LUDLOW Food Centre’s marmalade makers are celebrating for the ninth year in a row after scooping three awards at this year’s Dalemain Marmalade Awards.

Darren Marsh and Tess Slater, who have been perfecting pickles, jams and preserves together since 2008, won a silver award for Lady Windsor’s Rich Seville Orange Marmalade, bronze for their Lemon and Lime Marmalade and merit for their Medium Cut Seville Orange Marmalade.

“To win three awards against thousands of other competitors from across the globe is a real honour,” said Tess.

“We continue to win awards year on year and, despite us not winning a gold award this time round, we continue to innovate and create exciting products which we hope will win another in the very near future.

“The awards have grown substantially since we first started competing, so we are delighted that our products are still worthy of these great awards, giving our products an important seal of approval from seasoned marmalade tasters.”

Jon Edwards, managing director at Ludlow Food Centre said that the food centre had many excellent artisan food-makers in the business.