FAQs

Our on-location catering service is our full production catering setup, designed to cover everything your cast and crew need throughout the shoot day. This can include breakfast, lunch, dinner, craft services, barista coffee, fresh juices, snacks and sweet treats, all served from our silver Airstream, vintage Ambulance coffee van, or from your own on-site kitchen facilities.

Our hot box catering service provides the same thoughtful, chef-led food, but packaged for efficient delivery and easy service on location. Meals are prepared fresh off-site, packed to travel well and delivered hot (or cold where needed) directly to your shoot location for simple grab-and-go catering.

Hot Rocket is chef-led, with a Michelin-experienced chef at the helm, so quality ingredients and bold flavours are always at the heart of what we do.

Think restaurant-quality food, but designed for production life – generous, flavour-led meals served with friendly, reliable service. We care about great coffee, proper ingredients and creating food that people genuinely look forward to eating on set.

We’re relaxed, approachable and experienced working alongside production teams, which is why a lot of our work comes through repeat bookings and recommendations.

Absolutely.

Alongside our full catering services, we also offer standalone barista coffee and/or craft services for productions, shoots and events.

Our converted vintage Ambulance coffee van serves speciality espresso-based drinks, teas, chai, matcha and hot chocolate, alongside pastries, sweet treats and snacks if required.

Whether you need all-day coffee service for a film crew or simply want to upgrade the standard production coffee setup, we can tailor the service around your shoot. Standalone coffee pricing and fee sheets are available within our sample menus.

We’re big on proper breakfasts, hearty lunches, comforting dinners and fresh, flavour-led food designed to keep crews fuelled throughout the day.

Breakfast options range from bacon rolls, breakfast ciabattas and full cooked breakfasts through to lighter continental options including granola bowls, fresh fruit, yoghurt and pastries.

Lunch and dinner menus focus on bold flavours, balanced meals and generous portions, with meat, fish, vegetarian and vegan options available daily. Vegan catering is never treated as an afterthought – we put just as much care into plant-based dishes as everything else on the menu.

Afternoon tea and craft services are designed to keep crews going between setups, with hot sandwiches, savoury snacks, homemade cakes, brownies, pastries and sweet treats available throughout the day.

Our craft services are designed to keep cast and crew fuelled throughout the shoot day with a mix of drinks, snacks, pastries and grazing options.

Craft setups can include speciality barista coffee, tea, chai, matcha, hot chocolate, fresh juices, soft drinks and iced drinks, alongside savoury options such as pastries, sausage rolls, scotch eggs, cheese boards, crisps and snacks.

For something sweet, we also offer fresh pastries, brownies, cookies, cakes, chocolate and snack bars – all designed for easy grab-and-go catering on busy sets.

Yes – we provide everything needed for service, including cutlery, cups, napkins and serving essentials, so your crew can simply grab their food and go.

Yes – we regularly cater for early call times, overnight shoots and long production days. We understand the realities of production schedules and can tailor catering timings around your shoot requirements.

We cater for both small creative crews and large-scale film and TV productions. Whether you’re feeding 20 people or several hundred cast and crew members across a multi-day shoot, we can tailor the setup accordingly.

Absolutely. We can provide overnight catering, late dinners, craft services and coffee setups for productions working overnight or across unusual filming hours.

Yes – we regularly cater for vegan, vegetarian, dairy-free and gluten-free dietary requirements, alongside other specific allergies or crew dietary needs. We believe dietary catering should feel just as exciting and flavourful as the rest of the menu.

Yes – alongside our mobile catering setups, we can also work from existing studio kitchens, production kitchens or on-site catering spaces where preferred.

Yes – we regularly provide production catering across London, Cambridge and throughout the UK for film, TV, commercial and media productions.

The earlier the better, especially during busy production periods, but we understand shoots can move quickly. If you have last-minute requirements, it’s always worth getting in touch, and we’ll do our best to accommodate.

Absolutely. We regularly provide catering for commercial productions, advertising shoots, branded content and creative campaigns, alongside film and TV productions.

Yes – our hot box catering service provides freshly prepared meals delivered directly to your location, ready for efficient crew service on set.

We offer competitive rates, and bespoke package. Take a look at our sample menus and fee sheets, here.

Drop us a message through our contact form here, email us on hello@hot-rocket.com or call: +44 7547 393371