
A yuzu and pear maintain has taken the highest identify on the World Marmalade Awards.
Now in its 20th 12 months, the competition at Dalemain, close to Penrith in Cumbria, draws 1000’s of entries from world wide.
Hitomi Wakamura, from Tokyo, mentioned it was once a “great honour” to be selected as winner within the do-it-yourself class.
The champion marmalade will now move on sale at Fortnum & Mason in London, with a share of the proceeds going to the charity Hospice at Home.
Beatrice Hasell-McCosh, director of awards, mentioned: ‘It is a great win for an in a foreign country competitor on this pageant which upholds the perfect in British usual marmalade making.
“Yuzu has become more and more popular in the past decade with many entries using this gorgeous, perfumed citrus in their recipes.
“It is a neatly deserved win for Hitomi Wakamura and particular that it comes as we mark our 20th anniversary 12 months and that she was once in a position to trip all of the approach from Japan to be with us and obtain her prize in individual.”
Hitomi Wakamura mentioned: “It’s a super honour that my Yuzu and Pear marmalade was once selected within the Homemade Competition this 12 months.
“I would like to thank all those involved for giving me this opportunity. “

The 3,200 entries this 12 months got here from as some distance afield as Hawaii, New Zealand, South Korea, Botswana and Georgia, together with many from round the United Kingdom.
As neatly because the citrus-based choices, some contained extra odd elements similar to caterpillars, capers and Irn Bru.