The UK s 50 best fish and chip shops (and what it takes to make the list)
Fish and chips have surged in popularity during the pandemic, but these are the places to find the best in Britain
Matt and Ashley Phillips bought Shap Chippy in 2018 and found great success
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“There’s a lot more to great fish and chips than Joe Public probably imagines,” says Matt Phillips, owner of Shap Chippy in Shap, Cumbria. “The ratio of water to batter, what temperature you fry it at, how long you cook your fish for, the process of cooking the chips. You can go into five shops which use the same batter but they could produce a very different product.”
Marco, Paula, & Ellis Castiglio. AN AMMAN Valley chippy has been named as the best in Carmarthenshire and one of the top 50 in the UK. Castiglio s, in Gwaun cae Gurwen, features in Fry Magazine’s top 50 Best Fish & Chip Takeaways awards 2021. An unannounced dining visit from a mystery industry expert marked the firm on over 40 different aspects of its business, ranging from the quality of its food and customer service to their social media presence and their Covid safe practices. With the pass mark set high at 97 per cent, Castiglio’s scored an impressive 97 per cent with the mystery diner particularly praising the excellent customer service, freshly cooked to order and covid safe measures.
A POPULAR fish and chip shop has been voted one of the best mobile units in the country. Flitch and Chips in Dunmow was voted in the top ten best mobile fish and chip units in the UK by Fry Magazine. Shops and mobile units were marked during an unannounced visit on over 40 aspects of their business, from the quality of the food and customer service to their social media presence and their Covid practices. But of course the food remained the main focus, with the flakiness of the fish, the crispiness of the chips and the crunch of the batter assessed.
A POPULAR fish and chip shop has been voted one of the best mobile units in the country. Flitch and Chips in Dunmow was voted in the top ten best mobile fish and chip units in the UK by Fry Magazine. Shops and mobile units were marked during an unannounced visit on over 40 aspects of their business, from the quality of the food and customer service to their social media presence and their Covid practices. But of course the food remained the main focus, with the flakiness of the fish, the crispiness of the chips and the crunch of the batter assessed.