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Care home fish and chip visits in Broad Street, Kent
Planning a fish and chip van visit in Broad Street? The van comes to your venue, home or workplace and fry everything fresh on the spot.
- Family days
- Retirement village events
- Seaside days
Fresh fish and chips in Broad Street
How our care home fish and chips works in Broad Street
The van parks in the car park, on the drive or on a firm lawn, away from emergency routes. We serve cod and chips, sausage and chips and haddock and chips, and we’re frequently booked for visiting days and lunch clubs.
Near Broad Street, residents may not get out much, so a chip van visit is a special day. Everything we need comes with the van, and we pack up and leave the spot as we found it.
Your questions about a fish and chip van visit in Broad Street
Can the van park in White Horse Wood?
Only with permission from the park’s owner, typically the council. Ask them first.
Is Broad Street too small for a chip van?
Not at all. We serve villages and hamlets as well as towns. Let us know about access and parking.
What’s on the menu?
The classics: cod or haddock and chips, sausages and pies, with mushy peas, curry sauce and gravy. See the menu.
Can families and staff eat too?
Of course. Just include them in your numbers.
Do you fry it on site?
Yes. We cook inside the van, so it is fried on the spot, rather than made in advance.
Do you bring everything you need?
Everything is cooked in the van. Tell us about power, water and bins at the site.
Where do you take the van?
We cover London and the South East, including Kent. See all areas.
How much space do you need?
Level, firm ground the van can reach, near your residents, and space for a queue. Mention any narrow gates or soft ground.
For event organisers in Broad Street
If you run the same event each year, tell us your dates early, so we can plan ahead.
Organising a club, school or community event in Broad Street? Fish and chips is a reliable crowd-pleaser. Give us the details and we’ll suggest how it could work.
Step by step
Nothing is cooked before it’s needed. Fish is battered and fried when people come up to the hatch, which is why it tastes like it does at the seaside. Garden visits in Broad Street work best between late spring and early autumn, with sunset about 8:50pm in late May and 7:00pm in late September.
- Send us your date, numbers and address.
- We check access for the van and quote.
- We arrive early to park and heat the fryers.
- Everything is fried to order as the queue moves.
- We serve hot from the hatch and pack up when we are done.
Preparing for the day
- Share the timings for the day
- Plan where the queue will stand
- Give us your final numbers and allergies
How to get a price
Not sure of numbers yet? That’s fine: give us a rough idea and the date, and we will firm it up nearer the time. To start, send us your details through our quote form.
Related guides
Planning a van visit in Broad Street
Broad Street is about 4 miles east of Maidstone, in Kent. Give us the address of your care home visit in Broad Street, and we will plan the route and the parking spot. Broad Street is one of 922 places in Kent we cover. Our nearest city page is Canterbury, about 20 miles away.
Detling Hill is close by, a good starting point for a chat about days out. Broad Street is within about 2 miles of the Kent Downs National Landscape, a nice prompt for residents’ memories of days out.
Wherever your care home visit is in ME17, we can fry fresh for your residents. Streets in the area include Broad Street Hill and Pilgrims Way, and the van can serve a care home visit on any of them with a suitable parking spot. Neighbouring places where we serve care home visits include Hucking (1 mile north-east), Hollingbourne (1 mile south-east), Eyhorne Street (1 mile south), Ashbank (2 miles south) and Bicknor (2 miles north-east). We also serve nearby towns such as Maidstone (4 miles west), Ashford (14 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (6 miles north-east), Gravesend (15 miles north-west), Faversham (12 miles east) and Minster (12 miles north-east).
A little further out are Leeds Castle (2.3 miles south) and KIMS hospital (2.9 miles west). Within reach you’ll find Detling Hill.
- Local pubs include Hook and Hatchet pub (0.9 miles north-east)
Cannot we just order from the chip shop?
Ordering in from a local chip shop is an option. Large orders are slow, and the food cools in the bags. A van solves that by cooking on site.
Weighing up a takeaway order against booking a van? Think about numbers, timing and how hot you want the food. Ask us for a quote and compare.
Diets, allergies and planning
Tell us about dietary needs and allergies early, and we will tell you honestly what we can offer. To get it right:
- List residents’ diets, allergies and portion needs
- Arrange texture-modified meals from your own kitchen
- Ask about smaller portions
- Include staff and visitors in your numbers
Staff carry plates to residents who cannot come outside.
A seaside theme with bunting adds to the fun.
The menu, dish by dish
Haddock and chips
Haddock is a little sweeter than cod, with a finer, firmer flake. It’s the traditional favourite in Scotland and much of the north.
Curry sauce
Chip-shop curry sauce is a mild, slightly sweet British classic, great with chips and sausages.
Why choose care home fish and chips in Broad Street?
It’s food residents know and enjoy for most residents.
A fish and chip van suits almost any gathering. People in Broad Street book the van for events such as:
- Seaside days
- Family days
- Care staff treats
- A monthly fish and chip day
For families visiting by train, the closest railway station is Hollingbourne station, roughly 1.1 miles south of the centre.
What your quote should include
- What happens if plans change
- What the van needs: space, access, power
- VAT, if it applies
- The service time, and the cost of running over
Where the van can park in Broad Street
We will agree the van’s spot with you before the day. It needs to tick a few simple boxes:
- Not blocking ambulance bays
- Away from bedroom windows
- A spot residents can enjoy, inside or out
Not sure about the spot? Send us a photo and we will tell you honestly.
What we serve
- Cod and chips
- Sausage and chips
- Gravy
- Haddock and chips
- Pie and chips
- Mushy peas
Places near Broad Street
What else we do in Broad Street
How we price a fish and chip van visit
The same numbers can mean different prices, depending on:
- Travel, tolls and road charges
- Service time
- Numbers
- Peak dates such as summer Saturdays
The cost per head typically falls as numbers rise, because the van, travel and set-up cost much the same either way. Give us your numbers and we’ll quote.
What to tell us
You don’t need every detail fixed to get a quote, but it helps to know:
- Where you’d like the van to go
- Your date and serving time
- Expected numbers
- Any dietary needs and allergies
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote: where the van would park, how to get in, numbers and timings. A picture of the spot helps too. To send your details, send us your details through our quote form.
- 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