The Plumstead Pickle Festival 2025
The Annual Art Plumstead Pickle Festival this year takes place in to The Star pub, 158 Plumstead Common Road SE18 2UL, on Tuesday 2nd December 2025. The Pickle Festival is free for everyone to enter and to judge. Bread and cheese will be provided to accompany the many delicious pickles you will get to ponder.
The rules: Get Pickling!
The most important thing to remember is that pickles take time to mature, so start pickling now!
For the purposes of this competition pickles, relishes and chutneys will be treated as one category.
How to enter
Please register in advance at picklefestival10@gmail.com . Depending on the number of entries we will accept unregistered entries on the day, but it is useful to have an idea of numbers in advance. You can also email this address if you have any questions.
The entries
- You may enter more than one pickle.
- Only one jar of each entry is required but bring a big enough jar so as many people as possible can try your entry.
- Please label your jar with the name of your pickle.
- Please bring a separate list of the ingredients for each entry in case anyone may need to check because of allergies.
- Please do not add your name to either your jar of pickles or ingredients list.
The judging
- Judging is done by the public present in The Star on the night through a simple voting system.
- The categories being judged include:
o Taste
o Texture
o Appearance (how it looks on the plate)
On the day
- Please bring your entries to The Star by 6.30 p.m.
- Judging will start at 7.30 p.m.
- If this timing is impossible, please let us know. We will do our best to get someone from Art Plumstead to take your entry to The Star for you.