There’s nothing like winning an award to give your business a boost and while shops are still revelling in their 2026 success, FryMagazine Awards opened entry for our Fry Awards 2027.

Whether you’re still on a high from your triumph this year, you narrowly missed out, or you fancy putting your business forward for the first time, entry is open now at www.frymagazine.com

This year the coverage of the Fry Awards exceeded all expectations with articles across many major media channels and platforms including ITV, The Mirror, The Daily Express, The Scotsman, The Scottish Sun, Manchester Evening News and Virgin Radio. The Daily Mail even sent reporters to three winning takeaways and ran their own online feature!

Coverage like this would cost individual businesses thousands of pounds, yet it’s all part of entering and winning - and it has led to shops reporting an increase in trade of up to 50%.

One winning shop we spoke to sold out of fish within hours of the news breaking! Besides the fantastic PR opportunities, the competition provides vital feedback.

All businesses that enter receive a copy of their mystery dining paper, which shows clearly how the visit progressed through each stage, enabling shops to ascertain where they excelled and where improvement is required.

Entry remains anonymous and is via a simple online form that takes seconds to complete. The rest is down to our mystery diners who pay takeaways and mobiles two unannounced visits and restaurants one (although two diners can eat). The top 50 performing takeaways and mobiles and the top 10 performing restaurants make up the winners lists. Continued sponsorship come from the Norwegian Seafood Council, Pukka, KFE, NFFF, BD Signs & BDigital, Henry Colbeck, VA Whitley, Drywite, Kerry Foods, Amanda Roe 555 and Frymax.

2026 Top 50 Takeaways

Ainsworth’s Fish & Chips, Caernarfon, Gwynedd

Auckley Friery, Auckley, Doncaster

Batterfly Fish & Chips, Surbiton, Surrey 

Beedle’s Chippy, Bishop Auckland, Co Durham, 

Callaway’s Fish & Chips, Dorchester, Dorset

Catch, Netherlee, Glasgow

Churchill’s Fish & Chips, Bar Hill, Cambridgeshire

Churchill’s Fish & Chips, Hazlemere, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Churchill’s Fish & Chips, Langney, Eastbourne, East Sussex

Country Fried, Ribble Valley, Lancashire

David’s Fish & Chips, Brixham, Devon

Fiddlers Elbow Fish & Chips, Leintwardine, Herefordshire

Finney’s Fish and Chips, Benllech, Anglesey

Fintans Fish & Chip Co, Llanishen, Cardiff

Fish N Fry,  Easton, Bristol 

Garioch Fish Bar, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire

Greg & Lou’s, Redruth, Cornwall 

Harley’s Fish Bar, Great Barr, Birmingham

Hikary’s Fish Bar, Neath, Neath Port Talbot

Hiks, Brynhyfryd, Swansea 

Hird’s Family Fisheries, Halifax, West Yorkshire

Kirbys of Horsforth, Horsforth, Leeds

Kirbys of Meanwood, Meanwood, Leeds

Lighthouse Fisheries of Flamborough, Flamborough, East Yorkshire 

Linfords Traditional Fish and Chips, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire

Lows Traditional Fish and Chips, Berryden Business Park, Aberdeenshire

Monster Fish & Chips Co, Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire 

Moore’s Fish and Chips, Castle Douglas, Dumfries & Galloway

My Plaice Fish & Chips, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

Portside Fish & Chips, Starbeck, North Yorkshire 

Portside Fish & Chips, Kirkstall Road, Leeds 

Quintiliani’s Fast Food, Larkhall, South Lanarkshire

Redcloak Fish Bar, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire

Sandgate Chippie, Penrith, Cumbria 

Scott’s Plaice, Gosport, Hampshire

Sea Salt + Sole, Dyce, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire

Shappy Wheels, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria

Sykes Fish and Chips, Pendlebury, Manchester 

The Big Chippy, Dudley, West Midlands 

The Cafe Royal, Annan, Dumfries and Galloway

The Chippie Van, Eden Valley and Carlisle, Cumbria

The Codfather, Wakefield, West Yorkshire

The Corner Plaice, Croxley Green, Hertfordshire

The Fish Bank, Sherburn in Elemet, North Yorkshire

The Fish Works, Largs, North Ayrshire 

The Hook of Clacton, Clacton on Sea, Essex

The Oyster Shell, Bath, Somerset

The Proper Fish and Chips Co, Honiton, Devon

The Trawler, Golspie, Highland 

The Village Fish & Chips, Orpington, Kent

Town Street Fryer , Stockport, Manchester

Valerio’s Fish And Chips, Lanark, South Lanarkshire

Westend Fish and Chips, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire

Westend Fish and Chips, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire

Your Plaice or Mine Mobile Van, Thorne, South Yorkshire

2026 Top 10 Best Restaurants

Anstruther Fish Bar, Anstruther, Fife

Fish City, Belfast

Fishy Delishy, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire

Harbour Lights, Falmouth, Cornwall 

Pier Point Bar and Restaurant, Torquay, Devon

Quayside Restaurant and Fish Bar, Gourdon, Montrose, Aberdeenshire

Shap Chippy, Penrith, Cumbria

The Elite Fish and Chip Company, Tritton Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Trenchers of Whitby, Whitby, Yorkshire

Trenchers Spanish City, Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear

FAQs

Is there any paperwork to fill in?

No, all you do is enter on this website by filling in the details required and we do the rest.

When will our shop be visited by a mystery diner?

We do not tell shops when you will be visited, this gives you as owners a true representation of your shop and the service your customers receive.

What do we do once we fill in the form to enter?

All you have to do is keep an eye on the website www.frymagazine.com or in Fry Magazine for news and updates about when the results are out. We post you your score cards for your records with a detailed report and if you make the list you then get your certificate and window poster.

I have more than one shop can I enter both?

There is a section under the entry page outlining the rules. If you have more than one shop you are allowed to enter two shops in each section two in 50 BEST Takeaways and two in 10 BEST Restaurants. That is all that you are allowed. 

I have more than one mobile unit can I enter them all?

There is a section below outlining the rules. If you have more than one unit you are allowed to enter two units. That is all that you are allowed. 

What happens if we do not make the list?

You enter anonymously so only you know that you have entered the competition. A list of the successful shops are published. If you do not make the list no body except yourselves are aware of that. You can then look at the scorecard and improve or change anything you feel you need to and if you want to try again you can re-enter the next year.