Hot Design: Jamie Oliver's Chutneys and Marmalades

It's no secret that most of us here at The Kitchn have a big fat crush on Jamie Oliver. Ever since the beginning of his Naked Chef days he's just been so endearing, and so good with that particular brand of quick and casual food. We've talked about his warm vintage style, his books, and even meeting the man himself.

So you'll understand if we gush on a bit about his line of jams and chutneys. We promise there really is a connection (eventually) to home cooking.

We just noticed this line of jams, marmalades, and chutneys at Oliver's online shop: the Jme Collection. We are totally loving the design of these products; we're geeking out over the labels and old-fashioned jars. Yes, they're only available in England, but that hasn't stopped us from loving the typography.

More to the point, we are actually rather inspired by this collection. We aren't going to buy any of the jams, marmalads, and chutneys, but we are reminded that we've been meaning to make homemade ketchup for a long time. The winter chutney, a mix of cranberries and orange peel, sounds inspiring and we'd like to try to hack a recipe. We also love the label on the lemon curd; we're totally taking that as inspiration for our food gift packaging next Christmas.

• Winter Chutney
• Rosemary Sea Salt
• Real Tomato Ketchup
• Lemon Curd
• Olives with a Dash of Chilli

(Images: Jme Collection)

Comments (4)

I hope the supermarkets pick it up -- we get his tomato sauces, salts, sugars, etc, etc here... they are my favourite bought tomato sauces, by far.

A question about chutney -- is it a condiment or something to be used to season meats/ cook with? My BF and I were having this debate this AM. We are chutney curious, thanks to a couple of homemade holiday gifts.

a condiment

Honestly, how long would it take to chop up some rosemary, put it in a jam jar and add sea salt... 2 minutes?

Ok, Jamie has earned his marks and success with the work he's done to get people interested in cooking, but sometimes the marketing side of his enterprise annoys me.

Don't ge tme started on his flavour shaker, that will have me tutting and mumbling (ever heard of a jam jar pff) for a week...

As for the jars not being available outside of the uk; google 'em and find out they're available worldwide. even IKEA now has a range; old fashioned design but with the modern convenience of sylicon stops. Easier to clean and sterilize.

While you're googling: go ahead google 'gift in a jar recipe or idea' a plethora of home made ready mixes you can stock for when you need it or give to friends.