In the penultimate week of campaigning for the Ben Shaws® Favourite Family Chippy Awards, we ventured over rolling hills and foggy moors to the beautiful seaside town of Whitby (North Yorkshire). We were visiting the Fusco family, who run the Royal Fisheries – our third family chippy.

The day started with a meet and greet with the whole family, including a tour of their massive 70 seat restaurant that had just been finished this year ready for the busy summer rush of tourists. With a knock at the door the press call had started with photographs for the local paper, Whitby Gazette and interviews for North Yorkshire Radio.

Shortly following this, the task in hand was to take to the streets of Whitby. Here we encouraged local customers and tourists to vote for the Royal Fisheries to become this year’s Favourite Family Chippy.

Already famous within their locality, many people openly expressed their support of the local family business and had already voted. Some were looking for a place for lunch and voted once they had sampled the local delights. Most already knew that the Fusco family were in the running for the Ben Shaws® Favourite Family Chippy Award but hadn’t got around to voting – so took the chance to vote and sample a Ben Shaws® beverage.

We finished the day on a high leaving the Fusco family with a queue of customers out the door, all keen to have their free can of Ben Shaws® with their chippy tea.

With only a few days left to vote, the final three chippies go head to head in the battle to become the next Ben Shaws® Favourite Family Chippy for 2011. So get your votes in quick and let us know why your favourite family chippy should win this year – and remember, you could be in with a chance of winning an ipod!