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Fish and Chip Van for Events for Hales Place events
Looking for a fish and chip van for your event in Hales Place? The van comes to your venue, home or workplace and fry fresh while your visitors queue at the hatch.
- School summer fairs
- Fundraisers
- Food for volunteers
Fish and chip van for events in Hales Place
What affects the price in Hales Place
Your quote will be clear. The main things that affect it are:
- How long we serve
- Whether a minimum applies
- How many people are eating
- How far we travel
The date matters too: summer Saturdays and December Fridays are the busiest days of the year. Ask about your date early.
What to tell us
To speed things up, tell us:
- The date and time of the event
- A picture of the parking spot
- Where you’d like the van to go
- The address or venue name
Most quotes start with a few simple details: the date, where the van would park, roughly how many people and when you’d like to eat. To send them, use our quote form.
Fish and chip van for events in Hales Place, cooked to order
Country shows and field events suit a van, as long as there’s a firm route onto the pitch. Popular choices include haddock and chips, cod and chips and sausage and chips, and we are frequently booked for festivals and crew and volunteer catering.
Around Hales Place, a fête or summer fair suits fish and chips. Tell us about the pitch, ground and access. The fryers are in the van, so the cooking happens right there at your event, so the batter is still crisp when it is handed over.
Also near Hales Place
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Organising for someone else?
Parks, greens and streets normally need permission for a catering van. The council or landowner will tell you what they need.
If you are planning an event on someone’s behalf, such as a wedding planner, an office manager or a fête committee, we’re happy to deal with you and the venue directly. It saves passing messages back and forth.
Looking after everyone
Allergies are taken seriously. Help us by following these steps:
- Plan something for visitors we can’t cater for
- Settle the pitch terms early
- Tell us about any school or event allergy policies
- Tell us expected visitor numbers
Bins near the van help keep the site tidy.
Tables and seating nearby help families eat.
Running an event in Hales Place
Hales Place is about 1 mile north of Canterbury, in Kent. Around Hales Place, we park wherever there’s level, firm ground, close to your visitors. Hales Place is one of 922 towns and villages in Kent where we bring the van.
School fairs, for a school like St Stephen's Junior School, are a natural fit for a fish and chip van. For visitors coming by rail, Canterbury West station is about 0.8 miles away. The coast is within about 6 miles of Hales Place, so for seaside events we plan a sheltered pitch, and fish and chips sells well by the sea.
We take the van to events all over the CT2 and CT1 postcode area and the streets around it. We can serve an event on streets such as Downs Road, Godden Road and Tunstall Road or the roads around them, as long as there is somewhere for the van. Nearby, we also serve events in Canterbury (1 mile south), Harbledown (1 mile south-west), Rough Common (1 mile west), Wincheap (2 miles south) and Upper Harbledown (2 miles west). Further out, we also take the van to Ashford (14 miles south-west), Margate (14 miles north-east), Dover (14 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (15 miles west), Folkestone (15 miles south) and Ramsgate (15 miles east).
Other landmarks nearby include Whitefriars Shopping Centre (1.2 miles south) and Canterbury Castle (1.4 miles south). Open spaces near Hales Place include Blean Woods RSPB Reserve.
- Nearby schools include Archbishop's School (under half a mile south-west) and St Edmund's School (0.9 miles west)
- Pubs nearby include Ye Olde Beverlie Inn (within half a mile south)
Your questions about a fish and chip van for your event in Hales Place
What’s the nearest station to Hales Place?
The closest is Canterbury West station, roughly 0.8 miles away.
Can you come to a school fair in Hales Place?
Yes, if the school is happy for the van on site. Send us the date and where the van would go.
Can you park on the road outside?
Only where it is legal to park, or with a council parking suspension or road closure. Check with your council first.
Can you cook in the rain?
We carry on in the rain, because the fryers are inside. Very soft ground can be a problem, so plan a back-up spot on a hard surface.
Do you do school fairs and sports days?
We do. We’ll agree access before the children arrive.
Can you cater for helpers?
Yes, alongside public trading or on its own.
Who clears up?
We clear the van’s area after service. Let us know about bins for visitors.
Do you do anything other than fish?
Yes: sausages and pies, with chips. Tell us roughly how many to expect.
Cannot we just order from the chip shop?
If you do order from a chip shop, ring well ahead and collect as close to eating time as you can. For a crowd, a van is generally simpler.
Weighing up a takeaway order against booking a van? Think about numbers, timing and how hot you want the food. Ask us for a quote and compare.
Events we cater in Hales Place
It can feed crew and volunteers too.
Almost any gathering works with a fish and chip van. In Hales Place, people book us for occasions like:
- Community festivals
- Sports club events and race days
- Feeding event crew
- Horse and dog shows
A summer fête at Church of St Stephen or St Thomas of Canterbury Church is the classic setting for a fish and chip van.
What your quote should include
- The service time, and the cost of running over
- A clear list of what’s included
- How much space the van takes up
- When final numbers are due
Space, access and the venue
Plenty of places work for the van, but there are a few things to check:
- A level, firm pitch the van can drive onto
- The landowner’s or organiser’s permission for the van
- What’s available on the pitch
If you’re unsure, send a photo of the space and the way in, and we’ll say what we think.
On the menu in Hales Place
- Curry sauce
- Haddock and chips
- Chips
- Mushy peas
- Sausage and chips
- Cod and chips
A fish and chip van or other catering?
For a stall visitors will queue for, a chip van is hard to beat. Many fish and chip vans set a minimum, since getting the van there costs the same however many eat. Ask us what applies to your event.
Why us?
- Events in Hales Place and across Kent
- No kitchen needed
- Hot food handed straight over
- Mushy peas, curry sauce and gravy on the side
What happens on the day
Setting up takes a little while, because the oil has to come up to temperature, so we are there in good time before you want to eat. In Hales Place, a midsummer event stays light until about 9:15pm, but by late September the light goes at about 7:00pm, so evening trading may need lights.
- Organisers send us the event, the dates and the pitch details.
- We confirm availability, our pitch needs and anything the event asks for.
- We arrive at the agreed time and set up on the pitch.
- We trade from the hatch all event, frying to order.
- We pack down at the end and leave the pitch clean.
Getting ready for the day
- Give us a contact for the day
- Plan where the queue will stand
- Check the venue or landowner is happy for the van to park
How to get a price
Thinking about a fish and chip van for your event for your event in Hales Place? Tell us what you have in mind and we will reply with a clear price. Just fill in our quote form.
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- 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