fish and chip restaurant of the Year
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County Durham fish and chip restaurant billed as the UK’s best at awards ceremony
The National Fish & Chip Awards celebrated the best in business and Bell’s Fish and Chips (Framwellgate Moor) in Durham received the highly acclaimed Restaurant of the Year prize.
The finalists - which also included first runner up Malt and Anchor in Gloucestershire, followed by Trenchers Spanish City in Tyne and Wear - eagerly waited on the results of the integral category which recognises the nation’s restaurants that operate at A-grade level when it comes to scrumptious chippy meals, customer service, sustainability, best practice, and more.
Months of thorough assessments, interviews and anonymous audits devised by major players in the fish and chip sector saw the candidates being stretched and tested, which has now set all-new elevated benchmarks with the purpose of motivating the wider industry to keep pace.
Bell’s Fish and Chips (Framwellgate Moor) was the leader of the pack when it came to representing excellence, reputation, and quality, therefore gaining the five-star seal of approval from the industry.
Managing Director Graham Kennedy who says of the grand victory: “We are delighted to be recognised as Restaurant of the Year at the National Fish & Chip Awards 2025, and I am bursting with pride after 38 years of hard work in our amazing industry.
“We invest the best in our restaurant, from staff training to quality produce, and we are so proud of everything we achieve daily. This is a relatively new restaurant, and it is unbelievable how much our team has grown and developed over the past few years. Our team is amazing and gives it all every day to provide each and every customer the best possible fish and chip experience. We would like to thank them all for their hard work.”
NFFF President Andrew Crook says, “Bell’s Fish and Chips (Framwellgate Moor) is a superb ambassador for the fish and chip sector and it’s a true honour to crown it with the Restaurant of the Year award.
“The team goes all-out to serve amazing food and creating a dining experience to match. It’s much-loved in the community and to successfully run a business at such a high level without compromise in the current climate is to be applauded. We are delighted for this outcome.”
Independent, family-owned businesses – Friars Pride, Henry Colbeck and V.A. Whitley – which supply the UK fish and chip industry with goods and services, and collectively make up the Q Partnership, were the sponsors of the category.
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