Wedding guide
Evening wedding food ideas your guests will love
Hot food in the evening keeps the celebrations going. Here are the evening food ideas that work best from a food van, with tips on timing, numbers and dietary needs.
Evening food
Why hot evening food works
By the evening, your guests have been celebrating for hours. A hot, freshly cooked meal gives everyone a lift and keeps the party going.
Guests come to the van, choose their meal and receive it hot, so nobody is handed food that has gone cold. You choose one menu and your guests choose their own meal from it on the day.
Idea 1
A fish and chip supper
The classic. Footlong fish fresh from Grimsby, cooked in crispy batter at your venue and served with chips and a choice of peas, curry or gravy.
Sausage, fishcake, a vegetarian Cheese and Onion Fry It, chicken nuggets and burgers give everyone a choice. See the fish and chip menu.
Idea 2
Loaded fries
Wedding street food. Crispy fries finished with melted cheese and a choice of 3 toppings from Thai Sweet Chilli Chicken, Bacon and Nacho Cheese, 3 Bean Chilli, Katsu Chicken Curry and Maple and Bourbon BBQ Chicken.
Loaded fries are quick to serve and easy to eat standing up. See the loaded fries menu.
Idea 3
Gourmet burgers
Steak, chicken breast fillet or veggie burgers with a choice of toppings, served with salad, fries and homemade onion rings.
Numbers
How many evening guests should we cater for?
We cater for all of your guests at £12 per person for Option 1 or Option 3 and £10 per person for Option 2. A £50 booking fee secures the date and a £650 minimum spend applies on the day. As a guide, the minimum spend covers about 55 guests on Option 1 or Option 3 and about 65 guests on Option 2.
A full portion is a filling meal for an adult, as our footlong fish shows. Guests are welcome to come back for seconds until all the meals you have booked have been served.
Timing
When should evening food be served?
Tell us when you would like to serve and we will plan around your day. We arrive 45 minutes to an hour before service to set up and start cooking.
Service usually runs for 1 to 2 hours, depending on your numbers. We regularly serve more than 150 guests an hour, so everyone is fed quickly.
Dietary needs
Feeding everyone
Our veggie burger is suitable for vegans and all our sauces are vegetarian. Our mushy peas are vegan. Our Cheese and Onion Fry It is vegetarian. Our delicious 3 Bean Chilli is vegan when served without the cheese and soured cream. Our chicken, steak and fish options are Halal.
Children who would rather not have the toppings can have chicken nuggets and chips with Option 1 or popcorn chicken and fries with Option 2. Please contact us for any further allergen or dietary requirements.
Tips
Little things that help
- Let your guests know when the food is ready, so nobody misses out.
- Plan a space for the van close to your venue, so guests can come out in small groups and stay dry if it rains.
- Put bins near the van for the trays, cutlery and sachets. Our trays are recyclable and our wooden knives and forks are compostable.
- Check that your venue welcomes outside caterers.
Wedding reviews
What couples say
Quality★★★★★Communication★★★★★Value★★★★★
We loved the idea of fish n chips for our wedding catering and they were super efficient for our 140 guests! They were super fast and it was the highlight of our wedding! 100% recommended.
Althea H, Wedding, The Engine Room, Birmingham, November 2025
Quality★★★★★Communication★★★★★Value★★★★★
We used OceanView for my daughter’s wedding. The food was amazing and we’ve had lots of feedback from others who said the same. Extremely good value for money too.
Sharon H, Wedding, Tamworth, May 2023
Questions
Evening food questions
Can you cater our wedding breakfast?
Yes. We can serve your wedding breakfast or your evening food. Tell us your timings when you enquire.
Do our guests need to pre-order?
Usually not. Guests choose at the hatch on the day, which keeps things simple for you. You are also welcome to limit the choice to a few favourites from your menu.
Do you sell drinks?
Most venues sell their own drinks. If you do need us to bring them, we can supply bottled water or cans of pop at £1 each. This must be arranged in advance.
Reviews
What couples say about evening food
Recommended on Facebook98% of our 50 Facebook reviewers recommend us
Jon H recommends OceanView CateringJune 2019 · Facebook
Thank you Jo & Chris for providing the food for our evening guests at our wedding at Cromford Mill. They were really helpful and friendly when we were planning catering for our wedding and on the night itself they were fantastic and the food was great – all our guests loved the fish & chips. We would definitely recommend OceanView Catering to anyone wanting to book a fish & chip van for any wedding or other event.
Natasha C recommends OceanView CateringSeptember 2022 · Facebook
Beautiful food from fish and chip van which was our evening food at our wedding on Saturday, all guests commented on friendly staff and beautiful food so thank you. Highly recommended 5*
Hayley W reviewed OceanView CateringAugust 2019 · Facebook
OceanView Catering joined us at our wedding on Saturday. They were fantastic and all our guests enjoyed their evening meals… We would highly recommend them!
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Call or text Jacqui 07922466350Call or text Jo 07922040994Email oceanviewcatering.co.uk@gmail.com