Cirencester chippy named as one of the UK's best

Malt and Anchor has been selected as one of ten best fish and chip restaurants as part of the 2020 National Fish & Chip Awards.

The restaurant award category is open to all fish and chip businesses with a sit-in restaurant.

To reach this stage, the restaurants have scored well from mystery visits.

All restaurants have been judged on its food quality, sustainable sourcing of key ingredients, staff training and creation of innovative menu options for those with allergies and dietary requirements.

Judges will make a final round of visits to each of the restaurants for mystery dining assessments, before crowning the UK’s best fish and chip restaurant.

Marcus Coleman, chief executive at Seafish, said: “The UK is world-renowned for fish and chip takeaways, but there are plenty of incredible restaurants serving tasty, healthy fish and chips to sit in customers day in day out.

"We have 10 of these exceptional restaurants represented in this list.

"Each is a credit to our industry and we wish them all good luck in the final round of judging.”

Organised by Seafish, the public body that supports the £10bn UK seafood industry, the awards are the UK’s premier awards for fish and chip businesses.

Malt and Anchor will now compete against nine other finalists for the chance to take home the coveted title of the ‘UK’s best fish and chip restaurant’.

They are:

• fish! Borough Market, Borough Market, London

• Fish City Belfast, Belfast

• Knights Fish & Chip Restaurant, Glastonbury, Somerset

• Malt and Anchor, Cirencester, Gloucestershire

• Quayside Restaurant & Fish Bar, Gourdon, Aberdeenshire

• Saltwater Fish Restaurant, Torquay, Devon

• Something Else Fishy, Milborne Port, Sherborne, Dorset

• The Cods Scallops, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

• The Fisherman’s Wife, Whitby, North Yorkshire

• Trenchers Restaurant, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear

The winner of award will be announced at The National Fish & Chip Awards’ 32nd anniversary ceremony in London on January 23.