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Funeral and Wake Catering in Shellingford
Funeral and wake catering in Shellingford: fish and chips cooked fresh in the van, and served hot from the hatch.
- Memorial gatherings
- Remembering a loved one’s favourite food
- Family meals after the service
Planning an event in Shellingford?
What happens on the day
Nothing gathers a crowd like the smell of fish and chips. Each piece of fish is battered and fried to order, with chips cooked in batches as the queue moves. In summer, a wake in Shellingford has light until about 9:30pm, while winter afternoons darken by about 4:00pm, so plan lighting near the door.
- You, or your funeral director, tell us the date, the place and rough numbers.
- You get an access check and a quote, without fuss.
- We plan a flexible serving time around the service.
- We serve calmly from the hatch when everyone is ready.
- Afterwards we pack up quietly and leave the spot tidy.
How to prepare
- Leave room in front of the hatch for a queue
- Give us your final numbers and allergies
- Choose a level, firm spot for the van
How to get a price
Planning fish and chips for the wake in Shellingford? Send us the details and we’ll reply with a clear price. Just use our quote form.
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Funeral and wake catering for your wake in Shellingford
The wake can be at home, at a village hall or club, or at a venue with space outside. On the menu are mushy peas, haddock and chips and gravy, and we’re regularly asked to cater gatherings at a village hall or club and anniversary memorials.
For a wake near Shellingford, a farmhouse or village hall frequently works well. Every portion is cooked to order on the day, not cooked earlier and kept warm, and served the moment it comes out of the fryer.
- Where
- Shellingford (SN7)
- Area hub
- Oxfordshire
- On the menu
- Fish and chips, sausages, pies
- Extras
- Curry sauce, mushy peas and gravy
- Quotes
- Ask us for a quote
- Last updated
- 24 October 2026
Also in Shellingford
Shellingford: your questions answered
Can you serve after a service at Church of St Faith?
Yes, at a nearby hall, home or venue with somewhere for the van. Churches rarely have space for a catering van, so the food is generally elsewhere. Send us the address.
Is Shellingford close to London?
Roughly 63 miles from the centre of London, and well within our area.
What does it cost to hire the van?
Every booking is quoted individually, based on your numbers and timings. Give us your date, numbers and serving time for a clear quote.
How quickly can you come?
Contact us as soon as you can. We’ll let you know quickly.
Can you come to the house?
Yes, with a suitable spot for the van.
How fast is service?
That depends on numbers, menu and timing. Tell us your numbers and how long you have for food, and we’ll plan to keep the queue moving.
Where do you take the van?
London and the South East: Kent, Surrey, East and West Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Bucks, Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight.
Do you take everything away?
We take the van and everything with it, and leave the spot tidy. It helps to have bins near the hatch.
The menu, dish by dish
Gravy
In the north and the Midlands, gravy is the side of choice, and it’s lovely with a pie.
Cod and chips
Cod has big, soft white flakes and a mild flavour, and it’s the favourite in much of the south. We batter it and fry it to order.
Events we cater in Shellingford
It can be a fitting tribute.
If you are planning any of these, we can help:
- Wakes at a pub or venue with outside space
- Family meals after the service
- Celebrations of life
- Wakes at home
For a service at a church like Church of St Faith, choosing a wake venue nearby helps older guests.
What your quote should include
- The service time, and the cost of running over
- Whether VAT is included
- The minimum number of meals or minimum spend
- The deadline for final numbers
Allergies and dietary needs
A little planning helps everyone eat safely. Here are a few tips:
- Name a contact for the day who is not close family
- Ask the venue about the van
- Ensure older relatives can sit
- Allow a little extra
Afterwards, we leave quietly.
A tea table run by a friend is a comfort.
Prices and what affects them
Every booking is priced individually, based on a few main things:
- The length of service
- How easy the site is to reach
- Your choice of menu
- Distance and any road charges
A chip van frequently compares well with a plated meal, as there’s no kitchen to hire and nothing to wash up. Ask us for a quote.
Getting an accurate quote
The more we know about your wake, the better we can plan. Please include:
- How to get in: gates, lanes and ground
- Where the van would park
- A picture of where the van would go
- Where the event is
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote: where the van would park, how to get in, numbers and timings. Photos of the spot and the way in help. To send your details, send us your details through our quote form.
For event organisers in Shellingford
For big groups, the service window matters, so we can plan how to keep the queue short. Staggering groups helps a lot.
Parks, greens and streets generally need permission for a catering van. The council or landowner will tell you what they need.
Takeaway run or book a van?
Ordering in from a local chip shop is an option. Large orders are slow, and the food cools in the bags. A van cooks in front of your guests instead.
DIY food keeps costs down, but the host spends the event serving. Booking the van means hot food and no stress.
Is a fish and chip van right for your wake?
Next to a buffet, a van gives everyone a hot meal, which helps when numbers are hard to predict. Comparing vans? Look at what each quote includes: service time, menu, travel, any minimum and VAT. Our quotes spell it all out.
What you get with us
- Fish and chips fried fresh on site
- Hot food handed straight over
- Classic food your guests already know
- Nothing for you to cook or clear
Wake catering near Shellingford
Shellingford is about 6 miles north-west of Wantage, in Oxfordshire. For wakes in Shellingford, we can park on a drive, a car park, a yard or firm, dry grass. We cover all 443 towns and villages in Oxfordshire, from the larger towns to small villages. We serve events right across the region, from Shellingford to Oxford (about 15 miles away).
We take the van to wakes all over the SN7 postcode area and the streets around it. Local streets include Church Street and Fernham Road; a wake on any of them works well with a drive or nearby car park. If your venue is just outside Shellingford, we also cover Stanford in the Vale (1 mile east), Hatford (2 miles north-east), Baulking (2 miles south), Bow (2 miles east) and Fernham (2 miles south-west). We also serve nearby towns such as Oxford (15 miles north-east), Didcot (13 miles east), Abingdon-on-Thames (11 miles east), Witney (10 miles north), Carterton (9 miles north) and Wantage (6 miles south-east).
Well-known places in the area include Faringdon Castle (1.9 miles north-west) and Faringdon Museum (2.2 miles north-west). Green spaces nearby include Badbury Hill.
- Local schools include Faringdon Community College (2.2 miles west)
- 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