A Fish and chip shop opened less than a year ago has been named one of the best newcomers in the country.

MyChippy.com, in Main Avenue, Enfield, was named on the top best newcomers in the UK to the Fish and Chips industry.

Andrew Hung, opened up the shop at the end of last year in the space where his parents had previously run a café whilst he was growing up.

He said: “My Parents were first generation Chinese immigrants to the UK, they made some money running a Chinese Take-Away. After a few years they bought the neighbouring shop and converted it into a Cafe/Fish & Chips Shop.

“The shop had been left empty for many years, after we had a fire at the shop, at the end of last year, a month after my second child was born, I decided to take over the shop and challenge myself to create a traditional Fish & Chips shop with a fresh modern image.”

Mr Hung said he owed a lot to his parents who helped fund his education whilst working tirelessly to run the shop.

“It is my desire to make my parents proud of me by applying these accumulated skills and making the shop successful again in a much more competitive environment” Mr Hung added.

After listing the shop on TripAdvisor in January, the chippy gained top ranking for restaurants in Enfield after three months.

The shop owner added: “We are hence obviously extremely proud to be awarded as one of the Top 10 best newcomer award in the UK 2016.”