Winner of the 50 Best Takeaway Award for 2026

Kirby’s wins FRY Magazine’s 50 Best Fish & Chip Takeaways for 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026.

We are thrilled with this announcement which underpins our highest standards in food, customer service and marketing. Our inclusion in the Top 50 follows two rounds of mystery dining visits by the leading trade publication FRY Magazine in which an anonymous judge secretly scrutinises a host of key aspects of our business.

This often includes things like:

• Quality and variety of our food
• Cleanliness of the premises
• Staff knowledge
• Value for money
• Ease of ordering
• Social media presence
• Professionalism throughout our business

Members of the FRY Magazine team are heavily involved in our industry and have held highly sought-after positions within key organisations for many years, so the judges know a thing or two about fish and chips.

Conclusion

Our 2 shops at Meanwood and Horsforth achieved an incredible 98% out of 100%. To be in the running for the Top 50 Fish & Chip Takeaway the benchmark was set high at 95% and there was plenty of tough competition for the judges to score along the way.

Many highly regarded chippies throughout the UK entered and we are delighted with our overall score. it allows us to strive for better every year amongst this select group of takeaways.