chris Evans
Anyone who tuned in to The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2 this morning may have heard Marmalade Awards founder, Jane Hasell-McCosh talking with Chris Evans about this year's Marmalade Awards & Festival. The 2018 Double Gold winner, Janice Miners' Grapefruit & Gin Marmalade, proved very popular in the Breakfast Show studios too! [...]
Winners of the 2018 Marmalade Awards announced.
Winners were announced for the 13th World’s Original Marmalade Awards at the Dalemain Marmalade Festival in Cumbria on 17th March. Far from being unlucky, the 13th year attracted record numbers of Artisan entries and over 3,000 jars in total from over 30 countries worldwide, cementing the fact that this local competition has become a landmark [...]
Winners of the 2018 Marmalade Awards announced!
Winners were announced for the 13th World’s Original Marmalade Awards at the Dalemain Marmalade Festival in Cumbria on 17th March. Far from being unlucky, the 13th year attracted record numbers of Artisan entries and over 3,000 jars in total from over 30 countries worldwide, cementing the fact that this local competition has become a landmark [...]
The Australian ‘Marmal-Ashes’ have arrived!
Not content with trouncing England in the Ashes in 2018, we have received the annual 'team' of Australian marmalades for the 2018 Marmal-Ashes competition. A group of marmalade makers from Buninyong, Victoria send their marmalades to the Dalemain Marmalade Awards and Festival every year with the aim of taking home the Marmal-Ashes trophy. The Marmal-Ashes [...]
Marmalade Competition receives thousands of entries from around the Globe
The competition has closed for the 2018 World's Original Marmalade Awards, held annually at Dalemain Mansion & Historic Garden in Cumbria, which once again received over 2,700 entries from more than 30 countries including Kenya, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brazil. The judging took place at Dalemain mansion, where expert WI judges tasted every jar of homemade [...]
Calling Marmalade Makers from across the Commonwealth
New for 2018: Here at the World's Original Marmalade Awards we are delighted to be running a 'Commonwealth Competition' this year. With the support of the Commonwealth Office and in a year of Commonwealth celebrations, the competition aims to bring people from all backgrounds and across the world together through the joy of making marmalade. [...]
The Future of Marmalade: it’s time to celebrate Innovation
Here at the Marmalade Awards we have always been keen to promote innovation and creativity in preserves – marmalade is far more than just an orange spread to have on your toast in the morning (wonderful and crucial though that is!) We love to champion new flavours and methods and have been on the hunt [...]