Most film and TV crews are given two main meals on a standard shooting day: a hot breakfast before the unit call and a hot lunch around the middle of the day. When the day runs long, or the shoot moves into the night, a second meal is added. Hot drinks and snacks fill the [...]
Night shift workers can get the same hot food as day staff if your site uses a self-sufficient mobile canteen that operates around the clock. Service is timed to the main night break, the unit is positioned safely away from yard traffic, and staff get a proper meal instead of relying on vending machines. On [...]
When shoots stack up towards the end of the year, the safest approach to location catering is to confirm dates early, hold provisional bookings for likely extras and work with a caterer who can scale up quickly. A provider with a fleet that can deploy at short notice keeps you covered when schedules overlap. The [...]
Lunchtime take-up at a workplace canteen often dips once the clocks go back, because staff stay at their desks rather than step out into the cold. You can keep numbers up by putting the canteen close to the door, cutting queue times, serving hot, filling food and adjusting service to match how people actually work [...]
The most reliable way to keep catering costs predictable on a long-running production is to book one caterer for the full shoot, on an agreed basis, rather than sourcing catering block by block. A single contract catering partner means one set of terms, consistent planning assumptions and far fewer surprises in the cost report. On [...]
A Bonfire Night event for staff or clients works best with hot, hearty food served from a self-sufficient catering unit, positioned well away from the bonfire and fireworks but close to where guests gather. Serve before the display starts, keep the queue moving and give people something warm to hold in the cold. Bonfire Night [...]
Prosthetics and SFX-heavy days need a catering plan built around the make-up department's schedule, not just the unit call. Performers in prosthetics often need to eat before application or in a narrow window afterwards, so breakfast has to open earlier and the menu needs options that are easy and tidy to eat. Autumn brings its [...]
The simplest way to get people to a Halloween event at work is to make the food the main attraction. A hot street food lunch on site, served on the Thursday or Friday before Halloween, draws a far bigger crowd than fancy dress or office games, because everyone eats and nobody has to perform. Halloween [...]
The most important questions to ask a TV and film caterer are whether they're fully self-sufficient, how many people they can feed in a single meal window, what compliance paperwork they provide and how they cope when the call sheet changes. Clear answers to those four will quickly separate production-ready caterers from general event vendors. [...]
The best time to book catering for an office Christmas party is early autumn, ideally by the end of October for a December date. Thursday and Friday evenings in the first three weeks of December are the first to go, so booking now gives you the widest choice of dates, menus and set-up options. If [...]
