Awards & Achievements

Celebrating Britain’s most awarded artisan preserves

The Artisan Kitchen creates award winning preserves UK customers return to for both jam and marmalade. Made in small batches in Gloucestershire, the range has received 188 Great Taste Awards, including an exceptional number of three-star honours.

These awards recognise flavour, balance and consistency. As a result, each jar reflects a careful, chef-led approach to preserving. From Golden Fork recognition to specialist marmalade competition medals, every award highlights the quality of the fruit and the precision of the cooking.

This page brings together our latest award news, product highlights and competition results. It also shares the stories behind some of our most recognised preserves.

Below, you will find recent award updates, celebrated jars and news from The Artisan Kitchen as our small-batch preserve story continues.

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The Artisan Kitchen Blaisdon Red Plum Jam Souffle by Chef Rob Cox

From Champion Preserve to The Artisan Kitchen Blaisdon Red Plum Jam™ Soufflé

After The Artisan Kitchen Blaisdon Red Plum Jam™ was named Taste of the West Champion Preserve, chef Robert Cox created a Blaisdon Red Plum Jam soufflé with plum ripple ice cream for A Taste of the West Country.

bergamot seville orange marmalade by the artisan kitchen

A Golden Fork for England Nomination And Two Great Taste Three-Star Marmalades

The Artisan Kitchen has received two three-star awards at Great Taste 2026. Seville Orange & Bergamot Marmalade has also been nominated for the prestigious Golden Fork for England.

Seville orange and bergamot marmalade jar by the artisan kitchen

Twenty-Two Great Taste Awards. Two 3-Star Honours. One Extraordinary Year.

The Artisan Kitchen has received 22 Great Taste Awards in 2026, including two coveted 3-Star awards for Seville Orange & Bergamot Marmalade and Summer Citrus Marmalade with Italian Orange Bitters. Seville Orange & Bergamot Marmalade was also nominated for the Golden Fork for England.

A jar of morello cherry jam by the artisan kitchen

What Does a Great Taste Award Mean? A Chef’s Guide

What does a Great Taste Award mean? Chef Sarah Churchill explains how judging works, what each star means and what judges look for in exceptional food.

The artisan kitchen Seville Orange Marmalade golden fork winner 2017

The Artisan Kitchen’s Seville Orange Marmalade: 2017 Golden Fork Winner

In 2017, The Artisan Kitchen’s Seville Orange Marmalade received three Great Taste stars, was selected as one of the Top 50 Foods and went on to win the Golden Fork for Ambient Product of the Year. This is the story behind that unforgettable award.

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Seven Golden Fork Awards: A Chef’s Journey to Britain’s Most Awarded Preserves

The Artisan Kitchen’s Blaisdon Red Plum Jam™ won the Great Taste Golden Fork for the South West in 2022, while The Artisan Kitchen was named Small Artisan Producer of the Year. Discover the story behind this landmark night for Sarah Churchill and her Gloucester preserve kitchen.

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The Artisan Kitchen Blaisdon Red Plum Jam™ | History Provenance & Awards

Discover the remarkable story of the Blaisdon Red Plum and its award-winning jam. The Artisan Kitchen has been the original commercial producer of Blaisdon Red Plum Jam™ since 2013, preserving this rare Gloucestershire heritage fruit in small seasonal batches.

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The Artisan Kitchen Wins 18 Great Taste Awards in 2025

The Artisan Kitchen won 18 Great Taste Awards in 2025, including five 3-star awards, seven 2-star awards and six 1-star awards for handmade jams and marmalades from Gloucester.

The Artisan Kitchen Wins 20 Great Taste Awards in 2024

The Artisan Kitchen won 20 Great Taste Awards in 2024, including eight three-star awards for handmade jams and marmalades from Gloucestershire.

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Great Taste Awards Golden Forks 2022

The Artisan Kitchen celebrated a remarkable double win in 2022. Its Blaisdon Red Plum Jam™ received the Golden Fork for the South West, while the Gloucester preserve kitchen was named Small Artisan Producer of the Year.

The Artisan Kitchen Wins Small Artisan Producer of the Year 2019

Following a record-breaking 12,772 entries judged over 75 days, Great Taste, the world’s most revered food and drink awards, has reached its grand finale for 2019. The Great Taste Small Artisan Producer of the Year award was presented to Artisan Kitchen from Gloucester at the Great Taste Golden Fork Dinner held on Sunday 1 September at the InterContinental Park Lane Hotel, London, where over 350 guests from the world of fine food gathered to discover this year’s stars of food and drink.

The Artisan Kitchen’s Great Taste Awards Success in 2019

The Artisan Kitchen celebrated an extraordinary 2019, with 16 Great Taste Awards across its handmade preserves, including four three-star winners. The year culminated in Sarah Churchill’s Gloucester kitchen being named Small Artisan Producer of the Year.

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The Artisan Kitchen Early Rivers Prolific Plum Jam | Champion 2018

The Artisan Kitchen Early Rivers Prolific Plum Jam was named Taste of the West Champion Preserve 2018, following a Gold award and continuing a remarkable run of recognition for The Artisan Kitchen’s heritage plum preserves.

35 Glittering stars from The Great Taste Awards 2018

The Artisan Kitchen is among some of the top winners of this years Great Taste Awards 2018

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The Artisan Kitchen | Taste of the West Preserves Champion 2017

In 2017, The Artisan Kitchen Blaisdon Red Plum Jam™ was named Taste of the West Champion Sweet Preserves, awarded 3 Great Taste stars and shortlisted at the Great British Food Awards.

Fantastic Marmalade Awards News 2017

We have been celebrating like mad this weekend, thanks to the wonderful news we received from The Worlds Original Marmalade Awards 2017

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The Great Taste Stars Are Out For Artisan Kitchen

Great Taste, the world’s most coveted blind-tasted food awards, which celebrates the very best in food and drink, has announced the Great Taste stars of 2016. Out of 10,000 products to be judged, The Artisan Kitchen in Gloucester was awarded 5 x 1-star & 4 x 2-star Great Taste award for

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Double Gold & World’s Best Marmalade for Artisan Kitchen.

The Artisan Kitchen’s Seville Orange Marmalade Italian Orange Bitters traces its story back to a Double Gold win at the World’s Original Marmalade Awards 2016, where Sarah Churchill’s Gloucester kitchen was recognised among the world’s finest marmalade makers.

The Artisan Kitchen preserve jar with Taste of the West award.

Our Rivers Early Prolific Plum Jam is Crowned Sweet Preserve Champion at Taste Of The West 2015

This year the Taste of The West Champions Awards Ceremony took place at Somerset County Cricket Ground in Taunton, on Monday 28 September . The celebrations commenced with a drinks reception, giving guests the chance to network with like-minded food industry folk - from producers, retailers, top chefs and food writers to hospitality establishments and those providing support services to the industry. This was followed by a 3-course lunch, created using a selection of this year's mouth-watering award-winning products.