Here's Just A Flavour Of What We Are All About
Quality, Service and Reputation
In the early 60s my Grandfather Douglas Gorman started his Fish Bar in Newcastle. Even from those early days he built up a reputation for outstanding quality fish and chips and a friendly service for his customers.
Over the years the business grew to an amazing 4 shops dotted around the west end of Newcastle. 12 years ago, my father (also called Douglas) took over the business in Fenham, carried on the family tradition of quality and service and the business became renowned throughout the whole of Newcastle, revered and admired by others, ˜Often copied but never battered!" as the saying goes.
After 10 years I persuaded my dad to let me take the reins.

The Latest Chapter... But Just The Beginning
Building on the knowledge, tradition and skills I have learnt, I have, over 10 years, developed my own unique batter mix, and I have been relentless in finding a perfect cooking oil blended to cook the fish and chips to the highest standards. New systems, better fresh produce and improved business management have ensured we have a great business and one which you can tap into.
My passion for the business knows no bounds. I constantly strive to improve the product, service and overall offering. With a desire to see many others join and enjoy the benefits of my, knowledge and skills the franchise concept was born.

Help, Support And Teamwork - A Great Combination
NNot wishing to take away the core principles of the business is very important to me. The business is based on simple no nonsense fish and chips but done perfectly every time. A franchise network based on the same love and passion is important, not a desire for thousands of outlets with a faceless head office. This is all about help, support and team work in a family business that just wants thousands more to have the opportunity to enjoy the food.

Head And Shoulders Above The Rest
My aim is to take fish and chips right back to where it should be  head and shoulders above the competition.
As a business we want to highlight the health benefits over other types of takeaways and prove that tradition and quality mean so much more to people.

We only use the very best quality ingredients. The food we prepare and serve is from sustainable sources delivered fresh daily to our shops ensuring we provide a top quality meal to be proud of.

As part of our team you too will benefit from the relationship we have with our suppliers. They will help you by providing the very best in quality whilst maintaining you a healthy profit with great centrally negotiated discounts.
Full of essential proteins and minerals, fish and chips can be a tasty addition to any healthy lifestyle. We help promote the health benefits of fish within our shops and see it as a huge benefit to our franchisees that they too can provide a great healthy meal to their customers.

All The Support You Will Ever Need
Do you know how to cook perfect chips?
Do you know how to prepare and cook the perfect battered fish?
Do you know how to create a delicious batter and fry to perfection?
Do you know what type of oil to use?
Do you know which potatoes to use at what time of the year?
Do you know the recipe for the perfect home made cheese and corned beef patties?
Do you know how to make the tastiest homemade fish cakes?
Do you know the right prices to charge to keep customers returning regularly and still make great profits?
Don't worry, most people don't but we will teach you everything you need to know and how to get it right first time, ensuring that once tried your fish bar will be a regular haunt for hundreds of families in your local area. We will teach you to be experts in fish and chips, customer service and managing your business.

We will show you:
- The 7 Essential steps to the perfect portion of chips that takes over 2 hours to create from start to finish
- The 10 Critical steps to the perfect fillet of fried fish in our own unique batter developed over 10 years
- The perfect way to package your fish and chips so they aren't ruined by the time the customer gets them home
- The best way to staff your shop
- The most effective way to keep hygiene standards second to none
- The perfect frying ranges and equipment to use
- The highest quality suppliers of all products and ingredients
- How to cook brilliant fish and chips to order every time that come beautifully fresh straight from the sea and land to the fryer

"It's better now than it's ever been, and that's demonstrated by our loyal customer base and superb trading figures. The average fish and chip shop turns over £150,000 a year, we do over 5 times as much."
Douglas Gorman
Owner of Dougie Gorman's Fish Bar

We want you to be successful, because if you are successful, we are all successful. So that is why our franchise package is designed to help you get started, trained and supported right from day one:
- Amazing training that will teach you everything about running a Dougie Gorman's Fish Bar
- On site training in your Fish Bar from Douglas Gorman himself
- Ongoing support on cooking tips
- Full site management system ensuring the most efficient and effective management methods are used
- Recipes and preparation methods for all the home made food
- Assistance via a third party with financing (if required and subject to status) to cover the shop fitting and - necessary frying equipment.
- Comprehensive Operations Manual
- Access to the best suppliers in the market ensuring you have great produce every day
- Centrally negotiated discounts to offer you the best prices delivering the best profits
- Menus and pricing to ensure you keep a healthy profit
- Excellent till system to track your sales
- Utility bills negotiated by a cost saving expert to keep overheads to a minimum
- Initial Marketing Campaign
- Launch Day planning
- Proven Marketing methods
- A yearly marketing plan to consistently drive customers to your fish bar
- Staffing rotas and systems ready to use
- Uniforms for you and your staff
- Discounted printing for marketing material such as menus and flyers
- Food hygiene certification

Does This Sound Like You?

Running a Dougie Gorman's Fish Bar is very exciting, and in its busy environment you need to be organised and efficient in everything you do from food preparation and cooking right through to managing your team of fryers and servers.

In the early days you will probably be a small team working hard to establish the name and quality within your community. But by following our systems that have been perfected over 47 years and by working hard you will quickly establish your Fish Bar as the best in the area and be well on the way to 6 figure profits.
We don't use clever marketing gimmicks to drive success. Your interpersonal skills, passions for customer service and the quality of the food are the key ingredients to success. Coupled with hard work and commitment your Dougie Gorman's Fish Bar will be the talk of your town.

This is a hands on franchise that doesn't require you to open multiple outlets to make great profits. A single unit run professionally with passion can be enough to make you very successful.

We are looking for enthusiastic motivated people to join our team right accross the UK.