Yarm Road Fish and Chip Shop, which was named Fish and Chip Takeaway of the Year 2025 earlier this year, opened its new eat-in venue in Darlington in July, after a successful eight-year takeaway service and 15 years in Barnard Castle. Will said: “It's all to do with winning the Fish and Chip Takeaway of the Year in 2025.”“Since then, we’ve been given some incredible opportunities. “When we were approached to go to Japan, we couldn’t turn it down.”Yarm Road Fish & Chip shop. Award winning fish and chips. On a social media post, the family business said: “This incredible opportunity rounds off what has been an unbelievably exciting year so far for us at Yarm Road Fish and Chips, since winning the prestigious title of Best Fish & Chip Takeaway in the UK.