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Made Great in Grimsby tells the story of one of the world’s largest seafood processing and trading cluster producing thousands of fish and seafood products processed (made) in Grimsby.
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Made Great in Grimsby tells the story of one of the world’s largest seafood processing and trading cluster producing thousands of fish and seafood products processed (made) in Grimsby.
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The businesses import the vast majority of their fish and seafood from all over the world.
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Stephen Bennett is a renowned chef from Grimsby and has been the adopted #MadeGreatInGrimsby chef since 2020. Stephen loves cooking fish and seafood and has been hosting our cook alongs since the early part of 2021. Stephen is also a Seafish Industry Authority ‘Love Seafood’ Seafood Champion. Stephen operates Healing Manor Hotel with excellent dining facilities and a popular venue for weddings. Our cook along series one of 5 parts can be viewed here.
Watch CookalongsGrimsby’s five largest processing businesses serve all the major UK retailers with fresh and frozen seafood.
Further along the value chain there are medium sized businesses that are family owned or overseas investor owned that also serve the UK retail market as well as food service including UK wide fish & chip shops.
Underpinning the this is a fish auction market that opens Monday to Friday, over 100 independent mobile fish vans that load their fish and seafood products each week and deliver mainly throughout England and finally, an artisan traditionally smoked haddock fillet with world renowned Geographical Indicator status.
Major investors from Canada, Japan, Iceland, USA and Faroe Islands trust in Grimsby, its heritage, its world-class know-how to produce fish and seafood products for kids all the way through to Royalty and Michelin star restaurants.
May 22, 2025
Over the past two years, students have taken part in more than 350 industry taster day experiences, hosted by the…
January 31, 2025
MGIG videos - working in the seafood sector
We are delighted to share the first of our videos celebrating all things Made Great in Grimsby - especially the…
January 20, 2025
The UK’s seafood processing and trading industry has a new unified voice to promote its sector with the launch of…
