A DORSET farmhouse has won an award for the world’s best marmalade.

All Hallows Farmhouse is an Aga-approved cookery school and also a Bed and Breakfast near Wimborne St Giles which was one of many entries in this year’s World Marmalade Awards in Cumbria last weekend.

Preserves specialists, expert bakers and food writers such as Pam Corbin, Will Torrent, Xanthe Clay and Dan Leopard tasted and graded every pot in the weeks leading up to the event.

Cook Lisa Osman, who runs All Hallows, has been making Seville orange marmalade every season, but this year was the first time she has submitted an entry for the awards.

She said: “I decided to submit an entry for the very first time, selecting two jars of fine cut Seville orange marmalade for the Bed & Breakfast category.”

Lisa says the secret to her marmalade is simply sourcing the very best oranges.

She always chooses Sevilles from Ave Maria farm, for “their taste and setting qualities”.

She added: “With such a short season for Seville oranges, everyone has been working hard in the farmhouse kitchen at All Hallows to make as much marmalade as possible during the last few weeks.

“The larder is full to the brim with jars ready to serve to guests during the summer months.”