Kent · England
Corporate Fish and Chip Catering for Herne events
Treat your staff to fresh fish and chips at your staff event in Herne. The van arrives, the fryers go on and everything is cooked to order, so nothing sits waiting in a tray.
- Open days and customer events
- Celebrating a big win
- Summer staff parties
Fresh fish and chips in Herne
Herne: your questions answered
Is Herne close to London?
Roughly 54 miles from the centre of London, and well within our area.
What about events near the coast?
Yes. The cooking is inside the van, so wind doesn’t affect it, but the queue will want shelter.
Can we pay by invoice?
Ask us when you enquire and we will explain how booking and payment work.
What happens if it rains?
Rain does not stop the fryers: the cooking is inside the van. It’s worth planning some cover for the queue.
What areas do you cover?
London and the South East: Kent, Surrey, East and West Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Bucks, Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight.
What does the van need?
Level, firm ground the van can reach, near your staff, with room for a queue at the hatch. Tell us about gates, lanes and soft ground.
Can coeliacs eat the battered fish?
Not as standard: batter is usually made with wheat flour. Tell us about any coeliac staff and we’ll explain the options.
Do you need power or water?
Tell us what’s available at the site when you enquire, and we will say what we need.
About our corporate fish and chip catering in Herne
We plan service around your breaks and shifts, so nobody misses out. On the menu are cod and chips, haddock and chips and mushy peas, and we’re regularly asked to cater retirement and leaving lunches and summer team days.
Teams near Herne frequently go for a lunch in the yard or car park. Let us know about the site. The menu is short on purpose: fewer choices means fresher food and shorter queues.
What affects the price in Herne
Every booking is priced individually, based on a few main things:
- How easy the site is to reach
- How long we serve
- The date and time of year
- Any minimum charge
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.
Details that help
You don’t need everything decided to ask for a quote, but these help:
- A picture of where the van would go
- Your date and serving time
- The venue or postcode
- Roughly how many people, including children
Thinking about a fish and chip van for your team for your staff event in Herne? Send us the details and we will reply with a clear price. Just send us your details through our quote form.
How it works
Here’s how the day normally runs: the van arrives and we set up, the fryers heat up, and we serve hot from the hatch when you’re ready to eat. Lunchtime staff treats in Herne are in daylight all year round, but evening events need lights from about 3:50pm in December or 7:00pm in late September.
- You tell us the date, the site, rough numbers and your break times.
- We check access and send a quote, with anything your site needs from us.
- Parking and arrival are agreed with your facilities team.
- We serve hot from the hatch through your break or shifts.
- We clear up and leave the site as we found it.
Before we arrive
- Let us know the serving time
- Clear the route for the van
- Plan a bit of cover near the hatch if rain is likely
Get a quote
A detailed enquiry gets a more accurate quote: where the van would park, how to get in, numbers and timings. Photos of the spot and the way in help. When you’re ready, use our quote form.
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A closer look at the menu
Gravy
Chips and gravy is a favourite in the north and the Midlands, and it goes perfectly with a pie.
Mushy peas
No fish and chips is complete without mushy peas for many people.
Working with your venue
If you are booking for a business, tell us how you’d like to handle the booking and payment, and we’ll talk you through the process. We’re happy to liaise with facilities on parking and timings.
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.
Takeaway run or book a van?
If you do order from a chip shop, ring well ahead and collect as close to eating time as you can. For anything more than a handful of people, a van is generally the easier option.
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.
Looking after everyone
Nearly every event has some special diets. To look after them:
- Check with facilities where the van can park
- Give us break and shift times
- Ask facilities what paperwork they need
- Ask staff to pre-order
After the last group, we pack up and leave the car park tidy.
A simple pre-order helps us plan.
What the van needs
Plenty of places work for the van, but a few things matter:
- A route in without tight gates or low branches
- A level hardstanding, drive or firm lawn
- A clear area by the serving hatch
If you are unsure, send a photo of the space and the way in, and we’ll say what we think.
From the hatch
- Pie and chips
- Sausage and chips
- Haddock and chips
- Mushy peas
- Cod and chips
- Staff lunches
Places near Herne
Also in Herne
Planning a team lunch in Herne
Herne is about 1 mile south of Herne Bay, in Kent. We serve staff events at drives, car parks, yards and venues around Herne and nearby villages. We cover 922 places in Kent.
Herne sits roughly 54 miles from central London. The coast is within about 2 miles, so a chip van lunch feels like a day at the seaside.
Here we cover the CT6 postcode area. Your staff event could be at a house on St Martin's View, Ridley Close and Herne Street or the roads around them, as long as there is somewhere for the van. Close by, we cover staff events in Hunters Forstal (1 mile north-east), Eddington (1 mile north-west), Herne Common (1 mile south-west), Bullockstone (1 mile west) and Broomfield (1 mile north-east). We also serve nearby towns such as Canterbury (5 miles south-west), Margate (11 miles east), Ramsgate (12 miles east), Broadstairs (13 miles east), Whitstable (4 miles west) and Deal (15 miles south-east).
Nearby you will also find Whitstable and Tankerton Hospital (3.7 miles west) and Tankerton Castle (4.4 miles west). Within reach you will find West Blean and Thornden Woods.
- Nearby schools include Herne Bay High School (1.2 miles north-west)
Occasions we serve in Herne
A van lunch is a staff treat almost everyone appreciates.
Whatever the occasion in Herne, a chip van is a crowd-pleaser. We regularly serve:
- Charity days
- End-of-project celebrations
- Warehouse, depot and site teams
- Summer staff parties
For colleagues arriving by train, the closest railway station is Herne Bay station, roughly 1.2 miles north-west of the centre.
Before you book anyone
- Exactly what’s included in the price
- If the price includes VAT
- The service time, and the cost of running over
- What happens if plans change
- 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