Recent production: FFP New Media — Heart Waves / Herzwellen for ZDF German television
Production catering at a glance
What a UPM checks before booking
- Any crew size
- Documentary unit to 60+ daily
- Call → wrap
- Breakfast, lunch, all-day craft
- £10M PLI
- Employer liability + risk assessments
- NCASS · 5★
- Hygiene rating + HSE docs on request
- Quote in 48h
- Priced against your call sheet
- Self-contained
- No mains power or venue kitchen
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Real shoots · not stock
This is the operation on location
Every photo is a real Salt Wind unit base — self-sufficient power and water, hot food served from dawn, feeding full crews across Cornwall & Devon (and further, via local suppliers). What you see is what turns up.
Transparent pricing
Most production caterers make you request a quote before you see a price. We publish ours: from £30 +VAT per head for a full shoot day, based on a unit of around 50.
Every quote is still built around your call sheet — crew size, shoot days, locations and dietary spread — so you start with a real number, not a black box.
Production Tiers
Three ways we cater productions
Every shoot quote is built around the call sheet — crew size, shoot days, locations and dietary spread. The tiers below are how productions tend to book us.
Single-Day
Location Lunch
Quote-based
Single shoot day · hot-boxed delivery
- Hot lunch hot-boxed to set or unit base
- Multiple main options + sides
- All dietary needs clearly labelled
- Cold drinks & hot drinks flasks
- Suits small unit / documentary crews
Full Production Day
Full-Day Production
Quote-based
Call to wrap · mobile kitchen on location
- Hot breakfast service from call time
- Multi-course hot lunch on location
- All-day craft services, constantly restocked
- Afternoon hot food + late-finish cover
- Mobile kitchen — no mains power needed
Multi-Day
Multi-Day Shoot
Quote-based
Block bookings · international crews
- Rolling menus tracked against the call sheet
- Unit base + second-unit drop coordination
- Wrap-party catering optional
- Production-accountant friendly invoicing
- £10M PLI, NCASS, 5-star hygiene docs
All tiers are quote-based — pricing scales with crew size, shoot days, locations and dietary spread. Send a call sheet and we will price against it.
The fast lane
Got a call sheet? Skip the form.
Send your crew size, shoot dates and location — attach the call sheet if you have one — and we will price against it and come back within 48 hours. No 20-field form, no black box.
- Crew size
- Shoot dates
- Location / county
- Dietary spread
Prefer the full form? Production quote request →
Salt Wind Catering provides film and TV catering on set — hot meals for cast and crew across Cornwall, Devon and the South West, from a Redruth base. Recent credits include FFP New Media’s Heart Waves / Herzwellen for ZDF.
For productions needing facilities as well as food, we work alongside JW Film Facilities — honey wagons, green rooms, makeup and costume, power and transport — so catering and full unit-base facilities come from local Cornwall teams.
The problem
Location caterers who can't handle a 6am call, a 60-person dietary sheet, or a scene change that moves lunch 3 hours.
What that costs
Unhappy crew. Slower days. A unit manager fielding complaints instead of doing their job.
Salt Wind's fix
Hot meals to set on your schedule. Dietary sheets handled before day one. One number, one point of contact, no surprises.
What is film and TV crew catering?
Salt Wind Catering feeds cast and crew on location across Cornwall and Devon — hot breakfasts at call time, multi-course lunches, all-day craft service and hot-boxed meals delivered to set. Self-contained mobile kitchens reach remote cliff, beach and moor locations with no mains power or water. With 602+ events catered since 2024 and a 5.0★ rating from 56 reviews, full-day crew catering starts from £30 +VAT per head (based on a unit of around 50), with final pricing tailored per production by quote.
See us feeding crews on location
Unit base, mobile kitchen and crew meals — real photos from Cornwall shoots.
Working alongside our facilities partner JW Film Facilities — Cornwall location vehicles since 1999.
Complete unit base
Catering and facilities, coordinated for Cornwall & Devon
Salt Wind Catering for crew meals; JW Film Facilities for honey wagons, green rooms, makeup, costume and power. Two specialists, one booking.
Complete Unit Base
Catering + facilities, coordinated as one booking.
Explore →Facilities Partner
The full JW Film Facilities fleet — 14+ vehicles.
View fleet →Cornwall Locations
Access notes for Cornwall's most-filmed locations.
Read →Devon Film Catering
On-set catering across Devon and the wider South West.
Explore →Where we cover
On the ground in the South West & South Wales — and everywhere south of the M4
Unit catering travels to set. From our Cornwall base we feed crews across the whole South West and South Wales — with the self-contained mobile kitchen, travel (and accommodation for multi-day shoots) is built into the quote up front.
We cover everything south of a line drawn from London across to South Wales — the M4 corridor and everywhere below it, from Kent and Surrey through Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset, Bristol & Bath and South Wales, down to Devon and Cornwall.
Filming at the far edge of the area — Shepperton, Pinewood, Kent, Sussex or west Wales? We travel to you. The team bases up locally for the run and we source fresh produce, meat and bread through trusted suppliers near your unit base, so the food is made fresh on the day and supply runs stay short. Travel and crew accommodation are costed transparently per shoot and confirmed in writing before you commit.
Areas we cover for film & TV
England: Cornwall · Devon · Somerset · Dorset · Wiltshire · Bristol & Bath · Gloucestershire · Hampshire · Isle of Wight · Berkshire (south of the M4) · Surrey · West Sussex · East Sussex · Kent · Greater London
South Wales: Cardiff · Newport · Swansea & Gower · Vale of Glamorgan · Bridgend · Monmouthshire · Carmarthenshire · Pembrokeshire
Studios in area: The Bottle Yard Studios (Bristol) · Wolf Studios Wales (Cardiff) · Shepperton · Pinewood
Cornwall
Charlestown to the Minack — every location covered.
Devon
Dartmoor, Exmoor, the coast and country houses.
Somerset
Bath, the Mendips, Cheddar and the Levels.
Dorset
The Jurassic Coast, West Bay and Purbeck.
Wiltshire
Lacock, Castle Combe, Longleat, Salisbury Plain.
Bristol & Bath
The Bottle Yard Studios, harbourside, Georgian Bath.
Gloucestershire
The Cotswolds, Gloucester Cathedral, Forest of Dean.
Wales
Cardiff & Swansea studios, Gower, Pembrokeshire, the Beacons.
Cardiff
Wolf Studios Wales, Seren Stiwdios, the Vale.
Swansea & Gower
Bay Studios, Rhossili and the Gower AONB.
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Named Productions
£10M
Public Liability
5★
Hygiene Rating
100%
Dietary Covered
Productions we have fed on set
How do you cater productions filming in Cornwall?
Film schedules change without warning — call times shift, locations move, numbers fluctuate. With named credits from two back-to-back ZDF films (42 shoot days) to Microsoft, Morrisons and Finisterre, scaling a unit base up or down is routine.
Built Around Your Schedule
Early call times, night shoots, last-minute changes — that is the job. Hot food and craft services whenever you need them, on your timetable.
Anywhere in the South West
Moors, clifftops, city sets — our mobile kitchens reach anywhere. Based in Redruth, we cover Cornwall, Devon and the wider South West.
All Dietary Needs Covered
Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, dairy-free — clearly labelled for cast and crew. Send us your dietary sheet and we will handle the rest.
Hot Meals On or Off Site
Individual hot-boxed meals delivered to set, or our mobile kitchen set up on location. Whichever suits the production, we can do it.
International Productions Welcome
Salt Wind Catering is experienced in catering for international film crews working in Cornwall, including German television productions. We understand the logistics, the dietary variety, and the pace of location filming.
Rosamunde Pilcher · ZDF · 2026
- 2
- back-to-back ZDF feature films
- 42
- shoot days catered, every day
- 14
- named Cornwall locations
- 60
- cast & crew fed at peak
Booked for both 2026 Rosamunde Pilcher films for ZDF — every day of both shoots catered on location, cast and crew dietary requirements managed by name from breakfast to wrap. Read the case study →
Recent Productions Filmed in Cornwall
Salt Wind Catering has provided on-set film crew catering for FFP New Media’s Heart Waves / Herzwellen production, filming across Cornwall for ZDF German television. We know how location productions work in Cornwall — early call times, remote locations, tight schedules, and the dietary variety that comes with a full cast and crew.
If your production is filming in Cornwall, Devon or the wider South West, get in touch. We will have a quote back to you within 48 hours.
What meals and craft service do you provide on set?
A full shoot day — from £30 +VAT per head, based on a unit of around 50 — runs from call-time breakfast through to wrap:
Hot Meals for Cast & Crew
- Hot breakfasts and fresh pastries from call time
- Hot lunches and dinners — multi-course where needed
- Seasonal ingredients from Cornish suppliers
All-Day Craft Services
The all-day craft station — maintained and restocked throughout the shoot.
- Premium filter coffee and tea station
- Fresh fruit, healthy snacks, and indulgent treats
- Constantly restocked and maintained by our team
Filming in the South West? Why a caterer on the ground beats trucking it in
Productions filming in Cornwall and Devon have a choice: book a caterer already on the ground in the South West, or travel one in from out of region. Based in Redruth and fully self-contained — gas, charcoal, generators, water, waste and refrigeration — we reach remote clifftops, moorland, woodland and beach shoots with no mains power or venue kitchen needed. Crews also book us for corporate working lunches in pre-production and charcoal BBQ catering for wrap parties. Here is how being on the ground compares.
| Salt Wind Catering on the ground in the South-West | A nationwide caterer travelling in | |
|---|---|---|
| Response & lead time | Local team, quote usually back within 48 hours; short-notice and last-minute schedule changes absorbed without a regional mobilisation. | Longer lead times; mobilising crew and kit across the country makes short-notice changes harder and costlier. |
| Knowledge of Cornish locations | First-hand knowledge of cliffs, beaches, moors, tides and access roads — we already know which lanes a unit base fits down and where the tide cuts a beach off. | Learning the locations on the day — access, tides and remote-site logistics are unfamiliar. |
| Travel cost & carbon | Based in Redruth — short runs to set keep travel cost and road miles down, which helps your production carbon report. | Long-haul travel and accommodation add to the budget and to the production's carbon footprint. |
| Setup on remote / no-power sites | Self-contained mobile kitchens reach remote cliff, beach and moor locations with no mains power or water — gas, generators, refrigeration, water and waste all carried. | Often reliant on venue power or mains hook-up; remote no-power sites can fall outside what a travelling kitchen is set up for. |
Production sustainability
Is your crew caterer genuinely sustainable?
Productions reporting against BAFTA albert need real numbers, not greenwash. Salt Wind Catering is an albert-aligned supplier: our kitchen is all-electric, run from an air-source heat pump, with no gas in the building. Food is made to order to cut waste, and packaging is compostable.
albert certifies productions, not caterers — so what you actually need from us is data you can report. We give you a per-event sustainability statement (PDF) listing the suppliers used, the packaging composition, the vehicle movement and our made-to-order policy — the supplier detail your production coordinator drops straight into albert's carbon footprint calculator. Ask for it on your quote request.
The supply chain is named and Cornish — bread from Prima Bakeries, meat from RJ Trevarthen, dairy and fish from Westcountry Food, and produce from Continental Fruit & Veg. Short local supply runs keep food miles and carbon down. More on our sourcing, energy and waste practices on our sustainability page.
Film & TV Catering Across Cornwall & Devon
Self-contained mobile kitchens reaching every town and remote location across Cornwall, Devon and the wider South West.
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- Bodmin
- Bude
- Callington
- Camborne
- Charlestown
- Falmouth
- Fowey
- Hayle
- Helston
- Launceston
- Liskeard
- Looe
- Marazion
- Mullion
- Newquay
- Padstow
- Par & St Blazey
- Penzance
- Penryn
- Perranporth
- Pool & Illogan
- Porthleven
- Redruth
- Rock & Polzeath
- The Roseland
- Saltash
- St Agnes
- St Austell
- St Ives
- Tintagel
- Torpoint
- Truro
- Wadebridge
- Carbis Bay
- Mawgan Porth
- Mevagissey
- Polperro
- Praa Sands
“Just returned from my wifes 50th birthday party and the caterers were superb. Salt Wind Catering provided top quality food and plenty of it the party was for 50 people and we had plenty. Special mention for the amazing coleslaw and chicken they were totally scrumptious! Will definitely use again and can highly recommend Salt Wind thanks for your great service!!”
“Salt Wind Catering were a joy to work with - clear communication & excellent food. They catered for 100 people with different dietary requirements and were so professional. I would recommend to anyone.”
“Saltwind came up to sunny Devon for Jo’s 60th party. Everyone absolutely loved the Hog Roast. We had a party of 55 and we were still finishing off the food at 3am. Mark and the guys were great and worked so hard to keep everyone fed. The crackling was awesome! And we all loved the beef as well! Was everything we wanted and more ! Cheers to Saltwind!”
“We used SaltWind to provide catering support for our father’s wake. The team were very easy to work with and the food was outstanding. It was delicious, fresh, well presented and drew much praise from all who attended. First class and highly recommended.”
“Fantastic would definitely recommend my daughter her friends and parents love it people are lovely thank you so much for everything”
Salt Wind Catering has catered for FFP New Media (Heart Waves / Herzwellen, ZDF).
Film Catering FAQs
Common questions about our film and TV catering service.
Film & TV Catering Guides
How Much Does Film & TV Catering Cost in Cornwall? | Production Guide | Salt Wind Catering
Film and TV catering in Cornwall and Devon costs from £30 +VAT per head per day for a full crew day — breakfast, lunch and all-day craft included. What's in the rate, what moves it, and how a production quote is built.
Off-Grid Film Catering: Feeding Crews on Remote Cornwall & Devon Locations | Salt Wind Catering
Our self-contained mobile kitchen carries its own LPG appliances, generators, water, refrigeration and waste — feeding film crews on remote clifftops, beaches and moors with no mains power or venue kitchen needed.
What a German TV Crew Eats on a Cornish Shoot
Feeding an international cast and crew on location in Cornwall is less glamorous than it sounds and more precise than you'd think. Here is what a full day on set actually looks like from the catering truck — and the small details that keep a German TV production running on time.
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