The new year at Thursday Cottage starts with the sweet tang of citrus as cooks prepare some of our ten marmalades including: traditional Seville Bitter Orange, Pink Grapefruit medium cut, the intriguing Blood Orange Marmalade made with oranges from the slopes of Mount...
Congratulations A double congratulations to Donna Smith as she received her long service certificate marking twenty years’ service with the company from Chris Newenham joint managing director of Wilkin & Sons; this coincided with her appointment as Managing...
At just nine years old, Flora Rider has triumphed over thousands of entries in the 2021 Homemade Marmalade Awards, receiving the Best-in-Show Award for her Seville Orange and Orange Blossom Marmalade. She beat entries from over 30 countries around the world, including...
The key winners of the World’s Original Marmalade Awards 2021 were announced at Dalemain, Cumbria on Sunday 20th June: the Double Gold Best in Show winner, as well as all category winners and Artisan winners. The announcement took place in conjunction with Dalemain’s...
There is still time to submit your marmalade to this year’s World’s Original Marmalade Awards, the deadline is 10th February: https://www.dalemain.com/homemade-marmalade-awards/ Founder Jane Hasell-McCosh, “Since announcing the Awards would return in 2021, we...
Despite the cancellation of the Marmalade Festival in March 2020, organisers of the Marmalade Awards were delighted to present Hospice at Home Carlisle & North Lakeland with a cheque for £20,278.50 in December. The Charity has been the main beneficiary of...
One of Thursday’s Cottage most recent products, Gingerbread Caramel Spread received 2 stars from the Great Taste Awards while our traditional Lemon Curd received 1 star. We are delighted and would like to share the judges’ comments: “Thursday Cottage Gingerbread...
Afternoon tea was introduced in Britain by the seventh Duchess of Bedford in 1840. She decided there was a need for refreshments during the long gap between lunch and dinner, so afternoon tea at 4 p.m. was established. Diners would need a hearty appetite to consume a...
