All courses are held at Vivien’s home, near Midsomer Norton,Somerset on Saturdays from 10.30-5pm. They include breaks for tea and coffee and lunch.
‘Making days’ will include demonstrations and hands-on preparation, cooking and finishing marmalades, jams or chutneys. You will learn about selecting fruit, pectin levels, setting point, sterilising and bottling your preserves.
‘Competition days’ will take you through the exact judging process explaining the marking system and what the judges look for in a competition. You will be encouraged to evaluate your own marmalade, jam or chutney and take part in a taste test.
A day course costs £85 payable with your booking. Two places booked at the same time £125.
Jam making
How to create jewel coloured jams. Learn how to prepare and cook the fruit, to add sugar at the right time and finish the jam to give a perfect set.
Dates: 11th August 2012, 8th September 2012
Jam for competitions
Take your jam- making skills to a new level and learn exactly how jams are judged – improving your chances of success in competitions. Vivien will demonstrate the preparation and cooking stages. The rules of competitions will be explained and how to select prize-winners from your jars at home. Bring a jar of your jam to evaluate with expert guidance from Vivien.
Date: 18th August 2012
Chutneys for competitions
Learn the skills to make award winning chutney. Vivien will demonstrate the preparation, cooking and finishing stages of traditional chutney. The rules of competitions will be explained and how to select prize-winners from your jars at home. Bring a jar of your chutney to evaluate with expert guidance from Vivien.
Date: 22nd September 2012
Chutneys
Discover the craft of traditional, smooth chutneys prepared and cooked using slow methods. Make a chutney which once matured will be full of balanced flavours.
Dates: 13th October 2012, 27th October 2012
Marmalade for competitions
Learn the skills to make award winning marmalade. Vivien will demonstrate the preparation, cooking and finishing stages of citrus based marmalades. The rules of competitions will be explained and how to select prize-winners from your jars at home. Bring a jar of your marmalade to.evaluate with guidance from Vivien.
Dates: 19th January 2013
Magic Marmalade
Learn the skills to make award winning marmalade. Vivien will demonstrate the preparation, cooking and finishing stages of citrus based marmalades. You will prepare fruit provided to take away and make your own marmalade at home.
Dates: 26th January 2013, 1st February 2013
Contact us to book a course or for more information on our master classes. Bespoke courses for one-to-one or small groups are also available on request.
