Hampshire · England
Christmas Party Fish and Chips in Mattingley
Planning a fish and chip van for your Christmas party in Mattingley? The van comes to your venue, home or workplace and fry everything fresh on the spot.
- Christmas fairs at schools
- New Year parties
- Festive open days
Christmas party fish and chips in Mattingley
About our Christmas party fish and chips in Mattingley
The van parks outside and serves hot food. Whether it’s staff Christmas parties and family Christmas get-togethers, we can cook curry sauce, sausage and chips and mushy peas.
Near Mattingley, country lanes are dark in winter, so let us know about access and lighting. You will know what’s included before booking: serving times, the menu and anything else agreed, with no surprises on the day.
Questions from Mattingley
Do you come out to small places like Mattingley?
Not at all. We serve villages and hamlets as well as towns. Tell us about lanes, gates and the ground.
How far is Mattingley from London?
About 39 miles from central London.
When should we book?
The sooner the better. Peak dates go quickly, so it pays to ask early.
Do you take everything away?
We take the van and everything with it, and leave the spot tidy. Bins for guests are worth planning.
Can you trade at our Christmas fair?
Yes, it’s a popular stall. Get in touch with the date.
Which areas do you serve?
We take the van across London and the South East, including Hampshire. See all areas.
How much space do you need?
Level, firm ground the van can reach, near your guests, and space for a queue. Mention any narrow gates or soft ground.
When do you arrive?
We arrive well before service to park and heat the fryers. Timings are agreed in advance.
Space, access and the venue
The right spot keeps everyone safe and the service smooth. We need:
- Space for people to queue at the hatch
- The site’s agreement to a catering van
- A short walk from the party
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we will advise.
On the menu in Mattingley
- Curry sauce
- Mushy peas
- Sausage and chips
- Gravy
- Haddock and chips
- Cod and chips
- Pie and chips
Food your guests will love
Curry sauce
Curry sauce divides opinion, so we bring it along.
Mushy peas
Mushy peas are made from dried marrowfat peas, soaked and cooked until soft. They’re the side most people expect.
Step by step
Nothing gathers a crowd like the smell of fish and chips. Each piece of fish is battered and fried to order, with chips cooked in batches as the queue moves. At about 3:55pm in late December, it gets dark in Mattingley, so put the van where there is good light.
- You share your date, numbers and address.
- We check access for the van and quote.
- We arrive in good time to set up.
- Everything is fried to order as the queue moves.
- We serve hot from the hatch and pack up when we’re done.
Getting ready for the day
- Check the venue or landowner is happy for the van to park
- Confirm numbers and dietary needs before the day
- Arrange somewhere dry for the queue
Ask for a quote
We only need a few details to quote: the date, where the van would park, roughly how many people and when you’d like to eat. You can send us your details through our quote form.
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Christmas parties in Mattingley: local tips
Mattingley is about 5 miles west of Yateley, in Hampshire. In and around Mattingley, the van can serve from a drive, a yard, a car park or a firm field, close to your guests. We take the van to all 683 towns and villages across Hampshire. Our bookings stretch from Mattingley to Reading (9 miles away).
Christmas fairs at a church such as Mattingley Church can book the van as a hot-food stall.
We cover Christmas parties in every part of RG27 and the streets around it. Your Christmas party could be at a house on Reading Road and Bottle Lane or the roads around them, wherever the van can park. We also bring the van to Christmas parties in Hound Green (1 mile north), Hazeley (1 mile north-east), Rotherwick (1 mile south-west), Lyde Green (2 miles west) and Heckfield (2 miles north). Larger places within reach include Basingstoke (7 miles south-west), Farnborough (8 miles east), Fleet (6 miles south-east), Aldershot (9 miles south-east), Alton (11 miles south) and Yateley (5 miles east).
Well-known places in the area include Odiham Castle (3.7 miles south) and West Green House Agricultural Museum (1.2 miles south-east). Open spaces near Mattingley include The Marshes Local Nature Reserve and Dogmersfield Lake.
- Pubs nearby include Leather Bottle Public House (less than half a mile south)
Can’t we just order from the chip shop?
Some hosts try a takeaway order. Large orders are slow, and the food cools in the bags. A van solves that by cooking on site.
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.
Planning for dietary needs
We need to know about dietary needs and allergies in advance, and we will be straight with you about what’s possible. To make it work smoothly:
- Make sure the van and queue are well lit
- Collect allergies in advance
- Check the van can park on site
- Confirm allergies by email
For a work party, food early in the evening usually works best.
A charity collection for a local food bank is a nice touch.
A chip van compared with other options
Compared with a restaurant Christmas lunch, a van brings the meal to the team. Compared with a sit-down meal, a fish and chip van is frequently good value, because it needs no kitchen and no crockery hire. We will send you a quote.
What you get with us
- Quick service from the hatch
- The queue at the hatch gets people talking
- The classic sides: peas, curry sauce and gravy
- A quote that spells everything out
Take a look at how we price and what a fish and chip van costs.
Also near Mattingley
Other occasions in Mattingley
Events we cater in Mattingley
It feels festive without being formal, and people talk about it.
Almost any gathering works with a fish and chip van. People in Mattingley book the van for events such as:
- Christmas fairs and lights switch-ons
- Christmas family parties
- Boxing Day and New Year gatherings
- Work Christmas parties
For colleagues travelling by train, the nearest station is Hook station, about 2.5 miles south.
Comparing caterers
- The deadline for final numbers
- How many hours the van serves
- The van’s size and access needs
- Allergen information for each item
Organising for someone else?
Planners and coordinators can contact us directly, and we will keep you updated on arrival and serving times.
Having the party at home? Send us a photo of the drive or the spot and the way in, and we will let you know if the van will fit.
- 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