Perfectly battered fish.....more to it than you think!

Fish battered to perfection

Fish battered to perfection

Fish battered to perfection can be the bain of your life in a chip shop and it is time consuming, once you get the correct formula its a matter of rolling that out consistently. It's not physically possible for this to be done by yourself all the time, giving the sheer volume and all the other commitments it takes to run any business, so the only other option is to train, train and train staff. We have been fortunate over the years as we have had great staff, although, understandably the grind of working and balancing a home life can sometimes leave people jaded, no matter how good they are at their job, this leaves an impact on other staff and affects the quality of the food produced so how do you keep on top of it....well as I said earlier getting the formula right is the biggest player, it takes months of research and testing (as they say never trust a skinny cook) and I can testify to that.... a perk and downfall of the job.

Once the quantities, the mixing and resting and temperature are all sorted its a matter of preparing the fish correctly and the battering technique, then training staff to repeat this process in the exact fashion you have done and at volume especially at the height of the season. This seems like a lot of work for what is only one component of one product but you see when your passionate about something, I mean really passionate then its all worth it, especially when you get stopped in your local town and somebody says "I was in your shop the other day" (this is were it can go either way) but then when you hear "that was a great piece of fish, I really enjoyed it". Well I can't tell you how that makes you feel. Us small business owners take pride in our shops and when you get that perfectly battered Fish to the customer ALL the steps it took to get it there are well and truly worth it.

Some people like a squeeze of lemon or tartre sauce with their fish and chips but me, well I'm a traditional seaside fish and chip man, salt and a lovely splash of vinegar to add that sharpness its just hard to beat!

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