'Celebrating the Faroese Seamen and women’ (Seafarers)
Since fishing industry in the Faroe Islands is the main business, it takes a whole week to show and tell about the seaman's life in the port of Klaksvík.
Every third week of August in the Faroe Islands is marked with Seaman's day. ‘Sjómannadagur" was held on the 23rd of August this year.
The Faroese are really proud of their fishing industry and have a lot of things to share and talk about. So when the Seaman's day finally arrives in Klaksvík, the whole week is devoted to conferences, lectures, exhibitions and workshops. But on Friday and Saturday the main events are on. And for some there is the traditional Seaman's day swim across the fjord and on Friday huge friendly festival water fight.
On Saturday the main competitions are among vessels and guests. This is also where many different companies in the Seafood industry offer free food, such as cod, mackerel, salmon and more.
The Gadus team do fish & chips on this day, where the work started from early in the morning to late at the night, and did an incredible 9.000 plus portions of fish & chips on that one day.
As in past years, skilled Fish and Chips cooks from the UK were in charge of frying the delicious cuisine.
Craig Lewis from Lewis Fish & grill in London together with experienced chefs, Telom and Ruben Martins Cerveira, were once again prepared to serve as much as they could do together with the Gadus team. The first 1,000 plus portions were delivered to the hospitals, elderly homes, care homes and other Klaksvík locations.
The fish supplied is premium from the JFK vessel, The Gadus, and the chips are created with fresh potatoes from Isle of Ely, England, which are ideal for the purpose. To reduce wait time, each person can receive no more than four servings. 2 tonnes of fish and 3.5 tonnes of potatoes used and thoroughly enjoyed by the islanders.
Frozen at sea filleted fish is vital to British interests as 90% of the UK’s fish and chip shops use the Cod and Haddock produced this way. A wild caught, natural product deep frozen within hours of being caught, with fresher than fresh taste offering consistent quality and price.