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Pier Point team including Lorraine Arnold, James Astles and Charlie James
Torquay's award-winning Pier Point Bar, Restaurant and Takeaway team have come away from the national Fish and Chip Awards in London with their heads held high again.
Demonstrating their dedication to excellence, the Torbay Weekly Business Awards winners have returned from the prestigious awards with yet another impressive showing.
While they didn’t take the top spot this year, they say their performance proves one thing—consistency and quality are at the heart of everything they do.
Pier Point was recognised as a Top three finalist for Community Engagement, Top Eight for Charlie James as Young Fish Fryer of the Year, and Top Five Restaurant of the Year, solidifying their reputation as one of the best in the industry.
Owner Lorraine Arnold, a previous Torbay Weekly Business Awards Inspirational Leader of the Year and Business Resilience Award winner, believes that these achievements reflect the team’s unwavering commitment to excellence.
Lorraine said: "At Pier Point, we never settle. These awards are not just about winning but about benchmarking ourselves against the best, pushing our standards higher, and ensuring our customers receive top-quality food and service. Reaching the finals on multiple occasions shows our consistency and dedication—not just to serving outstanding fish and chips but also to our community, team development, and sustainability.”
For Pier Point, entering industry awards is not just about recognition—it’s about benchmarking against the best, driving innovation, and ensuring the business remains at the forefront of the sector.
Competing at a local and national level pushes the team to continually improve, refine techniques, and deliver an even better experience to customers.
Since taking over at the start of Covid, new owners of Pier Point have gone from strength to strength, achieving remarkable recognition for quality, sustainability, and community engagement. Their achievements include maintaining their five-star food hygiene rating and earning numerous industry accolades.
2025 Awards & Recognitions (So Far)are
Top 3 – Community Engagement - National Fish & Chip Awards
Top 8 – Young Fish Fryer of the Year (Charlie James) - National Fish & Chip Awards
Top 5 – Restaurant of the Year - National Fish & Chip Awards
Q Award – Quality Accreditation
Top 5 – Public Vote, Devon Live
Fry Awards Top 10 – Britain’s Best Fish & Chip Restaurant
Fry Awards Top 50 – Britain’s Best Fish & Chip Takeaway
Entries are already flowing for Torbay Weekly Naturally Inspiring Business Awards 2025 and we want to make it as easy as possible for businesses to enter or to be nominated.
Entries are now open for this year’s awards with a date of Wednesday June 11 already set for the glittering finals night at the Riviera International Centre in Torquay.
The awards have grown in size and stature since being launched three years ago. As before, you can enter a category as a business yourself. But now you can also nominate a business - and we will do the work for them. You nominate them and a member of our editorial or commercial team will make contact with them to help with the application process.
Just go to torbaybusinessawards.co.uk to enter or nominate.
TIMELINE AND HOW TO ENTER TORBAY WEEKLY BUSINESS AWARDS 2025
Enter: go to torbaybusinessawards.co.uk where you will find out how to enter the awards or how to nominate businesses for the awards, the categories and their criteria.
Entries will close at midnight on Friday April 25.
A judging panel will sit to choose the shortlisted finalists of each category
The finalists will be announced online and in paper on Thursday May 15
They will go forward to the finals night at the Riviera International Centre on Wednesday June 11
This year's sponsors:
TORBAY COUNCIL (headline sponsors and Overall Winner)
WOLLENS (Best New Business)
NEWTON ABBOT RACE COURSE (Best Marketing Initiative)
STAGECOACH (Greener Futures award)
ENGLISH RIVIERA BID COMPANY (Tourism Company of Year)
PRINCESS THEATRE (Rising Star Award)
SOUTH DEVON COLLEGE (Inspiring Employer of Year)
POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER- Alison Hernandez (Commissioner's Business Community Champion)
TORBAY BUSINESS FORUM (Small Business of Year)
MAJESTIC HOLIDAYS (The James Wright Award for Inspirational Leadership, or ‘Jimmy Award’)
SALLY ALLEN Innovation
INTER-LINE Apprentice of the Year
TORQUAY UNITED - Sport and Health and Wellbeing Business of the Year
Torbay Weekly Lifetime Achievement awards for contribution to business and the community will be announced on the finals night.
The Overall Business of the Year will be chosen from across the category winners on the finals night and is not a category for entries.
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