Meath siblings’ deep-fried jam sandwich wins Best Start-Up at the Irish/Australian awards

An Irish brother and sister have picked up a big business award in Australia after their chip shop chain came up with the brainwave of deep-frying a jam sandwich — which contains 800 calories of mostly fat and which has been slammed by health experts.

Will and Claire Dolan, from Kells, Co Meath, hit on the idea of deep-frying the jam sambo in their Traditional Chip Shop near Sydney’s legendary Bondi Beach.

They now have such a hit on their hands that they have added two more shops to their chain, with another to be launched in early 2016.