The 2008 Marmalade Festival will be held at Dalemain in Cumbria on 7 - 10 February in aid of Hospice at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland.
Join Paddington Bear at Dalemain to launch his 50th Anniversary celebrations on Sunday 10 February now National Marmalade Day. Come and take part in the fun, it promises to be the best citrus themed birthday party you could ever attend. There’s lots for the whole family to do with marmalade galore, fantastic local food, lectures, cooking demos, festival bread, sandwich tasting and loads for the children too.
The Marmalade judging takes place on Friday 8 February when the House and Garden is also open to the public.
ALSO PLANNED:
Paddington Bear’s 50th Anniversary celebrations with stories and games for children
Celebrity Cookery Demonstrations
Royal Horticultural Society Lecture
Exploring exotic species of the citrus family from all over the world.
Artisan Food Producers – a real chance to taste some of the most delicious food in Cumbria and an opportunity to have it cooked or prepared for your lunch
All Day Breakfasts, Marmalade scones, Lunches and teas
Spruce up Paddington Bear’s Marmalade Sandwich to win a luxury weekend in the Lake District
Special marmalade loaves (using Carr’s flour) created by seven of Cumbria’s leading independent bakeries especially for the Festival
For the Marmalade Loaves the following bakeries are taking part - Gretna Bakery (Gretna), Grange Bakery (Grange-over-Sands), Munx Lakeland Bakery (Staveley), Staff of Life (Kendal), Moore’s Bakery (Dalston), Bryson’s Bakery (Keswick), Broughton Village Bakery (Broughton-in-Furness). From the 14th of January each baker will be selling them in their own shops to help publicise the World Marmalade Festival [these details from Artisan Food]
If you are a foodie and in the Lake District area on the 10th of February 2008, it’s a must visit. We have 24 fantastic mainly Cumbrian producers all with something to taste, each with a special citrus twist.
There will be some great things to taste, including Pink and White grapefruit marmalade, Duck, orange and lime pate, Whisky and marmalade ice cream, various citrus flavoured cheeses from both local producers and some further afield as well as spiced beef with orange and apple chutney, to name but a few.
Visitors will also be able to judge the Sandwich competition as well as try and buy the winning entries in the “Festival bread baking” competition. Here some of the counties top artisan bread bakers are competing to win the accolade of baking the best festival bread, it will be judged by Dan Lepard amongst others. (Dan writes for the Guardian about bread)
And whilst your there, come an visit our stand, we run Cumbria’s real food magazine. http://www.Artisan-food.com - See you there. - Martin