The National Dish
FISH & CHIPSINSTANTLY RECOGNISABLE AS THE NATION’S FAVOURITE DISH – FISH & CHIPS IS BOTH A CULTURAL AND CULINARY TREASURE. SCROLL DOWN TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF FISH & CHIPS OR VISIT OUR MUSEUM.
CHARLES DICKENS FIRST WROTE ABOUT FISH & CHIPS IN HIS BOOK – A TALE OF TWO CITIES:
‘HUSKY CHIPS OF POTATOES, FRIED WITH SOME RELUCTANT DROPS OF OIL’
FISH & CHIPS WERE FIRST SERVED TOGETHER IN 1860 – HOWEVER, THERE IS MUCH DISPUTE ABOUT WHETHER IT WAS MALIN’S IN LONDON OR LEE’S IN MANCHESTER WHO CAME UP WITH THE IDEA.
BY 1927 THE NUMBER OF FISH & CHIP SHOPS BOOMED – 35,000. THE ADVENT OF THE RAILWAYS HELPED ENSURE FRESH FISH WAS BROUGHT TO THE MASSES.
JUST LIKE TODAY, FRYING WITH TOP-QUALITY EQUIPMENT WAS A MUST FOR EVERY SELF RESPECTING FISH FRIER. FRANK FORD SOON ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES AS ONE OF THE UK’S BEST RANGE MANUFACTURERS.
DURING BOTH WORLD WARS, THE GOVERNMENT SHOWED AN APPRECIATION TO THE NATIONAL DISH. DAVID LLOYD GEORGE AND CHURCHILL BOTH REFUSED TO RATION THE DISH.
IN THIS TIME PAPA WAS WORKING HARD PERFECTING HIS SECRET RECIPE BATTER!
PAPA’S QUICKLY MOVES UP NORTH, SPREADING OUR DELICIOUS PHILOSOPHY.
NATURAL, SUSTAINABLY SOURCED INGREDIENTS PREPARED WITH CARE.
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS WE HAVE HAD DIFFERENT LOOKS – BUT THE QUALITY AND VALUE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CONSISTENT.