Welcome to the 2025 Jams & Jellies Competition hosted by The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair!
Specials for the 2025 Jams & Jellies Professional Competiton include:
Premier Jam / Jelly Exhibitor - Professional
One winner will be selected from the Professional 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
Hot Chardonnay Wine Jelly Walker's Country Market, Niagara On The Lake, ON
IPA Beer Jelly Fabia Zampieron, St. Catharines, ON
Cabernet Merlot Wine Jelly Walker's Country Market, Niagara On The Lake, ON
Fire and Ice Wine Pepper Jelly ONLY 1 JAR Fabia Zampieron, St. Catharines, ON
Dragonfruit Bellini Jelly- Dragonfruit Nectar, Spa Gryphon Ridge Highlands, Niagara On The Lake, ON
Guinness Beer Jelly Fabia Zampieron, St. Catharines, ON
Champagne Pear Jelly- Pear Nectar, Sparkling Wine Gryphon Ridge Highlands, Niagara On The Lake, ON
Strawberry Amaretto Jelly Wendy Mahoney, Warkworth, ON
Spicey Caesar jelly Joanne Holt, ON - Wellington, Guelph, ON
Scape,Garlic,Onion & Wine Jelly Over the Hill Farm & Gardens, Ontario, ON
Scotch Bonnet Rum Jelly Barclays Wine Jelly, Toronto, ON
Cherry Amaretto Jelly Wendy Mahoney, Warkworth, ON