The Artisan Kitchen scores a 'double jammy' at Great Taste food awards
Gloucester-based food producer The Artisan Kitchen has come home with two trophies from the Great Taste awards in London for its homemade jam.
Founder Sarah Churchill picked up the Golden Fork award for the South West for its Blaisdon Red Plum Jam, and went on to be named Small Artisan Producer of the Year.
Judges described the jam as having “utter deliciousness all bound together by plums and sugar” with a “perfect balance of sweetness and acidity which leaves a tart, plummy succulence dancing on the palate”.
The product also received the Great Taste Small Artisan Producer of the Year award, which celebrates the best-performing Great Taste three-star award-winning product entered by a micro business, regardless of how long they have been trading.
The Artisan Kitchen Blaisdon Red Plum Jam is homemade and handmade in small batches in a small Gloucester kitchen.
John Farrand, managing director at the Guild of Fine Food said: “Unveiling the Great Taste Golden Fork winners is a huge honour.
"After months of rigorous blind-tasting and judging, it is fantastic to reveal the award-winning products and celebrate the producers' hard work and innovation.
"It’s been an exceptional year for creativity and inspirational food and drink entries.”
This year's competition attracted a record-breaking 14,205 food and drink entries from 110 countries across the world.
