I am delighted to say that our new seafood emporium is now open on South Hawksworth Street in Ilkley.

The new Emporium  stocks the same selection of superb fresh fish and shellfish along with our range of seafood platters that we have made famous in our Harrogate store.

Shop Manager Alan Taylor and the team are looking forward to seeing you.

Visit us at 2 Victorian Mews, South Hawksworth Street, Ilkley LS29 9DX or call us on 01943 600388.

The shop is open Tuesday to Friday 9am till 5pm and 8.30am till 5pm on a Saturday.

I look forward to seeing you there.

Jonathan Batchelor - Managing Director

Please note that our new opening times in our Harrogate shop are:

Monday to Friday 9am till 5pm

Saturday 8am till 5pm

The British Seafood Festival starts on Saturday the 29th May and runs till the 11th July. You will see posters in restaurants around the region advertising "More Fish Please I'm British".

The participating restaurants will all be celebrating the best of British seafood with special menus built up from a selection of the finest fish and shellfish.

You can also visit either of the Ramus Seafood Emporia and benefit with some amazing special offers on this fantastic product including wonderful Whitby dressed crab at only £3.95 each and  dressed native lobsters at only £10.95 each. So dont miss out.

If you are an internet shopper all the key British Seafood Festival are able to buy online. Just look at our list of seafood specials on the home page.

For further information on the festival visit www.britishseafoodfestival.co.uk

October the 10th 2010 sees the 10th anniversary of the opening of our Harrogate Seafood Emporium and to celebrate this milestone we shall be treating our Harrogate customers to a 12 week run of special offers.

Taking some of the most popular fish we sell we shall be winding the clock back and selling them over two week periods at the price they were 10 years ago.  Below are the current planned offers although they may be sublect ot change.

        16th July to 19th July

        Whole Scottish Salmon 4/6lb fish only     £2.50lb approx £10 to £15 each

        Scottish Salmon portions                            £4.50lb or £1.68 for a 6oz portion

        30th July to 12th August

        Fresh Cod, Haddock and Plaice all            £4.05lb equivelent to £8.95kg

        13th August to 26th August

        Ramus Origional Seafood Platter for 2    £19.95

        Ramus Origional Seafood Platter for 4    £37.90

        Ramus Origional Seafood Platter for 6    £56.85

        27th August to 9th September

        Fresh Dressed Lobsters                              price tbc

        World Famous Baxters Potted Shrimps  price tbc

        10th September to 23rd September

        Fresh Sea Bass whole or filleted               £2.25 each 400gm fish

        Fresh Sea Bream whole or filleted            £2.25 each 400gm fish

        24th September to 8th October

        New Season Scottish Mussels                  price tbc

        Loch Fyne Oysters                                        price tbc  

        West Coast Queen Scallops                      price tbc  

Then on Saturday the 10th of October we will be celabrating in style with Champagne and canapes!  Oh and for one day only 10% off everything in store!

Follow Ramus Seafoods on Twitter @ramusforfish and find out more about what we do on a daily basis.

You will also get updates as to what is good on a daily basis, special offers, further information about upcoming events and hints and tips.

You can also let us know what you like and what you dont like about what we do. So join up and get our regular tweets.

Watch Ramus MD Jonathan Batchelor wield his flashing blade at a recent demonstration.

He fillets a lovely seabass. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_7AiWuw_Ag

We will be posting new vidoes in the coming weeks.