Welcome to the 2025 Jams & Jellies Competition hosted by The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair!
Specials for the 2025 Jams & Jellies Amateur Competiton include:
Premier Jam / Jelly Exhibitor - Amateur
One winner will be selected from the Amateur Section, whose entries earned the highest cumulative number of points. It is not necessary to compete in all classes. Youth Classes do not accumulate points towards the Premier Jams/Jelly Exhibitor Award. Tie-breaker: In case of a tie, the person with the most firsts or seconds, etc. will be the Premier Jams / Jelly Exhibitor.
Prize Money: $100
Judges' Choice Jam and Jelly Award
One winner will be selected among all first place winners in Jams / Jelly (both Amateur and Professional) by the competition judges. Selection is based on the specific jam or jelly's quality, taste, apperance, as well as the reciepe's creativity and uniqueness - those elements that, in the judge's view, create a Jam and Jelly "Best Of Show".
Prize Money: $50
Fruit Jelly Single or Mixed Tree/Vine Fruit/Berry
Itemize fruit used
Raspberry Red Currant Jelly Well Preserved Farm, Pembroke, ON
Grape Jelly- Grapes TaPisani Farms, Maxwell, ON
Crabapple Jelly Nancy Long, Calgary, AB
Raspberry Jelly. Raspberries, sugar, pectin Rodger J. Beatty, St. Catharines, ON
Spiced Red Currant Jelly Red Ribbon Livestock, Guelph, ON
Apple Cider Cinnamon Jelly Joe Bush, Toronto, ON
Quince and Cranberry Jelly. Quince, Cranberries Shayne Newkirk, Vittoria, ON
Surmac Caroline Peer, Mount Hope, ON
Watermelon Jelly Caroline Loucks, Toronto, ON
Spicy spiced crab-apple jelly Amaya Perez-Brumer, Toronto, ON
Raspberry/Blackberry Jelly. Raspberries, blackberr Rodger J. Beatty, St. Catharines, ON
Pear Pepper Jelly Brianna Julien, Mississauga, ON
Canadian Forest Jelly Jo-Anne Pulfer, Tottenham, ON
Strawberry Jelly. Strawberries, sugar, pectin Rodger J. Beatty, St. Catharines, ON
Goji Berry Jelly Paul Barrie, Toronto, ON
Pineapple Pepper Jelly Brianna Julien, Mississauga, ON
Coronation Grape Jelly with Ginger Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute, Toronto, ON
Guava Pepper Jelly Brianna Julien, Mississauga, ON