Two Ayrshire chips shops have retained their place among the best takeaways in the country for the third year running.
The pair have been revealed as the best of the best alongside fast food royalty up and down the UK.
The Plaice to Be in Kilmarnock and The Fish Works in Largs were the only two Ayrshire takeaways named in Fry Magazine's Top 50 Takeaways Awards 2022.
And the duo are only two of nine Scottish venues to make the prestigious list.
Mystery judges visited each establishment that entered unannounced to sample the food and assess key aspects of the business from the cleanliness of the premises, to staff knowledge and professionalism, to their social media presence.
With 100 marks up for grabs, organisers say the standard was once again set "extremely high", with the benchmark being a weighty 96 per cent or over for takeaways to win an award.
Reece Head, competition organiser, said: “We’re so pleased to announce this year’s winners. The awards recognise and celebrate the hard work, passion and dedication that these operators put into running their businesses.
“It’s been a tough couple of years for the industry, in particular for restaurants that have had to deal with closures, but operators continued to adapt, motivate their workforce and invest in new equipment and systems that have seen them come out the other side stronger and in a better position.
“Our 50 Best Takeaway and 10 Best Restaurant winners really do represent the best in the business and they continue to showcase fish and chips as a high quality, value for money meal.”
50 Best fish & Chip Takeaways
Alrewas Fryer, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Auckley Friery, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Burnham Fish and Chips, Slough, Surrey
Callaway’s Fish & Chips, Dorchester, Dorset
East Coast, Musselburgh, East Lothian
Catch Fish & Chips, Ashford, Kent
Chips @ No.8, Prestwich, Greater Manchester
Churchill's Fish & Chips, Langney, Eastbourne
Cods and Rockers, Tadley, Hampshire
Croft Street Fisheries, Leeds, Yorkshire
Davenport’s Fish & Chips, Louth, Lincolnshire
David’s Fish & Chips, Brixham, Devon
DJ's Fish and Chips, Paignton, Devon
Dunkeld Fish Bar, Dunkeld, Perthshire
Eric's Fish & Chips, King’s Lynn, NorfolkFiddlers Elbow Fish & Chips, Leintwardine, HerefordshireFish ’n’ Fritz, Weymouth, Dorset
Fish Kitchen 1854, Maesycwmmer, Monmouthshire
Fochabers Fish Bar, Fochabers, Moray
Frydays of Kendal, Kendal, Cumbria
Garioch Fish Bar, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
Greg & Lou’s, Redruth, Cornwall
The Little Chippy, Tyldesley, Manchester
Heavenly On The Go, Crosby, Cumbria
Hikary’s Fish Bar, Neath, West Glamorgan
Hiks, Brynhyfryd, Swansea
Hill Top Village Fisheries, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Howe & Co Van 19, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Howe & Co Van 22, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Howe & Co Van 66, Granborough, BuckinghamshireLand & Sea, Sowerby, North Yorkshire
Low’s Traditional Fish & Chips - Berryden, Aberdeen, AberdeenshireMarina Fish and Chips, Chapel St. Leonards, LincolnshireMarket Hill Fisheries, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
Moore's Fish & Chips, Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway My Plaice Fish & Chips, Gorleston-on-Sea, NorfolkPort Chippy, Amlwch, Anglesey
Priory Plaice Fish and Chips, Ulverston, CumbriaShap Chippy Mobile, Appleby, Cumbria
St John's Fish Bar, Warwick, Warwickshire
The Cafe Royal, Annan, Dumfries and GallowayThe Chippie Van, Penrith, Cumbria
The Chippy, Dartford, Kent
The Codfather, Northwich, Cheshire
The Esk Cafe, Longtown, Cumbria
The Fish at Goose Green, Wigan, Greater Manchester
The Fish Bank, Sherburn in Elmet, Leeds, West Yorkshire
The Fish Works, Largs, North Ayrshire
The Golden Fry, Benllech, Anglesey
The Lincolnshire Fryer, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire
The Oyster Shell, Bath, Somerset
The Plaice To Be, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire
The Village Fish & Chips, Orpington, Kent
Tony’s Fish and Chips, Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire
Towngate Fisheries, Idle, West Yorkshire
Yan’s Fish Bar, Cardiff
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