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t this time of year, we always have the outcome of one big event to report on
- who won the champion chippy crown! And our hearty congratulations to
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Giovanni Fionda and his parents Ida and Raphael, who scored the Scottish hat-trick
to win that big silver cup for Atlantic Fast Food in Coatbridge. Congratulations too
WENDY DURHAM
- as well as commiserations - to the two who didn’t quite make it, Huw Jones of
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Finnegan’s in Porthcawl, and Conrad Brunton’s Great British Eatery and the other
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seven g976inalists, who included two of our own regular contributors John McNeill and
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Daniel Pettitt. As Robert Smith said when he took the title last year, eveyone who
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made it to the g976inal is a winner! There’s a full report inside...
2010 is diff erent to most years, though - as in this issue we start our coverage
Advertising
of another major event, this one running for the whole year, which marks the
FRAZER CLIFFORD
“marriage” of g976ish and chips 150 years ago. Since Mark Petrou highlighted the idea
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in his g976inalists’ presentation this time last year, a whole team of motivated people,
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steered by the NFFF, have been beavering away behind the scenes, to put together a
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huge generic promotion for our national dish which will run throughout the year.
If you haven’t already made your own plans for 2010, it’s time to give it some
thought - promotional posters and stickers, shop decorations and specially printed
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g976ish and chip boxes are already available (see inside) - and whilst you might not
WENDY DURHAM want to go as far as the staff at Linfords and wear Victorian costume, I’m sure all you
30 John Morgan Close enterprising friers will come up with plenty of good promotional ideas!
Hook, Hants, RG27 9RP There hasn’t been such a good
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email – wdurham@globalnet.co.uk to the general public the sheer
deliciousness - as well as the health,
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current issue online - by visiting our website portion of g976ish and chips!
at the address below.
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Fish & Chips and Fast Food is
Contents
published eight times a year in
January/February, March, April, May/June,
The Fish & Chip Shop Awards 2 Pizza 36
July/August, September, October and News from around the industry 10 Condiments & seasonings 38
November/December on or about the 20th
The chip box - by fryers, for EPoS and retailing aids 44
of the month, by
fryers, about fryers 20 Chip on his shoulder 48
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