Competition Results
Best Preserves
Rachael Walker - hedgerow chutney
Best Pie
Paul Turner - Pork & Apple sausage roll - worth coming to Apple Day just for that)
Best Pudding
Katie Brooks - 'Apple Betty' : a Slimming World recipe, eat pudding & lost weight. Yay.
Best Junior entry
Shona Connell - Apple Cake
Longest Peel:
Graham Roberton returned this year determined to beat his 2013 record of 450cm... and he completely blew away his own record with 1175.5cm (11m75!!!!). This was done with a scalpel and an apple he brought weighing 415g.
Rachael Pink came second with a very honorable 355.5cm (done with her grandad's pen knife).
Heaviest apple:
615g - Avril Mac Arthur, Whatstandwell (grown in her garden)
285g - India Johnson - The heaviest Cromford grown apple
Apple Stacking challenge:
7 apples vertically stacked on top of each other: Tony Walker (Cromford)
6 apples: Alison Gray (Winster) tied with Shona Connell (Cromford)
Best Preserves
Rachael Walker - hedgerow chutney
Best Pie
Paul Turner - Pork & Apple sausage roll - worth coming to Apple Day just for that)
Best Pudding
Katie Brooks - 'Apple Betty' : a Slimming World recipe, eat pudding & lost weight. Yay.
Best Junior entry
Shona Connell - Apple Cake
Longest Peel:
Graham Roberton returned this year determined to beat his 2013 record of 450cm... and he completely blew away his own record with 1175.5cm (11m75!!!!). This was done with a scalpel and an apple he brought weighing 415g.
Rachael Pink came second with a very honorable 355.5cm (done with her grandad's pen knife).
Heaviest apple:
615g - Avril Mac Arthur, Whatstandwell (grown in her garden)
285g - India Johnson - The heaviest Cromford grown apple
Apple Stacking challenge:
7 apples vertically stacked on top of each other: Tony Walker (Cromford)
6 apples: Alison Gray (Winster) tied with Shona Connell (Cromford)
Ian Brooks & Matt manning their crepe stall. Many thanks to Ian & Katie for donating the proceeds from the stall to Celebrating Cromford.
Katie Brooks with her prize-winning 'Apple Betty' pie, made to a Slimming World recipe
