Having recently won multiple 2005 Gold and Silver Great Taste awards, The Wooden Spoon Preserving Company last night were also presented with Reserve Best Speciality of the South East at the Guild of Fine Food Retailers 2005 Awards dinner for its Gooseberry in Sloe Gin preserve.

The above preserve was one of two gold winners for the company, along with its Pilgrims Raspberry Extra Jam. ‘We are delighted to have won these awards, especially after all the hard work the team has done this year,’ said Commercial Director Belinda Higgins. All our jams and marmalades are special products, and this gives us heart to enter the competition again next year!’ she added.

Silver awards also went to the company’s English Breakfast fine cut marmalade, as well as the Blackcurrant No Added Sugar Spread.

Wooden Spoon was founded 30 years ago in Wye, Kent, with the aim of producing preserves using traditional methods and only natural ingredients. Today the company produces a range of jams and marmalades that the ‘home made’ connoisseur would be proud of. We are also a leader in the Fruits in Liqueur market, and provide a growing range of chutneys, sauces, jellies and mustards. The company is based in an idyllic setting below the Wye Crown, and visitors can view production from a gallery situated in our small shop.