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Voting is now open for the Daily Echo's Chip Shop of the Year 2025 award, and one chippie is hoping that its "passion and hard work" can set it out from the rest. Mike's Traditional Fish and Chips on Spring Lane in Bishopstoke has been named among the best in the country every year since 2019, being shortlisted for the National Fish and Chip awards six years in a row. The chip shop was also announced as one of three finalists in the national Quality Accreditation Champion award in January.
Mike Isaac, who runs the chip shop, says that the takeaway would never call itself "better than anyone else", despite the national attention. READ MORE: Southampton chip shop Fish & Co in run for Echo's top of 2025 Mike instead said that the team behind the shop is just a "small family business" which "tries its very best to be the best it can be". Mike said: "The awards we’ve had in the past are brilliant and this one means a lot to us as well, it’s public led and voted for by our customers.
"In terms of setting ourselves apart, I think it comes down to passion and hard work. "Most of us who work here are family which almost means a little bit more because it’s got our name on the door and we’ve got a reputation." READ MORE: Mike's Traditional Fish and Chips, near Eastleigh up for award Mike said that his staff knows customers by name, and they know the cooks by name too, another detail that helps integrate the chip shop into the community.
Echo readers can vote via a slip printed in the Echo every day this week and next. The full shortlist is: Best Fry Fish & Chips in High Street, West End Fish & Co in Hinkler Road, Thornhill, Southampton Harefield Fish Bar in Somerset Avenue, Southampton J-Henry’s in Upper Northam Road, Hedge End, Southampton Mike's Fish & Chips in Spring Lane, Bishopstoke Paul's Plaice in High Street, Bishops Waltham Scott’s Plaice in Gregson Avenue, Gosport Sib's Fish and Chip Shop in Civic Centre Road, Southampton Top Catch in Shirley Road, Southampton Wickham Fisheries in The Square, Wickham.
