EMPLOYEES at The Northern Echo’s fish and chip shop of the year say they were jumping for joy after finding out they had won. Northern Echo readers voted the Seabreeze in Redcar as its favourite place in the region to get their fish and chips, beating Haughton Chippy in Darlington, which came second, and Stephenson s Market Plaice, in Crook, which was third. Seabreeze, in Lobster Road, has been owned by Nicola Atkinson and Kevin Austick for more than 20 years. Mr Austick said: The staff have been bouncing since they found out we have won. They are probably more excited than we are.