Fish and Chip Van Hire in Spalding

The Hungry Plaice provide two super cool retro vintage fish and chip vans for hire called Betty and Beryl both aged over 35 years young. From these unique food vans, they serve delicious, freshly fried and tasty hand-battered fish and chips at weddings, private and corporate events. Here they share some really useful advice on choosing a similar supplier to ensure success at your event!

What do you need to know from an organiser in order to provide a comprehensive quote?

We now only cater at prepaid events and in order for us to provide a quote we would need details of the event, date and time, location including post code, the estimated number of guests and finally the budget that you have.

What advice would you give to a customer looking to hire a provider in your area of work?

Every mobile caterer should be registered with their local council and have had a food hygiene inspection so you can be assured of their quality standards, they should also have public liability insurance, risk assessments and at least level 2 food safety certification.
Look at the setup, the food offered, the service and whether you will be charged setup/travel fees or any extras for sides or condiments.
Consider what sort of look are you going for, do you want a modern or vintage looking van or trailer or would a gazebo be more suitable? Does this fit in with the theme you have in mind for your event?
Get a good look at the food – check out the mobile caterer’s Add to Event profile, their own website and social media, if you are not sure just ask for more photos so you can make an informed choice, event and wedding food is so vital so invest a bit of time getting this part right.
Check that your guests can be served in the time you require and overcome any doubt by researching your mobile caterer, check their reviews and see what past clients have said and ask questions if you need to.

Please tell us a little bit about how and why you started the business.

Running our own business was once just a dream, it was always something we wanted to do but then life took over. The opportunity arose when we were made redundant from our jobs and we have never looked back! It has changed our lives and it is amazing to travel around and cater to so many events meeting so many lovely people!

Please tell us about a booking you've had through Add to Event, how did it go? Would you recommend us to others?

We have catered at a large number of events through Add to Event, from weddings to corporate events and parties to large scale public events so it is hard to pick just one! We have had great success from our bookings through Add to Event and in some cases, this has led to further bookings from the same client!

We receive emails when a request is made by a client which fits our criteria and the layout of the client requests make it easy to understand exactly what clients are looking for, we can quickly quote those that are suitable and archive those which are not.

Using Add to Event we can tailor our quotes for the client making the request, this is so easy if you are using templates and you can easily reply from your phone.

Add to Event gives us the opportunity to gain access to customers in our target market which we may not otherwise have.

We always highly recommend Add to Event as a lead generation platform. It stands out from others on the market both for clients looking for event suppliers and suppliers looking for work.