It’s Getting Ten-se! NFFF Reveal Top Ten Takeaways

Top 10 Takeaway of the Year announced for National Fish and Chip Awards 2023

Ten fish and chip shops have been named recently as finalists in the Takeaway of the Year category, at the National Fish and Chip Awards 2023.

The top ten takeaways from across the UK, will now be judged further by an anonymous panel of industry experts, before announcing the winner at The National Fish and Chip Awards 2023.

The business shortlisted are:

Fishermans Bay, Whitley Bay Fish Kitchen 1854, Maesycwmmer Whiteheads Fish and Chips Ltd, Hornsea Shipdeck, Trethomas The Bearded Sailor, Pudsey The Fish Bank, Sherburn in Elmet Low’s Traditional Fish & Chips, Westhill The Oyster Shell, Bath Auckley Friery, Doncaster The Fish Works, Largs

Hosted by The National Federation of Fish Friers (NFFF), the ceremony will take place on the 28th of February 2023 at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge. Tickets are available now and are selling very quickly. To purchase tickets please visit ww.thefishandchipawards.com.

The Takeaway of the Year category is sponsored by Pukka Pies, McWhinneys, Smales, VA Whitley, Friars Pride, Henry Colbecks and B D Signs.

Andrew Crook, President at the NFFF, comments “It was a tricky job whittling down the top twenty to the top ten, but the chosen takeaways have demonstrated a clear reason as to why they are deserving of this accolade. All finalists should be extremely proud, and our judges are looking forward to getting stuck into the next set of judging!”

Austen Dack Chippy Chat Publishing Editor said “It is a very strong list of shops in the Top 10. All of these shops will see an uplift in sales for making it thus far with the overall winner looking at an over 50% increase. Good Luck to them all.”

The Class of ’88

By the late 1980’s the British public’s food tastes had become cosmopolitan with considerable growth in Indian and Chinese takeaway’s and gourmet food ranges in supermarkets. Nevertheless Fish and Chips still remained the Nation’s favourite takeaway with the Class of ‘88 numbering around 15,000 shops. They were attracting a more diverse range of customers who were paying around £1.60 - £2.00 for medium cod and chips. Greaseproof paper was introduced and newspaper for wrapping phased out on hygiene grounds. A BSE outbreak also resulted in many shops switching from animal fats to vegetable oils for frying. By 1988, Frymax was still the number one brand. It was exactly the same product as on launch with no additions or modifications and remained pure white palm which is additive free, contains no hydrogenated oil and less than 1% trans fats. Frymax guaranteed consistently good results and long lasting performance without deterioration in quality and had become firmly established as the Fryers Favourite.

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