Silverdale chip shop New Zealand's best

Deep fried chips may not be the healthiest food but to get the best in the country you will have to drive north of Auckland to the small settlement of Silverdale.

Oceanz in Silverdale, 35km north of Auckland, has been named New Zealand's top chip shop in this year's best chip shop competition.

It beat off winners from five other regions to take the title.

Chip shops were judged on the freshness and colour of their chips, shop cleanliness and customer service.

Chips were analysed for fat content and only those with less than 11 percent of fat were judged, said competition organisers.

Regional finalists were decided through public text voting, mystery judging and chip fat analysis. Across New Zealand before the six regional winners and the overall winner were then chosen by a panel of judges.

The other regional finalists were The Chip Shop in the Auckland suburb of Royal Oak, Oppie's Fish and Chips, Rotorua, So Fine Seafood, Lower Hutt, The Sands Fish and Chips, Nelson, and Portobello Store and Takeaway, Dunedin.

- NZPA