Hampshire · England
Fish and chip van hire in Oakridge, Hampshire
Looking for a fish and chip van in Oakridge? The van comes to your venue, home or workplace and fry fresh while your guests queue at the hatch.
- Evening wedding food
- Company team days
- Care home visits
Fresh fish and chips in Oakridge
Food your guests will love
Pie and chips
A pie and chips is proper comfort food, and it is a favourite in colder months.
Sausage and chips
A sausage and chips is the chip-shop classic for younger guests and fish-dodgers.
Fish and chip van hire for your event in Oakridge
Few meals are as universally loved as fish and chips. That is why a van works for so many kinds of event. Popular choices include mushy peas, haddock and chips and cod and chips, and we’re often booked for gatherings after a funeral and summer garden parties.
A place like Oakridge frequently has a hall, a club or a pub car park nearby; any can work for the van, with the owner’s agreement. The menu is short on purpose: fewer choices means fresher food and shorter queues.
What affects the price in Oakridge
Your quote will be clear. What affects it most:
- Whether a minimum applies
- Your choice of menu
- Access and parking
- The number of meals
Travel, tolls and charges such as ULEZ can affect the price, so it helps to give us the postcode.
What to tell us
The more we know about your event, the better we can plan. Try to include:
- Any dietary needs and allergies
- How to get in: gates, lanes and ground
- Your date and serving time
- Where the event is
Each quote is put together for your event. Give us your date first, and we’ll confirm whether we are available that day.
Working with your venue
If you are planning an event on someone’s behalf, such as a wedding planner, an office manager or a fête committee, we are happy to deal with you and the venue directly. It saves passing messages back and forth.
If you run the same event each year, tell us your dates early, so we can hold the date.
DIY versus a fish and chip van
Weighing up a takeaway order against booking a van? Consider your numbers and how fresh you want it. Ask us for a quote and compare.
Deep-frying for lots of people at home is risky: hot oil and a busy party are a bad combination. A van is designed for exactly this.
Allergies and dietary needs
Good planning keeps every guest safe and happy. Here’s how:
- Let us know if anyone has coeliac disease
- Collect allergies with your RSVPs
- Put allergy details in writing
- Plan bins near the queue
The fryers take a little while to heat, so we get there in good time. If plans change, tell us and we’ll adjust.
Bunting or festoon lights around the van make it part of the decorations.
Also near Oakridge
What else we do in Oakridge
Occasions we serve in Oakridge
People book a chip van because it’s food and a bit of fun at once. The van becomes a focal point, and the food is hot and plentiful.
In Oakridge and nearby, the van turns up at all sorts of events. Popular bookings include:
- Wakes and celebrations of life
- Community events and fairs
- Fish and chip days at care homes
- Garden get-togethers
Churches such as Ruins Of Chapel Of The Holy Trinity rarely have room for a van, but a hall or home close by typically does.
Comparing caterers
- When final numbers are due
- Whether there’s a minimum
- VAT, if it applies
- What the price includes, item by item
A fish and chip van in Oakridge: local details
Oakridge is about 1 mile north-east of Basingstoke, in Hampshire. We serve events at homes, halls, workplaces and venues in Oakridge. Oakridge is one of 683 places in Hampshire we cover. Our bookings stretch from Oakridge to Reading (13 miles away).
Within reach of Oakridge are historic houses such as The Vyne (2.6 miles north). Estates like these tend to have strict rules for vans, so check before booking. If guests are travelling by rail, Basingstoke station is in Oakridge itself.
For events in RG21 and RG24, we just need to know where the van can park. Local streets include New Road, Vyne Road and Goat Lane; an event on any of them works well with a drive or nearby car park. Oakridge is on the A3010, so it’s easy for us to reach with the van. Other places close to Oakridge we cover include Eastrop (1 mile south-east), Popley (1 mile north), Viables (1 mile south), Lychpit (2 miles east) and Old Basing (2 miles east). Within a short drive, we also cover Farnborough (14 miles east), Fleet (11 miles east), Aldershot (14 miles east), Alton (10 miles south-east), Yateley (12 miles north-east) and Tadley (6 miles north).
Nearby you will also find Basing House (1.6 miles east) and Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital (1.1 miles north-west). Within reach you’ll find Farleigh Hill and Daneshill Park Woods.
- Schools near Oakridge include Oakridge Junior School (within half a mile north-west) and The Costello School (0.7 miles south-east)
- Local pubs include The Rising Sun pub (within half a mile south-west)
Step by step
On the day, we park up on the agreed spot, set up and heat the fryers. Then everything is fried to order, so we time it to your schedule. Planning an evening event in Oakridge? Sunset is around 8:55pm in late May, 9:25pm at midsummer and 7:10pm in late September; after dark, the queue and the path to the van need good lighting.
- First, tell us about your event.
- You get an availability check and a clear quote.
- We agree timings, access and the parking spot.
- On the day, we park up and fry fresh for your guests.
- We serve from the hatch, then leave the pitch tidy.
Before we arrive
- Get permission for the van from the venue
- Send us final numbers and any allergies in good time
- Ensure the van can get in
Ask for a quote
We only need a few details to quote: date, address, numbers and serving time. You can send us your details through our quote form.
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A fish and chip van or other catering?
Ordering a takeaway for a crowd means long waits and food that cools on the journey. The van cooks right there, so it’s crisp when it’s handed over. Compared with a sit-down meal, a fish and chip van is often good value, because it needs no kitchen and no crockery hire. Ask us for a quote.
Why us?
- Hot food handed straight over
- No kitchen, no crockery, no washing up
- Mushy peas, curry sauce and gravy on the side
- The queue at the hatch gets people talking
See our prices page and the cost guide.
Questions from Oakridge
Is Oakridge close to London?
Roughly 46 miles from the centre of London, and we cover it as standard.
Can the van park in Eastrop Park?
Only with permission from the park’s owner, usually the council. Check with them first, and tell us what they say.
Is a chip van good for a large crowd?
That depends on how many and how quickly. A short menu and staggered groups keep things moving.
How long will the queue be?
A short menu and staggered groups keep things moving. Tell us your timings and we’ll advise.
Can you go on a lawn or field?
It depends on the ground. Let us know what the ground is like, and send a picture if you can.
What if we only have street parking?
Only in a legal space, or with the council’s permission. Check with your council first.
Do you bring everything you need?
Everything is cooked in the van. Tell us about power, water and bins at the site.
Who clears up?
We take the van and everything with it, and leave the spot tidy. It helps to have bins near the hatch.
- 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