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Care Home Fish and Chips for Broadstone events
Looking for a fish and chip van visit in Broadstone? We bring the van to you and fry fresh while your residents queue at the hatch.
- Care home summer fairs
- Residents’ celebrations
- Seaside-themed afternoons
A chip van near Broadstone
How our care home fish and chips works in Broadstone
Care homes, retirement housing and day centres all book visits, for one-off events and regular visits. Typical bookings include retirement housing and sheltered schemes and day centre treats, with gravy, pie and chips and sausage and chips.
Rural care homes near Broadstone can feel a long way from the seaside, 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.
What happens on the day
Here’s how the day typically runs: we arrive, park up and set up, the oil comes up to temperature, and food goes out hot at the agreed time. In summer, Broadstone has daylight until about 9:15pm, so an early-evening garden visit works well. In December, with dark by about 3:50pm, lunchtime is best.
- Start with three things: the date, the place and a rough headcount.
- Show us where the van would go, and we will confirm it works.
- Closer to the day, we confirm the arrival time and serving time.
- The van rolls up, the hatch opens and the fryers get going for residents.
- Last portion served, we tidy up and head off.
Before we arrive
- Have a level parking spot ready
- Let us know who to talk to on the day
- Plan where the queue will stand
How to get a price
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many people, along with your serving time, and we’ll reply with a quote. To get started, fill in our quote form.
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Care homes around Broadstone
Broadstone is about 8 miles south-east of Maidstone, in Kent. Care home visits in Broadstone are planned around your venue and timings: a quote, a parking spot and fresh frying on the day. Broadstone is one of 922 places in Kent we cover. Our bookings stretch from Broadstone to Canterbury (about 19 miles away).
The Kent Downs National Landscape is within about 5 miles of Broadstone.
We cover care home visits in every part of the ME17 postcode area and the streets around it. Streets in the area include Boughton Park, Headcorn Road and Eastwood Road, 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 Eastwood (1 mile north-west), Grafty Green (1 mile north-east), Liverton Street (1 mile north-east), Boughton Malherbe (1 mile north-east) and Ulcombe (1 mile north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (8 miles north-west), Ashford (10 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (10 miles north), Faversham (12 miles north-east), Kings Hill (12 miles north-west) and Davington (12 miles north-east).
Other landmarks nearby include Coldbridge Castle (1.2 miles east) and The Dog Collar Museum (3.6 miles north-west).
- Pubs nearby include The Kings Head Public House (0.8 miles north-east)
Takeaway run or book a van?
Doing the food yourself saves money, but the host ends up running around. Booking the van means hot food and no stress.
You could do a chip-shop run for everyone yourself, but it rarely works for a crowd. By the time you’ve queued, paid and driven back, the batter has gone soft. With a van, it is fried on the spot.
Your questions about a fish and chip van visit in Broadstone
What’s the nearest station to Broadstone?
Lenham station, about 2.9 miles north-east of the centre.
Is Broadstone close to London?
Roughly 39 miles from the centre of London.
How long will the queue be?
That depends on numbers, menu and timing. Give us your numbers and service window, and we will plan service around it.
How do you handle allergies?
Yes, we can tell you which allergens are in each item. Fish and gluten are the main ones in battered fish. Send us any allergies in writing.
Can you come every month?
Tell us how often you’d like a visit.
What food do you serve?
The classics: cod or haddock and chips, sausages and pies, with mushy peas, curry sauce and gravy. See the menu.
Is the food cooked at the event?
Yes. We fry to order in the van at your venue, then handed over hot from the hatch.
Can you go on a lawn or field?
Often, if the ground is firm and dry. After heavy rain, soft grass can be a problem for any vehicle, so plan a back-up spot.
Perfect for your care home visit in Broadstone
It’s an event as well as a meal.
In Broadstone and nearby, the van turns up at all sorts of events. Some of the most common are:
- Retirement housing and sheltered schemes
- Day centre treats
- Staff thank-you lunches at the home
- Friday fish and chip treats
Visitors arriving by train should know that the closest railway station is Lenham station, roughly 2.9 miles north-east of the centre.
Before you book anyone
- Payment terms and deposit
- How long service runs, and what happens if you overrun
- Exactly what’s included in the price
- How much space the van takes up
The menu, dish by dish
Sausage and chips
Sausage and chips is the go-to for anyone who is not a fish fan.
Pie and chips
For a heartier option, there is pie and chips, perfect with gravy.
Before you choose a spot
A fish and chip van is a vehicle, so the spot matters, and a little planning goes a long way. Here’s what we look for:
- Access the van can manage
- A level, firm spot such as the car park or drive
- With the serving side away from windows
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we will advise.
On the menu in Broadstone
- Sausage and chips
- Haddock and chips
- Gravy
- Mushy peas
- Cod and chips
- Pie and chips
Working with your venue
Many venues set rules for catering vans: parking spots, arrival times and documents. Send us your venue’s requirements and we will confirm what we can provide.
If you are booking for a business, tell us how you’d like to handle the booking and payment, and we will talk you through the process. We are happy to liaise with facilities on parking and timings.
Prices and what affects them
The same numbers can mean different prices, because of:
- The length of service
- How easy the site is to reach
- Cod, haddock or both
- How far we travel
Cost depends on numbers, menu and service time, plus travel and access. Every booking gets its own quote.
What we need to know
Here’s what makes a quick, accurate quote possible:
- Rough numbers for adults and children
- Anything awkward about the way in
- Any dietary needs and allergies
- The date and when you’d like to eat
Getting a quote is simple: tell us the date, place, numbers and serving time. We’ll send a clear quote that says what’s included.
A chip van compared with other options
Activities are important; a van visit combines a meal with an activity. Compared with a sit-down meal, a fish and chip van is often good value, because it needs no kitchen and no crockery hire. We’ll send you a quote.
Why book with us
- Cod, haddock, sausages and pies
- A clear quote before booking
- Fish and chips fried fresh on site
- Works on wet days as well as sunny ones
Towns and villages near Broadstone
What else we do in Broadstone
- 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