By Austen Dack
The Frenchmark! Babylon Fried by Century Old Shop
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sle of Ely Produce have been promoting a new Chip Ambassador role to promote the great British Chip in association with Agrico. The aim will be to carry on the good work promoting chipping potatoes at their hugely successful open days, and through the ‘Field to Frier’ award. The Chip Ambassadors will become part of an UK wide group of shop owners and fryers who will promote best practice for potato buying, storing, and of course frying. The chain will also include key growers too like PJ Lee & Sons, and A. L. Lee Farming Company, as IOE looks to nurture the relationships they have grown across the whole supply chain during the last twenty years. Agrico have partnered with Isle of Ely Produce to bring two new varieties into the trade initially via our Chip Ambassadors. The two varieties Babylon and Lugano will be sampled at some of
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these ambassadors to back up the results of early trial successes. This month I visited French’s Fish & Chips in Wells Next to Sea. I met with owner Marcus French ahead of a busy Friday shift. It is a big year for Marcus and the team, as they are celebrating 100 years of fish and chips in the town a massive achievement over seen by Marcus for over a third of this tally! French’s is one of the best fish and chip shops in the UK and very much a destination shop for over 50 miles around. Armed with some pre-cut Babylon I gave them to Marcus to fry alongside some Maris Piper. Their Florigo range, is equipped to cope with a very busy seaside queue, and was ready for the expectant deluge of customers already starting to gather outside as we arrived pre-opening. Once cooked and plated, both myself and my wife Sarah tucked into some Babylon chips with some fantastic FAS Chippy Chat & Fast Food Magazine • May 2021
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