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The Ashvale

The Ashvale is a chain of fish and chip restaurants and takeaways in the north-east of Scotland.

The flagship restaurant, which opened in 1979, is situated on the Great Western Road in Aberdeen. Other restaurants and takeaways in the chain of Ashvale restaurants are located in Banchory, Portlethen, Dundee, Elgin, Ellon and Inverurie.

By the mid-1990s the restaurant complex in Aberdeen had 300 seats and was open 7 days a week.[1] In 2004, the chain served about 30,000 customers each week, selling approximately 18,000 fillets of fish.

Awards

The Ashvale won several awards in the 1990s before it retired from competing:[2][3]

  • Scotland's Fish and Chip Shop of the Year 1989/1990
  • Scotland's Fish and Chip Shop of the Year 1990/1991
  • Scotland's Fish and Chip Shop of the Year 1993/1994
  • UK's Fish and Chip Shop of the Year 1990/1991[4]
  • UK Enterprise Award 1989/1990
  • UK Enterprise Award 1990/1991
  • UK Enterprise Award 1996/1997

See also

External links

References

  1. Scotland the best 94 The Herald, 12 February 1994, retrieved 1 September 2020^
  2. Mercedes Cebrián. Césped por doquier El País, 14 February 2014^
  3. Neil Wilson, Andy Symington. Lonely Planet Scotland Lonely Planet, 1 April 2017^
  4. The National Fish and Chip Awards 24 January 2019^
  5. <!-- <ref name=p&j> Neil Drysdale. Eminent Chipsters: Stuart Devine recalls the big fish he has met at Aberdeen's Ashvale Press and Journal, 13 May 2020^
  6. Restaurant chain relies on quality local fish Intrafish, 20 August 2008^