Friday 6 June 2025 marks a major milestone for one of the UK’s most beloved food celebrations – National Fish & Chip Day (NF&CD) – and Seafood from Norway is proud to once again lend its support to the event, which brings the nation together to honour the tradition, people and ingredients behind fish and chips.
As part of its long-standing relationship with the UK Fish and Chip sector, Seafood from Norway, represented by the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) in partnership with the Norwegian Frozen at Sea group, is proud to once again invite the winners of the National Fish and Chip Awards on an exclusive educational trip to Norway.
The Norwegian Seafood Council, proudly representing Seafood from Norway, along with Norwegian Frozen at Sea, welcomed the UK’s leading fish and chip shops and a number of key industry stakeholders to Ålesund, Norway as part of an educational study trip to showcase responsibly sourced cod and haddock – the two most popular species used by British fish and chip shops.
Seafood has been a part of my upbringing and my diet growing up. Norwegian seafood, the world’s best, still has a natural place in my life. The Norwegian Seafood Council does a tremendous job showcasing knowledge and inspiration about tasty, healthy, and sustainable seafood globally and back home in Norway. It was only natural for me to enter this partnership, says Erling Braut Haaland.
One of the UK’s top emerging chef talents and a group of international key food influencers have visited Norway, the seafood nation, on an inspirational study trip organised by the Norwegian Seafood Council. Discovering why origin matters when it comes to sustainable seafood while getting a taste of the fjord to plate journey of the celebrated Norwegian seafood.
Close to 200 leading stakeholders from across the seafood industry united on 27th February for the 2024 Norway-UK Seafood Summit. The event, which is firmly cementing itself as an important date in industry calendars, led with bilateral updates from the Norwegian Minister for Fisheries and Ocean Policy, Cecilie Myrseth, and the UK Minister for Food, Farming and Fisheries, Rt Hon Mark Spencer.
A popular East Yorkshire chippy has been named the winner of the Environment & Sustainability Award at this year’s National Fish & Chip Awards. Whitehead’s Fish & Chips in Hornsea beat off competition from finalists, Hennighans and Sea Queen Fisheries to take the top prize, being awarded for their outstanding commitment to responsible practices and sourcing.
Seafood From Norway today announced that all winners of the National Fish and Chip Awards 2024, run for a second year by the National Federation of Fish Friers (NFFF), will get the chance to go on a once-in-a-lifetime study trip to Norway in June. There, they will experience firsthand how delicious Norwegian cod and haddock is responsibly harvested from Norway’s cold, clear waters.
Seafood from Norway (SFN) and National Fish and Chip Award winners past and present have been donning festive “We Fish you a Merry Christmas” attire. Sharing season’s greetings they have been cheerily serving up portions of fish and chips using responsibly sourced Norwegian cod and haddock, and reminiscing about some of the lighter moments of 2023.
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29/11/2023
Norwegian Minister for Fisheries and Ocean Policy, celebrates sustainable seafood education in UK hospitality
In celebration of the close seafood relationship Norway holds with the UK, the Norwegian Minister for Fisheries and Ocean Policy, Cecilie Myrseth, met this week with leading UK culinary institution, Westminster Kingsway Colle
Seafood from Norway is delighted to continue partnership with NFFF and resume as principal sponsor of the National Fish and Chip Awards 2024.
The National Fish & Chip Awards, organized by the National Federation of Fish Friers (NFFF), celebrate the very best fish and chip shops in the UK and are the highlight of the fish and chip calendar.
Victoria Braathen, UK Di
Retail is a key channel for seafood consumption in the UK, accounting for 67% of consumer purchases. 1 To help illustrate the current landscape and how together the category can build consumer confidence in seafood purchasing, the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) has launched a whitepaper report with The Grocer.
The whitepaper “Building Seafood Consumer Confidence to Boost Consumpti
The Norwegian Seafood Council, proudly representing Seafood from Norway, has welcomed the UK’s leading fish and chip shops to the western shores of Norway as part of an educational study trip to showcase cod and haddock – two of the most popular species used by British fish and chip shops – and demonstrate why Norway is credited as a leading whitefish nation.
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Celebrate National Fish and Chip Day! Seafood from Norway offers free resources for shops to promote sustainable seafood and maximize sales. Access the Social Media Toolkit and more at www.seafoodfromnorway.co.uk/b2b/fish-and-tips
The Norwegian Seafood Council marked Norway Day in the UK by partnering with acclaimed Fish & Chip vendors for a mouth-watering celebration. The main event took place at Southwark Park, London, hosting one of the largest Norway Day celebrations outside Norway. The event was attended by Defence Minister Bjørn Arild Gram and Norwegian Ambassador Wegger Chr. Strømmen.
Some of the UK’s top emerging chef talent have visited Norway, the whitefish nation, on a trip organised by the Norwegian Seafood Council, and led by Seafood from Norway chef partners, Michel Roux and Simon Hulstone. The chefs have undertaken a discovery into why origin matters when it comes to sustainable seafood.
Norway- UK Seafood Summit 2023. Proud ocean nations unite at the Norway-UK Seafood Summit with a shared agenda to increase sustainable seafood consumption.
National Fish and Chip Awards 2023 winners will visit Norway on a study trip sponsored by Seafood from Norway to experience sustainable fishing and processing facilities, and learn about the supply chain of sustainable cod and haddock from Norway to the UK.
Skrei, one of the world’s most sought-after seasonal seafood delicacies is back in season, set to once again grace menus across the world.
The Norwegian Embassy and Seafood from Norway held a roundtable and industry lunch at Sauce by The Langham on February 1st, 2023, in celebration of the close seafood relationship Norway holds with the UK. Attended by top chefs, industry insiders, and press, the discussions centred around quality, sustainable seafood, and introduced Norwegian white fish available to the UK market.