You’ll usually find him in a suit running a busy high school but in the evenings head teacher Lee Humphreys rolls up his sleeves, dons an apron, and gets frying at a fish and chip shop. Lee bought the premises on a whim when he drove past one evening and saw it was up for auction.
When he first opened Fish Kitchen 1854 in Maesycwmmer in 2018 Lee was deputy head at Llanishen High in Cardiff and went straight from school to work in the chippy five nights a week. Now head at Barry’s Pencoedtre High he can be found making fish suppers two nights a week and is manager of the now multi-award-winning chip shop.
It was by chance that Lee, a father of two and self-confessed lifelong fish and chip fan, saw a former Chinese take away up for auction as he drove home with daughter Scarlett, 14, one night. Now his venture is listed in the UK's top 50 chippies which you can read more about here.
