A County Durham fish bar has enlisted a social media chef to update its menu.
Grandpa's Fish Bar in Lanchester has had TikTok food star Ryan Robinson join its staff for a limited number of days to lend a hand at the popular takeaway.
Ryan has more than 38,000 followers on the video-sharing social media site where he travels the North East working with restaurants and takeaways to get a glimpse behind the cookers.
"Ryan's here for two days with us and we're chuffed to have him here," Grandpa's owner Rich Weatherburn said.
"He's working with us as a normal member of staff for a few days."
"He's going to be doing a fishcake and Irish curry sauce dish, pulling together two of our most popular things on the menu," Rich said.
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Ryan's social media content involves him working with food businesses across the region to show what it is like working in the industry.
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Some of his videos have been viewed hundreds of thousands of times, like the clip of him working with Redhead's Mac and Cheese in Newcastle, which has raked in more than 1,000 likes on TikTok.
One of Ryan's videos has bagged more than 1,000,000 views and the blogger, who focuses on simply 'Scran, Pints, Tunes', said he was 'excited' to join the village chippy's staff for a couple of days. "Gonna be a really fun one," he said on Facebook.
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