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Fish and chip van hire in Langley Vale, Surrey
We bring a fish and chip van to Langley Vale and nearby, cooking to order on site.
- Milestone birthday parties
- Wakes and celebrations of life
- Staff lunches and team days
Fish and chip van hire for Langley Vale events
Langley Vale: your questions answered
Do you come out to small places like Langley Vale?
Not at all. We serve villages and hamlets as well as towns. Let us know about access and parking.
Can you serve after a service at St Stephen On The Downs?
Yes, at a nearby hall, home or venue with somewhere for the van. Food is usually served at the reception venue rather than the church. Tell us where you’ll gather.
What food do you serve?
Chip-shop favourites: cod, haddock, chips, sausages and pies, with mushy peas, curry sauce and gravy. Our menu has the details.
What does it cost to hire the van?
We quote for each booking, based on your numbers and timings. Give us your date, numbers and serving time and we’ll reply with a price.
What happens when we hire the van?
The van comes to you, fry everything to order, and serve when you’re ready to eat.
Can you cater for allergies?
We provide allergen information for everything we serve. Battered fish contains fish and, in standard batter, gluten. Tell us about allergies in advance.
Which fish do you use?
Tell us your preference when you book and we will confirm the menu.
Is fish and chips enough as a meal?
Fish and chips is a meal in itself. You can add your own desserts if you like.
Fish and chip van hire for your event in Langley Vale
If the van can park there, we can fry there: a drive, a car park, a yard, a showground or a firm lawn in and around Langley Vale. Popular choices include gravy, mushy peas and sausage and chips, and we are frequently booked for care home visits and community events and fairs.
For a rural spot like Langley Vale, the setting does plenty of the work. Let us know about access and ground conditions. We keep the menu short: a few classics done properly keeps the food fresh and the queue moving.
Where the van can park in Langley Vale
Before the day, we will agree where the van parks. It needs to tick a few simple boxes:
- Light near the van and the queue for evening service
- Permission from the venue or landowner for the van
- Room in front of the hatch for a queue
Not sure about the spot? Send us a picture and we will tell you honestly.
From the hatch
- Sausage and chips
- Cod and chips
- Gravy
- Curry sauce
- Haddock and chips
- Chips
- Mushy peas
- Pie and chips
Also near Langley Vale
Other occasions in Langley Vale
For planners, venues and organisers
Parks, greens and streets generally need permission for a catering van. The council or landowner will tell you what they need.
For larger numbers, tell us how long you have for food, so we can plan service to match. Staggering groups helps a lot.
What affects the price in Langley Vale
Each booking is quoted on its own, and the price depends on a few things:
- Travel, tolls and road charges
- Service time
- The number of meals
- Access and parking
A chip van frequently compares well with a plated meal, as there’s no kitchen to hire and nothing to wash up. We’ll send you a quote.
Details that help
Good planning starts with a few facts. Try to include:
- Roughly how many people, including children
- The venue or postcode
- The date and time of the event
- How to get in: gates, lanes and ground
Every quote is worked out for your event. Start with your date, and we will confirm whether we are available that day.
Events we cater in Langley Vale
It needs no kitchen, so it’s at home in car parks, yards and fields where plated meals are hard.
Almost any gathering works with a fish and chip van. People in Langley Vale book the van for occasions like:
- Staff thank-you lunches
- Wakes and gatherings after a funeral
- Village fêtes and school fairs
- Weddings and evening receptions
Thinking of using Ashtead Park? Parks typically need the owner’s permission, frequently the council’s, before a catering van can park or trade.
What your quote should include
- The minimum number of meals or minimum spend
- Payment terms and deposit
- The service time, and the cost of running over
- What they can offer for dietary needs
A chip van compared with other options
Compared with a hog roast, a chip van offers fish, sausages and pies rather than one dish, which helps if some guests don’t eat pork. Fish and chip van prices depend on the booking. A one-hour staff lunch is a different job from serving all afternoon at a fête. We set everything out in your quote.
Why us?
- Nothing for you to cook or clear
- The classic sides: peas, curry sauce and gravy
- We cover Langley Vale and the whole of Surrey
- A menu almost everyone likes
Take a look at our pricing and what a fish and chip van costs.
The menu, dish by dish
Pie and chips
For a heartier option, there’s pie and chips, perfect with gravy.
Gravy
A pot of gravy turns chips into comfort food, especially in winter.
Bringing the van to Langley Vale
Langley Vale is about 2 miles east of Ashtead, in Surrey. Bookings in Langley Vale come in all shapes and sizes, but it always starts the same way: somewhere to park, a time to serve and fresh frying. Langley Vale is one of 395 towns and villages in Surrey we cover. Our nearest city page is Guildford, about 14 miles away.
Among the historic houses close to Langley Vale are Fitznells Manor (3.2 miles north) and Nonsuch Mansion (3.9 miles north-east). Estates like these tend to have strict rules for vans, so check before you book. If you are organising a summer fair for a school like The Vale Primary School, a chip van is a crowd-pleaser. Langley Vale is within about 5 miles of the Surrey Hills National Landscape. Ask your venue about vehicle access.
This part of Surrey takes in KT18. We can serve an event on streets such as Grosvenor Road, Harding Road and Rosebery Road, as long as there is somewhere for the van. Nearby, we also serve events in Tattenham Corner (1 mile east), Great Burgh (1 mile east), Epsom Downs (1 mile north-east), Burgh Heath (2 miles east) and Epsom (2 miles north). Further out, we also take the van to Guildford (14 miles west), Woking (13 miles west), Horley (10 miles south-east), Redhill (6 miles south-east), Ewell (3 miles north) and Egham (15 miles north-west).
Nearby you’ll also find Headley Court (1.1 miles south-west) and Walton on the Hill (1.8 miles south). Within reach you will find Cuddington Meadows and Colley Hill.
- Schools near Langley Vale include Rosebery School (1.7 miles north)
- Nearby, you’ll find Derby Arms (0.7 miles north-east)
Can’t we just order from the chip shop?
Not sure whether to order in or book a van? Consider your numbers and how fresh you want it. We are happy to send a quote so you can compare.
Some hosts try a takeaway order. Large orders are slow, and the food cools in the bags. A van solves that by cooking on site.
How the day works
It is a relaxed, well-organised set-up. We agree arrival and serving times in advance, park on the agreed spot, and get on with frying and serving. In Langley Vale, the sun sets at about 9:20pm in late June and about 7:05pm in late September, so summer evening service is normally in daylight. For winter events, when it’s dark by about 3:55pm, the van and the queue need lighting.
- First, the plan: what, where and what time.
- We come back with availability and a clear price.
- The van’s spot is fixed in advance, and how it gets in.
- Batter, fish and chips all go into the fryer as people come up.
- We leave the spot as we found it.
Preparing for the day
- Share the timings for the day
- Let us know who to talk to on the day
- Think about a gazebo by the van in case of rain
Ask for a quote
To get a price, fill in our quote form. Give us the details of your event, and we’ll come back with availability and a quote.
Planning help
- 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