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Fish and chips is a British staple - with scores of people flocking to their local chippy each week for their fix. And now the UK's best fish and chip shops have been revealed. The top

40 shortlist includes an array of businesses from across the country with the The Takeaway of the Year gong handed out by the National Federation of Fish Friers (NFFF). They put fish and

chip shops through challenges, interviews, test their product knowledge, evaluate their customer service and other tasks to judge who comes out on top. Experts from the fish and chips

industry judge the restaurants on these categories before announcing the winner. _THE FULL LIST OF RESTAURANTS THAT MADE THE TOP 40 SHORTLIST IS AS FOLLOWS..._ CORNWALL Kellaway’s Fish and

Chips, Truro COUNTY DURHAM Yarm Road Fish and Chips, Darlington DEVON Taffs Fish and Chips, Torrington DORSET The Forum Frier, Blandford Forum ESSEX The Hook of Clacton, Clacton-on-Sea

GREATER MANCHESTER Taylors, Stockport HAMPSHIRE Mike’s Traditional Fish & Chips, Eastleigh KENT Newington Fish Bar, Ramsgate LANCASHIRE Farington Chippy, Leyland Westend Fish and Chips,

Oswaldtwistle LEICESTERSHIRE Frydales (Hinckley Road), Leicester LINCOLNSHIRE Elite on the Bail, Lincoln Linfords Traditional Fish and Chips, Market Deeping LONDON Brockley’s Rock, Brockley

Stones Fish and Chips, Acton NORFOLK French’s Fish Shop, Wells-next-the-Sea NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Angell’s Fisheries, Newark-on-Trent OXFORDSHIRE Harrison’s Fish & Chip Co., Oxford SOMERSET

The Oyster Shell, Bath SURREY Seafare Guildford TEESSIDE Robinsons Traditional Fish and Chips, Billingham WEST MIDLANDS Hawthorn Fish Bar, Birmingham YORKSHIRE The Fish Bank,

Sherburn-in-Elmet Locker’s Fish & Chips, Redcar Mister C’s, Selby The Scrap Box, York Two Gates Fisheries, Barnsley SCOTLAND ABERDEENSHIRE Carron Fish Bar, Stonehaven Garioch Fish Bar,

Inverurie Lows Traditional Fish & Chips (Berryden), Aberdeen Mike’s Famous Fish & Chips (Blackburn), Aberdeen Redcloak Fish Bar, Stonehaven Sea Salt + Sole, Aberdeen AYRSHIRE The

Fish Works, Largs FIFE The Wee Chippy, Anstruther PERTHSHIRE McKays Fish & Chip Shop, Pitlochry INVERNESS-SHIRE Hilton Chip Shop, Inverness WALES ANGLESEY Finney’s Fish and Chips,

Benllech GLAMORGAN Posh Fish and Chips (Llandaff), Cardiff Zero Plus Fish & Chips, Cardiff President of the NFFF, Andrew Crook, said: “Fish and chips is such an iconic British staple and

it takes huge amounts of skill and hard work to not only perfect the dish and other menu offerings but to also overcome challenges and sustain the business while keeping employees motivated

and fulfilled. "There’s a lot to it and each awards season we see greater depths of talent, expertise and business acumen and this trend has continued this year, too. “Takeaway of the

Year is the big one, so it goes without saying that the journey it takes contenders on is very intense. At each stage learnings and recommendations are provided to encourage the hopefuls to

keep pushing forward and that’s why the National Fish & Chip Awards is seen as the competition for chip shop owners that want the additional steer to become better than they were before.

"We’re off to a brilliant start and we’re excited for the next rounds and to honour these deserving people.” TICKETS FOR THE NATIONAL FISH & CHIP AWARDS ARE AVAILABLE HERE. MORE

INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND HERE: WWW.THEFISHANDCHIPAWARDS.COM.