In 2012 Vivien celebrates 25 years of making and demonstrating award-winning preserves and 18 years of judging preserves at competitions. Vivien’s passion for preserving has seen her featured in the Sunday Telegraph, on ITV Central’s ‘Heart of the Country’ programme and on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Food Programme’. She has won numerous first prizes for her preserves at local and national level and in 2008 she won “Best of the Best” for her Seville orange marmalade at the World’s Original Marmalade Festival. Vivien’s winning recipe is featured in both her new book, First Preserves and her DVD “Marvellous Marmalade”.
Passionate about ensuring age-old traditional recipes are not passed over in favour of more modern interpretations, Vivien is keen to share her expertise and knowledge and to revive what she feels is a declining and misunderstood skill.
Vivien’s Tomato and Chilli Chutney is made using locally sourced vegetables and home-grown chillies. Made in small batches this traditional chutney is available at a number of retail outlets in the South-West and online. For those who prefer to see at firsthand how to make high quality preserves, Vivien presents a number of master classes in marmalades, jams and chutneys at her home in Somerset and at cookery schools and food events round the country.
