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The Original and the Best

enry Jones famously invented his Bristol-born self-raising flour in 1845. Receiving an American patent for his unique process only a few years later instigated the Age of Dry Mixes, the birth of packaged, premixed, just-add-water breads, cakes, pancakes and more. Renowned for being the original batter mix, over 70 years ago Henry Jones fine-tuned and patented his flour formula to become synonymous with the finest batter solutions to serve the British Fish & Chip community. The Henry Jones portfolio combines his traditional craftmanship with quality mixtures that operators know and love. Henry Jones batter mix special recipe delivers the unique rippled, spike texture and colour depth your customers’ eyes will be drawn to, without any compromise. Suitable for use with fish, sausages, onion rings chicken, burgers and other fresh foods. Unrivalled excellence… Steeped in heritage, Henry Jones relies on a tried and tested special recipe, a closely guarded secret for over 70 years. With its unique texture, quality

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and colour, Henry Jones’ batter hugs the product more, holding a tighter level of coating. Unrivalled, you can rely on Henry Jones products no matter the application or challenge… meaning your dishes will consistently deliver and delight. Trusted in Fish & Chip shops, Henry Jones offers a portfolio of high-quality, authentic products that guarantee total reliability. Henry Jones solutions… Henry Jones believe that quality should never be compromised no matter what the circumstance. With no soy or artificial colourings, the range provides a less puffy, more textured batter with a softer bite, perfect for any Fish & Chip shop. Henry Jones offers a variety of colour choices to meet all Fish & Chip owners and consumers preferences. With a proud tradition of excellence, the Henry Jones portfolio consists of. Henry Henry Henry Henry Henry

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Karen Heavey, Brand Manager at Kerry Foodservice comments; “The Henry Jones Batter Mix range has been a staple product for fish and chip shop owners for over 70 years. With traditional values at its core, this batter provides taste, quality and authenticity that customers crave. Henry Jones gives operators a chance to offer the nation’s favourite takeaway in the most traditional way.” For more information visit eu.kerryfoodservice.com/pages/ henry-jones Chippy Chat & Fast Food Magazine • May 2022

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Historic business fires up a new in Lancashire

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Business or pleasure, dates not to be missed

What’s up Dock! Collins Team Visit Iconic Vessel

Chip and let’s all WIN!

Over 60 years of frying success!

Hull What a good place to Be! We spend Happy Hour onboard Kirkella

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A new fish and chip shop has opened in East Lancashire after taking over a historic business that first fired up its fryer in 1901.

ry’s Fish and Chips has opened in Crawshawbooth, taking over Toffalis which closed earlier this year. New owners, Koren and Alex Fry, have completely rebranded the chip shop – while still keeping its traditional menu. The aptly named

‘Fry’ couple, who live in Crawshawbooth, say they are looking forward to what the future holds. Koren said: “We’re excited about what the next few months and years have in store. We haven’t got any major changes in mind - we are just going to stick as a traditional fish and chip shop.” The new chippy officially opened to the public at the end of 2021 and Koren and Alex said they were rushed off their feet. Alex said: “We had a brilliant start; I’m not going to lie – we were really happy. I think we were very well received, and we had a lot of familiar faces in here.” After 15 years running the chippy, owners of Toffalis, Costa and June, put their business up for sale earlier last year after Costa fell ill. They said: “As we move on to our new chapter we are delighted to hand over the reins to Alex and Koren Fry. “There has been a fish and chip shop on this site for over 120 years and we wish Fry’s Fish and Chips every success as they continue on with the tradition of serving quality fish and chips to the lovely people of Crawshawbooth and from further afield.” Koren added that Costa and June were helpful when passing over the business. Koren explained: “They were brilliant. They went through every step with us and made us feel at ease. They’ve given us a few tips and tricks.” Are you selling your shop? Email austen@ chippychat.co.uk

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Diary Dates Business or pleasure, dates not to be missed...

July 4th - 10th Great British Pea Week It aims to increase awareness and understanding of the provenance and heritage of peas, giving British consumers a reason to celebrate the little green nutritional wonders during harvesting time.

September 11th May 16th - 22nd

Isle of Ely/Chippy Chat Open Day

National Vegetarian Week

The chip shop owner’s day out of the year!

National Vegetarian Week 2022 is about choosing more vegetarian food to help tackle the climate crisis. Choosing more vegetarian food means less of an impact on animals whose habitats are adversely affected by climate change.

May 27th National Fish & Chip Day National Fish & Chip Day 2022 In association with NEODA is on Friday May 27th. Let us know what you are doing.

T.Quality return this summer for our trade show after almost a 3 year break! As a valued customer we would like to invite you to join us at this year’s event!

June 13th - 17th Healthy Eating Week 2022 The big message for the Week this year is, Eat well for you and the planet. With resources to help everyone on their journey to having a healthier and more sustainable diet

Sept 18th – Oct 3rd British Food Fortnight British Food Fortnight 2022 is set to be the biggest and most popular yet with communities and organisations across the county making plans to take part.

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Frymax Champions Sustainability

You don’t become the Fryers’ favourite for over sixty five years without listening to the needs of your customers and adapting to changing market circumstances. That is why, for several years Frymax has been made only from fully traceable, certified sustainable palm oil. This devotion to sustainability is backed by the RSPO and conforms to the economic, social and environmental requirements laid down by this body. The Frymax commitment to sustainability is evidenced by an involvement in project Mariposa which supports smallholders in Latin America, providing them with the tools and expertise to produce fully sustainable palm oil. This in turn enables Frymax to maintain consistent colour, consistent quality, consistent frying time and consistent delicious end results. As befits a brand leader, Frymax is the first to recognise initiatives which will produce benefits all - round. The commitment to sustainability is clear evidence of this.

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What’s up Dock! Collins Team Visit Iconic Vessel

n Monday the 4th of April, the Kirkella landed successfully in King George Dock, Port of Hull, after returning from the Barents Sea with a new batch of Frozen at Sea fish. Although the quota agreement means we get around half as much stock from Norway as we did before Brexit, Kirkella’s trips to sea are now planned for 2022. This means we hope to have a steady flow of stock coming in, which is welcome news for the industry. Some of the team at Collins visited the Kirkella and saw it being unloaded, then went on a tour of the vessel to see the factory, engine room and crew’s facilities. The fishermen face the dangers of the sea, the ice, the freezing temperatures, the storms, hurricanes and many more unpredictable factors; it was nice to see how they relax in the cinema room, the gym, sauna and cafeteria. The crew were pleased to return home to recharge for their next trip out – with the Kirkella due to go back out to sea once again at the end of April, and with the high worldwide demand for fish, time to unwind is a necessity. This demand for fish is one reason why prices are the highest they have ever been, as well as the impact on the fishing industry of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Before the war, Russian fish accounted for around 40 per cent of the UK’s white fish. This is also alongside rising fuel prices, which cause an increase in delivery costs, and further logistical expenses. Factoring in soaring energy

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prices for us all, it’s not difficult to see why prices are at record levels. As a business, we are always looking at ways to adapt and cut costs wherever possible, with the aim of passing on any savings to our valued customers. So what else is new? We are ensuring we are working as sustainably as possible, on land and at sea. As well as being fully MSC certified, we are in the process of installing electric vehicle charging points at our North East and Yorkshire depots, and we are aiming to install solar panels on the roof in the coming year. A special thanks We would like to say a special thanks to all of our fantastic customers and wish them luck for National Fish and Chip Day, which is on the 27th of May and should be an extremely busy time for the fish industry!

Contact Collins Seafoods North East Unit 2, Park 2000, Millennium Way, Heighington Lane Business Park, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 6AR T: 01325 315544 E: salesne@collinsseafoods.co.uk www.collinsseafoods.co.uk Collins Seafoods Yorkshire Unit 2, Felnex Crescent, Cross Green Industrial Estate, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 0SN T: 0113 249 8832 E: salesyorkshire@collinsseafoods.co.uk www.collinsseafoods.co.uk

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Chip and let’s all WIN! National Fish and Chip Day May 27th, 2022 By Austen Dack

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he biggest day in the fish and chip calendar is back! National Fish and Chip Day 2022 will return for the sixth year on Friday 27th May! Bought to you by NEODA and industry partners including Seafood from Norway and Blakeman’s sausages, the event gets hundreds of shops involved promoting our national dish. The event has gone from strength to strength since its launch in 2015 and despite the restrictions, nearly 50 million people would have seen, heard, or read about the awareness day last year. National TV, radio and newspapers featured stories as did the regional media. Social media was awash with fish and chip stories with our hashtag #nationalfishandchipday and we were number 1 on Twitter from 8 a.m. and stayed there all day long! We want to celebrate this amazing industry who are at the centre of every community and who have, when able to do so safely, kept us fed, and when that wasn’t possible kept us all safe by remaining closed at great sacrifice to their business. So, let’s make National Fish and Chip Day 2022 the best yet as NEODA brings together everyone involved in creating this iconic British dish; from the Fish & Chip shops, suppliers to the fishermen and farmers who provide the sustainable and natural ingredients needed to create this family favourite. Merchandise for the day can be

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ordered online at the National Fish and Chip Day website www. nationalfishandchipday.org.uk. Also on the website are downloadable posters to print and display, plus logos, social media headers, a press release template for you to add details to and circulate to your local press and a Campaign Toolkit packed full of ideas and hints and tips for getting the most from National Fish and Chip Day 2022. Here at Chippy Chat, we are celebrating the day by giving away over 400 portions of fish and chips at a roadshow in Cambridge. We have local mobile chippy Pimp my Fish already for this amazing giveaway. Over the next 14 pages we are going to highlight how many shops got involved last year. It will give you over 50 ideas for the big day itself. Many of them don’t need you to spend vast sums of money but give you an idea of what can be done to join in on the day. Shout on your social media pages, decorate your shops, let’s join together to celebrate team fish & chips. Please let me know what you are doing for NF&CD in 2022by emailing me at austen@chippychat.co.uk Chippy Chat & Fast Food Magazine • May 2022

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50 IDEAS FOR... Fryday’s Hinckley Rd, Leicester To celebrate National Fish and Chip Day they gave away a 25% off voucher on the bottom of their receipts for customer to use the next time they came in. Linfords Fish & Chips Market Deeping To promote online ordering/collection they gave away their reusable Linfords bag to any online orders over £10 (customer added the bag to their order and the discount was applied). If you didn’t fancy a bag? Then free peas were offered with your fish? All discounts were only available online. Captains Fish & Chips, Hoddeson National Fish and Chip Day at Captains is a very big deal! To celebrate this momentous occasion, they offered standard cod and chips for just £6 This amazing offer was available at their other shops too. Offer only available for collection Chainmakers Fish & Chips, Halesowen To celebrate they had a competition, all you had to do was to like share and tag your mates in their National Fish & Chip Day post. They picked 3 winners on Friday 4th June with the first winner getting to choose from the 3 prizes available. The Cod’s Scallops – Nottingham/All shops It’s their favourite day of the whole year, a day to celebrate the nations favourite food. And on this most marvellous day they gave four lucky customers a chance to win fish and chips for life!!! All they had to do was purchase a takeaway from one of their four shops and search for a shiny golden ticket. There was four to find and they were hiding under the food so customers had to check thoroughly before recycling their boxes!! Poppies - London When Pat ‘Pop’ Newland (RIP) first opened his own business in 1950 a portion of cod and chips cost just 10p! Last National Fish & Chip Day, he offered a portion of freshly cooked cod and chips to all customers at the original price of just 10p. But they had to be quick as it was first-come-first-served with100 portions available per restaurant! Our Plaice Hagley They wanted to see their customers best snaps of their award-winning fish and chips Throughout the week, once they got their food home, whether it’s straight out the bag, from the box or onto a plate, they had to take the best picture of their food they could and then TAG us them in their posts The best pictures won FREE FISH AND CHIPS for a family of 4. Wetherby Whaler They ran a clever online campaign based around famous pairings (other than fish and chips) including Romeo and Juliet, Oliver Newton John and John Travolta and Rose and Jack from the Titanic 14

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50 IDEAS FOR Crisp & Fry Pontyates They encouraged their customers to join them For National Fish & Chip Day. They offered them the chance to win a FREE national fish & chip day t-shirt Boundary Chip Shop Market deeping A great offer from Boundary. Their regular chips were £1 all day to celebrate National Fish and chip Day Shillingfords Neath A competiton from Alan and the team. Win a family feast ‘meals for 4’ for collection on Friday to help them in celebrating National Fish & Chip Day. (Winners chose from Fish, Fish Bites, Homemade Rissole or Fish cake all including a side). Also WOW, Fish, chips, mushy peas and Tartar sauce was ONLY £6 on their click and collect ONLY . (Discount was applied at checkout!) #neathporttalbot #fishandchips #lovefishandchips #Shillyteam #nationalfishandchipday The Golden Fry, Benllech They celebrated the day by selling an insulated bag for fish and chips to their customers for just £2. All proceeds from the sales of the bags went to Fisherman’s Mission Skippers Euxton Andrew and the team thought it’s a great day to celebrate what is great about Britain... and what better way than with fish and chips. There was a quiz on their website where you could win discount codes for the shop: www.skippersofeuxton.com/nationalfish-and-chip. Kingfisher Fish & Chips, Plympton Craig and Nicky promoted their click and collect app. They encouraged everyone to order on national fish and chip day by click and collect? Golden Union, Soho A brilliant effort at Golden Union in London. They helped Absolute Radio celebrate the day by taking fish and chips to this massive radio station creating great PR on the day French’s Fish & Chips Wells They celebrated National Fish and Chip Day by giving away scratch cards with every order of their delicious Fish & Chips! 16 16

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50 IDEAS FOR The Bay, Stonehaven The Bay celebrated on the road with a special trip for National Fish & Chip Day. They fryed for the crew and cast of Outlander, including star Sam Heughan. Nazeing Fish & Chips National Fish and Chip Day! To celebrate they also offered Cod and Chips for £6 all day. This amazing offer was valid on Friday from 11am until 8.30pm, and was collection only. Esk Café Longtown They celebrated the day by offering 2 fish meals as a prize. To win 2 fish suppers all you had to do was like, share and comment on their post! Hiks, Swansea Hiks are a massive supporter of National Fish and Chip Day. They gave away a free side with every order of cod, which included gravy, curry, beans or mushy peas. Papas Fish & Chips various locations Papas had a great approach to NATIONAL FISH AND CHIP DAY! They asked their followers to Tag a mate who LOVES Fish and Chips and should take you for some today The Chippie Van, Penrith COME DOWN AND CELEBRATE WITH US was the message from the Chippie van - LOTS OF PRIZES WERE UP FOR GRABS ON THE DAY Dorchester Chippy Stockport Another Wonka style promotion with the team giving away 100 golden tickets With prizes ranging from a bottle of champagne to free fish and chips for a month. Golden tickets were at random at the bottom of packaging so customers were asked to keep their eyes peeled. All you had to do was to LIKE and SHARE their facebook page. They held a a competition on the day and if they spent over £10, they got to pick an ENVELOPE containing a guaranteed PRIZE... redeemable on their next visit. It could be a free side, a Greenhalgh’s pie of their choice, a fish, chips, or even fish and chips together, (only 100 prizes available) They also ran a FREE TO ENTER COMPETITION guess how many peas are in the glass jar, with A £50 AMAZON VOUCHER up for grabs! Seniors, Blackpool (and various locations) FEED ME FRIDAY Half term = FAMILY FEASTS Fiddlers Elbow Leintwardine Promoted by decorating the shop on social network and via tv screens in shop 18 18

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50 IDEAS FOR Queens Fish & Chips Stafford Calling all FISH & CHIP lovers, it was time to celebrate the nation’s favourite dish. Queen’s asked their customers if they were ready for some fun? If we could get a total of 1,800 likes on their Facebook page by midnight on 4th June then they will give 10 customers FREE FISH & CHIPS. To enter they simply had to LIKE THEIR PAGE AND SHARE THE POST Bennetts Fish & Chips Weymouth Treat yourselves to Fish & Chips that weekend and enjoy 10% off all orders placed on their website. They had to enter code: BENNETTS10 when prompted. *Offer applied to Collection & Delivery from the shop and all Truck locations too Kellaway’s Fish & Chips Truro To Celebrate National Fish & Chip Day on Fryday, they gave away...Cod & Chips with a side for Two! To enter they had to follow them on facebook, like the post, tag your favourite person to share your prize with and share the post. They achieved around 100 shares for this prize! East Coast – Musselburgh With National fish & chip day just a few days away East Coast announced that they were giving 5 lucky customers the chance to win a £20 voucher each for June 4th! To be in with a chance of winning all they had to do was to visit East Coast takeaway and order on national fish & chip day. They preselected 5 order numbers for the day and if they were lucky enough to be the person with that number they received a voucher straight away, it’s was as simple as that! Kirbys of Meanwood To celebrate it, they launched a competition for customers to receive 52 portions of FREE Fish & Chips. The Kirby’s crew were delighted to see so many people pop in store to collect their delicious Friday chippy tea on the day, giving you them the chance to win whilst also celebrating National Fish & Chip Day. The response was truly amazing, and they had so many customers enter the competition they almost ran out of entry cards! Mister C’s Selby Mister C’s on National Fish and Chip Day gave SIX lucky customers their order for FREE!! It was done in a very clever way. There were two alarms sounding at random times of the day in the shop. If you were being served at the time of the alarm sounding, your order was on them! They also selected two pre-ordered collections and two pre-ordered deliveries to receive their meals for free! 20 20

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50 IDEAS FOR Walnut Tree Fish and Chips, Milton Keynes Competition Time! To celebrate National Fish & Chip Day they offered the chance to win a takeaway for 4! Customers simply liked their post, shared and commented for a chance to win. The Plaice to be, Kilmarnock A fun promotion from them. They placed some shells randomly into orders over the evening of the 4th. Inside there were various written messages of prizes on offer. Customers claimed prize on a repeat visit. Prizes on offer included free haddock supper, large bottle of cola, free king prawns, £5 gift vouchers and free fritters Fish Kitchen 1854, Maesycwmmer They celebrated National Fish & Chip Day with a special menu to celebrate National Fish & Chip Day via their Click & Collect Service! On offer they had: 1) Try something different with their amazing succulent Seabream supper! 2) Nanny Daisy’s Old School Hake Supper! Served on the Bone and a taste sensation! Just like it used to be! 3) Super Seafood Platter. A combination of Fresh Brixham Scallops, Crispy Fried Tiger King Prawns, Tasty Mackeral Goujons & Battered Cod bites! If you’re a seafood lover this is the one for you! 4) Fresh Brixham Scallop Supper! 5) Crispy Fried Tiger King Prawn Supper! All above served with Twice Cooked Chips and a Sauce or Dip of your choice! To celebrate the day and the extended menu they offered a £20 Voucher, for one lucky winner! All they had to do was to like & share and tag someone, who they would share a fish supper with. Dhillons Chippy, Coventry For a chance to win a £20 voucher to spend at Dhillon’s all they needed to do was: like & share the post, tag a friend in the comments plus for an extra entry post a photo of your meal from Dhillon’s in the comments! Mayfair Chippy, Mayfair To celebrate national fish and chip day the sent their finest fish and chips via delivery to Zoe Ball on Radio 2 breakfast show listened to by over 7 million people Fish’n’Chick’n Amazing work from the Harold Hill branch for being voted as the one of the best places to get #FishandChips in the area by the Romford Recorder readers.. they celebrated by dressing up on the day and giving away NF&CD goodies 22 22

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50 IDEAS FOR Miller’s, Haxby Celebrated the BIG day by hosting a live workshop on Friday 4th June! They were joined by some great friends and fish & chip experts who represent different sectors of our fantastic industry! Including Chippy Chat, the NFFF, Seafood from Norway, Smales Fish Merchants, Leinebris. Giving away some industry goodies, plus demonstrating the provenance of their fish and potatoes. West End Fish & Chips, Accrington To celebrate National Fish & Chip Day, West End gave away 100 different prizes at random. There were prize winners throughout the day. Every order over £15 would receive a prize. Plus eat in for a chance to win an England shirt and take a selfie with their fish/chip balloons and post it to social media to win a prize! Wigmore Fish Bar To celebrate National Fish and Chip Day, Wigmore gave away half price chips with every fish order! The Crescent Fish & Chip Shop, Flint Encouraged their customers to join them for national fish and chips day! And to Like, share and comment on the post for the chance for them to win to win 2xfish chips and peas Winner was revealed the next day Shap Chippy, Penrith To Celebrate National Fish & Chip Day on Fryday, they gave away... £100 of Shap Chippy / Wheels Vouchers were up for grabs to our amazing customers! 5 luck winners were picked at random, and each won £20 each to spend at Shap Chippy or Shappy Wheels. To be able to win they needed to -Like the post, share this post and tag who they would use them with in the comments below the post Penaluna Fish & Chips, Aberdare They helped fish and chip shops celebrate National Fish and Chips Day. Assisted by Robson Green they served 350 plus NHS staff free food & judging by the local coverage it was well received. All was kept very quiet, they were signed up not to disclose venue or celebrity name until he arrived on site. It was screened on Channel 5 Platten’s Fish and Chips, Wells They gave away FOUR £20 Plattens vouchers. They had some incredible entries with so many happy memories of people enjoying their tasty fish and chips. Oliver’s Fish and Chips – Redcar All the staff wore their t-shirts on the day. The shop offered extra treats for everyone who visited on the day. They even had a visit from the mascot the crab! 24 24

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Frankie’s, do you John Gold back at the helm in iconic shop

rankie’s was a new build and opened in Brae in Shetland in 2008 making it the most Northerly fish and chip shop in the British Isles. During the past 14 years they have developed into a popular seafood eatery in Shetland, enjoyed by many locals and visitors from all over the world. They pride themselves in the fact that over 98 percent of the fish and shellfish they sell at Frankie’s comes from MSCaccredited stocks and this premium quality seafood is offered as daily specials on their menus fresh from the local market each day. Their extensive menus offer gluten free, vegetarian, and vegan options in a family friendly environment including disabled access and parking. They are passionate about what goes out through the door in their distinctive Frankie’s boxes or is set down in front of customers in the cafe making sure it is of the highest quality and consistency. They have won numerous awards including picking up 4 awards at the National Fish and Chip Awards in 2013 winning The Field to Frier Award (our first winners), and the Staff Development & Training Award. They also captured the Amanda Seafoods Challenge Award

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(which included an all-expenses paid trip to the factory in Denmark) plus The Young fish Frier of the Year Award. In 2014 they finished runners up in the National Fish and Chip Awards. Finally in 2015 they reached the pinnacle of the industry by being named the number one fish and chip shop in the whole of the UK, as well as picking up the Good Catch Award too. After the 2015 Awards the Manager John Gold who had been a major part of this success left the company and ultimately the industry. In January 2020 new owners Mark and Corinna Hoseason took over at Frankie’s. Mark was a former partner in the Guardian Angell (LK272) whitefish trawler. He said that after 23 years in the fishing business it was the right time to take on a new challenge. So, himself and his wife thought to take over this well-established local business promoting local produce was to good an opportunity to be missed. In May 2021 Mark got in contact with John Gold to see if he would come back to the shop and help out and do a few shifts as they were short staffed during the covid pandemic. John came back to work a couple of shifts per week whilst still working as a taxi driver during this time helping to show the new owners some of the tricks of the trade, which had made the business

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remember me? so successful. Later on, that year they asked him to come back full time as manager which after some consideration he eventually did in February 2022 just in time to help out with the new refurbishment of the shop. John said, “After being away from the industry for 5 years it was great to be back behind the range and I’m looking forward to meeting up with some old friends and making some new ones once we can eventually get back to normal and start going to trade shows etc and maybe entering an Award or two!” “We have a busy summer period coming up with a lot of tour buses and cruise ships booking in for our fish and chips plus our seafood specials we hope to have some other event on during the summer all promoting local seafood and other foods and who knows maybe a peerie visit to the Chippy Chat Ball in December.” John also helped to organise many local fundraisers on the Island including the Frankie’s annual cycle sportive which raised thousands for charity including the Fisherman’s Mission Have you come back into the business? Email austen@chippychat.co.uk

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join us! back with his Q&A sessions, plus the chance for you to try Babylon, a new chipping variety from Agrico, and lots of samples and freebies too. It’s the FREE industry event not to miss! The event is suitable for all levels of management and also young friers too. Maximum of 3 tickets per shop. FREE refreshments will also be served We will also be going out in the evening in Ely for an industry dinner. In 2021 over 60 people stayed in Ely for the meal and drinks.

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ith good news soon of our own competition coming back we look back on the winners of the 2021 Great Australian Fish & Chip Awards, organised by Seafood Industry Australia (SIA), were announced late last year, with the country’s best fish & chippers in each state and territory crowned. “In every town, across every state and territory, people chose their fish & chips as number one. So, we’ve listened to the people, and crowned the best fish & chip shops around the country,” SIA CEO Veronica Papacosta said. “After close to 300,000 votes from the public, the most in the award’s history, the winners of the Great Australian Fish & Chip Awards 2021 MasterFoods™ People’s Choice Awards are: • Queensland - Costa’s Seafood Cafe, Capalaba Queenslanders cast the most votes out of any state/territory, which meant this top store reeled in the most votes in the entire competition! • New South Wales - Something Seafood, Callala Bay • Victoria - Trident Fish Bar, Queenscliff

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• Tasmania - Fraggles, Invermay • South Australia - Fish out of water, Hyde Park • Western Australia - Pinjarra Fish & Chips, Pinjarra • Northern Territory - Frying Nemo Fish and Chippery, Stuart Park • Australian Capital Territory - The Fish Shack, Civic This is the ACT’s first appearance in the Great Australian Fish & Chip Awards, and The Fish Shack narrowly edged out the competition by 10 votes to claim the top spot. “After a hard 18 months for Australia’s foodservice industry and our commercial fishers, we encourage everyone to take a night or two off from the kitchen, get together with your friends and family, and support your local takeaway store and your fishers, while you enjoy some Great Australian Fish & Chips. “The Great Australian Fish & Chip Awards showcase the very best fish & chip businesses around the country, while they celebrate our great Australian seafood, and the fishers who produce all of our Chippy Chat & Fast Food Magazine • May 2022

Occasion! favourite seafoods. “The awards also highlight the importance of buying fresh, local, Australian seafood. It’s important to always ask for Aussie seafood; even why you’re buying fish & chips. Australian seafood is one of the most sustainable protein sources in the world and our fisheries management is world-class. However, close to 70 per cent of seafood eaten in Australia is imported so it’s important you chat to your server about where your seafood is from. “Buying Australian seafood supports Australian fishing families and regional communities they operate in. And, the good news is, it’s easy as to support them. You do it just by eating some Great Australian Fish & Chips.” For more information visit: www. fishandchipawards.com.au Thank you to our sponsors: Gold: MasterFoods™. Silver: Cookers and FRDC. Bronze: KB Food Co, Seafood Industry Australia and Great Australian Seafood. The 2020-110: Fish and Chips Awards 2021 is supported by funding from the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation on behalf of the Australian Government 35

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KING FISHERS! Over 60 years of frying success! By Austen Dack

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 their good work promoting chipping potatoes at their hugely successful open days, and through their ‘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 over 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 chipped & fryed at some of these ambassadors’ shops to back up the results of early trial successes.

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This month I visited Fisher’s Fish & Chips in Hunstanton. I met up with one of the managers Barry Jezeph during a busy Mother’s Day shift. Since the early 1960’s, Fishers of Hunstanton has been cooking up good quality fish and chips, using only the best locally sourced fish. It has long been one of the go to places on the coast for thousands of day trippers and holiday makers alike. Armed with some pre-cut Babylon I gave them to Barry to fry alongside some Sagitta. Their ranges, are equipped to cope with a very busy seaside queues, and were ready for the expectant deluge of customers ready to celebrate by having fish and chips with mum! Once cooked and plated, both myself and my wife Sarah and our friends Paul and Maureen from Amsterdam tucked into some Babylon chips with some fantastic fish, I had haddock. Barry too tried some chips. He was impressed by the fry colour, crispy outside and size of the sample. He also said that they compared really well to his usual supply, and he would look out

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for Babylon next season for use in the shop. Dutchman Paul De Ruijter on holiday in the Uk was impressed too. “It was lovely to have such good fish & chips on our visit” he said. It was so good to see Barry and his team in action. Quality and a consistent product have kept people coming to the shop on the green for over 60 years now, something that owner Mark Wilson is keen to continue. Oliver Boutwood Isle of Ely Director says. “It’s good to hear a shop of Fisher’s calibre like the all-round good characteristics of Babylon. We are pleased with this partnership between Agrico IOE and chip shop owners.” Alex Moore, Agrico UK Sales Manager said: “We are thrilled to be working closely with Isle of Ely Produce & the Chip Ambassadors to launch two exciting new varieties. As a business we are always trying to breed better tasting and more sustainable potato varieties.” Chip shop owners already signed as Chip Ambassadors for Isle of Ely Produce include Colin Cromer – The Fish Hoose, Kerry Brennan – Golden Union, David Henley – Henley’s, Richard Ord Jr – Colmans, Eric Snaith – Eric’s, Kelly & Tim Barnes – Krispies, Lauren Kellaway – Kellaways, Charlie Collins – Frydales, Fred Capel- Chez Fred, Matt & Ashley Phillips – Shap Chippy, Malachy Mallon The Dolphin Takeaway, Richard Foster – Fish and Chips at Weston Grove, Emir Hikary – Hiks, Alan Shillingford – Shillingfords, Gregg Howard The Chip Shed, Ian Wallis Henry’s Hunstanton, John Hudgell Pimp my Fish, The Petrou Brothers, Marcus French, Sarah Heward – The Real Food Café and more We will be featuring Babylon and Lugano reviews in the coming months. Email austen@chippychat.co.uk if you would like to try them for yourselves.

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ecently I took the time out to visit Hull (home of fish and the House Martins). I was invited to see Smales Fish Merchants and by FASFA to go onboard Kirkella the UK’s leading freezer trawler along with NFFF President Andrew Crook & leading chip shop owners from across the UK. The shops represented were • Chez Fred • Finnegans Fish Bar • Harlees • Bells Newton Hall • Ruddy’s Fish & Chips • Shoal Winchester • Skippers Of Euxton First stop Smales. Founded in 1937, Smales remains wholly and independently owned by the Smales family. During this time the business has developed an excellent reputation throughout the UK, thanks to its sourcing of quality fish and seafood, coupled with its experienced and dedicated team of employees. It was great to see first hand the team at Smales in action. They have around 100 staff who between them have around 3000 years of experience in the fish and chip industry. As we entered the

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place to be! cold store it was clear to see just how many trusted brands Smales have built relationships with over the last 80 years, securing supply from many countries & vessel owners. Many of their customers have been with them for many decades, including Fred Capel, who owns Chez Fred near Bournemouth. We were very lucky to have Fred as one of the owners on the trip too. Fred said of Smales: “They have supplied Chez Fred since we opened in 1989, and throughout that time they have been a supplier who I know and trust to provide the service and quality I expect. We are always striving to give people the best fish and chip experience possible, and we work hard to promote the sustainability of the fish we source. Smales have certainly helped us to deliver a quality product every time.” The next day as the sun shone brightly, we were driven to Hull docks to see Kirkella. It is hard to comprehend just how big these vessels are from photographs but as we approached her from the port entrance, I was truly amazed. Just days before she had been sailing 39

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in the Barents Sea and beyond. Here she was gleaming in the bright sunshine ready for us to take a tour. Kirkella is 81m long. She is a state-ofthe-art trawler, catching around 12 tonnes of fish per haul. With 30 crew onboard and automated processing, the first fish reach the on-board freezers just 40 minutes after being caught. Aided by GPS, sensors on the nets and sophisticated control systems, modern trawling is now so precise that wastage is negligible. She can store up to 780 tonnes of fish fillets at -28 degrees Celsius in her onboard cold store. With cinema sauna gym and even a hospital onboard the crew are well catered for on their 60 day trips to sea. After our tour we had a lovely cod & chips meal served to us by the onboard chef, which were delicious. Special mentions to Dean, our guide onboard, and for First Mate Charlie Waddy’s final day before his well-earned retirement. It was soon time to say goodbye. Special thanks to Lee & Simon Smales, and Bobby Joyce for their hospitality, Hull for being actually very nice and of course Julie Waites at FASFA and UK Fisheries for the invitation to visit Kirkella. Chippy Chat & Fast Food Magazine • May 2022

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Codgratulations! Mobile Fish and Chip Shop Named West Midlands Start Up Champion

couple who run a mobile fish and chip shop are among 12 UK businesses to be selected as start up ‘champions.’ Husband and wife team Matthew and Corina Martin started Stafford-based Cod of Duty in December 2020, just months after being made redundant from their previous roles in the hospitality industry. The pair used two GBP17,000 Start Up Loans to launch the food truck after deciding to make their dream of owning a food business together a reality. Today Cod of Duty makes regular visits to three sites in Staffordshire and has several street markets booked in. Now Matthew and Corina have been named Start Up Loans ambassadors for the West Midlands by Start Up Loans, part of British Business Bank The Start Up Loans Ambassadors Programme celebrates ‘exceptional’ business owners who have followed their ambition of becoming their own boss after receiving support from the Governmentbacked Start Up Loans programme. Cod of Duty is just one of 7,342 West Midlands-based businesses which have received a loan since 2012, representing a total value of more than GBP64 million. Matthew Martin – who hopes to expand the business with bookings for weddings, parties and corporate events – said: “We decided to take a leap of faith, take redundancy and start our own business. “We had talked about self-employment for a while and had an idea that a mobile fish and chip van would be a good

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business idea.” He added: “The first outing was really nerve-wracking, we did a couple of test runs in Stafford, but we had no complaints – and we recently got our first five-star review on Trip Advisor. “We have never worked harder but this is our choice, and we make all the decisions. Importantly it puts us in control and gives us what we always wanted – a positive work-life balance with plenty of time for the family.” Richard Bearman, managing director at Start Up Loans, said: “The small business community has been through a disrupted and challenging period, making it all the more important that we celebrate and champion the sector. I want to congratulate our 2021 ambassadors on the tenacity and determination they have shown over the past year, which has resulted in hugely impressive achievements. I look forward to working with them and sharing their stories to inspire others in their communities.” Since 2012, the ambassadors programme has delivered more than 88,000 loans to business owners across the UK, amounting to more than GBP790 million. Have you won awards for your business? Email austen@chippychat.co.uk

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