A high­light of the Wel­ling­ton food­ie’s cal­en­dar is  The Great Welly Jam Off.  Since the first Jam Off held at The Old Bank Arcade the event’s trans­formed into a must-make and must-taste event.  At 10.30am this Sunday (March 25th)  The Great Welly Jam Off.  brings the jammy good­ness to The City Mar­ket.

 

The City Mar­ket is pretty much the per­fect ven­ue, it’s the  Sunday home for the very best loc­al food and bever­age pro­du­cers, plus tasty treats from a new loc­al res­taur­ant in the Mar­ket Kit­chen every week. If you haven’t been to City Mar­ket before, make this Sunday your first vis­it, it’s all under­cov­er and every stall is some­thing spe­cial.

The Great Welly Jam Off  kicks off at 10.30am and if it’s any­thing like last year, go find a spot early as it is a ser­i­ously fun event to watch.

Lined up to determ­ine the best of the best are two mighty-fine judges: Lois Daish (my per­son­al bak­ing hero) & Duncan Gal­letly. The MC  is the incred­ibly know­ledge­able and sim­ul­tan­eously hil­ari­ous Richard Ain­dow, edit­or of Fish­head Magazine.  In addi­tion to the judge’s awards, no Jam Off is com­plete without the people’s choice, I’m hop­ing that means Jo, from Bees Bless­ing, will be enter­ing, as last year I was lucky enough to take home a jar of her rose quince and vodka jelly

The trin­ity of home bak­ing, fruits, & com­pet­i­tion helps  makes the Jam Off pretty jamagic­al. But what kicks it into a must-see event is  the people behind it all and their pas­sion for jam and ser­i­ously good food. Head ringlead­er is Cath­er­ine whose along with her jam­bas­sad­ors and last year’s judge Kelda from Nikau have inspired some­thing spe­cial out of each of this year’s Jam­pet­it­ors.

Sosee you at the City Mar­ket this Sunday, I’ll be the one snack­ing on Cre­at­ive Cook­ing macar­ons and Cul­tured Cheese, because who does­n’t love a well-roun­ded break­fast.