Fish City Belfast announced in UK Top 3 Healthy Eating Fish and Chips Awards

Fish City has just been announced as one of the top three healthiest fish and chip businesses in the UK, presented this morning by the National Fish and Chips Awards organised by Seafish. The announcement confirms this leading restaurant and takeaway is achieving its drive to deliver healthier options for customers.

It has been a remarkable year for business owners John and Grainne Lavery, having already won Seafood Restaurant of the year and runner up on the Sustainable Tourism Award.

The Healthy Eating Award is assessed on menu diversification and innovation, staff training and knowledge of product contents and encouraging healthier options to the customer.

"This is one of our most coveted award to date" states Grainne Lavery of Fish City. She continued, "this award means so much to me and my team as we have been working hard to ensure each dish we design is presented in a way which is appealing to the eye, while also contributing to our customer's health and wellbeing.

"We believe it is important through sourcing locally and sustainably, we use healthy and nutritious ingredients and to ensure that we can present in a way our customers make an informed choice.

John Lavery confirmed, "I prepare fresh batter each morning to my own recipe, and I ensure that our oil is changed daily. Our menu includes gluten free and vegetarian options and we continue to design new initiatives and dishes for our customers.

"As part of our healthy eating drive, we are working with schools to deliver a 'Kids Club', educating children about the benefits of healthy food choices. This is extremely successful and during Seafood week, we ran a promotion for kids to eat free, as long as they ordered seafood! The benefits of eating fish are wide ranging and we aim to encourage children to eat more different types, while also introducing children who never tried it before. It is a sustainable source of nutrition that is important to a healthy diet."

The winner of the Healthy Eating 'Fish and Chips' Award will be announced at The National Fish & Chip Awards' 30th anniversary ceremony in London on 25 January 2018. For further information on Fish City Belfast go to www.fish-city.com or follow on @fishcitybelfast or #fishcitybelfast, or http://www.fishandchipawards.com/news .