Area winners announced for National Fish & Chip Shop of the Year

13th October 2009, 11:44am

Twenty one fish and chip shops from across the UK are celebrating today after being named as the area winners in the National Fish and Chip Shop of the Year competition.

Run by Seafish, the authority on seafood, the competition is in its 22nd year and recognises the quality, value and choice offered by fish and chip shops across the UK and rewards the nation's best with the coveted title.

The 21 area winners now await a further round of judging which will determine the top 10 shops in the UK who will then go head-to-head in the grand final in January next year.

Nikki Hawkins, project manager for the competition at Seafish, said: "We now have to look closely at each of the area winners in order to find our top 10 finalists. As customers become more aware of environmental issues, fish and chip shops are stocking alternative varieties of fish and taking responsibility for ensuring a sustainable future for the industry. In fact sustainability is a major criteria in the judging process."

With nearly 276 million meals sold each year from over 10,500 shops across the UK, fish and chips remains the nation's favourite takeaway.

Winners by region:

Scotland - Highland, Grampian, Tayside, Central & Fife
The Bay Fish & Chips, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire

Scotland - Lothian, Strathclyde, Borders, Dumfries & Galloway
Atlantic Fast Food Ltd, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire

Wales (Two Finalists)
Finnegan's Fish Bar, Port Talbot, West Glamorgan
Finnegan's Fish Bar, Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan

Northern Ireland (Two Finalists)
Fish and Chicken, Tullygarley, Ballymena
Flash in the Pan, Omagh

North East England - Northumberland, Co. Durham & Tyne and Wear
Bells Fish & Chips, Durham

North East England - Yorkshire
Royal Fisheries, Whitby, North Yorkshire

Cumbria & Lancashire
Metro Fish Bar, Bury, Lancashire

North West England - Merseyside, Greater Manchester & Cheshire
The Big Fish, Wilmslow, Cheshire

Midlands - Warwickshire, West Midlands, Staffordshire
Great British Eatery, Birmingham

Midlands - Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire
Andy's Fish Bar, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

Midlands - Worcestershire, Shropshire, Herefordshire & Gloucestershire
Riverside Fish & Chips, Bridgnorth, Shropshire

Eastern England - Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Rutland
Linford's Traditional Fish & Chips, Market Deeping, Peterborough

Eastern England - Suffolk & Norfolk
Deep Blue, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk

London & South East England - Greater London, Middlesex & Essex
Scooby Snax, Brightlingsea, Colchester, Essex

London & South East England - Sussex, Kent & Surrey
Seafare Fish & Chips, Guildford, Surrey

Central & South England - Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire
Broughton Fish & Chip Shop, Broughton, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire

Central & South England - Oxfordshire, Hampshire, Berkshire
The Plaice, Winchester, Hampshire

South West England - Devon, Cornwall
Squires of Paignton, Paignton, Devon

South West England - Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon, Dorset
Daniel's Fish and Chips, Abbotsbury Road, Weymouth, Dorset

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• 14 Aug 2009 - Voting begins in Fish & Chip Shop of the Year contest
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