Free chips with every large fish marks week of celebrations
To celebrate National Chip Week and the fact that the shop has been nominated for the Potato Council's Perfect Portion Awards, Eddie Gilbert's in Ramsgate, Kent, is giving away a free portion of chips with every large portion of fish bought during National Chip Week.
The art of cooking the perfect chip, according to Eddie Gilbert's Michelin-trained chef Craig Mather, is to fry quality potatoes with a low moisture content, in small quantities, in beef dripping at a consistent temperature. Although Eddie Gilbert's also offers customers the choice of fish and chips cooked in vegetable oil.
At Eddie Gilbert's each portion of chips is cooked to order, which maintains the right cooking temperature. Owner Jonny Dunhill sources locally grown Maris Piper potatoes, but admits that he had to "hunt around a bit" to find the right quality.
