{"id":671447,"date":"2026-07-03T10:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/671447\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T10:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:13:11","slug":"fish-and-chip-shop-wills-plaice-opens-in-north-walsham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/671447\/","title":{"rendered":"Fish and chip shop Will&#8217;s Plaice opens in North Walsham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  That is the message from Norfolk&#8217;s newest fish and chip shop, which is bringing the nation&#8217;s favourite meal to a market town.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Will&#8217;s Plaice, which has a shop in East Runton, has officially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/26153340.fish-chip-shop-open-second-site-north-walsham\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">opened in North Walsham<\/a> and is drawing eager customers and is seeing queues out of its door.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Will&#8217;s Plaice opens in North Walsham under the ownership of Will Watson. (Image: Sonya Duncan)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Locals had waited for 30 minutes before opening time on its first day on Wednesday with one customer chanting &#8220;chips, chips, chips&#8221; as the doors opened.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Will Watson, owner of Wills Plaice, said: &#8220;I have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/23498511.wills-plaice-east-runton-offer-coronation-meals\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">fish and chip shop in West Runton<\/a>, which most know, and I used to live here and work here as a chef in North Walsham.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Our shop stands out because we try and keep it as traditional as we possibly can.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Our signature homemade item is the tartar sauce, I would definitely recommend.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Will&#8217;s Plaice opens in North Walsham.. Pictured is manager Ben Crawford. (Image: Sonya Duncan)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Wills Plaice fries its food in beef dripping, and fish is sourced from a family friend in Grimsby.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Watson said: &#8220;The most rewarding part of opening a new shop is seeing people enjoy the food and keeping everything traditional.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It\u2019s a nod to the golden age of the British chippy.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Team members, Jacob Harding, Will Watson, Leighan Jueno-Woods and Ben Crawford. (Image: Sonya Duncan)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Sue Cook made sure she was the first through the doors as she once worked in the building when it was previously a fish and chip shop under the name of Big Fry and then Golden Cod.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She worked in the shop between 1983 and 2001 and had a personal tour of the new venture from Mr Watson before it opened.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Will&#8217;s Plaice opens in North Walsham under the ownership of Will Watson. (Image: Sonya Duncan)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Ms Cook said: &#8220;I am desperate to try the chips because they are cooked in the proper stuff.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I am most excited to have haddock and chips and I am very happy there is another fish and chip shop opening in town.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The shop, on Market Place in the town centre, is open from 12pm to 8pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"That is the message from Norfolk&#8217;s newest fish and chip shop, which is bringing the nation&#8217;s favourite meal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-671447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}