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The History of Fish & Chips

Fish and Chips. They're a national institution. Every week, around 3.7 million portions of fish and chips are consumed in the UK – that’s a staggering 190.5 million portions a year. Not only do we love to eat them, they’re good for the economy too with the industry worth £1.2 billion a year to the UK. But whoever thought of serving fish with chips? And why? And for how long has Britain been enjoying this very British delicacy? Well, it was actually the beginning of Queen Victoria's reign that saw fried fish being sold as leftovers to the working-classes in London's Billingsgate Fish Market. Alexis Soyer, the celebrity chef of the time, used to eat it with his fingers on his way home from work. From there the rest, as they say, is history. So to find out how fish and chips spread from East London to the outreaches of Britain and across the world, watch our video… View the complete playlist: http://goo.gl/98lsj8 Produced by: Markettiers4dc Broadcast Agency Editor: Clive Ashenden Producer: Sean Browne and Matt Lloyd Executive Producer for Seafish: Andy Gray ©Seafish 2015 http://www.fishandchipawards.com #fishnchipawards Get the app! http://goo.gl/DlJE7K Available on iPhone, The National Fish & Chip Awards official app is an interactive guide to the very best performing UK fish and chip takeaways and restaurants from the past 25 years.