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
Savory Jam or Jelly (i.e. herb, pepper, etc)
Itemize fruit(s) or vegetable(s) used
Mint Jelly. Peppermint, water, sugar, pectin, gree Rodger J. Beatty, St. Catharines, ON
Orange Hot Pepper Jelly - Mary Ann Dower, Orillia, ON
Spiced Blueberry Honey Jam Brenda Bebbington, Caledon, ON
Harvest Pineapple Pepper Jelly Kris Gies, Guelph, ON
Winter Solstice Jam Jo-Anne Pulfer, Tottenham, ON
Pineapple Ghost Pepper Jam Rod Bemister, Whitby, ON
Sweet & Spicy Tomato Jam Leigh Bowser, Toronto, ON
Farm Grown Green Pepper Jelly Well Preserved Farm, Pembroke, ON