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Nottingham is home to the UK’s best fish and chip shop, it was announced at last night’s National Fish & Chip Awards 2020.

The Cod’s Scallops in Wollaton, Nottingham took the top spot, winning the esteemed Fish and Chip Shop of the Year Award.

Owned by husband and wife duo John and Helen Molnar, The Cod’s Scallops topped a shortlist of 10 fish and chip shops which were announced in September last year, with Borough Market’s Fish! also making the top 10.

The shortlist was judged on criteria including excelling in sustainability, menu innovation, catering for special dietary requirements, customer service and marketing activity and the shops were judged over an eight-month period.

John Molnar said: ‘We’re absolutely thrilled to be crowned the UK’s best fish and chip shop! It’s an honour to take home such a prestigious title, especially being up against the country’s top establishments.”

A total of 16 awards were given out, and the only London-based chippy to win was Sutton & Sons, named as the Best Multiple Operator.

National Fish and Chip Award winners 2020 Fish and Chip Shop of the Year Award: The Cod’s Scallops, Wollaton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Best Fish and Chip Restaurant Award: Trenchers Restaurant, Spanish City, Whitley Bay Best Newcomer Award: Lewis’s Fish & Grill, Maidstone, Kent NFFF Quality Award Champion: The Real Food Café, Tydrum, Stirlingshire Best Seafood Week Campaign Award: Penaluna’s Famous Fish & Chips, Hirwaun, Aberdare Best Foodservice Operator Award: Mary Lambert Artisan Bakery, Hartlepool, County Durham Menu Development and Innovation Award: Fish City Belfast, Belfast Marketing Innovation Award: Shap Chippy, Shap, Penrith From Field to Frier Award: Fish & Chips @ Weston Grove, Upton, Chester Good Catch Award: Fish & Chips @ Weston Grove, Upton, Chester Staff Training and Development Award: The Wetherby Whaler, Yorkshire Drywite Young Fish Frier of the Year: Charlie Collins, Frydales, Leicester, Leicestershire Best Mobile Operator Award: The English Indian, Lichfield, Staffordshire Best Multiple Operator Award: Sutton & Sons, London Seasonal UK Seafood Award: Something Else Fishy, Milborne Port, Sherborne Outstanding Achievement Award: Richard Ord, Colmans of South Shields, Tyne and Wear

Sutton & Sons have three restaurant locations in London: Stoke Newington, Islington and Hackney Central. Judges commended its efforts in sustainability and launching a vegan menu – including vegan ‘fish’ made from banana blossom which is marinated in seaweed and battered.

Owner Danny Sutton said: “We’re absolutely thrilled to be recognised as the UK’s best multiple operator fish and chip shop! Considering the tough competition in London, needless to say the rest of the UK, we are just so happy to be recognised by our peers, especially when we went out on a limb and started our vegan menu.”