Blake Hill Preserves Moving to New Production Facility

Blake Hill Preserves, producer of gourmet marmalades, conserves, preserves and chutneys, announced the move of its production facility to Artisans Park in Windsor Vt., according to a report in Vermont Business magazine. 

Ground has already broken on Blake Hill’s new production facility and retail store in one of the prime areas of Artisans Park, home to some of Vermont’s leading producers of cheese, beer, spirits and hand-blown glass.

Blake Hill’s 6,400-square-foot facility includes a commercial kitchen housed within a “clean room” environment, a dedicated jar cooling and labeling space, warehouse, loading dock and specialty retail store.  

The parcel of land accommodating Blake Hill’s new facility is large enough to enable the business to also double its space as it continues to grow.

Vicky Allard, Blake Hill co-founder and executive chef, said: “We have been fortunate to enjoy significant growth since opening our first commercial kitchen three years ago at Blake Hill in Grafton, Vt. Our new facility in Windsor enables us to continue to meet growing customer demand while maintaining the artisan quality our customers appreciate in the increasingly commercialized world of jam making.”

Blake Hill has become one of the country’s leading artisan preserve makers.  Within three years of opening its first commercial kitchen, Blake Hill’s products have twice won both the U.S. Good Food Awards and the World Marmalade Awards, are now available at specialty food and high-end natural food stores across the United States and in Canada. 

Blake Hill most recently launching a 100 percent pure fruit/no added sugar line.  Blake Hill also entered a partnership between an award-winning cheesemaker and preserve maker whereby Blake Hill and Jasper Hill Farm are partnering to create a bespoke line of preserves for cheese pairings that have already featured in national publications, including Food & Wine.

Joe Hanglin, Blake Hill co-founder and head of finance and operations, said:  “Thanks to very strong partnerships with our customers and suppliers to whom we are incredibly grateful for their support, and our wonderful team at Blake Hill, these are exciting times for our business and we have more exciting things planned for 2016.”

Allard and Hanglin founded Blake Hill Preserves in 2009.  They are third generation English preserve makers crafting award-winning marmalades, conserves, preserves and chutneys in Vermont using only the finest non-GMO or organic fruits without any artificial ingredients.