Join Fortnum & Mason for the first in our Marvellous Marmalade season of events. Concentrate on making marvelous marmalade with Jane Hasell-McCosh, founder of the World Original Marmalade Competition and Festival and Jane Maggs from Wild & Fruitful. They will demonstrate the art and craft of marmalade making, in plenty of time for you to enter the competition.Fortnum & Mason is delighted to join Dalemain Mansion once more in celebrating the World Original Marmalade Competition and Festival.
A series of events scheduled for January and February is concentrating on this most British of foods, and offering oodles of opportunity to learn the secrets of masterful marmalade making and tasting. The celebration culminates in the judging of the competition entrants and the crowning of the winners. Once again, the supreme champion will have their recipe recreated by the Fortnum’s chefs, and sold in the store. Please see below for a full list of the exciting events being held at Piccadilly.
Marmalade Dreams: Get in the Mood for National Marmalade Week
Where:
Demonstration Kitchen, First Floor.
When:
Thursday 19 January at 2pm
Join us for the first in our Marvellous Marmalade season of events. This workshop – in the Demonstration Kitchen, First Floor – concentrates on making marvellous marmalade with Jane Hasell-McCosh, founder of the World Original Marmalade Competition and Festival and Jane Maggs from Wild & Fruitful. They will demonstrate the art and craft of marmalade making, in plenty of time for you to enter the competition. If you win, Fortnum’s chefs will make your marmalade and sell it in the store. Now that’s a sweet prize. If you would rather taste than make, you will have the opportunity to try Fortnum’s very own – and highly delicious – orange and whisky marmalade.
Magnificent Marmalade with a Master of the Art
When:
Thursday 26 January at 6pm
Where:
Demonstration Kitchen, First Floor
The second in our series of marmalade inspired demonstrations. Our magician of the marmalades gives a master class in the art and craft of making marmalade. It will inspire you to get out the preserve pan and enter one or more of the medley of categories in next month’s World Marmalade Competition.
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Where:
Demonstration Kitchen, First Floor
When:
Thursday 2 February at 2pm
Marmalades can be made from all sorts of wonderful fruits. Join us for a demonstration of making marmalades with intriguing ingredients, including kumquat and lemon and lime. What about that for your entry in the ‘Other Citrus Fruits’ or ‘Mystery Marmalade’ categories in next month’s competition?
Marvellous! It’s National Marmalade Week
When:
Monday 27 February to Friday 2 March
Where:
Demonstration Kitchen, First Floor
It’s the SEVENTH Annual World’s Original Marmalade Awards & Festival, founded by Dalemain Mansion in Cumbria, and co-hosted with Fortnum & Mason. The week is jam-packed with tastings of the winning entries, and with the chance to try Fortnum’s own very fine marmalades. Categories include family, commercial producers, novices and heritage – for those really ancient family recipes written on parchment-coloured paper. There’s a category for families, and one for mums, so there’s no excuse not to have a go – and you never know. It’s the Toast of the Town.
Marmalade in the Main Dish
When:
Thursday 8 March at 2pm
Where:
Demonstration Kitchen, First Floor
Now that you have practised making your marmalade, what would you like to do with it? We’ll show you how to use marmalade as an ingredient, featuring Marmalade and Honey glazed Ham and Duck with a Marmalade Glaze.
To download the Marmalade Festival entry form, go to
www.fortnumandmason.com
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