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Care Home Fish and Chips for Colindale events
We bring a fish and chip van visit across Colindale and Greater London, frying fresh at your venue.
- Staff thank-you lunches at the home
- Visiting days
- Day centres and lunch clubs
Fresh fish and chips in Colindale
What affects the price in Colindale
These are the factors that matter most:
- Travel, tolls and road charges
- Peak dates such as summer Saturdays
- Numbers
- Cod, haddock or both
If you have a budget in mind, tell us, and we’ll suggest a menu and timing to match. A short menu is often the best value.
What to tell us
To check availability and price, we need:
- A photo of the space and the way in
- Roughly how many people, including children
- Access details such as gates and narrow lanes
- Dietary needs, with numbers
Every booking is quoted individually, based on your numbers, timings and travel. For a quote, fill in our quote form.
Care home fish and chips for your care home visit in Colindale
Residents can watch from the window or come out to the hatch, and families are welcome too. We’re frequently asked to cater residents’ celebrations and family days, serving pie and chips, mushy peas and gravy.
In Colindale, care homes normally have limited parking, so we plan a spot that keeps emergency access clear. The menu is short on purpose: a few classics done properly keeps the food fresh and the queue moving.
- Where
- Colindale (NW9, NW4, HA8)
- County
- Greater London
- Menu
- Cod, haddock, chips, sausages, pies
- Extras
- Mushy peas, curry sauce, gravy
- Price
- Ask us for a quote
- Updated
- 24 October 2026
Can’t we just order from the chip shop?
For a small group, making your own food can work. For bigger numbers, a van makes life easier, and nobody has to miss the care home visit.
Doing the food yourself saves money, but the host ends up running around. With a fish and chip van, you get hot food without the work.
How it works
Changes on the day are fine: we can start a little later or slow the pace to suit your care home visit. December visits in Colindale are best at lunchtime, as it’s dark by about 3:55pm.
- First, tell us about your care home visit.
- We check the date and where the van will park, then send a quote.
- We agree timings, access and the parking spot.
- We cook to order on the day for residents.
- We serve from the hatch, then leave the pitch tidy.
Preparing for the day
- Give us your final numbers and allergies
- Plan where the queue will stand
- Share the timings for the day
How to get a price
The quickest way to a quote is to send us your details through our quote form. Give us the details of your care home visit, and we’ll check the date and send a price.
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A chip van compared with other options
Taking residents out is a big undertaking. A van brings the treat to them. 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 us?
- Nothing for you to cook or clear
- Works on wet days as well as sunny ones
- Classic food your residents already know
- Quick service from the hatch
Take a look at our pricing and the cost guide.
Events we cater in Colindale
It’s easy to arrange and a plan for residents’ diets.
If you are planning any of these, we can help:
- Residents’ birthdays and anniversaries
- A monthly fish and chip day
- Care staff treats
- Retirement housing and sheltered schemes
With the A5150 nearby, the home is easy for us to reach.
Questions to ask before booking
- The deadline for final numbers
- Allergen information for each item
- Whether there’s a minimum
- Whether VAT is included
Places near Colindale
Also in Colindale
Before you choose a spot
No two venues are the same, so we’ll ask about yours before we confirm. In general, we need:
- A clear way in for the van
- A lit spot for evening service
- With the serving side away from windows
Colindale is in London, within the Ultra Low Emission Zone, and parking can be tight: let us know about off-street space or permits.
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we’ll advise.
From the hatch
- Mushy peas
- Cod and chips
- Gravy
- Sausage and chips
- Pie and chips
- Haddock and chips
Care homes around Colindale
Colindale is about 1 mile south-east of Burnt Oak, in Greater London. We serve care home visits at drives, car parks, yards and venues around Colindale. We cover 764 places across Greater London. Our bookings stretch from Colindale to London (about 9 miles away).
Some homes in Colindale have links with a local church such as St Matthias the Apostle church, and a van visit can be part of a summer fête. For families visiting by train, the closest railway station is Hendon station, roughly 1 mile south-east of the centre.
Here we cover the NW9, NW4 and HA8 postcode area. Local streets include Cecil Road, Booth Road and Ajax Avenue; a care home visit on any of them works well with a drive or nearby car park. Main roads around Colindale include the A5150, which makes travel to your care home visit easy. Close by, we cover care home visits in West Hendon (1 mile south), The Hyde (1 mile south), The Burroughs (1 mile east), Hendon (1 mile south-east) and Kingsbury (1 mile south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover London (9 miles south-east), City of Westminster (7 miles south-east), Marylebone (7 miles south-east), Kensington (7 miles south), St Pancras (7 miles south-east) and Shoreditch (9 miles south-east).
Well-known places in the area include Brent Cross Shopping Centre (1.5 miles south-east) and Municipal Borough of Hendon (0.9 miles east). The countryside around Colindale includes Darland's Lake and Parliament Hill.
- Schools near Colindale include Saracens High School (0.5 miles north) and Kisharon College (1.2 miles east)
- Nearby, you will find Moon Under Water pub (within half a mile south)
Planners, venues and businesses
If you run the same event each year, tell us your dates early, so we can hold the date.
Parks, greens and streets typically need permission for a catering van. The council or landowner will tell you what they need.
Colindale questions
Could you trade in Sunny Hill Park?
Only with permission from the park’s owner, usually the council. Ask them first.
Which station is closest to Colindale?
Hendon station, about 1 mile south-east of the centre.
Where will the van park?
On a level spot in the car park or drive, clear of emergency access.
Who clears up?
We take the van and everything with it, and leave the spot tidy. Bins for residents are worth planning.
What about residents on soft diets?
The home knows each resident best. Tell us about any diets and we will explain what we can offer; soft and texture-modified meals should come from your kitchen.
Can families and staff eat too?
Yes, and families love joining in.
How quickly can you serve everyone?
A short menu and staggered groups keep things moving. We will talk it through when we quote.
Can you serve children?
Yes, children are easy to cater for. Let us know numbers, and we will plan for them.
About the food
Gravy
A pot of gravy turns chips into comfort food, especially in winter.
Haddock and chips
Haddock is a little sweeter than cod, with a finer, firmer flake. In the north and in Scotland, haddock is the classic.
- 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