Mobile Catering Advice Caravan Conversion?

[michaelthomas86]

I have been offered a very old caravan at a bargain price, looks wise its horrible and inside could do with a very good clean. You would not want to sleep or eat from it the way it currently is. The price is £200 for the caravan itself.

I have wanted to start a mobile catering business for a long time now, i just have not had any spare money to start it, i have most of the things i would need to actually cook the food.

This is what i currently have.

Electric griddle, hob & bain marie, a small table top fridge.

So in regards to the inspection to legally trade and serve food from this caravan, can you give me some ideas what i would have to do to it? I can remove everything from the caravan and build a small sized kitchen with nice table tops etc. In regards to the hot and cold water, i have seen a device on amazon for £80 that would take care of this aspect.

I do not want to use this caravan to sell food directly to the public, it would be strictly for online orders only, i main job is web design and SEO so i am confident i can manage to build up a good customer base.

I also know a man that would let me use his car park, which is hidden and off road to park the van and cook the food for a small amount of weekly rent.

Any tips? Do you think a unit such as a caravan would pass a food safety inspection? I would not be using gas, i would use a LPG generator or petrol to power the appliances and lights etc.

 

[oldoakey]

I would of thought the costs of converting the old and shabby caravan into something fit for purpose would be quite expensive. There are some very strong laws regarding food preparation and cooking
and even though its going to be hidden away in a car park should not make any difference.
If its online only why not use your own home kitchen this would save you any set up costs.