
J Lawrie & Sons (Jaffy’s)
For over 70 years, the Lawrie family have used the same traditional methods to produce multi-award winning products including Traditional Oak Smoked Salmon, Hot Roasted Salmon and ‘Jaffy’s’ Famous Mallaig Kippers.


J Lawrie & Sons have been traditionally smoking Scottish seafood in Mallaig for nearly 75 years. Handed down through four generations of the Lawrie family, their traditions, process and family heritage stands them out from the crowd.
Jaffy, the business founder learnt his trade in the 1930s during the boom times of the herring trade and his sons built the harbour smokehouse, which they continue to use today. The brick kiln is imbued with decades of slowly burning whisky cask oak shavings.
Today, L Lawrie & Sons insist on producing their products by hand and can do this without the need for anything more than hard work, fresh Scottish seafood and the ever-present Scottish wind to stoke the smouldering fires.
They have won many accolades for their Kippers, Smoked Salmon and Hot Roasted Salmon, and the products have been described as delicate and moist with the “perfect balance of oil, salt and smoke in each bite”.
This artisan producer’s aim is to carry on creating high quality, hand crafted, sustainably sourced Scottish smoked seafood.
Products are available from their online shop and can be delivered anywhere within the UK or from the shop at Station Road, Mallaig.

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Recipes and Food Inspiration
Events Attending
Fine Food Show North
27th – 28th June 2022
Yorkshire Event Centre
Stand: E24
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PAST EVENTS
Scotland’s Speciality Food Show
27th – 29th March 2022
SEC Glasgow
Stand: N47
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Awards
Great Taste Awards Supreme Champion 2021
Great Taste Golden Fork 2021
- Mallaig Kippers
Great Taste Awards 2021:
- Mallaig Kippers – 3 stars
- Traditional Peat Smoked Salmon – 2 stars
- Traditional Oak Smoked Salmon – 1 star
- Jaffy’s Whisky Liqueur Oak Smoked Salmon – 1 star
Great Taste Awards 2020:
- Jaffy’s Mallaig Kippers – 3 stars
- Jaffy’s Oak Smoked Salmon – 2 stars
- Jaffy’s Peat Smoked Salmon – 2 stars
- Jaffy’s Scottish Whisky Liqueur Oak Smoked Salmon – 1 star
Great Taste Awards 2019:
- Jaffy’s Traditional Peat Smoked Salmon – 2 stars
- Jaffy’s Mallaig Kippers – 1 star
Great Taste Awards 2018:
- Jaffy’s Mallaig Kippers – 1 star
- Jaffy’s Traditional Oak Smoked Salmon – 1 star
- Jaffy’s Traditional Peat Smoked Salmon – 1 star
- Jaffy’s Seaweed Cured Salmon – 1 star
Great Taste Awards 2017:
- Jaffy’s Oak Smoked Organic Salmon – 1 star
- Jaffy’s Oak Smoked Salmon with a Rum Finish – 1 star
Great Taste Awards 2016:
- Jaffys Kippers – 3 stars
- Jaffys Hot Smoked Salmon with a Glayva Glaze – 2 stars
- Jaffys Oak Smoked Salmon – 1 star
- Jaffys Oak Smoked Spiced Salmon – 1 star
- Jaffys Seaweed Infused Smoked Salmon – 1 star
- Jaffys Hot Smoked Peppered Salmon – 1 star
Great Taste Awards 2015:
- Jaffys Mallaig Kippers – 1 star
- Jaffys Peat Smoked Scottish Salmon – 1 star
- Jaffys Hot Smoked Scottish Salmon with a Drambuie Glaze – 1 star
- Jaffys Peppered Hot Smoked Scottish Salmon – 1 star
Great Taste Awards 2010 – 2014
12 x 1 Gold Stars
1 x 2 Gold Stars
3 x 3 Gold Stars
- Golden Fork for Scotland
2012, 2014 and 2016
- Top 50 Foods
2012, 2014 and 2016
- Scottish Excellence Awards
Finalist 2015
- DEFRA 50 Food Star 2015
- Food Awards Scotland
Seafood Supplier of the Year 2015
Contact J Lawrie & Sons (Jaffy’s)

Enquiry to J Lawrie & Sons
Connect and contact
01687 462222
Jaffy’s Smokehouse
8 Industrial Estate
Mallaig
Highlands
PH41 4QD
Scotland
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