Fish and chip shop entrepreneur grows his empire in north Derbyshire with a third outlet opening within a few weeks
North Derbyshire business owner Sandy Singh says he is very excited at the prospect of launching his third fish and chip shop.
Sandy is aiming to hire three of four employees for his latest outlet on Main Street, Carr Vale which he will open in a couple of months’ time. The premises housed a chippy around 20 years ago and was latterly run as a sandwich shop.
He said: “We’re going to start as a traditional fish and chip shop and we’re going to use beef dripping there. We’ve got a three-pan frying range so we can cook in vegetable oil too for vegetarian people. We’ll be looking after the whole community.”
Food cooked in beef dripping has proved popular at Sandy’s second shop, Calow Fryer, which he launched on Allpits Road on November 2024. He said: “We’ve got a good reputation in Calow where people will come from 10 or 15 miles away for the beef dripping.”
Spire Fryer on Stephenson’s Place, Chesterfield was the first shop Sandy opened, in September 2024. All food served there is cooked in vegetable oil. This shop stays open until 4am on Fridays and Saturdays to feed the hungry customers leaving pubs and clubs in the town centre.
Sandy, 32, who lives in New Whittington said: “We are helping our community with good food.”
Work has begun on converting the premises at Carr Vale into a shop which will be called Bolsover Fryer. Alongside traditional fish and chips, the shop will also serve kebabs and pizzas.
Sandy said: “We’re going to put everything new in there and install the frying range next week.”