We would like you to contribute to Antony’s fund and you’re in luck. We’ve got something a lot tastier than a raffle ticket. We’ve got The Ultimate Plum Pudding – one of the finest Christmas puddings you can buy. It has been endorsed by the BBC Good Food Magazine and by Chef magazine as being as good as the best home made and has won a food ‘Oscar’ – a gold award at the Great Taste Awards.

The pudding is made by a small craft manufacturer in Cumbria and it’s absolutely gorgeous. All the vine fruits are soaked overnight in lots of brandy and dry sherry. Fresh breadcrumbs and freshly grated carrot help give the pudding a lighter texture. Ingredients are top quality and much more varied than usual – almonds, walnuts, stem ginger, apricots, cherries as well as the best, juicily alcoholic, raisins and sultanas. We asked why there are no currants and were told – none of us like currants! It’s not steamed until it’s black, caramelised and bitter – it’s light, sweet and aromatic and you can taste every ingredient. Most people have no idea that Christmas pudding can be this good and lots of people enjoy it who ‘don’t like Christmas pudding’.

The proof as they say……. this is an email the company received:
“Really wanted to contact the company to say thank-you for making such a wonderful Christmas pudding. Our daughter attends St Johns special school in Bedford. We bought one of your Christmas puddings last year but not being a great lover of Christmas pudding it remained uneaten until summer. We decided we better eat it rather than it go to waste! Well this year I have bought enough for Christmas and beyond because it is the best pudding I have ever tasted. We had it with mascarpone and it was wonderful! Thank-you. Ruth Vanner.”

The Ultimate Plum Pudding is not available in supermarkets (the company is too small for that) but it is available through Antony. We have had the pudding attractively labelled especially for him. Our label incorporates Antony’s desire to become the first Briton to achieve both poles and a Greenland crossing in just 12 months. Each order for a 1lb pudding (serves 4) costs £5.50 and raises at least £2.00 for Antony. (We get bigger discounts the more you order). A 2lb (serves costs £9.50 and raises at least £3.50. By ordering direct from us, the manufacturer, allows there to be a good profit for Antony within a price which is competitive with the premium retail puddings. (p&p is an additional charge, bigger orders can be redirected)

It’s a really great pudding – a true highlight for the meal of the year. We’re proud to offer it and know that you’ll love it. Your family and friends will love it (including the vegetarians).

Antony is very keen to hear from anyone who might be able to help distribute them within companies, schools, clubs, societies or simply within your family. For schools that help sell these puddings, I can offer to help donate some of the money to the school PTA.

Please email explore@antonyjinman.com for more details of how you can help Antony reach his dream.