Fry Magazine Announce Award Winners!
After months of searching for the UK’s best fish and chip takeaways, restaurants and mobile units, Fry Magazine can finally reveal the shops that successfully made the grade.
The competition centres around a mystery visit in which every outlet is judged on key aspects that make fish and chips great – such as quality of food, atmosphere and customer service.
This year the pass mark for the takeaway category was the highest it’s been in the competition’s seven year history with the cut-off point being 97%, leaving little room for error.
Reece Head, competition organiser, comments:
“This year’s results were the tightest they’ve ever been showing that standards in the fish and chip industry are increasing all the time. These operators have proved that they are at the top of their game, subjecting their premises, staff and food to a thorough inspection and coming out with near-on perfect results. We would like to congratulate each and everyone and wish them a successful year as they enjoy their status as one of the best fish and chip operators in the UK.”
Every outlet that enters, regardless of whether they make the list, receives a copy of their mystery dining scorecard, providing a valuable tool to move forward and make improvements in their business. The winning businesses also receive a competition plaque to display in their restaurant, takeaway or van.
The 2019 winners are:
50 Best Fish & Chip Takeaways
Bizzie Lizzie’s, Swadford Street, Skipton, Yorkshire
Captains Fish and Chips, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire
Catch Fish & Chips, Ashford, Kent
Chips ‘n’ Things, Montrose, Angus
Cox’s at the Lighthouse, St Neots, Cambridgeshire
Croft Street Fisheries, Farsley, Leeds, West Yorkshire
David’s, Brixham, Devon
Dunkeld Fish Bar, Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross
Fiddlers Elbow Fish & Chips, Leintwardine, Herefordshire
Fish Box, Robin Hood’s Bay, Whitby, Yorkshire
Fochabers Fish Bar, Fochabers, Moray
Frydales, Leicester, Leicestershire
Frydays, Boston, Lincolnshire
Henley’s of Wivenhoe, Colchester, Essex
Hikary’s Fish Bar, Neath, Neath Port Talbot
Hill Top Village Fisheries, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield, Yorkshire
Hilly Croft, Morley, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Hook & Line, Leeds, West Yorkshire
hooked@31, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire
Kellaway’s Fish and Chips, Turo, Cornwall
Land & Sea, Thirsk, North Yorkshire
Mario’s Fish Bar, Kingswood, Bristol
Middleton in Teesdale Fish and Chip Shop, Barnard Castle, County Durham
Minnie Bertha’s, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex
My Plaice Fish & Chips, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Palombo’s Fish and Chips, Alexandria, Dunbartonshire
Penaluna’s Famous Fish & Chips, Hirwaun, Rhondda
Pete’s Pan, Billesley, Birmingham
Platten’s Fish and Chips, Wells-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk
Robinsons Fish and Chips, Poole, Dorset
Sea Salt & Sole, Dyce, Aberdeen,
Shap Chippy, Penrith, Cumbria
Silver Hake Fish Bar, Accocks Green, Birmingham
Simpsons in Stroud, Stroud, Gloucestershire
Smith’s Chippy, South Shields, Tyne & Wear
The Blue Fin, York, North Yorkshire
The Cafe Royal, Annan, Dumfries and Galloway
The Carron Fish Bar, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire
The Chip Club, Kingston Upon Thames, South West London
The Codfather, Northwich, Cheshire
The Codfather, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
The Cod’s Scallops, Wollaton, Nottingham
The Esk Cafe, Longtown, Carlisle
The Fish Bar, Crewe, Cheshire
The Fish House, Fleetwood, Lancashire
The Friary, Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland
The Golden Anchor, Mitcham, Surrey
The Jolly Friar, Dronfield, North East Derbyshire
The Plaice To Be, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire
Towngate Fisheries, Idle, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Walnut Tree Traditional Fish and Chips, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Wellies Fish and Chips, Grantham, Lincolnshire
10 Best Fish & Chip Restaurants
Bizzie Lizzie’s, High Street Car Park, Skipton, Yorkshire
Catch Fish and Chips, Giffnock, Glasgow
Eric’s Fish and Chips, Thornham, Norfolk
Fish ‘n’ Fritz, Weymouth, Dorset
Fish Dish, West Felixstowe, Suffolk
Fylde Fish and Chips, Burscough, Lancashire
Sit in @ 14 Atholl Street, Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross
Something’s Cooking, Letterston, Pembrokeshire
The Magpie Café, Whitby, North Yorkshire
The Pelican, Barnstaple, North Devon
The Quayside Restaurant & Fish Bar, Gourdon, Aberdeenshire
The Scallop Shell, Bath, Somerset
Wetherby Whaler Guiseley, Leeds, West Yorkshire
10 Best Mobile Fish & Chip Units
Butlers Fish and Chips, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire & Worcestershire
Chipsy, London
Cods and Rockers, Surrey
Go Fish & Chips, West Berkshire
Howe and Co 22, Little Horwood, Buckinghamshire
North West Event Catering – Mobile Fish & Chip Van, Tebay, Kendal & Endmoor, Cumbria
Riverside Fish & Chips, Harwich & Colchester, Essex
The Cotswold Chippy, Cotswolds
Tony’s On The Go, North Lanarkshire
Tropics Two, Norfolk
Fry Magazine Awards are sponsored by Goldensheaf, Frymax, Middletons, Superior Beef Dripping, KFE, VA Whitley, Friars Pride, Henry Colbeck, King Frost, Pro Fry, Brakes, BD Signs, NFFF and Kismet Kebabs.
