26/09/2026
๐จ INVERNESSโฆ WE NEED YOU! ๐จ
Right folks, this is a long oneโฆ and considering Iโd rather peel 20 bags of tatties than write a Facebook post, you KNOW it must be important. ๐คฃ๐ฅ
On Thursday the 24th, we had two very special visitors walk through the doors of Dougieโs Chippyโฆ
The one and only Dazza, the โDoes It Fry?โ judge!! Along with Caitlin from Scottish Fish & Chip Awards๐๐๐
For those who donโt know my story, I came to Inverness with one vision:
To build a chippy I could be proud of and serve some of the best fish & chips in town.
Iโve poured my heart, soul, blood, sweat and probably enough fryer oil to float a small boat into this place. ๐คฃ
Running a business can look easy from the outside.
Open the doors.
Fry some fish.
Chip some tatties.
Job doneโฆ right?
Not quite. ๐
There are hours and hours of work behind the scenes that nobody sees, and because Iโve always been so hands on with the shop, thereโs one department Iโve never quite masteredโฆ
SOCIAL MEDIA. ๐คฆโโ๏ธ๐คฃ
Iโm possibly the most old school human youโll ever meet.
Give me a bag of potatoes? No problem.
Give me a fryer? Absolutely.
Give me a broken bit of equipment? Iโll have a go.
Put a camera in my face?
I FORGET HOW TO SPEAK ENGLISH. ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
But apparently this โinternet thingโ might catch on, so here we areโฆ
๐ฅ THEN CAME THE โDOES IT FRY?โ CHALLENGEโฆ ๐ฅ
When we found out weโd been selected for DAZZAโs โDoes It Fry?โ category, we went into full blown MYTHBUSTERS MODE.
Weโd come up with an ideaโฆ
โDazzaโs already fried it.โ
Another ideaโฆ
โHeโs done that too.โ
โWhat about THIS?โ
YEP. HEโS HAD THAT AS WELL. ๐คฆโโ๏ธ๐คฃ
Honestly, is there NOTHING THIS DAZZA LOON HASNโT FRIED?! ๐
Things got desperate.
We had no option.
I had to turn to the most modern piece of technology known to mankindโฆ
AI. ๐ค๐คฃ
And eventually, we had it.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ THE FULL SCOTTISH BREAKFASTโฆ TURNED INTO A SCOTCH EGG. ๐ฅ๐ฅ
But we didnโt want to just chuck breakfast inside an egg and call it a day.
Oh no,
We wanted the BEANS IN THE CENTRE so that when Dazza cut it open, they came pouring out likeโฆ
๐ LIQUID BEAN LAVA. ๐๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
And somehowโฆ
WE BLOODY DID IT.
We made it.
We fried it.
Andโฆ
๐ฅ DAZZA SMASHED IT! ๐ฅ
What a moment.
But genuinely, meeting Dazza and Caitlin reminded us what events like the Scottish Fish & Chip Awards can do.
They push businesses like ours to think differently, have a laugh, try something completely mental and remind us why we love this industry in the first place.
Dazza & Caitlin, the fun, encouragement and laughter you brought into our wee shop is something Iโll remember for a very long time.
THANK YOU. โค๏ธ
And an even bigger thank you has to go to YOUโฆโฆโฆ OUR CUSTOMERS.
Everyone who walks through our doors.
Everyone who recommends us.
Everyone who leaves us a review.
Everyone who tells their pals about us.
Everyone who has supported this shop and believed in what weโre trying to build.
My journey started as a young schoolboy with absolutely NOTHING.
Now Iโve got a shop, a brilliant team, customers Iโm incredibly grateful for, stories that could fill a book and opportunities I once wouldnโt have even dreamed about.
That means more to me than I can properly put into words. โค๏ธ
๐ NOW WE NEED INVERNESS BEHIND US. ๐
The team and I will be heading to Glasgow for the Scottish Fish & Chip Awards, and the shop will therefore be CLOSED ON MONDAY 9TH NOVEMBER.
But before we get thereโฆ
WE NEED YOUR VOTES! ๐ณ๏ธ๐ฅ
If youโve eaten at Dougieโsโฆ
If weโve made you laughโฆ
If our team has looked after youโฆ
If you think our fish supper deserves recognitionโฆ
Or if you simply want to see a wee Inverness chippy go down to Glasgow and give it everything weโve gotโฆ
PLEASE VOTE FOR DOUGIEโS CHIPPY IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
๐ฅ DAZZA โDOES IT FRY?โ
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ BEST FAMILY BUSINESS
๐ BEST FISH SUPPER (NORTH WEST)
๐จโ๐ณ BEST FISH FRYER
๐ช BEST TEAM
๐ BEST CHIP SHOP (NORTH WEST)
โค๏ธ BEST CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
Every single vote matters to us.
And Iโm not too proud to beg because, quite franklyโฆ
THIS POST HAS TAKEN ME ABOUT TWO HOURS TO WRITE. ๐คฆโโ๏ธ๐คฃ
I could have washed, peeled and chipped half of Invernessโs tatties in that time, so Iโve absolutely no idea when youโll be getting another essay like this from me. ๐ซก๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
So come onโฆ
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ INVERNESS โLETโS DO THIS TOGETHER!โ ๐ช๐ฅ
VOTE DOUGIEโS CHIPPY! ๐๐๐
And one last thingโฆ
Weโll never pretend we get everything right every single time.
If we ever let you down, please speak to us.
Give us the opportunity to listen, put things right and learn from it.
Weโre a local business run by real people who genuinely care about the food we serve and the people we serve it to. โค๏ธ
Thank you for backing us.
Nowโฆ somebody get me away from Facebook and back onto the fryer. ๐คฃ๐ซก๐
DOUGIEโS CHIPPY โค๏ธ
INVERNESS
๐ PLEASE VOTE, SHARE THIS POST & TAG YOUR CHIPPY LOVING PALS! ๐
IRN-BRU
https://scottishfishandchipawards.co.uk/vote-2026/
