Country’s top chip shop named
Oceanz in Silverdale, Auckland has been named New Zealand’s top chip shop after taking out the number one spot in this year’s That’s Life! Best Chip Shop Competition.
Chip Group Chairperson, Glenda Gourley, said this is the first time Oceanz - Silverdale has been crowned as the country’s top chippie.
As in previous years, a combination of public text voting, mystery judging and chip fat analysis determined the regional finalists from each of the six regions across New Zealand. The six regional winners and Grand National winner were then chosen by a panel of judges.
The six regional winners are as follows:
Northland to North Shore Region
Oceanz – Silverdale
Corner of East Bays Road and State Highway, Silverdale
09 427 0740
Rest of Auckland Region
The Chip Shop
711 Manukau Road, Royal Oak
09 625 3833
Waikato to Hawkes Bay Region
Oppie’s Fish & Chips
259 Fenton Street, Rotorua
07-347 1909
Manawatu to Wellington Region
So Fine Seafoods
2 Tennyson Ave, Avalon, Lower Hutt
04 567 7725
Nelson to Christchurch Region
The Sands Fish & Chips
Shop 1 623 Rocks Road, Tahunanui, Nelson
03-539 6161
Timaru to Southland Region
Portobello Store & Takeaway
1 Harington Point Road, Portobello, Dunedin
03-478 0105
Judges unanimously agreed that certificates gained through completing the Chip Online Training modules which teach owners and their staff about the New Zealand Industry Standards for Deep Fried Chips in Independent Fast Food Outlets’, are increasingly on display in stores.
Heart Foundation nutritionist, Judith Morley-John, said this year, judges were on the lookout for certificates displayed in stores which showed that at least one employee has completed online training for the industry standards.
“In some regions there were over 70% of the shops that had had at least one employee complete the Chip Group Online Training. This shows that chip shop operators are being proactive in adopting the industry standards and are working towards making better chips for their customers.”
Other areas to come under scrutiny were: chip freshness and colour, shop cleanliness and customer service.
“A chip sample from each shop was sent away for fat analysis, and only those containing a fat level of less than 11 percent made the grade,” Judith said.
The ‘That’s Life! Best Chip Shop Competition 2009’ is the country’s only national chip shop competition and this year is supported by: That’s Life! magazine, ‘Goodman Fielder’, ‘Bakels’, Food2Go Magazine, McCain Foods (NZ) Ltd, ‘Mr Chips’, ‘Potatoes New Zealand’, ‘Alfa One’, ‘Eurotec’ and the ‘Heart Foundation’.
