What is hot box catering?
Hot box catering is a full hot meal — one main, one base, one vegetable side — portioned per person into an insulated box and delivered ready to serve. No kitchen on site, no buffet line, no clearing up. Salt Wind Catering delivers hot boxes across Cornwall and Devon for film and TV splinter units, small shoots, and utility, event and workplace crews. Priced per head against your headcount or call sheet.
A proper hot lunch, without the unit base
Every box is a set menu: a meat version and a veggie version on each drop, each one complete — main, base, veg. That is deliberate. A choice list slows a splinter unit down and goes wrong at the delivery point; a set box means everyone eats hot, at the same time, with nothing to serve and nothing to clear.
Dietary versions are their own labelled boxes — vegan, gluten-free and named allergies portioned separately so there is no cross-over at service. Send the dietary list with the headcount and it is handled before the van leaves.
We have catered 602+ events across Cornwall & Devon since 2024 and hold a 5.0★ rating from 61 reviews. On production days, hot boxes run alongside our unit base catering — the main unit eats at the truck, and any unit that can't reach it eats the same lunch from boxes. On days without a truck at all, the boxes come straight from our Redruth kitchen.
Shooting beyond Cornwall and Devon? The same boxes come from our mobile kitchen cooking on location, which travels a lot further than a hot box can.
24hr
Cornwall Mobilisation
61+
Five-Star Reviews
5★
Hygiene Rating
100%
Dietary Boxes Labelled
Where do you deliver hot boxes?
Cornwall and into Devon, from our Redruth kitchen. The radius is set by safe hot-holding — the boxes arrive hot or they don't go. Further afield, the same boxes come from the mobile kitchen cooking on location.
Hot Box Catering Across Cornwall & Devon
Salt Wind Catering delivers hot box meals across Cornwall and Devon — film and TV units, site crews and workplaces.
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What's included — and what isn't
We would rather you knew both halves before you enquire than find out later.
Included as standard
- Made that morning. Prepared fresh in our Redruth kitchen on the day, not the night before.
- Delivered and set out. Arranged on the table ready to serve before your guests arrive. Nothing to cook or plate at your end.
- Disposable plates, cutlery and napkins. Included as standard so nothing has to be hired in.
- Dietary options. Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free at no surcharge. Tell us the numbers when you book.
What we don't do
We are a cook team, not a front-of-house team. That is deliberate — it is why the food is what you are paying for.
- No waiting or front-of-house staff. Our cook team cooks; your guests help themselves.
- No silver service or plated meals. We never plate for guests — it is feast-style throughout.
- No crockery, glassware or linen hire. Disposable plates, cutlery and napkins are included; anything smarter comes from your venue or hire company.
- No bar, drinks service or corkage. We cater the food so you are free to sort drinks however suits you.
- No private dining. Sharing platters and live cooking are what we do well.
Travel is quoted before you book, never added afterwards. Not sure whether we fit? Call 01209 206255and we will tell you straight.
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