What is going on - Newletter 2026
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Judging and how it works
You may like to know how your entry is judged Every entry goes through the same criteria up to 10 points are given for taste up to ten points - set up to ten points - presentation - Please note in commercial entries these have to comply with all the rules set out by the food producers governing body and be written on the labels Entries that get 25 to 27 points will all be awarded a bronze certificate 28 /29 points will be for a silver certificate and 30 points will achieve gold In the Commercial section - The overall winner will have the chance to sell their produce at Newby Hall the following season .
One month to go until entries close
It is decision time .... you have one month left to get your jars in for the 2025 awards . Need inspiration go to Anna Lupton - Pinterest account and look up the World Jam Festival ,there are even recipes to go with these too. You may be digging out your granny's favourite recipes .Sometimes the most straightforward recipes are the best. If you are not a jam maker - think jelly, marmalade or chutney, there are so many different preserves you can put in a jar .The question to be answered Is your jar the show stopper . There is so much fruit to choice from in this garden and the little tree has apricots on . There is a peach tree which I have been nurturing since the one and only peach was formed. We had a deluge of rain and it started to go mouldy so it was quickly get it off the tree and eat it so no peach jam going from here as reckon what was left would have make a very very small jar and probably boiled away in the making
Australia..
The first of the Australian Jam has arrived and if the label is anything to go by it sounds delicious. Last year the TIPSY section got the most entries. There is a knack of adding alchohol to jam and some people know how to do it and some dont. I, for one tend to get too much liquid on top which is not what you want to achieve but a taste throughout the jam which doesnt take over the flavour of the fruit. The sort of jam you have on a lazy Sunday morning when you savour every bite as you pile it on your croissant.
Jams rolling in
Literally rolling in and some from the other side of the world as Australia is making its mark on this years awards. Another winging its way from Chile. Europe have always been competitive. Wouldnt it be lovely be able to say one from each county in the UK. And the Mad Hatter says he would then consider eating his hat. The word consider makes us all wonder. Which brings us to thinking if he ever did what would the Mad Hatter do for a hat. We will be holding a competition on the day -22nd September 2024 - for you to make "A hat fit for the Mad Hatter". All we ask is you to bring your HAT for judging with a label with all your contact details on by 12 noon on the day . There is no entry fee and there will be a prize for the best hat. So even if you dont make jam but like to be crafty get your thinking caps on to bring your hat along.. Open to all ages. To give you a few ideas of what you could come up with ....