Hampshire · England
Corporate Fish and Chip Catering in Crowdhill
Fried to order and served hot: a fish and chip van for your team in Crowdhill and across Hampshire.
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Corporate fish and chip catering for Crowdhill events
How our corporate fish and chip catering works in Crowdhill
Service is timed to your lunch break or shift pattern, so nobody misses out. For retirement and leaving lunches and friday lunch treats, we can cook pie and chips, sausage and chips and mushy peas for your guests.
Rural businesses around Crowdhill can be a long way from anywhere to buy lunch, so a chip van lunch is welcome. We bring the van and everything we need to cook, and we leave the pitch tidy when we go.
Planning for dietary needs
With a bit of planning, dietary needs are easier to handle. A few tips:
- Confirm allergies by email
- Give us break and shift times
- Plan an alternative for anyone we can’t cater for
- Let us know about coeliac disease
Send a message round when the van opens, and stagger departments if you can.
Cover near the van keeps the queue dry.
Business events near Crowdhill
Crowdhill is about 2 miles north-east of Eastleigh, in Hampshire. Crowdhill is well within our area, so your staff event just needs a date, a spot for the van and a serving time. We cover all 683 towns and villages in Hampshire, from the larger towns to small villages. Our bookings stretch from Crowdhill to Southampton (about 6 miles away).
Within reach of Crowdhill are historic houses such as South Stoneham House (4.4 miles south-west). For a client event at a historic house, ask early about rules for catering vans. Crowdhill sits roughly 63 miles from central London, and we cover it as standard.
Wherever your staff event is in SO50, we can fry fresh for your staff. Streets in the area include Chestnut Drive and Winchester Road, and the van can serve a staff event on any of them with a suitable parking spot. If your venue is just outside Crowdhill, we also cover Fisher's Pond (1 mile north), Nob's Crook (1 mile north-west), Colden Common (1 mile north-west), Lord's Wood (1 mile north-west) and Bishopstoke (1 mile south-west). We also serve nearby towns such as Winchester (6 miles north), Gosport (14 miles south-east), Fareham (10 miles south-east), Horndean (14 miles east), Totton (10 miles south-west) and Chandler's Ford (4 miles west).
Well-known places in the area include Eastleigh Museum (2.3 miles west) and Moorgreen Hospital (3.6 miles south). The countryside around Crowdhill includes Twyford Down and Shawford Down.
- Local schools include The King's School Senior (1.3 miles south)
- Nearby, you’ll find The Fox & Hounds pub (within half a mile south)
What a fish and chip van costs
Fish and chip van pricing is simple once we know the basics:
- The day of the week
- How many people are eating
- Service time
- Parking and the way in
Fish and chip van prices depend on the booking. A short service and a long afternoon’s trading are very different bookings. Your quote spells it all out.
What to tell us
Good planning starts with a few facts. Try to include:
- Access details such as gates and narrow lanes
- The address or venue name
- Rough numbers for adults and children
- A photo of the space and the way in
Most quotes start with a few simple details: date, address, numbers and serving time. You can use our quote form.
Step by step
There’s very little for you to do on the day: show us the spot, tell us when to start, and enjoy your staff event. The frying and serving are down to us. Lunchtime staff treats in Crowdhill are in daylight all year round, but evening events need lights from about 4:00pm in December or 7:10pm in late September.
- We start with a few details about your staff event.
- You get an availability check and a clear quote.
- We agree timings, access and the parking spot.
- On the day, we park up and fry fresh for your staff.
- We serve from the hatch, then leave the pitch tidy.
Before we arrive
- Tell us when you want to eat
- Pick a flat, firm place for the van to park
- Get permission for the van from the venue
Getting a price
Not sure of numbers yet? That’s fine: tell us the basics about your staff event, and we will firm it up nearer the time. To start, use our quote form.
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Space, access and the venue
No two venues are the same, so we ask about the spot and the way in before we confirm. Generally, we look for:
- A clear way in, with no low branches, cables or narrow gates
- Somewhere close to where people will eat
- A level, firm spot the van can drive onto
Not sure about the spot? Send us a photo and we will tell you honestly before booking.
On the menu in Crowdhill
- Staff lunches
- Sausage and chips
- Mushy peas
- Haddock and chips
- Pie and chips
- Cod and chips
Questions from Crowdhill
Which station is closest to Crowdhill?
Eastleigh station, about 2.2 miles west of the centre.
Is Crowdhill close to London?
About 63 miles from central London, and we cover it as standard.
Can coeliacs eat the battered fish?
Our battered fish contains gluten, because standard batter uses wheat flour. Let us know about coeliac staff in advance, and we’ll tell you honestly what we can offer.
What about staff who don’t eat fish?
Sausage and chips and pie and chips are on the menu. Tell us about other diets and we’ll be honest about what’s possible.
Where do you take the van?
London and South East England: Kent, Surrey, East and West Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Bucks, Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight.
Can you cater for allergies?
Tell us about allergies when you book, and we’ll tell you what’s in each item.
How far ahead should we book?
As soon as you have a date. Popular dates book up first, so it pays to ask early.
How long are you on site?
It depends on numbers and the service time. We agree arrival, serving and finishing times with you before the day.
What comes out of the fryer
Mushy peas
No fish and chips is complete without mushy peas for many people.
Haddock and chips
Some people swear by haddock: a firmer flake and a sweeter taste. Ask us about offering haddock alongside or instead of cod.
Places near Crowdhill
Also in Crowdhill
For event organisers in Crowdhill
If your event is in a public place, such as a park or a street, check what permission you need first. The council or landowner will tell you what they need.
If you are booking for a business, tell us how you’d like to handle the booking and payment, and we will explain how it works. We can work with your facilities team on access and timings.
Can’t we just order from the chip shop?
Deep-frying for lots of people at home is risky: big pans of hot oil, children and garden parties do not mix. Leave the frying to a van built for it.
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. A van fries it right there, so it is crisp.
Events we cater in Crowdhill
Hot food in the car park, rain or shine, because the cooking is inside the van.
We can help if you’re planning any of the following:
- Open days
- Staff appreciation days
- Charity days
- Leaving dos
For staff and visitors coming by train, Eastleigh station, about 2.2 miles west, is the nearest station.
What your quote should include
- Whether there is a minimum
- Travel, tolls and road charges
- The service time, and the cost of running over
- A clear list of what’s included
- 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