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Quality Accreditation for Fish City
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Quality Accreditation for Fish City

Proud holder of the National Federation of Fish Friers Fish and Chip Quality Accreditation, Fish City, a family-owned and operated Belfast seafood and fish and chip restaurant, is once again among the finest fish and chip shops in the UK.

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Belfast Restaurant spreads joy in successful toy appeal
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Belfast Restaurant spreads joy in successful toy appeal

As the holiday season unfolds, Fish City, a prominent seafood restaurant in Belfast, proudly announces the success of their recent toy appeal initiative, aiming to bring cheer to families in need across the local community.

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NFFF Announce New Regional Director for Northern Ireland
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NFFF Announce New Regional Director for Northern Ireland

On the Sunday the 12th of November, the NFFF Annual General Meeting took place in which Malachy Mallon stepped down from his role as Regional Director of Northern Ireland. To take his place, we are proud to announce that John Lavery, Fish City will be the new Regional Director of Northern Ireland.

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Duo make Fishtory
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Duo make Fishtory

Rockfish and Fish City in Double Wins for Seafood Sustainability. Belfast fish and chip restaurant Fish City and Southwest seafood business Rockfish both won double recently at the Marine Stewardship Council's annual UK Awards, honouring achievements in sustainable seafood which was attended by Publishing Editor Austen Dack.

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Fish and chips win big at MSC Awards
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Fish and chips win big at MSC Awards

Fish and chips was the star of this year’s Marine Stewardship Council’s annual UK Awards, with two shops winning two awards each in recognition of their achievements in sustainable seafood.

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Reflections on Japan: Zamira & Nick share their favourite moments
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Reflections on Japan: Zamira & Nick share their favourite moments

Following their return from the British Fair at Hankyu Umeda Department Store in Osaka Japan, we sit down with our Head Fry Chef Zamira Beqiri and Head Chef Nick Clough to chat about their experience frying up Fish City’s award-winning fish and chips in Japan.

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Rockfish and Fish City in Double Wins for Seafood Sustainability
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Rockfish and Fish City in Double Wins for Seafood Sustainability

Belfast fish and chip restaurant Fish City and South West seafood business Rockfish have both won double at the Marine Stewardship Council’s annual UK Awards, honouring achievements in sustainable seafood. This is the first time two food service businesses won two awards.

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MSC UK Awards 2023 Winners
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MSC UK Awards 2023 Winners

This year we marked the 10th anniversary of the MSC UK Awards, in which we celebrate outstanding achievements and performance in sustainable fishing and seafood across the entire UK business spectrum. The evening was hosted in person at the historic Fishmongers' Hall and we were once again joined by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), who gave out three guest awards.

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Employee Spotlight: Jason’s Journey from the Kids Club to the Kitchen
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Employee Spotlight: Jason’s Journey from the Kids Club to the Kitchen

In 2017, he was amongst our earlier cohorts of the Kids Club, our educational workshop for schoolchildren about seafood sustainability. Six years after his formative first experience at Fish City, we sit down with Jason, now our Demi Chef de Partie, to ask him about his memories of the Kids Club and his experience of working at Fish City.

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ActionCoach’s The Business Spotlight with John Lavery
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ActionCoach’s The Business Spotlight with John Lavery

Today we shine the light on Restaurateur John Lavery. John is the owner of Fish City Belfast, a seafood spot well known in Belfast for its extra tasty fish n’ chips and the UK's Fish and Chip Restaurant of the Year for 2023. John shared his experience with Richard Craythorne around running Fish City, emphasising the importance of maintaining tight controls on finances and learning from business mistakes.

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Nurturing Tomorrow’s Ocean Stewards
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Nurturing Tomorrow’s Ocean Stewards

Seafood is both a vital source of nutrition and an integral part of the cultural heritage of coastal communities such as ours here in Northern Ireland. In a world facing increasing environmental challenges, the need to cultivate a generation of responsible and environmentally conscious citizens has never been more crucial. … As we seek to secure the future, imparting knowledge about seafood sustainability to our children emerges as a paramount responsibility.

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Where to find Britain's best fish and chips, from chippies to restaurants
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Where to find Britain's best fish and chips, from chippies to restaurants

We've gathered together the best places in every region of the UK – each of England's nine official regions, plus Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales – for a fish and chip supper, from chippies that wrap up warm and satisfyingly greasy paper parcels to restaurants serving their battered cod on actual plates.

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