IT SEEMS like the sky is the limit for Stonehouse food innovation company Green Gourmet.

The company which is based in Bonds Mill, Stonehouse, has just won its second Mercury Award at the SIAL Middle Eastern food exposition which took place in Abu Dhabi.

The Mercury’s are the leading awards in the global travel catering industry and are judged by a highly respected panel of senior caterers and industry representatives.

Green Gourmet’s My box of fish and chips product was named as the Mercury Award Food and Beverage winner for 2014.

The company’s innovative packaging helped to secure the award as it solves the previous problem of how to keep batter crispy and chips non-soggy in an oven-cook, consumer ready box.

The product features white and flaky, sustainably sourced, cod fillet and is the first consumer ready product for the global travel market to be certified to the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) environmental standard.

British Airways has served the company’s fish and chips on some of its flights over the summer.

Barry Jordan, marketing manager at Green Gourmet said: “Challenging the expectations of what travel and leisure caterers can successfully serve with restricted facilities is what Green Gourmet is all about.

“We’re delighted that such a highly respected judging panel has selected our product as the Mercury Award Food and Beverage winner for 2014.”