2012 Competition Results:

The judges have decided and the following winners were determined at the Main St Station Farmers Market on August 8th

Jam Division

Class 5010 - Berry

1st Place
Preserved BC Sunshine - Karin Brauch
"Raspberry"

2nd Place
Diane Kristoff
"Raspberry"

3rd Place (& People's Choice winner)
The Jam Ladies -
Joanne Kokol
"Raspberry Huckleberry"

Class 5015 - Stone Fruit

1st Place
Stephanie Rose
"Tequila Plum Mango"

2nd Place (& People's Choice winner)
Diane Kristoff
"Apricot Peach"

3rd Place
Jenn Chic
"Ginger Peach"

Class 5020 - Low Sugar

1st Place (& People's Choice winner)
Diane Kristoff
"4 Berry Jam"

2nd Place
Preserved BC Sunshine -
Karin Brauch
"Plum Medley

3rd Place
Stephanie Rose
"Black & Blueberry"

Class 5025 - Other Fruit

1st Place
Diane Kristoff
"Cranberry Orange"

2nd Place
Karin Brauch
"Cherry"

3rd Place (& People's Choice winner)
The Jam Ladies -
Joanne Kokol
"Pear Ginger"

Overall Champion Jam

Diane Kristoff
"Cranberry Orange"

Pickle Division

Class 5070 - Dill Pickles

1st Place
J.J.'s Country Cookin - John Johnson
"Dill Pickles"

Class 5080 - Beet Pickles

1st Place
Roberta LaQuaglia
"Pickled Beets with Dill"

Overall Champion Pickle
Roberta LaQuaglia
"Pickled Beets with Dill"

Cheese Division

Class 4010-Hard Cheese

1st Place
Farmhouse Natural Cheese

Class 4015 - Soft Ripened Cheese

1st Place
Milner Valley Goat Cheese

Class 4020 - Fresh Cheese

1st Place
The Farm House Natural Cheese
"Fromage Frais"

Class 4025 - Blue Cheese

1st Place
The Farm House Natural Cheese
"Country Blue"

Overall Champion Cheese
The Farm House Natural Cheese
"Country Blue"

2011 Competition Results:

And the winners are...

The judging for the 2011 Agriculture Producers Competition was held on August 10th at the Main St Station Farmers Market. The winners in jam, cheese and salsa are below.

Jam Division

Class 2010 - Berry

1st Place
Preserved BC Sunshine
"Berrylicious"

2nd Place
Roberta LaQuaglia
"Triple Berry"

3rd Place
Amy Frye & Jacob Slosberg
"Raspberry"

Class 2015 - Stone Fruit

1st Place
Suzanne Hitscherich
"Bazinga Italian Plum"

2nd Place
Stephanie Rose
"Apricot & White Peach"

3rd Place
Diane Kristoff
"Apricot & Peach"

Class 2020 - Low Sugar

1st Place
Diane Kristoff
"Winter Berry"

2nd Place
Preserved BC Sunshine
"Apricot"

3rd Place
Amy Frye & Jacob Slosberg
"Blackberry"

Class 2025 - Other Fruit

1st Place
Preserved BC Sunshine
"Bluebarb"

2nd Place
Stephanie Rose
"Five Fruit Marmalade"

3rd Place
Diane Kristoff
"Tri Berry"

Salsa Division

Class 2040 - Hot & Spicy

1st Place
Donna Plough
"Spicy Pepper"

Class 2045 - Mild

1st Place
Stephanie Rose
"Roasted Heirloom Tomato"

Class 2055 - Fruit

1st Place
Amy Frye & Jacob Slosberg
"Peach"

Cheese Division

Class 4005-Firm Cheese

1st Place
The Village Cheese Co.
"Smoked Cheddar with Wild Salmon"

2nd Place
The Farm House Natural Cheese
"Peppercorn Goat Gouda"

Class 4010 - Hard Cheese

1st Place
The Farm House Natural Cheese
"Gruyere"

2nd Place
The Village Cheese Co.
"Parmesan"

Class 4015 - Soft Ripened Cheese

1st Place
Poplar Grove Cheese
"Camembert"

2nd Place
The Farm House Natural Cheese
"Lady Jane"

Class 4020 - Fresh Cheese

1st Place
The Farm House Natural Cheese
"Fromage Frais"

2nd Place
The Village Cheese
"Curds"

Class 4025 - Blue Cheese

1st Place
The Farm House Natural Cheese
"Country Blue"

2nd Place
Poplar Grove Cheese
"Naramata Bench Blue"

3rd Place
Poplar Grove Cheese
"Tiger Blue"

2012 PNE Agriculture Producers' Competition

The 2012 winners have been announced. Please see the panel to the left for winners in all categories. (PDF list of winners)

Many thanks to our judging panel, our MC, Phil Solman from Edible Vancouver and our partners at the PNE for their help putting on another great competition. Our judges for 2012 were:

Darlene Tanaka, Bernardin Home Economist and Canning Specialist
Chef Andrea Carlson, Harvest Union and Chef/Owner of Burdock and Co. (opening soon)
Tara McDonald, Vancouver Farmers Markets, Executive Director
Jackie Ellis, Baker/Owner of Beaucoup Bakery (opening soon)

Congratulations to all the winners and look for their prize-winning jam, pickles and cheese on display at the PNE, August 18 - September 3rd.

For complete rules, download the PRIZE BOOK.

2011 PNE Agricultural Producers Competition

Update: August 15, 2011

Winners have been announced. Please see the panel to the left for winners in all categories.

Many thanks to our judging panel, our MC, Phil Solman from Edible Vancouver and our partners at Les Amis Du Fromage and the PNE for their help putting on a great competition. Judges were wowed by the variety of entries and the quality of artisan food coming from home kitchens across the city. We had 40 entries across all categories and are looking toward 2012 already for an even larger, more diverse competition.

Congratulations to the winners and look for their prize-winning preserves and cheese on display at the PNE, August 20 - September 5th.

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Jam and Salsa Competition

Is your salsa recipe the stuff of legends? Does your jam have its own page on Facebook? Its time to get your props and enter the upcoming PNE Jam and Salsa Competition sponsored by Vancouver Farmers Markets and the PNE. Prizes and ribbons will be awarded and a year's worth of fame and adoration goes to all the winners. Give it a try - you never know, your jam or salsa could be a country fair winner!

PRESERVES DIVISION
Participants may submit one entry per category only. Shelf-stable canned products only.

JAM SECTION - #5030

BERRY JAM
STONE FRUIT JAM
LOW SUGAR JAM
OTHER FRUIT JAM
OVERALL CHAMPION JAM

SALSA SECTION - #5060

HOT AND SPICY SALSA
MILD SALSA
GREEN TOMATO SALSA
FRUIT SALSA
OVERALL CHAMPION SALSA

RULES

Preserves entered for competition must be shipped (charges prepaid) or delivered to: Agriculture Entry Office, Pacific National Exhibition, 2901 E Hastings Street, Vancouver, V5K 5J1 by 4:00pm on August 9, 2011

The judging will take place on Wednesday August 10, 2011 at the Vancouver Farmers Market – Main St. Station.

The prize winning entries from each class will be on display throughout the duration of the Pacific National Exhibition. Exhibitors with prize winning entries will be notified by phone.

The overall champion and overall reserve champion entries from classes 5030 and 5060 will be auctioned by silent or live auction during the PNE at the Agriculture Auction. Proceeds of the Agriculture Auction will be donated to the BC Youth In Agriculture Foundation.

Participants may submit one entry per category only.

All entries must be shelf-stable (i.e. canned)