People’s Choice 2021 Great Australian Fish and Chip Awards goes to Queenscliff’s Trident Fish Bar

If you’re looking to chow down on the state’s favourite fish and chips, you don’t have to travel too far, with a Geelong region takeaway shop taking out the people’s choice prize.

If you’re looking for the state’s favourite fish and chips, you don’t have to travel too far.

Queenscliff’s Trident Fish Bar has taken out the state’s People’s Choice 2021 Great Australian Fish and Chip Awards.

Store manager Aidan Harris said the win was very exciting at the end of a challenging year.

“We are pretty excited, we are having a great time and we are loving it,” he said.

“We are in a great mood.”

Truong Do, owner of Queenscliff's Trident Fish Bar, which has won the 2021 Great Australian Fish & Chip Awards MasterFoods People’s Choice award for Victoria.

Mr Harris said the secret to the making the best fish and chips was surprisingly simple.

“Clean oil and fresh fish – the finer details are individual for everyone,” he said.

He said flake, chips and calamari continued to be the most popular items on the menu.

But, he said anyone who wanted to taste local fish should try the King George whiting.

Mr Harris said the team would now start prepare for the busy summer months.

“We think we are going to have one of the biggest summer’s on record,” he said.

“It’s really, really exciting.”

Originally published as People’s Choice 2021 Great Australian Fish and Chip Awards goes to Queenscliff’s Trident Fish Bar