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Care Home Fish and Chips for Ansty events
Care home fish and chips in Ansty: fish and chips cooked fresh in the van, and served hot from the hatch at the time you choose.
- Friday fish and chip treats
- Lunch for the care team
- Lunch clubs
Planning an event in Ansty?
Care home fish and chips in Ansty, cooked to order
Staff get a break from the usual routine. We serve mushy peas, haddock and chips and pie and chips, and typical bookings are for day centres and lunch clubs and seaside days.
Near Ansty, residents may not get out much, so a chip van visit is a special day. You’ll know what’s included before you book: the date, the service time and the menu, with no surprises on the day.
- Area
- Ansty (RH17)
- County
- West Sussex
- Menu
- Fish and chips, sausages, pies
- On the side
- Gravy, mushy peas, curry sauce
- Price
- Contact us for a quote
- Page updated
- 24 October 2026
A closer look at the menu
Sausage and chips
For anyone who doesn’t fancy fish, there is sausage and chips, and it’s a favourite with children.
Gravy
In the north and the Midlands, gravy is the side of choice, and it goes perfectly with a pie.
Nearby places to Ansty
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Common questions in Ansty
Do you come out to small places like Ansty?
Not at all. We serve villages and hamlets as well as towns. Tell us about lanes, gates and the ground.
How far is Ansty from London?
Roughly 35 miles from the centre of London, and well within our area.
What if we only have street parking?
Only in a legal space, or with the council’s permission. Check with your council first.
Which areas do you serve?
London and South East England: Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight, including Ansty.
Can you park at the home?
Wherever suits the home, as long as it is level and safe.
Do you take everything away?
We take the van and everything with it, and leave the spot tidy. It helps to have bins near the hatch.
Can you do smaller portions for residents?
Tell us what you need and we will plan portion sizes with your team.
Can you come every month?
Ask us about repeat dates when you enquire.
Care home visits in Ansty
Ansty is about 3 miles west of Haywards Heath, in West Sussex. We cover Ansty as standard, so all we need is your date, a parking spot and a time to serve. We serve all 371 towns and villages across West Sussex. You can also see our page for Brighton, about 11 miles away.
A care home summer fair, perhaps with a church like St John the Evangelist, is a good occasion for a van visit. For families visiting by train, the nearest station is Haywards Heath station, about 2.6 miles east. The South Downs National Park is within about 6 miles of Ansty, a nice prompt for residents’ memories of days out.
For care home visits in RH17, we just need to know where the van can park. We can serve a care home visit on streets such as Upton Drive, Bolney Road and Deaks Paddock, as long as there’s somewhere for the van. For care home visits just outside Ansty, we cover Abbotsford (2 miles south-east), Goddards Green (2 miles south), Hickstead (2 miles south-west), Jacob's Post (3 miles south-east) and World's End (3 miles south-east). We also serve nearby towns such as Crawley (8 miles north), Horsham (8 miles north-west), Haywards Heath (3 miles east), East Grinstead (11 miles north-east), Shoreham-by-Sea (12 miles south-west) and Lancing (13 miles south-west).
Nearby you’ll also find The Dene Hospital (2 miles south) and Cuckfield Museum (1.3 miles north-east). Within reach you’ll find Blunts Wood and Paiges Meadow.
Diets, allergies and planning
We need to know about dietary needs and allergies in advance, and we will be straight with you about what’s possible. To get it right:
- Fit the visit around routines
- Plan it with your catering manager
- Organise staff to carry food in
- Share residents’ diets and allergies with us
We serve at the time the home chooses, around meals and medication.
Make it a regular event.
For planners, venues and organisers
For big groups, the service window matters, so we can plan how to keep the queue short. Sending people up in groups helps.
If you’re booking for a business, tell us how you’d like to handle the booking and payment, and we’ll talk you through the process. We are happy to liaise with facilities on parking and timings.
Takeaway run or book a van?
You could do a chip-shop run for everyone yourself, but it rarely works for a crowd. Long waits and a drive home mean food arrives lukewarm and soggy. With a van, it’s fried on the spot.
Doing the food yourself saves money, but the host ends up running around. Booking the van means hot food and no stress.
Step by step
We work to your timings. If things run late, we simply start frying a little later, so the food is still fresh when it’s served. Garden visits in Ansty work best between late spring and early autumn, with sunset about 8:50pm in late May and 7:05pm in late September.
- Get in touch with the basics: when, where and roughly how many.
- A picture of the parking spot helps us check the van will fit.
- A week or so before, we confirm timings and numbers.
- We park, open the hatch and start frying for residents.
- Once the last portion is out, we pack up and go.
Before we arrive
- Confirm the van is allowed on site
- Plan a bit of cover near the hatch if rain is likely
- Keep space clear for residents at the hatch
Getting a price
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many people, plus when you’d like to eat, and we will reply with a quote. To get started, use our quote form.
Related guides
Who books care home fish and chips in Ansty?
The home only needs to provide a parking spot.
We’re booked for all kinds of occasions in Ansty and nearby. Popular bookings include:
- Birthday treats for residents
- Sheltered housing get-togethers
- Fish and chip Fridays
- Open days for families
Old photos of Blunts Wood and Paiges Meadow can spark conversation during a van visit.
Comparing caterers
- When payment is due
- When final numbers are due
- Whether there’s a minimum
- Travel, tolls and road charges
Prices and what affects them
Fish and chip van pricing is simple once we know the basics:
- How far we travel
- The number of meals
- Any minimum charge
- Peak dates such as summer Saturdays
Many fish and chip vans set a minimum, since getting the van there costs the same however many eat. We will tell you up front.
What to tell us
We can quote more accurately with a few details. Here’s what’s useful:
- The date and time of the event
- The spot you have in mind for the van
- Allergies and diets you know about
- Expected numbers
Still finalising the details? That is fine: give us a rough idea and the date, and we will quote on that. To start, fill in our quote form.
Is a fish and chip van right for your care home visit?
For a treat residents will talk about, a chip van visit is hard to beat in Ansty. Travel, tolls and charges such as ULEZ can affect the price, so tell us exactly where your care home visit is.
Why book with us
- A clear quote before booking
- The queue at the hatch gets people talking
- Fish and chips fried fresh on site
- Classic food your residents already know
- Fried fresh to order in the van at your event
- Cod, haddock and chips, sausages and pies
- The van comes to you: homes, venues, workplaces and fields
- Served at the time you choose, from the hatch