Cheggers begins search for Chip Tune 2010

16 February 2010 | By Jack Davies

TV legend Keith Chegwin has called on the British public to provide inspiration for a song to celebrate National Chip Week 2010.

Following the success of last year’s ‘Cheggers Chip Tune’, the Potato Council has invited the public to nominate a song to be performed by Chegwin as National Chip Week draws to a close.

The TV presenter has already penned a song for this year’s event, a parody of Tom Jones’ ‘It’s Not Unusual’ but will perform the winning nomination at the presentation of the Perfect Portion award.

Click here to listen to the song

The award, presented every year, is given to the winning chip shop chosen from nominations received by the public.

To vote for your favourite chip shop, visit the Love Chips website.

The 2009 Chip Tune was a hit which saw National Chip Week receive widespread coverage across the UK, with appearances on Radio 1's Chris Moyles Breakfast Show as well as a host of local radio stations up and down the country.

Chip facts

  • The fish and chip shop market is worth £1.2bn? This means that every £1 of every £100 spent on food is spent in a fish and chip shop
  • One out of every four British potatoes are made into chips – that’s approximately 1.5 million tonnes/year
  • As a nation we just love our chips and 10% of the entire British potato crop is needed to supply all the fish and chip shops across the country 
  • Fish and Chips are booming in the recession. From March to November 2008, there were more than 548 million visits to fish and chip shops – up 5 per cent from 523 million in 2007

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