How big a serve should ‘minimum chips’ be and how much should they cost? One man’s salty mission
- Melburnian is on a mission to find city’s best value minimum serving of hot chips
- Brandon Gatgens has visited 25 outlets and calculated their price per gram
- Minimum Chips Melbourne Instagram page attracts more than 10,000 followers
- Where is best value serving in Australia? Email kylie.stevens@mailonline.com
One hot chip lover’s salty quest to find the best value minimum serving of the deep fried treat has gone viral.
Brandon Gatgens has spent the past 10 months visiting takeaway shops across Melbourne, each time ordering a minimum serving of chips.
He has weighed each serving minus the packaging and then calculated the price per 100 grams.
The results were posted to the Minimum Chips Melbourne Instagram page dedicated to documenting his mission.
Brandon Gatgens is on a mission to find Melbourne’s best value minimum serving of hot chips
‘It all started at the pub with two questions: how much should you pay for minimum chips and how many chips should you get?,’ Mr Gatgens told 3AW.
‘Everyone’s got a different answer.’
Mr Gatgens’ mission began in West Footscray on Australia Day, where 532 grams of chips set him back $3.
He has since visited another 24 more outlets to compare their minimum servings with more than 10,100 Instagram fans now following his quest.
Brandon set up the Minimum Chips Melbourne Instagram page dedicated to his mission. Pictured is the current leader for the best value minimum serving so far
The current leader on price is Hobsons Bay Fish and Chip Shop in the port suburb of Williamstown, where he received 688 grams of chips for $4, which worked out to be 58 cents per 109 grams.
‘This fish n chips shop has been around since the 1980s. l’ve seen old and new owners come and go .. always served small amount of chips. But are tasty,’ one man commented on his post.
The current leader since November is Hobsons Bay Fish and Chip Shop (pictured) in Williamstown, where Brandon got 688 grams worth of chips for $4
Mr Gatgens was surprised at the big differentials in price and serving sizes.
‘It’s really, really vast from what you pay to what you get. We’ve had the big $6 minimum chips which has come in at 300g and we’ve had a $3 minimum chips that’s come in close to 700g,’ Mr Gatgens told 3AW.
He admitted his quest has taken a toll on his waistline and he’s had to go out one notch on his belt since January.
But he insists his search is ‘for the good of the country’.
‘I had someone suggest I get a job with the weights and measurements government department,’ he told 10 News Daily.
‘Lots of people are nominating me for Australian of the year.’
Brandon Gatgens’ latest chip purchase on Tuesday from Ann’s Fish and Chips Prahan cost $4 for484 grams, which works out to be 83c per 100g