- Production company
- FFP New Media
- Broadcaster
- ZDF
- Genre
- Romance
- Language
- German
- Filming location
- Mawnan Smith, Falmouth, Morrab Library, Penzance, Little Fistral, Newquay, Tregrehan Garden, St Austell, Trelissick, Truro, Botallack, St Just, Portloe
- Status
- Wrapped (2026)
'Merren Cove', a German-language television film in the long-running Rosamunde Pilcher series, produced by FFP New Media for ZDF and filmed on location across Cornwall over 21 shoot days in April and May 2026. A Salt Wind Catering team was on set throughout, providing mobile on-location unit catering as the production moved between locations across the county, breakfast, lunch and all-day craft services for the daily crew and cast, with dietary lists managed end-to-end.
Salt Wind Catering is experienced in catering for German television productions filming in Cornwall, the early call times, remote locations, and dietary variety that come with an international cast and crew are standard work for us.
Read the full story: how we catered two Rosamunde Pilcher films across 14 Cornwall locations.
How the day ran
Five weeks, five days a week, and the county moved under us: seven main locations from Falmouth to Portloe. Supporting-artist dietary sheets arrived the day before and changed with the cast list. One day's sheet of seven carried a kiwi allergy, a dairy intolerance, a no-buckwheat request and a vegetarian, which is a normal day rather than an exception.
- Breakfast
Hot breakfast at the unit base, before the day starts.
- Late morning
Snack bar out: fruit, vegetables, bars, sandwiches and assorted snacks.
- Lunch
Hot lunch with a dessert course, served at the base or carried to unit.
- Afternoon
The snack bar restocked and out again.
- All day
Soft drinks, tea and filter coffee standing from arrival, with cow and oat milk.
Fed every service: Up to 60 cast & crew daily.
On location in Cornwall: Salt Wind Catering unit base, mobile kitchen and craft service.
What we provided on set
Hot Meals for Cast & Crew
Hot breakfasts, multi-course lunches, hot-boxed delivery to set or cooked on-site from the mobile kitchen.
All-day craft services
Full coffee and tea station, fresh fruit, snacks and sharing platters, restocked throughout the shoot day.
All dietary needs covered
Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, dairy-free, allergies, clearly labelled for cast and crew.
Self-contained on location
Mobile kitchen, gas, charcoal, generators, water, waste. No mains power or venue kitchen required.
On the Menu
What we served
Five weeks of shooting on a five-day week, so the menu rolled rather than repeated. The production supplied its own mineral water and recyclable packaging; everything else on this list came off our line.
- Hot breakfast at the unit base every shoot day
- Hot lunch with a dessert course
- A late-morning snack bar: fruit, vegetables, bars, sandwiches and assorted snacks
- The same snack bar again through the afternoon
- Soft drinks, tea and filter coffee all day, with cow and oat milk
Other productions we have catered
Browse the full list of film and TV credits.
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Planning a shoot in Cornwall, Devon or the South West?
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