Rockpool Fishmongers was named the overall winner at the National Federation of Fishmongers (NFF) award ceremony.
Based in Blackheath, Rockpool Fishmongers was founded in 2023 by a team with experience in both fishmongery and hospitality.
They have quickly established a reputation for excellence, combining high quality, creativity, and community spirit.
The NFF judges praised Rockpool for their “outstanding focus on quality, innovation, teamwork, and customer care,” describing them as “a dynamic new business that captures everything modern fishmongery should be.”
The annual awards celebrate excellence across the UK’s independent seafood retail sector, acknowledging the craft, knowledge, and integrity behind the counter.
This year’s finalists demonstrated a range of skills and business styles, from coastal fishmongers and smokehouses to urban seafood specialists and mobile traders.
They each represented the best of modern fishmongery.
The judging panel consisted of respected independent fishmongers with almost 200 years of combined experience in the trade.
President of the National Federation of Fishmongers, Sue MacKenzie, said: “This year’s awards have been one of the most rewarding projects the Federation has delivered.
“The standard of entries was truly exceptional, and the enthusiasm from businesses up and down the country has been inspiring.
“Rockpool Fishmongers exemplify everything we stand for – passion, craftsmanship, innovation and community spirit.
“But every single finalist has shown why independent fishmongers remain at the heart of Britain’s food culture.”
Rockpool Fishmongers was joined by several other award winners at the ceremony.
These include T Buck Seafoods, who were named Best Mobile in England; Ayrshire’s Wee Fish Van, Best Mobile in Scotland; C Fayre, Best in Scotland; and E Ashton Fishmongers, Best in Wales.
Phil’s Plaice was named Best in the North East, Fish on the Quay was honoured as Best in the South West, and Jenkins & Son Fishmongers scooped the Destination Fishmonger of the Year award.
Island Fish Shetland was awarded the Sea-to-Plate Award.
The other finalists in the main competition were Moxon’s Fresh Fish in Clapham, Sandys Fishmongers in Twickenham, Pysk in Falmouth, Parkstone Fisheries in Poole, World of Fish in Lowestoft, and The Fish Market on the Isle of Man.
