Every product in the range manufactured by Michelle McKenna and Paul Gorman has a British apple as its 'secret ingredient'.
The couple - who are expecting their first child later this year - established Clippy's Apples in 2006 and the company now supplies Harvey Nichols, John Lewis, Booths and 41 independent retailers.
The couple manufacture each of their nine lines - which include 'Apple, Plum and Walnut Chutney', 'Apple, Thyme and Roasted Garlic Jelly' and 'Apple, Apricot and Almond Jam' - in small batches to maintain optimum flavour.
And Clippy's Apples' efforts to keep the tradition of the British Apple alive were rewarded earlier this month.
At the FoodNW award ceremony it was highly commended in the `Business Link Award for small and medium enterprises' category.
"The recipes have each been devised to maximise the fantastic taste of such apples as Bramleys and Cox," said 37-year-old Paul.
"Each of our products is a celebration of what can be achieved with apples and this - we hope - is a way of ensuring that apples remain popular.
"We are still a very small company but are determined to grow - and raise awareness of the great British apple in the process."
Enthusiastic cook Michelle - whose nickname for almost 15 years has been `Clippy' - decided to establish the company after carrying out research into disappearing British orchards.
"I was also keenly accepting gluts of apples from neighbours' gardens and making all kinds of cakes and preserves from them," she said. "I had a Eureka moment when I realised that by combining my interests, I could be a driving force behind the re-emergence of the British apple, and the Clippy's Apples brand began to grow.
"Over the last 15 years I have travelled across the globe, savouring the culinary delights of diverse cultures and these memories have inspired my taste buds."
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