THE ARTISAN KITCHEN AWARDS
Celebrating one of Britain’s most awarded collections of fruit preserves
The Artisan Kitchen is the UK’s most awarded fruit preserves producer, with more than 630 awards for its handmade jams, marmalades and preserves.
Founded by chef Sarah Churchill in 2011, The Artisan Kitchen makes every jar by hand in small batches in Gloucester. Each recipe begins with exceptional fruit, allowing its natural character, acidity and flavour to lead the preserve.
What began with fruit gathered from a single Mirabelle plum tree has grown into one of the most consistently recognised bodies of work in British preserving.
At the heart of that recognition are 210 Great Taste Awards, including an exceptional collection of coveted three-star awards. Great Taste products are judged blind and entirely on flavour by chefs, buyers, writers and other food professionals, making the awards one of Britain’s most trusted independent measures of food quality.
The Artisan Kitchen has also received seven Golden Fork Awards, the Guild of Fine Food’s highest Great Taste honours. Chosen from thousands of entries, Golden Fork winners represent the finest products to emerge from each year’s judging.
The Artisan Kitchen’s Blaisdon Red Plum Jam™
One preserve holds a particularly special place in The Artisan Kitchen’s story:
The Artisan Kitchen’s Blaisdon Red Plum Jam™.
Chef Sarah Churchill first made it commercially in 2013, transforming a rare Gloucestershire heritage plum into a vivid, deeply fruited jam using only fruit and sugar.
Over the years, The Artisan Kitchen’s Blaisdon Red Plum Jam™ has received multiple three-star Great Taste Awards, been named among the Great Taste Top 50 Foods and won the Golden Fork for the South West.
Each of these honours was awarded to the jam created by Sarah and handmade here in The Artisan Kitchen’s Gloucester kitchen. They celebrate this particular preserve, its recipe, craftsmanship and unmistakable expression of the Blaisdon Red plum.
The Artisan Kitchen’s marmalades have achieved further recognition at the World’s Original Marmalade Awards, including Double Gold, celebrating the balance, craftsmanship and depth of flavour at the heart of our citrus preserves.
For The Artisan Kitchen, awards are not the starting point. They are the result of a simple philosophy that has remained unchanged since the beginning:
seek out extraordinary fruit, preserve it with care and make flavour the most important ingredient in every jar.
A collection of awards earned jar by jar
The list below brings together awards received across The Artisan Kitchen’s complete collection of jams, marmalades and preserves, alongside wider producer honours awarded to The Artisan Kitchen.
Each product award celebrates the individual preserve entered. This includes the remarkable award history of The Artisan Kitchen’s Blaisdon Red Plum Jam™, while Small Artisan Producer of the Year and other producer honours recognise Sarah Churchill’s wider body of work.
GREAT TASTE AWARDS 2026
Golden Fork Nomination For England – Seville Orange and Bergamot Marmalade
3 Star Gold – Seville orange and Bergamot Marmalade
3 Star Gold – Summer Citrus Marmalade Italian Orange Bitters
2 Star Gold – Seville Orange Marmalade Vino De Naranja
2 Star Gold – Tarocco Blood Orange Marmalade
2 Star Gold – Seville Orange Marmalade Italian Orange Bitter
2 Star Gold – Blood Orange Marmalade Italian Orange Bitters
2 Star Gold – Negroni Marmalade
2 Star Gold – Blaisdon Red Plum Jam
2 Star Gold – Pink Grapefruit Marmalade
2 Star Gold – Early Rivers Prolific Plum Jam
2 star Gold – Seville Orange cacao Marmalade
2 star Gold – Sanguinelli Blood Orange Marmalade
1 Star Gold – Seville Orange Marmalade
1 Star Gold – Blood Orange Marmalade Vino De Naranja
1 star gold – Seville Orange Marmalade Olorosso Sherry
1 star Gold – Summer Citrus Marmalade
1 star Gold – Gloucester Marmalade
1 star gold – Pink Grapefruit Vanilla marmalade
1 star Gold – Mandarin Marmalade
1 star Gold – Sweet Orange passion Fruit Marmalade
GREAT TASTE AWARDS 2025
3 Star Gold – Morello Cherry Jam
3 Star Gold – Summer Citrus Marmalade
3 Star Gold – Seville Orange Marmalade Vino De Naranja
3 Star Gold – Rivers Early Prolific Plum Jam
2 Star Gold – seville orange marmalade
2 star gold – blood orange marmalade vino de naranja
2 star gold – seville orange marmalade oloroso sherry
2 star gold – blood orange marmalade italian orange bitters
2 star gold – negroni marmalade
2 star gold – negroni summer citrus marmalade
2 star gold – pink gin marmalade
1 star gold – tarocco blood orange marmalade
1 star gold – sweet orange passion fruit marmalade
1 star gold – seville orange marmalade italian orange bitters
1 star gold – negroni blood orange marmalade
1 star gold – blaisdon red plum jam
1 star gold – pink grapefruit marmalade
GREAT TASTE AWARDS 2024
3 Star Gold – Pink Gin Marmalade
3 Star Gold – Damson Raspberry Jam
3 Star Gold – Summer Citrus Marmalade
3 Star Gold – Sweet Orange Passion Fruit Marmalade
3 Star Gold – Negroni Marmalade
3 Star Gold – Seville Orange Marmalade Vino De Naranja
3 Star Gold – Pink Grapefruit Marmalade
3 Star Gold – Negroni Blood Orange Marmalade
2 Star Gold – Seville Orange Marmalade
2 Star Gold – Blaisdon Red Plum Jam
2 Star Gold – Tarocco Blood Orange Marmalade
2 Star Gold – Seville Orange marmalade Italian Orange Bitters
2 Star Gold – Blood Orange Marmalade Italian Orange Bitters
2 Star Gold -Blood Orange Marmalade Vino De Naranja
2 Star Gold – Sorrento Lemon Marmalade
2 Star Gold – Tropical Marmalade
2 Star Gold – Seville Orange marmalade Olorosso Sherry
1 Star Gold – Tropical Marmalade Ceylon Arrack
1 Star Gold – Summer Citrus Marmalade Italian Orange Bitters
GREAT TASTE AWARDS 2023
3 Star Gold – Sorrento Lemon Marmalade
3 Star Gold – Tarocco Blood Orange marmalade
3 Star Gold – Blood Orange Marmalade Vino De Naranja
3 Star Gold- Seville Orange Marmalade
3 Star Gold – Blaisdon Red Plum Jam
3 Star Gold – Summer Citrus Marmalade Italian Orange Bitters
3 Star Gold – Pink Gin Marmalade
3 Star Gold – Seville Orange Marmalade Vino De Naranja
2 Star Gold – Damson Jam
2 Star Gold – Tropical Marmalade
2 Star Gold – Spiced Rum Marmalade
2 Star Gold – Negroni Blood Orange Marmalade
2 Star Gold – Negroni Marmalade
2 Star Gold – Seville Orange marmalade italian Orange bitters
2 Star Gold – Blood Orange marmalade Italian Orange Bitters
2 Star Gold – Apricot Jam
2 Star Gold – Seville Orange marmalade Olorosso Sherry
1 Star Gold – Greengage jam
1 Star Gold – Blackcurrant Sloe Gin jam
1 Star Gold – Espresso Martini Marmalade
1 Star Gold – Sweet Orange Passion Fruit Marmalade
GREAT TASTE AWARDS 2022
Golden Fork South West – Blaisdon Red Plum Jam
Golden Fork – Small Artisan Producer 2022
3 Star Gold – Blaisdon Red Plum Jam
3 Star Gold – Pink Grapefruit Vanilla Marmalade
3 Star Gold – Tarocco Blood Orange Marmalade
3 Star Gold Blood Orange Marmalade Vino De Naranja
2 Star Gold – Damson Jam
2 Star Gold – Blackcurrant Sloe Gin Jam
2 Star Gold – Seville Orange Marmalade
2 Star Gold – Seville Orange Marmalade Vino De naranja
2 Star Gold – Negroni Marmalade
2 Star Gold – Summer Citrus Marmalade
2 Star Gold – Summer Citrus Marmalade Italian Orange Bitters
2 Star Gold – Blood Orange Marmalade Italian Orange Bitters
2 Star Gold – Pink Gin Marmalade
2 Star Gold – Sweet Orange Passion Fruit Marmalade
2 Star Gold – Tropical Marmalade
1 Star Gold – Seville Orange Marmalade Italian Orange Bitters
1 Star Gold – Lime Lemon Vanilla marmalade
1 Star Gold – Champagne Marmalade
GREAT TASTE AWARDS 2021
Golden Fork Award – South West
Golden Fork – Small Artisan Producer Of The Year
3 Star Gold – Seville Orange Marmalade
3 Star Gold – Tropical Marmalade
3 Star Gold – Blaisdon Red Plum Jam
3 Star Gold – Seville Orange Cacao Marmalade
2 Star Gold – Negroni Marmalade
2 Star Gold – Seville Orange Marmalade Vino De Naranja
2 Star Gold – Seville Orange Marmalade Arancino Aperitivo
2 Star Gold – Tarocco Blood Orange Marmalade
2 Star Gold – Blood Orange Marmalade Italian Orange Bitters
2 Star Gold – Pink Gin Marmalade
2 Star Gold – Pink Grapefruit Marmalade – Rose Aperitivo
2 Star Gold – Lime Lemon Vanilla Marmalade
2 Star Gold – Sweet Orange Passion Fruit Marmalade
1 Star Gold – Seville Orange Marmalade Italian Orange Bitters
1 Star Gold – Seville Orange Marmalade Rosso Vermouth
1 Star Gold – Blood Orange Marmalade Vino De Naranja
1 Star Gold – Rhubarb Jam
1 Star Gold – Blackcurrant Sloe Gin Jam
1 Star Gold – Summer Citrus Marmalade Italian Orange Bitters
1 Star Gold – Summer Citrus Marmalade
Great taste awards 2020
3 star gold – seville orange marmalade
3 star gold – damson jam
3 star gold – seville orange marmalade italian orange bitters
3 star gold – seville orange marmalade vino de naranja
3 star gold – summer citrus marmalade italian orange bitters
3 star gold – pink gin marmalade
3 star gold – tropical marmalade ceylon arrack
3 star gold – blood orange marmalade vino de naranja
3 star gold – negroni marmalade
3 star gold – seville orange marmalade olorosso sherry
2 star gold – seville orange cacao marmalade
2 star gold – summer citrus marmalade
2 star gold – tarocco blood orange marmalade
1 star gold – sweet orange passion fruit marmalade
2 star gold – tropical marmalade
2 star gold – blood orange marmalade italian orange bitters
1 star gold – negroni blood orange marmalade
2 star gold – blackcurrant sloe gin jam
2 star gold – blaisdon red plum jam
2 star gold – lime lemon vanilla marmalade
2 star gold – cotswold honey lemon marmalade
2 star gold – citrus gin & tonic marmalade
Great taste awards 2019
Golden fork 2019 – small artisan producer of the year
Golden fork nomintion – blaisdon red plum jam
3 star gold – blaisdon red plum jam
3 star gold – tarocco blood orange marmalade
3 star gold – blodd orange marmalade italian orange bitters
3 star gold – seville orange marmalade vino de naranja
2 star gold – gin & orange mimosa marmalade
2 star gold – bucks fizz marmalade
2 star gold – espresso martini marmalade
2 star gold – prolific plum jam
2 star gold – seville orange marmalade
1 star gold – blackcurrant sloe gin jam
1 star gold – seville orange cacao marmalade
1 star gold – cotswold gin & lemon marmalade
1 star gold – cotswold honey lemon marmalade
1 star gold – sweet orange passion fruit marmalade
1 star gold – passion fruit vodka oramge marmalade
1 star gold – seville orange marmalade italian orange bitters
Taste of the west 2019
Finalist for champion preserve – blaisdon red plum jam
Finalist for champion preserve – negroni marmalade
Gold – blaisdon red plum jam
Gold – prolific plum jam
Gold – blackcurrant sloe gin jam
Gold – tarocco blood orange marmalade
Gold – negroni marmalade
Gold – passion fruit orange vodka marmalade
Gold – cotswold gin & lemon marmalade
Gold – gin & orange mimosa marmalade
The worlds original marmalade awards 2019
Gold – seville orange marmalade italian orange bitters
Gold – espresso martini marmalade
Gold – lime lemon limoncello marmalade
Gold – seville orange marmalade vino de naranja
Silver – seville orange marmalade
Silver – tarocco blood orange marmalade
Silver – single malt whisky marmalade
Silver – negroni marmalade
Silver – bucks fizz marmalade
Silver – london gin mimosa marmalade
Silver – cotswold honey lemon marmalade
Silver – lime lemon vanilla marmalalade
Bronze – lemon vanilla vodka marmalade
Bronze – passion fruit, vodka orange marmalade
Great taste awards 2018
Golden fork finalist – south west
Seville orange marmalade vino de naranja
3 star gold – seville marmalade vino de naranja
3 star gold – sweet orange passion fruit marmalade
3 star gold – tarocco blood orange marmalade
3 star gold – blood orange marmalade vino de naranja
2 star gold – pink grapefruit marmalade
2 star gold – gin & tonic citrus marmalade
2 star gold – lemon passion fruit marmalade
2 star gold – blood orange marmalade aperol
2 star gold – pink gin marmalade
2 star gold – seville marmalade olorosso sherry
2 star gold – seville orange marmalade amontillado sherry
2 star gold – gloucester marmalade
2 star gold – blaisdon red plum jam
2 star gold – sour cherry jam
1 star gold – seville marmalade italian bitters
1 star gold – blackcurrant sloe gin jam
Taste of the west 2018
Champion preserve – prolific plum jam
Champion finalist – blaisdon red plum jam
Champion finalist – prolific plum jam
Champion finalist – seville marmalade italian bitters
Gold – blaisdon red plum jam
Gold – prolific plum jam
Gold – seville orange marmalade italian orange bitters
Gold – seville orange marmalaade amontillado sherry
Silver – gloucester marmalade
Silver – seville orange marmalade olorosso sherry
Highly commended – sour cherry jam
Highly commended – gin & tonic citrus marmalade
Cotswold life food and drink awards 2018
Food product of the year 2018
Gloucester marmalade
The worlds original marmalade awards 2018
Pink grapefruit cranberry marmalade – gold
Lemon fennel thyme marmalade – gold
Blood orange oloroso sherry marmalade – gold
Lemon lime mezcal marmalade – gold
Blood orange marmalade – silver
Blood orange marmalade italian orange bitters – silver
Blood orange cachaca marmalade – silver
Pink grapefruit vanilla marmalade – silver
Seville orange cranberry marmalade – silver
Honey lemon marmalade – silver
Pink grapefruit perry marmalade – silver
Amalfi lemon marmalade – bronze
Sweet & bitter orange, cider & apple marmalade – bronze
Blood orange rosemary marmalade – bronze
Pin gin marmalade – bronze
Citrus gin & tonic marmalade – bronze
Seville orange spiced rum marmalade – bronze
Great taste awards 2017
Ambient product of the year- seville orange marmalade
Seville orange marmalade – top 50 foods
Summer citrus italian bitters marmalade – top 50 foods
Seville orange marmalade – 3 star gold
Summer citrus orange bitters marmalade – 3 star gold
Seville orange italian bitters marmalade – 2 star gold
Blood orange marmalade italian bitters – 2 star gold
Blackcurrant sloe gin jam – 2 star gold
Summer citrus marmalade – 1 star gold
Pink gin marmalade – 1 star gold
Cotswold honey lemon marmalade – 1 star gold
Damson raspberry jam – 1 star gold
Taste of the west 2017
Blaisdon red plum jam
Great british food awards 2017
Shorlisted best sweet preserve – blaisdon red plum jam
Taste of the west 2017
Gold – blaisdon red plum jam
Gold – seville orange vodka marmalade
Gold – seville orange apple brandy marmalade
Gold – blood orange marmalade
Silver – damson gin jam
Highly commended – raspberry cardamom jam
Highly commended – cotswold honey lemon marmalade
Highly commended – summer citrus aperol marmalade
Uk enterprise awards 2017
Best small artisan producer 2017
The worlds original marmalade awards 2017
Category winner – seville orange vodka marmalade
Gold – seville orange vodka marmalade
Gold – cotswold lemon honey marmalade
Gold – summer citrus aperol marmalade
Gold – seville orange apple brandy marmalade
Gold – summer citrus sake marmalade
Gold – summer citrus gin marmalade
Gold – caramelised summer citrus marmalade
Gold – seville orange espresso marmalade
Silver – pink gin marmalade
Silver – summer citrus apple brandy marmalade
Silver – summer citrus marmalade
Silver – blood orange marmalade
Silver – blood orange grappa marmalade
Silver – blood orange aperol marmalade
Silver – blood orange gin marmalade
Silver – seville orange honey bourbon marmalade
Silver – sweet citrus golden rum marmalade
Silver – seville orange cardamom marmalade
Bronze – seville orange london gin marmalade
Bronze – sweet citrus honey bourbon marmalade
Bronze – seville orange maple marmalade
Bronze – caramelised seville orange marmalade
Bronze – sweet citrus cranberry marmalade
Bronze – blood orange cacao marmalade
Bronze – sweet citrus cacao marmalade
Quality food awards 2016
Shortlisted for blaisdon red plum jam
Taste of gloucestershire
Finalist for best producer 2016
Great taste awards 2016
Seville orange aperol marmalade 2 gold stars
Seville orange moonshine marmalade 2 gold stars
Summer fruit vanilla jam 2 gold stars
Sweet orange sea buckthorn marmalade 2 gold stars
Leafy lemon limoncello marmalade 1 gold star
West country cider seville marmalade 1 gold star
West country cider sweet orange marmalade 1 gold star
Sweet orange espresso marmalade 1 gold star
Sicilian orange grappa marmalade 1 gold star
Great british food awards 2016
Shorlisted sweet preserves 2016
West country cider sweet orange marmalade
Delicious magazine food producer awards 2016
Shortlisted south west food producer 2016
Blaisdon red plum jam
Taste of the west 2016
Gold – seville orange aperol marmalade
Gold – sweet orange espresso marmalade
Gold – summer fruit vanilla jam
Gold – seville orange seville gin marmalade
Gold – west country cider sweet orange marmalade
Silver – sweet spiced citrus marmalade
Silver – west country cider seville marmalade
Highly commended – damson raspberry jam
Cotswold life food and farming awards 2016
Finalist – food product of 2016
West coutry cider seville orange marmalade
Western daily press food and farming awards 2016
Finalist – best food producer
The worlds original marmalade awards 2016
Double gold – seville orange aperol marmalade
Gold – seville orange aperol marmalade
Gold – west country cider sweet orange marmalade
Gold – west country cider seville orange marmalade
Gold – seville orange limoncello marmalade
Gold – sweet orange espresso marmalade
Gold – seville orange seville gin marmalade
Gold – sweet spiced citrus marmalade
Gold – seville cacao marmalade
Silver – seville orange moonshine marmalade
Silver – sweet orange lemongrass marmalade
Silver – sweet orange sea buckthorn marmalade
Silver – seville orange jelly
Silver – seville orange pink peppercorn marmalade
Silver – sweet orange vintage champagne marmalade
Bronze – sweet orange grappa marmalade
Highly commended – pink grapefruit ginger marmalade
Champion sweet preserves 2015
Taste of the west
Rivers early prolific plum jam
Cool brands awarded 2015/16
Taste of the west 2015
Gold – pink grapefruit vanilla marmalade
Gold – seville orange tonka bean marmalade
Gold – early rivers prolific plum jam
Gold – sweet orange passion fruit marmalade
Gold – gloucestershire rowells plum jam
Gold – strawberry apple vanilla jam
Gold – apricot vanilla elderflower jam
Silver – blackcurrant sloe gin jam
Silver – raspberry passion fruit jam
Great taste awards 2015
Gold – pink grapefruit vanilla marmalade
Gold – sweet orange passion fruit marmalade
Great british food farm produce awards 2015
Finalist – sweet preserve, gloucestershire rowells plum jam
Highly commended – sweet preserve
Gloucestershire rowells plum jam
Cotswold life food and drink awards 2015
Finalist – food product of the year – blaisdon red plum jam
2015 worlds original marmalade awards
Gold – sweet orange passion fruit marmalade
Gold – seville orange, rosemary, black pepper marmalade
Gold – pink grapefruit vanilla marmalade
Gold – blood orange vanilla marmalade
Silver – seville orange tonka bean marmalade
Silver – seville orange hibiscus marmalade
Bronze – seville orange marmalade
Bronze – seville orange vanilla vodka marmalade
Western daily press – food and farming awards 2015
Finalist – best food producer
Defra food star 2015
Live love eat 2015 awards
Platinum winner condiments/preserves
Blaisdon red plum jam
Vavista – eat better 2 star award 2015
Great taste awards 2014
Golden Fork Award – Small artisan producer of the year
Blaisdon red plum jam – finalist for supreme champion 2014
Blaisdon red plum jam
Nominated for south west speciality product of 2014
Blaisdon red plum jam – top 50 foods
Blaisdon red plum jam – 3 star gold
Mirabelle plum jam – 2 star gold
Sweet orange bergamot & lime marmalade – 2 star gold
Lemon curd – 2 star gold
Lime curd – 1 star gold
Roasted peanut butter & sea salt – 1 star gold
Blood orange marmalade – 1 star gold
Peanut pecan maple butter – 1 star gold
Taste of gloucestershire 2014
Finalist – food producer of the year
Preserve finalist 2014 – live love eat.Com
Blaisdon red plum jam
Great british foods – farm produce awards 2014
Awarded coolbrands status 2014/15
Taste of the west 2014
Gold – blaisdon red plum jam
Lemon curd – bronze
Damson & fennel blossom jam – bronze
World marmalade awards 2014
Lemon & vanilla vodka marmalade – gold
Sweet orange, bergamot & lime marmalade – silver
Blood orange marmalade – gold
Seville orange marmalade – silver
Pink grapefruit lemon verbena – silver
Lime marmalade – highly commended
Bbc good food show london 2013
Winner food producers bursary award
Great taste 2013
Gold 1 star – lime lemon vanilla marmalade
Gold 1 star – seville orange marmalade
Gold 2 star – blackcurrant & sloe gin jam
Gold 2 star – summer citrus marmalade
Gold 2 star – pink grapefruit & lemon marmalade
World marmalade awards 2013
Lime lemon vanilla marmalade – silver
Summer citrus marmalade – silver
Pink grapefruit & lemon marmalade – commended
Seville cacao marmalade – silver
Taste of the west 2013
Champion sweet preserve – blood orange marmalade
Gold – lime lemon vanilla marmalade
Gold – blood orange marmalade
Gold – blackcurrant apple & lime jam
Silver – tutti frutti jam
Bronze – peach & elderflower jam
Taste of gloucestershire food and farming awards 2013
Best food product finalist
Best food business finalist
Gloucestershire women in business awards 2013
Finalist
Great taste 2012
Gold – damson raspberry jam
Taste of the west 2012
Damson & raspberry jam – silver
Toffee apple jam = silver
Seville orange marmalade – silver
Raspberry & chocolate jam – silver
Gloucestershire ploughmans pickle – bronze
Beetroot apple mustard pickle – bronze
Cotswold life food and drink awards 2012
Newcomer winner
