The Bottle Yard Studios and its TBY2 expansion are the largest dedicated film and TV production space in the West of England, with eleven-plus stages and productions from Poldark to Doctor Who spin-offs and Young Sherlock. Salt Wind Catering provides crew catering for productions based there — stage-door and on their Bristol location days — with a fully self-contained mobile kitchen.
Bristol filming spend topped £46m in 2024–25 across dozens of major productions. We travel from our Cornwall base and build travel — and, for multi-week studio blocks, crew accommodation — into the quote up front. For the wider area see our Bristol & Bath film catering page.
24/7
Flexible Scheduling
100%
Off-Grid Capable
5★
Hygiene Rating
Bristol
Areas Covered
Coverage
We travel to set — right across the region
Unit catering is a travel-to-location business. From our Cornwall base the self-contained mobile kitchen reaches your unit base or studio anywhere within 300 road miles — the whole South West and Wales, the South Coast, London and the Home Counties studios, north to Birmingham — travel, and accommodation for multi-day shoots, agreed in writing up front.
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Feeding the crew at The Bottle Yard Studios
Stage-door crew feeding
Hot breakfasts and lunches delivered to the studio unit base or catering bus, timed to the AD's schedule across the stages.
Location days across Bristol
When the shoot moves out on location, the self-contained mobile kitchen travels with the unit — same standards, same team.
Splinter & second unit
Separate hot-boxed service rounds for splinter units, stunt and VFX days, without holding up the main unit.
Early call-time breakfasts
5–6am call-time breakfasts — hot rolls, porridge, full cooked options and proper vegetarian and vegan choices.
All-day craft table
Continuous craft services between meals: fresh coffee, hot drinks, fruit and snacks kept topped up through the day.
Dietary & production spec
A full dietary matrix, clear allergen labelling and a costed menu shared with the production accountant before you commit.
How we cater a studio base
The Bottle Yard Studios is 168 road miles from our Redruth kitchen — about three and a half hours in clear traffic, measured on the route rather than the map. That is the same distance the travel line on your quote is worked out from, and it is inside the 300-mile radius we cover as standard.
We are based in Cornwall and unit catering is a travel-to-set business — the mobile kitchen goes where the production is. For a studio block we set up at the allocated unit base or catering bus position and feed the crew across the shoot day, from the early call-time breakfast to any wrap or overtime meal.
Travel from Cornwall — and, for multi-week studio blocks, crew accommodation — is calculated up front from the studio postcode and confirmed in writing in your quote, with no surprises on invoice. Menus, the dietary matrix and allergen labelling are shared with the production accountant in advance.
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