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Fish and Chip Van for Events in Ridley
Planning a fish and chip van for your event in Ridley? The van comes to your venue, home or workplace and fry everything fresh on the spot.
- School summer fairs
- Church fêtes and fish and chip suppers
- Club open days
Book the van in Ridley
How our fish and chip van for events works in Ridley
Send us the event details and the pitch information, and we’ll tell you quickly whether we can come. Whether it’s school summer fairs and summer fairs, we’ll put together a menu of sausage and chips, haddock and chips and chips for your guests.
At a field event near Ridley, power and water may be limited; let us know and we’ll plan for it. Everything we need comes with the van, and we pack up and leave the spot as we found it.
What comes out of the fryer
Pie and chips
For a heartier option, there is pie and chips.
Curry sauce
Chip-shop curry sauce is a mild, slightly sweet British classic, perfect with chips or a sausage.
FAQs for Ridley
Can you come to a school fair in Ridley?
Yes, with the school’s permission. Send us the date and where the van would go.
Is Ridley too small for a chip van?
No, we come to small places too. Let us know about access and parking.
Do we need to provide anything?
Tell us what’s available at the site in your enquiry, and we’ll confirm what we need.
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. Tell us about gates, lanes and soft ground.
How much is fish and chip van hire?
Every booking is quoted individually, based on your numbers and timings. Give us your date, numbers and serving time for a clear quote.
Do you bring everything you need?
We bring the van and everything we need to cook. You provide a suitable spot and permission to park.
What areas do you cover?
We take the van across London and the South East, including Kent. See all areas.
Can you cater for allergies?
We provide allergen information for everything we serve. Fish and gluten are the main ones in battered fish. Send us any allergies in writing.
Fairs, fêtes and events in Ridley
Ridley is about 6 miles south of Northfleet, in Kent. In and around Ridley, the van can serve from a drive, a yard, a car park or a firm field. We serve all 922 towns and villages in Kent. You can also see our page for London, about 21 miles away.
For anyone arriving by train, the nearest station is Meopham station, about 2.6 miles north-east. If you’re organising a summer fair or sports day for a school such as Meopham School, a chip van is a crowd-pleaser. Events in and around the Kent Downs National Landscape, within about 7 miles of Ridley, frequently have rules about vehicles, ground and waste; we’ll follow the site’s requirements.
We serve events across TN15. We also bring the van to events in New Street (1 mile east), Hodsoll Street (1 mile south), South Street (1 mile east), New Ash Green (1 mile north-west) and Culverstone Green (2 miles south-east). Further out, we also take the van to Maidstone (11 miles south-east), Dartford (8 miles north-west), Sevenoaks (8 miles south-west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (15 miles south), Gravesend (6 miles north-east) and Tonbridge (11 miles south).
Nearby you will also find Ightham Court (4.4 miles south) and Coldrum Long Barrow (3.1 miles south-east).
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More for events in Ridley
Cannot we just order from the chip shop?
Not sure whether to order in or book a van? Think about numbers, timing and how hot you want the food. Ask us for a quote and compare.
Deep-frying for lots of people at home is risky: big pans of hot oil, children and garden parties do not mix. A van is designed for exactly this.
What a fish and chip van costs
There are no hidden charges: the price is based on:
- The minimum booking
- The day of the week
- Your choice of menu
- Access and parking
Got a budget? Let us know, and we will suggest how to make it work. A short menu is frequently the best value.
What we need to know
When you get in touch, it helps to tell us:
- The date and when you’d like to eat
- The venue or postcode
- Where you’d like the van to go
- Dietary needs, with numbers
We quote for each event separately, so the price fits what you actually need. To ask for one, fill in our quote form.
For event organisers in Ridley
If your event is in a public place, such as a park or a street, check what permission you need first. Ask the council or landowner early.
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.
Allergies and dietary needs
We take allergies seriously. Help us by following these steps:
- Agree how we will be paid: pitch fee, share of takings or minimum
- Share last year’s numbers if you have them
- Share pitch details
- Set a time for helpers’ food
We set up before visitors arrive.
Let visitors know there’s a chip van.
Perfect for your event in Ridley
It needs little from volunteers.
Big or small, the van works the same way. Typical bookings include:
- Fish and chip supper nights
- Sports club events and race days
- Music and food festivals
- Village fêtes
Church fêtes, at churches such as Church of Saint Peter, are a natural home for a chip van.
Before you book anyone
- The van’s size and access needs
- What happens if plans change
- How long service runs, and what happens if you overrun
- When final numbers are due
How it works
Nothing is cooked before it is needed. Each portion is battered and fried as it’s ordered, which is why it tastes like it does at the seaside. Summer events in Ridley have daylight until about 9:20pm at midsummer and about 7:00pm by late September, so evening trading typically finishes in daylight in high summer. Winter fairs, dark by about 3:50pm, need a well-lit pitch.
- Start with three things: the date, the place and a rough headcount.
- Show us where the van would go, and we’ll confirm it works.
- Closer to the day, we confirm the arrival time and serving time.
- We park, open the hatch and start frying for your visitors.
- Once the last portion is out, we pack up and go.
Before we arrive
- Let us know the serving time
- Arrange somewhere dry for the queue
- Get permission for the van from the venue
Get a quote
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. You can fill in our quote form.
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Planning the van’s spot
Most drives, car parks, yards and firm lawns can take the van, but there are a few things to check:
- Details of any power or water on site
- A clear route onto the pitch
- A hard-standing or firm grass pitch
If you are unsure, send a photo of the space and the way in, and we’ll say what we think.
Popular choices
- Mushy peas
- Haddock and chips
- Cod and chips
- Curry sauce
- Sausage and chips
- Chips
- 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