Vintage Food Vans in England

Hector & Harriet’s spectacular Retro Style Carts and Vintage Wagons come with exquisite setups and provide artisan blended coffee to freshly made mini gourmet doughnuts or perhaps you could try their Prosecco Cocktail Bar. Here they also provide some insight into how to get the best provider for your occasion.

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

Ideally, we would like to find out exactly where and when the event is taking place, as well as the number of guests who will be attending this event. Although the event may only be held for 1 day, depending on the type and location of the event this may require us multiple days in order to attend, e.g. the day before the event for setting up and the day after the event for leaving. Milage is another key factor that needs to be taken into account, we need to ask ourselves is this feasible? We also would like to know precisely what it is the organiser is wanting us to provide for us to take in to account all the little added extra's when providing a comprehensive quote.

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

Find out exactly what the provider is able to offer you and how this will fit into your event. It is important to know how fitting the provider can be to your event, so ask questions about tailoring to your event. Also, it is beneficial to find out how many staff will attend the event and if the staff are professionally trained as you will be able to gauge how professional the providers are. It is important to check the provider's social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram, to see exactly where they have previously catered and how successful this was, you can find this out by looking at images, comments and reviews.

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

For over the past 25 years, our family have been heavily involved in a catering background where we branched in to retail and festival environments, but have found ourselves gravitating back to where we originated; in catering and hospitality. We strongly believe this is due to our passion and drive for providing exceptional quality and service to our clientele. We seen potential in the market for a high quality artisan food and drinks brand and so we focused our attention on the finer details, including creating very unique looking units with close attention to presentation as well as providing high quality food and drinks and a remarkable service.

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

We proudly catered to St Andrews University end of term Charity May Ball. This event had over 2000 guests attending where we provided quality artisan coffees, a selection of Espresso Martinis as well as freshly made French Crepes and Belgian Waffles with various scrumptious toppings. From the feedback we received on the evening of the event from guests we would say that it went extremely well! We were commended on our produce, presentation and overall service. Our Espresso Martinis were a massive hit with guests. As Hector & Harriet provide a range of food and drink services, it has proved to be a beneficial platform to be able to offer clientele exactly what they would like by tailoring our services to suit. We do our best to mention Add to Event to our suppliers. We would highly recommend Add to Event to other users as we are more than happy with the service it provides.