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.