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Festivals, fêtes and school events in Mountain Street, Kent
From the first sizzle in the fryer to the last chip, a fish and chip van for your event turns food into part of your event in Mountain Street.
- Sports days
- Sports tournaments
- Charity fundraisers and community events
Fish and chip van for events for Mountain Street events
Common questions in Mountain Street
Can you come to a school fair in Mountain Street?
Yes, with the school’s permission. Tell us the date and pitch details.
Is Mountain Street too small for a chip van?
No, we come to small places too. Tell us about lanes, gates and the ground.
How fast is service?
A short menu and staggered groups keep things moving. Tell us your timings and we will advise.
What do you need on the pitch?
Send us the pitch details, and we’ll confirm.
Who clears up?
We clear the van’s area after service. Tell us where bins can go for people’s paper and trays.
How soon do we need to book?
As early as you can, especially for summer weekends and December. Ask about your date even if it is soon.
What areas do you cover?
London and South East England: Kent, Surrey, East and West Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Bucks, Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight, including Mountain Street.
How do you handle allergies?
Tell us about allergies when you book, and we’ll give you the allergen information and what we can offer.
Fish and chip van for events in Mountain Street, fried fresh
Organisers can book us as a trader, or to feed crew and volunteers, or both. We are often asked to cater community festivals and church fêtes and fish and chip suppers, with sausage and chips, chips and cod and chips.
For a village fête or field event near Mountain Street, a chip van brings hot food to a rural site. Ground and access matter, so tell us about them. Timings are planned around your event, whether that is a first dance, a lunch break or a service time.
About the food
Curry sauce
Some people won’t eat chips without curry sauce, so we bring it along.
Sausage and chips
A sausage and chips is the chip-shop classic for younger visitors and fish-dodgers, especially with curry sauce.
What the van needs
We’ll agree the van’s spot with you before the day. It needs to tick a few simple boxes:
- Space for a queue away from paths
- Somewhere firm if it rains
- A level, firm pitch the van can drive onto
If you are unsure, send a photo of the space and the way in, and we will say what we think.
From the hatch
- Chips
- Sausage and chips
- Mushy peas
- Haddock and chips
- Curry sauce
- Cod and chips
For planners, venues and organisers
If you run the same event each year, tell us your dates early, so we can plan ahead.
If you’re 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 are happy to liaise with facilities on parking and timings.
Planning for dietary needs
A little planning helps everyone eat safely. A few tips:
- Tell us about any school or event allergy policies
- Plan crew and volunteer food times
- Agree who removes waste
- Have other stalls for special diets
At the end, we pack down and leave the pitch clean.
A sign at the entrance tells visitors hot food is available.
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.
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 normally simpler.
Also near Mountain Street
Also in Mountain Street
Prices and what affects them
Each booking is quoted on its own, and the price depends on a few things:
- How easy the site is to reach
- Peak dates such as summer Saturdays
- Cod, haddock or both
- The minimum booking
Compared with a sit-down meal, a fish and chip van is often good value, as there’s no kitchen to hire and nothing to wash up. We’ll send you a quote.
Details that help
A few details help us give you an accurate quote. Here’s what’s useful:
- Allergies and diets you know about
- Anything awkward about the way in
- Where you’d like the van to go
- A picture of the space and the way in
Send us the date, the address or CT4 postcode and rough numbers, along with your serving time, and you’ll get a clear price. Just send us your details through our quote form.
Mountain Street events: pitches and permissions
Mountain Street is about 6 miles south-west of Canterbury, in Kent. We take a fish and chip van for your event to drives, car parks, yards and venues around Mountain Street. We take the van to 922 places across Kent, from the larger towns to small villages. You can also see our page for Canterbury, about 6 miles away.
Church fêtes, at churches such as Church of St Mary, are a natural home for a chip van. School fairs, for a school like Chilham, are a natural fit for a fish and chip van. Within about 4 miles is the Kent Downs National Landscape, where events may have extra rules on vehicles and waste; we work to the site rules.
Here we cover the CT4 postcode area. If your venue is just outside Mountain Street, we also cover Chilham (1 mile north-east), Godmersham (1 mile south), Old Wives Lees (1 mile north), Shottenden (2 miles north-west) and Bilting (2 miles south). We also serve nearby towns such as Ashford (8 miles south-west), Canterbury (6 miles north-east), Sittingbourne (12 miles north-west), Folkestone (14 miles south-east), Whitstable (9 miles north) and Faversham (6 miles north-west).
Nearby you’ll also find Kent and Canterbury Hospital (5.7 miles east) and Chilham Castle (less than half a mile north).
- Local pubs include Woolpack Inn (0.5 miles north)
Step by step
A typical booking goes like this: we arrive, park up and set up, the fryers heat up, and we serve hot from the hatch when you’re ready to eat. Winter fairs in Mountain Street are dark by about 3:50pm, so we need a lit pitch; in late May there’s light until about 8:45pm.
- You send us the event details and pitch information.
- 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 clear the pitch when the event closes.
How to prepare
- Check the way in for low branches, cables and narrow gates
- Give us a contact for the day
- Plan where the queue will stand
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, fill in our quote form.
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Events we cater in Mountain Street
It is a hot meal for helpers as well.
If you are planning any of these, we can help:
- Sports club events and race days
- Village fêtes and summer fairs
- Charity fundraisers and community events
- Crew and volunteer catering
Events in parks such as Broadham Down need permission from the council or landowner, and the van needs a firm route onto the pitch.
Before booking anyone
- Whether travel is included
- How allergens are handled
- The minimum number of meals or minimum spend
- VAT, if it applies
- 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