Marmalade Awards & Festival 2012

• WHEN: Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th February
• WHERE: Penrith, Cumbria, UK

The World's Original Marmalade Awards & Festival is now back for its seventh year and it already promises to be better than the previous six years. With over 1,200 jars being sent from all over the world last year (2011) they are looking to beat that this year....

Amateur and commercial marmalade lovers from across the globe are encouraged to enter their own marmalade into the prestigious marmalade contest - The World's Original Marmalade Awards & Festival.

The 2012 World’s Original Marmalade Awards & Festival will take place at the historic Dalemain Mansion, in the Lake District, UK on February 25th and 26th 2012. Entries from every type of marmalade maker are welcomed with categories catering for families, serious artisan and commercial producers, B&B owners and even members of the armed forces.

The World's Original Marmalade Awards & Festival includes: a marmalade concert, a keynote lecture by famous food historian, Ivan Day, the presence of the world’s most famous marmalade lover, Paddington Bear, and delicious marmalade tasting.

Paddington, who is well known for his love of marmalade, is the patron of The World's Original Marmalade Awards.

For more information on the 2012 event please visit the official Marmalade Awards website.