Hampshire · England
Care home fish and chip visits in Hollywater, Hampshire
Bring the chip shop to your care home visit in Hollywater. We park up, heat the fryers and cook to order, so nothing sits waiting in a tray.
- Open days for families
- Seaside days
- Family days
Planning an event in Hollywater?
Looking after everyone
We need to know about dietary needs and allergies in advance, and we’ll tell you honestly what we can offer. To make it work smoothly:
- Share residents’ diets and allergies with us
- Agree numbers for residents, staff and families
- Organise staff to carry food in
- Check the spot with your manager
Visitors are welcome if included in numbers.
A bit of music from residents’ younger days helps.
How our care home fish and chips works in Hollywater
The care team knows each resident’s needs, so we plan portion sizes, timings and diets with the home. Typical bookings include summer fêtes and open days and residents’ birthdays and anniversaries, with pie and chips, gravy and haddock and chips.
For a care home near Hollywater, tell us about lanes and the drive. We serve from the hatch, so every portion is hot, and the queue keeps moving.
Should I sort the food myself?
Ordering from a local shop? Call ahead and collect at the last minute. For a crowd, a van is generally simpler.
A DIY buffet works for small groups. For bigger numbers, a van makes life easier, and nobody has to miss the care home visit.
Planning a van visit in Hollywater
Hollywater is about 6 miles south-east of Alton, in Hampshire. We cover Hollywater as standard, so your care home visit just needs a date, a spot for the van and a serving time. Hollywater is one of 683 places in Hampshire where we bring the van. Our bookings stretch from Hollywater to Guildford (16 miles away).
For families visiting by train, the nearest station is Liphook station, about 3.1 miles south-east. Deadwater Valley is close by, a good starting point for a chat about days out. The Surrey Hills National Landscape is within about 6 miles of Hollywater.
Care home visits anywhere in GU35 start with a parking spot for the van and a serving time. From Hollywater Road and Liphook Road or anywhere nearby, we can park up and fry there. Close by, we cover care home visits in Standford (1 mile north-east), Whitehill (1 mile west), Deadwater (1 mile north), Bordon (1 mile north-west) and Lindford (1 mile north). Further out, we also take the van to Farnborough (14 miles north), Fleet (12 miles north), Horndean (15 miles south-west), Aldershot (11 miles north), Alton (6 miles north-west) and Petersfield (8 miles south-west).
Well-known places in the area include The Romany Museum (3.9 miles west) and Chase Community Hospital (0.6 miles north-west). Green spaces nearby include Wheeler's Down and Deadwater Valley.
- Nearby schools include Mill Chase Academy (0.8 miles north)
How the day works
Expect a friendly, organised set-up. Arrival and serving times are agreed beforehand, park on the agreed spot, and get on with frying and serving. December visits in Hollywater are best at lunchtime, as it is dark by about 4:00pm, while summer visits can run into the evening, with light until about 9:20pm.
- Get in touch with the basics: when, where and roughly how many.
- 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.
- We park, open the hatch and start frying for residents.
- Last portion served, we tidy up and head off.
Getting ready for the day
- Give us a contact for the day
- Send us final numbers and any allergies in good time
- Leave room in front of the hatch for a queue
Get a quote
Not sure of numbers yet? That’s fine: tell us the basics about your care home visit, and we will firm it up nearer the time. To start, use our quote form.
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Events we cater in Hollywater
It’s a familiar, comforting meal.
We are booked for all kinds of occasions in Hollywater and nearby. Some of the most common are:
- Retirement village events
- Visiting days
- Summer fêtes and open days
- Lunch for the care team
If your residents have links with St Mark's Sacred Church, a fête or open day together is a nice moment for a van visit.
Comparing caterers
- The minimum number of meals or minimum spend
- Travel, tolls and road charges
- How many hours the van serves
- A clear list of what’s included
For event organisers in Hollywater
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 can work with your facilities team on access and timings.
For repeat bookings, such as regular staff lunches or annual fairs, let us know your dates early, so we can plan ahead.
What affects the price in Hollywater
Two events with the same numbers can cost different amounts, because of:
- Parking and the way in
- How far we travel
- Your choice of menu
- The day of the week
Travel, tolls and charges such as ULEZ can affect the price, so it helps to give us the postcode.
What we need to know
You don’t need every detail fixed to get a quote, but these help:
- The address or venue name
- Dietary needs, with numbers
- Where you’d like the van to go
- Roughly how many people, including children
The quickest way to a quote is to fill in our quote form. Tell us about your care home visit in Hollywater, and we will check the date and send a price.
What the van needs
The van has to be able to get in and park safely, so a few things need checking. These are the things we check:
- Access the van can manage
- With the serving side away from windows
- Light near the van after dark
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we will advise.
From the hatch
- Gravy
- Sausage and chips
- Mushy peas
- Pie and chips
- Haddock and chips
- Cod and chips
Hollywater: your questions answered
Can the van go to venues in the Surrey Hills National Landscape?
Yes. Some venues there have rules about vehicles and ground, so check with yours. We’ll work to whatever the site needs.
Do you come out to small places like Hollywater?
Not at all. We serve villages and hamlets as well as towns. Let us know about access and parking.
How quickly can you serve everyone?
Keeping choices simple and sending people up in groups helps. Tell us your timings and we will advise.
What areas do you cover?
We cover London and the South East, Hampshire included. See all areas.
Can residents with special diets join in?
Your care team knows each resident’s needs. Share the diets and we will say what we can do; soft and texture-modified meals should come from your kitchen.
What do you bring?
All the cooking happens in the van. Tell us about power, water and bins at the site and we’ll confirm what we need.
Do you have a kids’ option?
Yes. Children normally love sausage and chips. Include children in your numbers.
What about residents who do not eat fish?
We serve sausages and pies as well as fish. Tell us about other diets and we’ll be honest about what’s possible.
What else we do in Hollywater
A fish and chip van or other catering?
The home’s kitchen can make fish and chips, but a van turns it into an occasion. When you compare quotes, check what each one includes: hours, menu, travel, minimum charge and VAT. Our quotes spell it all out.
Why book our van in Hollywater
- All the chip-shop extras
- No kitchen, no crockery, no washing up
- Bookings across Hampshire, including Hollywater
- Hot food handed straight over
Take a look at our pricing or the cost guide.
- 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