Yahoo News The best fish and chip shop in the UK has been announced
Nottingham is home to the UK’s best fish and chip shop, it was announced at last night’s National Fish & Chip Awards 2020.
The Cod’s Scallops in Wollaton, Nottingham took the top spot, winning the esteemed Fish and Chip Shop of the Year Award.
Owned by husband and wife duo John and Helen Molnar, The Cod’s Scallops topped a shortlist of 10 fish and chip shops which were announced in September last year, with Borough Market’s Fish! also making the top 10.
The shortlist was judged on criteria including excelling in sustainability, menu innovation, catering for special dietary requirements, customer service and marketing activity and the shops were judged over an eight-month period.
John Molnar said: ‘We’re absolutely thrilled to be crowned the UK’s best fish and chip shop! It’s an honour to take home such a prestigious title, especially being up against the country’s top establishments.”
A total of 16 awards were given out, and the only London-based chippy to win was Sutton & Sons, named as the Best Multiple Operator.
National Fish and Chip Award winners 2020
Fish and Chip Shop of the Year Award: The Cod’s Scallops, Wollaton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Best Fish and Chip Restaurant Award: Trenchers Restaurant, Spanish City, Whitley Bay
Best Newcomer Award: Lewis’s Fish & Grill, Maidstone, Kent
NFFF Quality Award Champion: The Real Food Café, Tydrum, Stirlingshire
Best Seafood Week Campaign Award: Penaluna’s Famous Fish & Chips, Hirwaun, Aberdare
Best Foodservice Operator Award: Mary Lambert Artisan Bakery, Hartlepool, County Durham
Menu Development and Innovation Award: Fish City Belfast, Belfast
Marketing Innovation Award: Shap Chippy, Shap, Penrith
From Field to Frier Award: Fish & Chips @ Weston Grove, Upton, Chester
Good Catch Award: Fish & Chips @ Weston Grove, Upton, Chester
Staff Training and Development Award: The Wetherby Whaler, Yorkshire Drywite
Young Fish Frier of the Year: Charlie Collins, Frydales, Leicester, Leicestershire
Best Mobile Operator Award: The English Indian, Lichfield, Staffordshire
Best Multiple Operator Award: Sutton & Sons, London
Seasonal UK Seafood Award: Something Else Fishy, Milborne Port, Sherborne
Outstanding Achievement Award: Richard Ord, Colmans of South Shields, Tyne and Wear
Sutton & Sons have three restaurant locations in London: Stoke Newington, Islington and Hackney Central. Judges commended its efforts in sustainability and launching a vegan menu – including vegan ‘fish’ made from banana blossom which is marinated in seaweed and battered.
Owner Danny Sutton said: “We’re absolutely thrilled to be recognised as the UK’s best multiple operator fish and chip shop! Considering the tough competition in London, needless to say the rest of the UK, we are just so happy to be recognised by our peers, especially when we went out on a limb and started our vegan menu.”
