Marmalade Maker Wins Two Gold Awards!

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00:00I'm the winner of the 2024 World Marmalade Awards and for the first time

00:05the awards were given to two jars. So we've got a Seville Orange and Lime

00:11Marmalade with Red Chili and a Lime Marmalade with Crème de Cacao.

00:16There were around 3,500 entries from all over the world from Japan, Australia,

00:23America and all over Europe. Marmalade making is really big in Taiwan and

00:30also in Australia. It's a big competition. People take marmalade

00:36making really seriously but it's so friendly and it just

00:40brings people together and there was a wonderful festival up in Cumbria a

00:45few weeks ago to celebrate the winners and all things marmalade. Well we moved

00:52to Worcestershire. I grew up in Shropshire. We've been in a big circle but

00:57moved to a beautiful rural place about eight years ago and grow some fruits in

01:04the garden. So I started making jam just to use up all of that surplus fruit. I

01:09really enjoyed making it. I started entering a few competitions. I did quite

01:14well. I thought I'll tell you what I'll try my hand at marmalade and so it all

01:19started there and about six years later here we are. I love making marmalade

01:26experimenting with a few different flavours. It's great. I really love

01:31making marmalade with limes. I just love lime and things go really

01:37well with lime. It's got a really lovely bitter taste but the

01:42Crème de Cacao which is a little bit chocolatey, a little bit vanillary, works

01:46perfectly with the lime. I'm going to keep making marmalade because I really

01:50enjoy it. It brings out a bit of creativity and there's always a few jars

01:54to give to family and friends. I'm going to look at ways of passing on my

01:58knowledge to others as well because it's a great thing to do and I'd really

02:03like to share some of my skills and knowledge and expertise.

02:08Thank you.