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.

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.

An award-winning Belfast fish and chip restaurant owner has been making waves in Norway, a longstanding supplier of sustainable cod and haddock to the UK, as part of a trip of a lifetime.

The NFFF's Caroline Murphy took a detour on her break to Belfast to visit the award-winning Fish City!

The Norwegian Seafood Council, proudly representing Seafood from Norway, has welcomed the UK’s leading fish and chip shops to the western shores of Norway as part of an educational study trip to showcase cod and haddock – two of the most popular species used by British fish and chip shops – and demonstrate why Norway is credited as a leading whitefish nation.

Fish City marked the occasion of National Fish and Chip Day on the 2nd June 2023 with a fundraiser for the local volunteer-led community organisation Team HAVEN, which provides outreach and hot meals for the homeless, vulnerable and those experiencing food poverty in Belfast and the surrounding areas.

Belfast restaurateur John Lavery was thrilled when Fish City, the fish and seafood restaurant he set up in Belfast’s Ann Street with wife Grainne in 2013, recently gained two coveted hospitality industry awards at a gala event in London and further recognition in the GoodFoodIreland Awards at the K Club in Kildare.

Seafood and fish and chip restaurant Fish City in the heart of Belfast has won the top prize of a £2,000 holiday voucher as part of Nortech Foods’ A Plaice in The Sun giveaway.

The winner of the Environmental National Fish and Chip Awards 2023 has been announced, by the National Federation of Fish Friers. The Environmental & Sustainability category celebrates businesses that strive to achieve sustainable and environmentally friendly practices and is sponsored by the Norwegian Seafood Council.

Fish City, from Belfast, has been crowned the UK's best fish and chip restaurant at the 2023 National Fish & Chip Awards. They battled it out with four other finalist businesses to net the prestigious title.

Fish City in Belfast has been named as one of the UK’s 10 Best Fish & Chip Restaurants 2022/2023 - the only dine-in fish and chip establishment in Northern Ireland to make the prestigious list.

A Northern Ireland restaurant was recently honoured at the National Fish and Chip Awards as they were named ‘Restaurant of the Year’.

NIE Networks have congratulated Fish City, the winners of the Best Green Business Award at the Women in Business Awards 2023. The company sponsored the Award for Best Green Business and Derek Hynes, Managing Director, was in attendance to present Fish City with their award.

The winners of this year’s National Fish & Chip Awards were announced at an exclusive awards ceremony in London on Tuesday, celebrating the very best in fish and chips.

This year’s Awards, now in their 11th year, brought together female entrepreneurs and businesswomen from all sectors to recognise, reward and celebrate the very best of local talent at the only ceremony of its kind in Northern Ireland.

The winners of this year’s National Fish & Chip Awards have been announced at an exclusive awards ceremony in London today, celebrating the very best in fish and chips. 

Fish City in Belfast has been named Restaurant of the Year at the National Fish and Chip Awards 2023. The family-owned restaurant, which won the Health and Nutrition Catey in 2019, was recognised at a ceremony organised by the National Federation of Fish Fryers (NFFF).