Fairfield Plaice serves awards success
A Derbyshire fish and chip shop has been crowned the Food and Drink Forum Innovation Champion 2010 in The Food and Drink iNet Innovation Awards. Fairfield Plaice, based in Buxton, introduced a range of 'eco-friendly' proposals, including a more efficient frying range and purchased fish from sustainable sources, to take the title.
The company, run by Carl Heery, also uses recyclable packaging and buys its chips from a firm that uses recycled waste water. It was awarded the top accolade at The Food and Drink iNet Innovation Awards 2010, presented at an awards ceremony and dinner supported by Derby College at The Roundhouse, Pride Park, Derby.
The judges said that Fairfield had been selected as the winner for “ the way in which it has taken a traditional industry and turned it on its head to become one of the first environmentally friendly fish and chip shops in the UK”.
Fairfield Plaice also took the Nottingham Trent University Award for Most Innovative Business in the Wider Food Sector jointly with Cookies of Oakham, Rutland.
