On Wednesday, February 18, 2009...

CHEEKY chip-loving Keith Chegwin buzzed into the area to proclaim a chippy the best in the business.

Funny man Cheggers delighted residents who turned out to see him outside the victorious Frying Scotsman chip shop with a string of jokes and even a song about his love of chips.

The fryer scooped an award for the best chips in the country.

A crowd gathered to greet the energetic television personality as he bounced in after morning appearances on radio shows.

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The cheeky comedian told the Post: “That is the perfect chip for me — crunchy on the outside and fluffy on the inside.

“This year the standard has been exceptional but I’ll certainly be stopping in to the Frying Scotsman for a bag of chips when I’m next back up here.”

John Scott, who owns and runs the Dyke Road chippy, said the staff got customers to nominate them to mark the shop’s 25th anniversary of feeding up their regulars.

John said: “We did it because it’s our twenty-fifth birthday — we are a local chip shop and don’t get much passing trade so we rely on our regulars.

“It’s been really worth it, Keith was fantastic. Four years ago we had a devastating fire but we came back and the day we opened again after six months all the old faces were there. That’s when I knew we had such a good thing here.”