Hampshire · England
Festivals, fêtes and school events in Easton, Hampshire
Planning a fish and chip van for your event in Easton? We bring the van to you and fry fresh while your visitors queue at the hatch.
- Village fêtes and summer fairs
- Fundraisers
- Fish and chip supper nights
Book the van in Easton
Fish and chip van for events for your event in Easton
The smell of fish and chips brings a queue to any fête. A chip van gives organisers a hot-food trader that almost everyone wants. Whether it is sports tournaments and music and food festivals, we can cook mushy peas, sausage and chips and curry sauce for your guests.
Near Easton, events may be far from shops and cafés, so fish and chips goes down well. Food is served straight from the hatch, so every portion is hot, and the queue keeps moving.
Occasions we serve in Easton
We keep cooking in the rain.
Here are some of the occasions we serve around Easton:
- School fairs and sports days
- Community festivals
- Country shows
- Food for volunteers
PTAs at schools such as Peter Symonds College frequently want one reliable hot-food stall.
What to look for in a quote
- Any minimum charge
- How many hours the van serves
- What the van needs: space, access, power
- Whether travel is included
Looking after everyone
With a little notice, diets are easier to plan for. Our advice:
- Plan bins near food stalls
- Agree how we’ll be paid: pitch fee, share of takings or minimum
- Send us the pitch size and ground conditions
- Tell us expected visitor numbers
Have a hard-standing back-up pitch in case the ground is soft.
Let visitors know there is a chip van.
A closer look at the menu
Pie and chips
A pie and chips is proper comfort food, and it is a favourite in colder months.
Gravy
A pot of gravy turns chips into comfort food.
For planners, venues and organisers
Booking for a company? Tell us what your finance team needs, and we’ll talk you through the process. We can work with your facilities team on access 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.
Space, access and the venue
If a spot is not suitable, we will tell you, and help find another. The main points are:
- Vehicle access before the gates open and after they close
- Space for a queue away from paths
- Confirmation the van can trade there
If you’re unsure, send a picture of the space and the way in, and we will say what we think.
From the hatch
- Haddock and chips
- Chips
- Mushy peas
- Curry sauce
- Cod and chips
- Sausage and chips
Questions from Easton
Do you come out to small places like Easton?
No, we come to small places too. Tell us about lanes, gates and the ground.
Is Easton close to London?
About 58 miles from central London.
Do you do festivals?
Often, yes. Contact us with the details.
How far ahead should we book?
Early, particularly for summer Saturdays and Christmas party Fridays. Ask about your date even if it is soon.
What areas do you cover?
We take the van across London and the South East, Hampshire included. See all areas.
Do you come to Easton?
We do. Easton is one of the places we cover. Send us your date to check availability.
Can you feed our volunteers and crew?
Yes. Give us numbers and a time.
How much space do you need?
A level, firm spot it can drive onto, close to where people will eat, with room for a queue at the hatch. Mention any narrow gates or soft ground.
How the day works
It is a relaxed, well-organised set-up. Arrival and serving times are agreed beforehand, park on the agreed spot, and cook and serve without fuss. In Easton, a midsummer event stays light until about 9:25pm, while a late-September show is dark by about 7:10pm.
- You send us the event details and pitch information.
- We confirm availability, our pitch needs and anything the event asks for.
- We set up before the gates open.
- We fry to order and serve from the hatch through the event.
- We clear the pitch when the event closes.
Preparing for the day
- Keep space clear for visitors at the hatch
- Name one person we can call on the day
- Have a level parking spot ready
How to get a price
Every booking is quoted individually, so the price fits what you actually need. To ask for one, use our quote form.
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Towns and villages near Easton
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Prices and what affects them
Every booking is priced individually, and the price depends on a few things:
- The minimum booking
- How easy the site is to reach
- How long we serve
- Distance and any road charges
Compared with a sit-down meal, a fish and chip van is frequently good value, as there’s no kitchen to hire and nothing to wash up. Ask us for a quote.
What we need to know
You don’t need every detail fixed to get a quote, but these help:
- Your date and serving time
- The address or venue name
- Allergies and diets you know about
- A photo of the parking spot
Send us the date, the address or SO21 postcode and rough numbers, plus when you’d like to eat, and you’ll get a clear price. To get started, send us your details through our quote form.
Can’t we just order from the chip shop?
Ordering in from a local chip shop is an option. Large orders are slow, and the food cools in the bags. A van solves that by cooking on site.
Frying for a crowd at home is not a good idea: big pans of hot oil, children and garden parties do not mix. Leave the frying to a van built for it.
Running an event in Easton
Easton is about 3 miles north-east of Winchester, in Hampshire. People in Easton book us for all sorts of reasons, but it always starts the same way: a level spot for the van, a time to eat and food fried to order. Easton is one of 683 towns and villages in Hampshire where we bring the van. Our nearest city page is Southampton, about 13 miles away.
Church fêtes, at churches such as Church of St Mary, are a natural home for a chip van. If visitors are coming by train, Winchester station is about 2.4 miles away.
This part of Hampshire takes in SO21. That could mean an event at a home on Easton Lane, Malthouse Close and Chapel Lane or the roads around them, wherever the van can park. If your venue is just outside Easton, we also cover Abbots Worthy (1 mile north-west), Martyr Worthy (1 mile north-east), Kings Worthy (1 mile west), Itchen Abbas (2 miles east) and Winnall (2 miles south-west). Larger places within reach include Basingstoke (14 miles north-east), Winchester (3 miles south-west), Eastleigh (9 miles south), Andover (13 miles north-west), Totton (15 miles south-west) and Chandler's Ford (9 miles south-west).
Other landmarks nearby include Wolvesey Castle (2.4 miles south-west) and St John's Rooms And Chapel (2.3 miles south-west). The countryside around Easton includes Twyford Down and Winnall Moors.
- Local pubs include The Cricketers Inn (within half a mile north-east)
- 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