
Fry Award winners 2021/2022 announced
Updated: Apr 13, 2022

Mystery diners have sampled thousands of portions of fish and chips from shops across the UK in a bid to crown the UK’s 50 Best Takeaways and 10 Best Restaurants 2021/2022
After months of sampling food, quizzing staff and hitting up social media, we’re delighted to announce this year’s 50 Best Takeaways and 10 Best Restaurants 2021/2022.
Mystery judges visited each establishment that entered unannounced to sample the food and assess key aspects of the business from the cleanliness of the premises, to staff knowledge and professionalism, to their social media presence.
With 100 marks up for grabs, the standard was once again set extremely high, with the benchmark being a weighty 96% or over for takeaways to win an award and 95% or over for restaurants.
The winners in alphabetical order are:
50 Best fish & Chip Takeaways:
Alrewas Fryer, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Auckley Friery, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Burnham Fish and Chips, Slough, Surrey
Callaway’s Fish & Chips, Dorchester, Dorset
East Coast, Musselburgh, East Lothian
Catch Fish & Chips, Ashford, Kent
Chips @ No.8, Prestwich, Greater Manchester
Churchill's Fish & Chips, Langney, Eastbourne
Cods and Rockers, Tadley, Hampshire
Croft Street Fisheries, Leeds, Yorkshire
Davenport’s Fish & Chips, Louth, Lincolnshire
David’s Fish & Chips, Brixham, Devon
DJ's Fish and Chips, Paignton, Devon
Dunkeld Fish Bar, Dunkeld, Perthshire
Eric's Fish & Chips, King’s Lynn, Norfolk Fiddlers Elbow Fish & Chips, Leintwardine, Herefordshire Fish ’n’ Fritz, Weymouth, Dorset
Fish Kitchen 1854, Maesycwmmer, Monmouthshire
Fochabers Fish Bar, Fochabers, Moray
Frydays of Kendal, Kendal, Cumbria
Garioch Fish Bar, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
Greg & Lou’s, Redruth, Cornwall
The Little Chippy, Tyldesley, Manchester
Heavenly On The Go, Crosby, Cumbria
Hikary’s Fish Bar, Neath, West Glamorgan
Hiks, Brynhyfryd, Swansea
Hill Top Village Fisheries, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Howe & Co Van 19, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Howe & Co Van 22, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Howe & Co Van 66, Granborough, Buckinghamshire Land & Sea, Sowerby, North Yorkshire
Low’s Traditional Fish & Chips - Berryden, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire Marina Fish and Chips, Chapel St. Leonards, Lincolnshire Market Hill Fisheries, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
Moore's Fish & Chips, Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway My Plaice Fish & Chips, Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk Port Chippy, Amlwch, Anglesey
Priory Plaice Fish and Chips, Ulverston, Cumbria Shap Chippy Mobile, Appleby, Cumbria
St John's Fish Bar, Warwick, Warwickshire
The Cafe Royal, Annan, Dumfries and Galloway The Chippie Van, Penrith, Cumbria
The Chippy, Dartford, Kent
The Codfather, Northwich, Cheshire
The Esk Cafe, Longtown, Cumbria
The Fish at Goose Green, Wigan, Greater Manchester
The Fish Bank, Sherburn in Elmet, Leeds, West Yorkshire
The Fish Works, Largs, North Ayrshire
The Golden Fry, Benllech, Anglesey
The Lincolnshire Fryer, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire
The Oyster Shell, Bath, Somerset
The Plaice To Be, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire
The Village Fish & Chips, Orpington, Kent
Tony’s Fish and Chips, Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire
Towngate Fisheries, Idle, West Yorkshire
Yan’s Fish Bar, Cardiff
10 Best Fish & Chip Restaurants:
Catch Fish and Chips West End, Glasgow
Chipmongers, Portstewart, County Londonderry
Eric's Fish & Chips, King's Lynn, Norfolk
Fish City, Belfast
Fisherman’s Bay, Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear
Fish ’n’ Fritz, Weymouth, Dorset
Harlees, Westbury, Wiltshire
Port & Starboard, Indian Queens, Cornwall
The Cod’s Scallops, Market Harborough, Leicestershire
What The Fish, London
Reece Head, competition organiser, comments: “We’re so pleased to announce this year’s winners. The awards recognise and celebrate the hard work, passion and dedication that these operators put into running their businesses.
“It’s been a tough couple of years for the industry, in particular for restaurants that have had to deal with closures, but operators continued to adapt, motivate their workforce and invest in new equipment and systems that have seen them come out the other side stronger and in a better position.
“Our 50 Best Takeaway and 10 Best Restaurant winners really do represent the best in the business and they continue to showcase fish and chips as a high quality, value for money meal.”
All takeaways and restaurants that entered will receive their mystery dining report, a winner’s poster and plaque to proudly display in their shop.
We’d like to thank this year’s competition sponsors Frymax, Middleton Foods, KFE, NFFF, Nortech Foods, Drywite, Friars Pride, VA Whitley, Henry Colbecks, Seafood from Norway, Catering Units, BD Signs, Pukka and Accumen.
The Fry Awards 2022/23 will open for entry in the coming weeks. Keep an eye out for announcements on our website and on social media