Gold awards for Food NI marmalade specialists
Food NI member, Tandragee’s Peggy’s Family Farm have won gold at the recent World Marmalade Awards, held at Dalamain Estate, Cumbria.
The awards are the only competition of jam and marmalade producers worldwide.
Homemade artisan jams and chutneys made in small batches are the principal products from Peggy’s Family Farm. Peggy’s, owned by Glen Black, won gold in the artisan marmalade market for is Seville orange marmalade with Bushmills whiskey.
Another local company, Annie’s Delights, owned by Ann Marie Collins, won golds with two original Irish whiskey flavoured marmalades in the artisan market category of the international awards.
Both artisan companies developed their own original marmalade recipes using largely local suppliers.
They were successful from over 3,000 entries from all over the UK and farther afield.
Both artisan companies are active in local food markets.
