Whole cuts. Open flame.
No shortcuts.
Hand-spiced lamb and chicken turning on vertical spits above live charcoal — the way it's always been done.
Every wrap has a lineage.
A spice blend written once, never changed.
Sumac, Aleppo pepper, dried wild thyme, cumin toasted in a dry pan, and a ratio of fat-to-lean that took three years to settle. The original notes live on a piece of folded paper in a tin box — stained, barely legible, completely non-negotiable. Every batch of marinade starts there.
Named farms. Whole carcasses. Nothing in between.
Lamb from Cwm Farm in the Shropshire hills — grass-fed, slow-grown, collected whole. Chicken from Hereford, free-range, broken down at 5am on the day. No pre-portioned packs, no unnamed suppliers. We know what we're working with because we were there when it was weighed.
Six hours between raw and ready.
Marinated overnight, skewered by hand, loaded onto the spit before dawn. The charcoal takes an hour to reach temperature — no shortcuts, no gas assist. The outer crust chars and crisps while the core stays moist. After six hours, the fat has rendered completely down into the tray below and the edges have gone black at the tips.
Hatch open. Queue forming. Come and get it.
A converted horse trailer with a custom-built charcoal rig, a flatbread griddle, and a cold shelf for the pickled turnip. We park at crossroads and market squares, open the hatch at dusk, and stay until the spit is empty. No booking required for a wrap. Just follow the smoke.
Order for pickup.
No faff.
Tell us your portion and sauce. Collect when the spit shouts your name.
Most orderedLamb Wrap
£8.50Cwm Farm lamb shaved from the spit, pickled turnip, garlic cream, Aleppo chilli oil, wrapped in charred flatbread.
Chicken Wrap
£7.50Hereford free-range chicken, sumac yoghurt, cucumber, mint, pomegranate seeds, flatbread.
Best for sharingMixed Plate
£9.50Half lamb, half chicken, served on flatbread with both sauces, pickled turnip, and a wedge of charred lemon.
Lamb Plate
£9A full serving of lamb on flatbread — no wrap, just meat, bread, and the chilli sauce on the side.
Selected: Aleppo Chilli
Ready in 10–15 minutes
Book the van.
Feed three hundred.
We've fed festival crowds, wedding guests, and corporate away-days. The van arrives self-contained — charcoal, spit, flatbread griddle, all of it. You handle the guests; we handle the smoke.
Direct enquiries
book@spitvan.co.ukPeople keep coming back.
"We asked for extra pickled turnip at the farmers' market and he just handed over the whole jar. That's the energy. The lamb wrap is the best thing I've eaten this year."
"Booked Spit for our company summer event — 180 people. Every single person came and asked me who the caterer was. The chilli sauce alone was worth the booking fee."
"My kids split a mixed plate on a bench outside the van. They ate in silence. That's how you know it's good — children don't go quiet for bad food."
The spit doesn't wait.
Order for pickup at today's location, or get the van to your event.