National Federation of Fish Friers
Abbreviation	NFFF
Formation	1913
Legal status	Non-profit organisation
Purpose/focus	Fish and chip shops in the UK
Location	4 Greenwood Mount, Meanwood, Leeds
Region served	UK
Membership	8,500 fish and chip shops
General Secretary	Bill Crook
Main organ	NFFF Executive Council
Affiliations	Seafish
Website	www.federationoffishfriers.co.uk

The National Federation of Fish Friers (NFFF) is a British trade association for the fish and chips trade.

Contents 1 Structure 2 History 3 Function 3.1 Awards 3.2 Publications 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links

[edit] Structure

Its headquarters are in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Standard membership as of 2009 is £122 a year. It has 12 regions.

[edit] History

It was founded in 1913 and has about 8,500 members.^[1]

[edit] Function

It runs training courses^[2] and speaks for the trade.^[3][4][5] It runs the Customer Service Skills and Fish Frying Skills qualifications for the Seafish authority.

[edit] Awards

It runs the Young Fish Frier of the Year Award.

[edit] Publications

Its monthly magazine The Fish Friers Review (no apostrophe) was founded as The National Fish Caterers’ Review in 1925.^[6]

[edit] See also

• National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations (NFFO)
• National Federation of Fishmongers
• Seafood Scotland
• Seafish
• British Potato Council

[edit] References

[edit] Further reading

• Walton, John K. (2000). "6: Solidarity and Suspicion: Organization and its Limitations" (Googlebooks). Fish and chips and the British working class, 1870-1940. Continuum International Publishing Group (Originally published Leicester University Press 1992). pp. 111-136. ISBN 9780718521202. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=r6d7nY7SyC0C&lpg=PP1&pg=PA111#v=onepage&q=&f=false.  - note that Googlebooks unfortunately omits page 117-118 which appear to cover the founding of the NFFF.

[edit] External links

• Official website