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Crew catering by the shoot day: call time to wrap

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What a shoot day costs the unit

One rate, £30 +VAT per head, whatever the crew size, with a minimum charge of £600 +VAT per shoot day. Here is what that comes to as a daily line and across a block.

Film and TV crew catering cost at £30 +VAT per head, by crew size and shoot length
Crew on the day	One day	5-day week	21-day block
30 crew	£900	£4,500	£18,900
50 crew	£1,500	£7,500	£31,500
60 crew	£1,800	£9,000	£37,800

All +VAT, which productions reclaim. These are straight multiples for sizing a budget line, not minimums or a quote: we bill each day on the call sheet's actual headcount, so a 38-crew day is charged as 38 and a light day costs less.

Prices are per head and quoted +VAT. Production catering is B2B and productions reclaim it, unlike the per-head prices elsewhere on this site, which include VAT.
Billed per day on the call sheet's actual headcount, never a flat average, a 38-crew day is charged as 38.
Multi-day shoots are invoiced weekly, against each day's real count. On a first booking with us we take a 50% deposit, and the balance is invoiced on the final shoot day against the call sheets.
Every dietary requirement is covered and clearly labelled, at no extra charge.
Menus are seasonal and built per production. Send your call sheet and we price against it.
On top of the day rate: supper £15 +VAT per head, night shoots £350 per night, calls before 4am £50 per hour for each of our team, and £150 per hour once we pass 12 hours on site. Late breaks and continuous working days are priced per call sheet.
Minimum charge £600 +VAT per shoot day, so a small crew pays for 20.
The hot lunch runs two mains daily, one meat or fish, plus a veggie/vegan option, with sides, salad bar and dessert.

The full shoot day

1 menu · £30 +VAT pp

One rate covers the whole shoot day, from the catering pre-call before unit call through to wrap. This is the rate we have actually charged across 42 billed shoot days, not a starting point that moves once you enquire.

What's served, and when

5 services · included in the day rate

A representative shoot day. Dishes rotate across a block and are built around the production. These are the actual services inside the £30 +VAT day rate, not add-ons.

Four weeks of lunch, published

The question a block-booking UPM actually asks is whether the crew eats the same lunch for three weeks. They do not. Twenty hot lunch services across four shoot weeks, and every one carries a meat or fish main plus a vegan or vegetarian main, as equals, not a meat menu with a salad bolted on. Breakfast, mid-morning craft, the afternoon break and the all-day standby table run as listed above and do not change.

Day 1

Roast

MEAT: Slow-Roasted Pork with Crackling & Apple Sauce
VEGAN/VEG: Roast root vegetable and chestnut wellington (VG)

With Two potato dishes · Fresh seasonal vegetables · Large salad bar · Crusty artisan bread & butter

Day 2

Thai

Served on location in Wales

FISH: Monkfish & Prawn Thai Green Curry
VEGAN/VEG: Thai Green Curry (VG)

With Two potato dishes · Fresh seasonal vegetables · Large salad bar · Crusty artisan bread & butter

Day 3

Spanish

MEAT: Meat Paella, chicken, chorizo & pancetta with saffron rice
VEGAN/VEG: Vegetable Paella, saffron rice with seasonal vegetables (VG)

With Two potato dishes · Fresh seasonal vegetables · Large salad bar · Crusty artisan bread & butter

Day 4

Slow-roast

MEAT: Slow-Roasted Beef Brisket
VEGAN/VEG: Spiced Vegetable & Chickpea Tagine (VG)

With Two potato dishes · Fresh seasonal vegetables · Large salad bar · Crusty artisan bread & butter

Day 5

Noodles

MEAT: Chicken & Prawn Stir-Fry Noodles, egg noodles, king prawns, vegetables & soy-ginger sauce
VEGAN/VEG: Vegetable Pad Thai, rice noodles, peanuts, lime & sweet chilli (VG, contains peanuts)

With Two potato dishes · Fresh seasonal vegetables · Large salad bar · Crusty artisan bread & butter

Day 6

Sunday roast

MEAT: Slow-roasted pork with crackling
VEGAN/VEG: Pea, broad bean and Yarg tart (V)

With Two potato dishes · Fresh seasonal vegetables · Large salad bar · Crusty artisan bread & butter

Day 7

Indian

MEAT: Chicken Balti
VEGAN/VEG: Indian Vegetable Curry (VG)

With Two potato dishes · Fresh seasonal vegetables · Large salad bar · Crusty artisan bread & butter

Day 8

Cajun

MEAT: Chicken, Chorizo & Prawn Jambalaya
VEGAN/VEG: Mixed Bean Chilli (VG)

With Two potato dishes · Fresh seasonal vegetables · Large salad bar · Crusty artisan bread & butter

Day 9

Braise

MEAT: Slow-braised beef shin with horseradish mash
VEGAN/VEG: Mushroom Stroganoff (VG)

With Two potato dishes · Fresh seasonal vegetables · Large salad bar · Crusty artisan bread & butter

Day 10

Spanish

FISH: Seafood Paella, prawns, squid, clams & mussels
VEGAN/VEG: Vegetable Paella, saffron rice with seasonal vegetables (VG)

With Two potato dishes · Fresh seasonal vegetables · Large salad bar · Crusty artisan bread & butter

Day 11

Moroccan

MEAT: Lamb Tagine, Moroccan spices & preserved lemon
VEGAN/VEG: Spiced Vegetable & Chickpea Tagine (VG)

With Two potato dishes · Fresh seasonal vegetables · Large salad bar · Crusty artisan bread & butter

Day 12

Hungarian

MEAT: Hungarian Beef Goulash
VEGAN/VEG: Roast butternut squash, sage and chestnut risotto (VG)

With Two potato dishes · Fresh seasonal vegetables · Large salad bar · Crusty artisan bread & butter

Day 13

Seafood

FISH: Lobster, crab and king prawn platter
VEGAN/VEG: Vegetable Paella, saffron rice with seasonal vegetables (VG)

With Two potato dishes · Fresh seasonal vegetables · Large salad bar · Crusty artisan bread & butter

Day 14

Pie day

MEAT: Beef and ale shortcrust pie
VEGAN/VEG: Wild mushroom and truffle tart (V)

With Two potato dishes · Fresh seasonal vegetables · Large salad bar · Crusty artisan bread & butter

Day 15

Cassoulet

MEAT: Chicken & Chorizo Cassoulet
VEGAN/VEG: Sausage & Bean Stew, meat-free (VG)

With Two potato dishes · Fresh seasonal vegetables · Large salad bar · Crusty artisan bread & butter

Day 16

Mexican

MEAT: Chilli Con Carne
VEGAN/VEG: Mixed Bean Chilli (VG)

With Two potato dishes · Fresh seasonal vegetables · Large salad bar · Crusty artisan bread & butter

Day 17

Spit roast

MEAT: Slow-roast lamb shoulder with wild garlic salsa verde
VEGAN/VEG: Veggie burgers (V)

With Two potato dishes · Fresh seasonal vegetables · Large salad bar · Crusty artisan bread & butter

Day 18

Alpine

MEAT: Alpine Potato Bake, bacon, potatoes, cheddar & brie
VEGAN/VEG: Roast pumpkin, kale and toasted seed salad (VG)

With Two potato dishes · Fresh seasonal vegetables · Large salad bar · Crusty artisan bread & butter

Day 19

Asian

FISH: Monkfish & Prawn Thai Green Curry
VEGAN/VEG: Vegetable Pad Thai, rice noodles, peanuts, lime & sweet chilli (VG, contains peanuts)

With Two potato dishes · Fresh seasonal vegetables · Large salad bar · Crusty artisan bread & butter

Day 20

Sunday-ish

MEAT: Slow-roast turkey crown with sage and onion stuffing
VEGAN/VEG: Roast root vegetable and chestnut wellington (VG)

With Two potato dishes · Fresh seasonal vegetables · Large salad bar · Crusty artisan bread & butter

A published sample of four real weeks, not a fixed cycle we are locked to. Menus are seasonal and built per production around the crew and their dietary requirements once numbers are final, send your call sheet and we will build the block against it. Every dish here is one we already cook.

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Send your call sheet and we will price against it, crew size, shoot dates and location are all we need. Same-day reply during office hours.

Dietary requirements

Send us the dietary list with your call sheet and we handle it end to end, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and specific allergies, tracked across the full unit and clearly labelled on the serving line. There is no surcharge for any of it. Full ingredient information is available on request for any individual crew member who needs it.

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