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Film Set Catering in Little Bookham
Film set catering in Little Bookham: fish and chips cooked fresh in the van, and served hot from the hatch at the time you choose.
- Crew morale days
- Commercials and music videos
- Event crews
Planning an event in Little Bookham?
Film set catering in Little Bookham, fried fresh
Location shoots, commercials and wrap parties all suit a chip van. We serve sausage and chips, mushy peas and cod and chips, and we’re often booked for music video shoots and shoots on location.
Shoots around Little Bookham frequently use houses, farms and lanes. Let us know about access. The menu is short on purpose: a few classics done properly keeps the food fresh and the queue moving.
For event organisers in Little Bookham
If you are booking for a business, tell us how you’d like to handle the booking and payment, and we’ll explain how it works. We’re happy to liaise with facilities on parking and timings.
For larger numbers, tell us how long you have for food, so we can plan service to match. Staggering groups helps a lot.
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What comes out of the fryer
Pie and chips
A pie and chips is proper comfort food, and it’s a favourite in colder months.
Sausage and chips
For anyone who does not fancy fish, there is sausage and chips, and children love it.
Events we cater in Little Bookham
Service is quick from the hatch.
If you are planning any of these, we can help:
- Fashion shoots on location
- Music video shoots
- End-of-shoot parties
- Crew lunches at base
For cast and crew travelling by train, Bookham station, about 1.4 miles north, is the nearest station.
What your quote should include
- Payment terms and deposit
- Any travel, parking or access charges
- When final numbers are due
- The service time, and the cost of running over
Little Bookham: your questions answered
How far is Little Bookham from London?
About 20 miles from central London.
What’s the nearest station to Little Bookham?
Bookham station, about 1.4 miles north of the centre.
What do we need to supply?
A suitable spot for the van and permission to park there. Tell us whether there’s power or water nearby and we’ll confirm the rest.
How much is fish and chip van hire?
We quote for each booking, so the price fits what you need. Give us your date, numbers and serving time and we will reply with a price.
Do you have allergen information?
Tell us about allergies when you book, and we’ll give you the allergen information.
Do we need to provide equipment?
All the cooking happens in the van. Let us know what’s available at the site.
Can the van come to Little Bookham?
Yes, we do. Little Bookham is one of the places we cover. Tell us your date and we will check availability.
Do you fry it on site?
Yes. Everything is fried fresh in the van, and serve straight from the hatch.
Step by step
When we arrive, we position the van, set up the hatch and get the fryers up to temperature. Then everything is fried to order, so we time it to your schedule. Daylight is short on winter shoots near Little Bookham: sunset is about 3:55pm, so lunch at base is often in daylight but a wrap meal is not.
- We start with the location, call times and crew numbers.
- We check access and send a quote.
- We agree the van’s position and arrival with the location manager.
- We cook to order through the crew’s lunch break.
- We pack up straight after service and leave the base tidy.
Preparing for the day
- Check the way in for low branches, cables and narrow gates
- Let us know the serving time
- Plan a bit of cover near the hatch if rain is likely
Getting a price
Most quotes start with a few simple details: date, address, numbers and serving time. To send them, fill in our quote form.
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Takeaway run or book a van?
Collecting fish and chips for a crowd yourself is possible, but it’s hard work. By the time you’ve queued, paid and driven back, the batter has gone soft. With a van, it is fried on the spot.
Some hosts try a takeaway order. The problem is timing: big orders take a long time, and the food is cooling while it travels. A van cooks in front of your crew instead.
A fish and chip van or other catering?
Ordering takeaway to a location is unreliable. The van cooks on site. When you compare quotes, check what each one includes: hours, menu, travel, minimum charge and VAT. We set ours out clearly.
What you get with us
- No kitchen, no crockery, no washing up
- Something for crew to gather round
- Events in Little Bookham and across Surrey
- Works on wet days as well as sunny ones
What affects the price in Little Bookham
There are no hidden charges: the price is based on:
- The number of meals
- The menu and how many choices
- How easy the site is to reach
- How long we serve
There’s no one-size-fits-all price for a fish and chip van. A one-hour staff lunch is a different job from serving all afternoon at a fête. Your quote spells it all out.
What we need to know
These details help us quote quickly:
- The date and time of the event
- Any dietary needs and allergies
- How to get in: gates, lanes and ground
- Roughly how many people, including children
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many people, plus when you’d like to eat, and we will reply with a quote. To get started, use our quote form.
Shooting in Little Bookham: unit bases and access
Little Bookham is about 3 miles south-west of Leatherhead, in Surrey. Around Little Bookham, we park wherever there is level, firm ground, close to your crew. Little Bookham is one of 395 places in Surrey where we bring the van. Our nearest city page is Guildford, about 8 miles away.
Among the historic houses close to Little Bookham are Polesden Lacey (1.1 miles south-east) and Hatchlands Park (3.6 miles west). Period locations like these usually keep vehicles well away from the house, so agree the base early. Central London is about 20 miles from Little Bookham, within easy reach for London-based crews. Little Bookham is within about 4 miles of the Surrey Hills National Landscape, and locations in protected landscapes frequently have rules about vehicles.
This part of Surrey takes in KT23 and KT24, so your shoot can be anywhere in it. Local streets include Orchard Gardens, Guildford Road and Lindens Close; a shoot on any of them works well with a drive or nearby car park. For shoots just outside Little Bookham, we cover Great Bookham (1 mile north-east), Fetcham (2 miles north-east), Ranmore Common (2 miles south-east), Westhumble (3 miles south-east) and Mickleham (3 miles east). Further out, we also take the van to Guildford (8 miles west), Woking (9 miles west), Camberley (15 miles west), Epsom (7 miles north-east), Horley (11 miles south-east) and Redhill (10 miles east).
Well-known places in the area include Betchworth Castle (4.6 miles south-east) and Headley Court (5.1 miles east). The countryside around Little Bookham includes Combe Bottom and Boldermere Lake.
- Nearby schools include Manor House School (less than half a mile north) and St Lawrence Primary School (0.5 miles north-west)
- Pubs nearby include The Queen Stage pub (0.5 miles north-west)
Diets, allergies and planning
A little planning makes sure everyone is looked after. Here’s how:
- Plan bins and waste at base
- Tell us about coeliac crew specifically
- Update numbers if they change
- Ensure we can reach locations on the day
We take our used oil and waste with us.
End the shoot with a chip van wrap.
- 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