Fish and chip van - is this rude?

Absolutely that in this scenario yes. But after all the faff in you supplying the sauces and then keeping them hot and then cleaning up the pots after, for the sake of a quid each you may be better off taking up the chippy on their offer, and then you could just supply the extras like tomato sauce, mayonnaise, lemon quarters if you want to be posh.?

And maybe also have your own salt and pepper station inside and that should speed the queue up at the van

I think pay the extra £1 then you havent got to worry about set up/clearing away etc. Obviously depends on your budget but by the time you pay for he extras yourself it probably wouldn't be too different?

To make life easier I think I'd just pay the £1 per person as I can't imagine buying things yourself being much cheaper than that - plus you'll have to sort out heating things up and putting them out, whereas if you pay the extra £1 pp he can sort this out for you. If you do decide to provide your own I don't think it's rude at all!

Totally agree. Fish and chips are yummy

Don't think it's rude at all.

I second the views of other posters though- how much money would you be saving doing it this way, compared to paying the extra pound per person? By the time you think about getting the big heaters to keep sauces warm, you might end up paying the same, then have extra faff.

Also (and not sure if this is something you'd need to think about) but if serving food yourself, are there not health and safety things to consider like how long the food is kept warm for, correct temperatures etc...?

Might be worth considering.

Not rude and super yummy but I agree pay the quid and save the faff. That way it's all hot and you can enjoy your party.

Love the idea of fish and chips - it's making me hungry!!!

Agree with the comments here - just wondering if you are doing a veggie option? What is the veggie alternative to fish and chips I wonder??

Nothing wrong with fish and chips, but would really consider the extra £1. Means you get to leave, and not worry about trying to bring home 3kg of mushy peas and wonder how to use them, or give them as a doggy bags.

I agree with everyone else. I'd rather get all my food in one place while it's hot and not have to queue twice. Plus it saves you a lot of hassle for probably very little cost saving in the end.

That would be chips?

I personally don't think its rude, we had paella and they did an amazing roast pepper salad but we put a green salad inside too mainly as it was £1.50 per person for green salad, ok not alot but when you add it up for 120 guests then it's nearly £200! It cost us £12 from costco for bags of salad which were put into bowls.

I think if you get rolls, ketchup, mushy peas etc for £1 extra per person then its probably reasonable but if its per item then I would look at doing it yourself.

Chippy butty?

im a veggie and you cant beat a chip butty, its the best food ever but make sure there something to go on it curry, garlic, bbq sauce or cheese or beens ?

there is a 'fad' at the minute ive seen at a lot of places for 'veggie' fish and chips (cheese fried in batter like fish) but I have no great urge to try it, ill stick to my chips

Yes how about you do the ColD stuff and chip man does all the hot stuff? Ooo chip butty. Yum.

Thank you everyone for your replies!

The £1 was per item per person, so if someone wanted curry sauce and mushy peas it would add £2 on - but I hadn't thought about how i was going to keep all the extras warm so it will probably just be easier to get them from him - going to go meet him on friday for a taste test (YUM!) but we've actually tried them before hahaha - who would turn up the offer for a free taste though?

As for the veggie options, he's actually given us a load of different options, like cheese and onion fryits, veggie spring rolls, obviously fish and chips, jumbo sausage, chicken nuggets and a range of burgers and things like that, but will have to get people to rsvp with what they'd like so he can make sure he has enough of each item

It's 5.90 ph which we thought was more than reasonable, so i suppose even with the extra pound or two, it's still cheap right?

Just a note, and your supplier is probably already aware of it, but he'll need to make sure that the vegetarian option and chips aren't cooked in the same oil as the fish, sausages etc. It sounds really obvious, but you'd be surprised how many places don't know.