Advertise on our screen for FREE!
if you would like to advertise your event or business please feel free to email us an image to display on our screen. We get a lot of foot fall in the shop and we would like to offer the space to local people. Just email your jpg advert to adverts@skippersfishbar.com ...
First Ever National Mushy Pea Day
Friday the 10th of November marks the first ever National Mushy Pea Day. It’s the brainchild of Peter Fraser of Harbour Lights Fish and Chips in Falmouth. Mushy peas are the perfect accompaniment to Fish and chips and make it a nutritionally balanced meal. To...
Fish and Chip Roadshow
today I’m helping my friends from Kingfisher in Plymouth give out free Fish and chips in Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester. Kingfisher are the UKs current number one Fish and Chip shop. Come down between 12 and 2
Fun on the Farm!
The 17th of September marked the Isle of Ely open day and I was invited down to Cambridgeshire to attend and give an introductory speech to all the other shops and suppliers who were there. This is the third IOE open day Ive attended and it grows year on year. Its a...
Tour Round Billingsgate – August 2017
Whilst down in London for a meeting representings our trade association, Craig Maw and Nikki Mutton (Kingfisher in Plymouth) and myself managed to grab a tour round Billingsgate Fish Market. It was a bit of an early start as we got there for around 5.45am but it was...
Great news – North Sea Cod MSC Certified
We, at Skippers, are delighted by the news that North Sea Cod is now proven to be sustainable. The entire fish industry has worked hard to ensure cod stocks have been allowed to recover in the North Sea and still be an sustainable choice on the menu of the UKs fish...
FD140 The Wellvale
I've just had a photo pop up on Facebook reminding me of a trip to London a number of years ago and I briefly visited Tower Hill to find my Great Uncles name on the monument there to all the merchant seamen that died in World War II. I thought I would share the story...
Refit update
We have now almost completed all of the work at the shop. It's been a tough few weeks but we have got there. We think is looking great so we hope you like it. We have had a few teething problems as we have to find new ways of working as a team with the new layout and...
reopening Thursday 29th of June
Hi all we are reopening tomorrow after our refurbishment. It's been a long hard slog the past two weeks and in the months leading up to it, there has been lots of planning.. we think it is worth it though! It is the culmination of my families 30 plus years of fish...
Revised closure dates
We have decided it would be a mistake to rush our refurb to get open for today (Friday the 23rd) so we are now reopening on Wednesday the 28th. This has been a huge job and we want the shop to be perfect when we open. The building work should be mostly complete today...