Isle of Ely Produce and Chippy Chat invited chip shop owners & industry suppliers to their farm on Sunday September 11th and we were first in the queue for this FREE Fish & Chip Industry Day Out, which is one of the industry events of the year.
The event started at 9.30 am at the farm in Ely, Cambridgeshire with a coffee and a chance to talk to industry colleagues. It was invaluable, not only to find out first-hand how the potato crop is faring for 2022/23, but also to get an idea about predicted cost and quality of the crop for the year ahead.
There were also lots of key suppliers exhibiting/sponsoring on the day so it was great to catch up with those.We watched presentations from award winning fish and chip shop owners, giving valuable advice, and an intro from NFFF President Andrew Crook.
We had a visit to a key local farmer and saw first had the crop being harvested. We then had a tour around the storage facilities which also showed the sorting and grading methods used in the industry today, which was a real eye opener! It was great for us to get down and dirty and get a real feel for where our produce comes from – literally from the Field to the Fryer!
