Colman's in South Shields has been described as "the nearest thing to an eco-chippy you're likely to find", a fish and chip restaurant which only serves wild fish from sustainable grounds, uses additive-free vegetable oil and sends its waste fat to be made into bio-fuel. Noted for its welcoming atmosphere, Colman's has featured regularly for the past few years in the Times' Top 10 UK Fish and Chip Shops, and was voted Best UK Takeaway at the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2007.

Chefs Tom Aikens (on the right in the picture above) and Richard Ord, both key supporters of our Seafood See Life initiative, tell us why sourcing their seafood ingredients sustainably is so important to them. Their restaurants, Tom's Place in London and Colman's in South Shields, may be nearly 300 miles apart, but these distinctly different fish and chips establishments have more in common than first appearances suggest.