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
Spirited Jelly
Any jelly made with wine, liquor or liqueur
Port & Balsamic Jelly Mary Ann Dower, Orillia, ON
Cranberry Claret. Shayne Newkirk, Vittoria, ON
Raspberry Wine Jelly Joe Bush, Toronto, ON
Raspberry White Wine Jelly TaPisani Farms, Maxwell, ON
Alisa Lin, Mississauga, ON
Strawberry Wine Jelly Paul Barrie, Toronto, ON
Concord grape, sugar, white wine, pectin Laurie Smith, Windsor, ON
Strawberry Wine Jelly Brenda Bebbington, Caledon, ON
Plum Pudding Jelly Jo-Anne Pulfer, Tottenham, ON
Cherry Whiskey Vanilla Red Ribbon Livestock, Guelph, ON
Wild Grape and Mulled Red Wine Jelly Jo-Anne Pulfer, Tottenham, ON
Citrus Beer Jelly Jo-Anne Pulfer, Tottenham, ON
Bristol Blue Jelly Well Preserved Farm, Pembroke, ON