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What’s your chippy order? Are you a fish supper-ultra? Fan of a deep-fried pizza? Or just love a good, properly fluffy bag of chips? Whatever it is, you definitely have a favourite dish, and are probably pretty loyal to your local, but if you’re open to trying somewhere different, the nominees for the 2025 National Fish & Chip Awards have just been announced, and they’re great as ever.
Last year, the coveted ‘Takeaway of the Year’ title went to the Shipdeck in Caerphilly, Wales, and the Shipdeck’s team was sent on a trip to Norway to catch some top quality fish. This year, 40 establishments are nominated for the prize up and down the country, and each spot nominated is worth checking out, even if only one can win.
According to the organisers of the awards: ‘There’s a lot to [running a successful chippie] and each awards season we see greater depths of talent, expertise and business acumen.’ In other words, to get to this point each of these chip shops has to be doing something very, very right.
Here’s the full list of nominees as split up by their regions:
England
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
Find out more about the London nominees here.
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
Eventually, this shortlist will turn into an even shorter-list of 10, who will all attend the final next February to fight for the top spot. We’ll let you know when that final 10 is decided, but until then, enjoy trying as many of these excellent chippies as is humanly possibly. Turn it into a road trip. A fishy pilgrimage, of sorts.
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We love a good chippy too. Check out our picks for the best UK chip shops if you’re not convinced by the Ship Deck, or have a read of Time Out’s specific guides to the fish and chip scenes in London and Brighton.
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