4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 2011
NAMED MODELSpecial · CommercialSpecial · Food & DrinkUnited Kingdom

Teddy's Fish & Chips Defender

Teddy's Fish & Chips' converted Land Rover Defender 130, FG11 GDV: a British racing green single-cab with a square catering box body, serving hatch and lift-up awning, from which the Bournemouth family firm cooks and serves traditional fish and chips at events — up to 100 portions an hour — having worked Trafalgar Square, the Chelsea Flower Show and the Southbank Centre winter market.

Sources & evidence
BASE VEHICLEDefender 130 Hi-CapBUILT BYLand Rover (Defender 130 single-cab pickup); catering body by an unrecorded converterIN SERVICE2011OPERATED INUnited KingdomPRODUCTION1LAYOUT4 wheels · 130″

The record

Teddy's Fish & Chips is a Bournemouth family business that takes traditional fish and chips to weddings, festivals and corporate events in a converted Land Rover Defender. The vehicle, a 2011 Defender 130 single-cab pickup registered FG11 GDV, carries an aluminium-edged catering box body on its load bed with fryers and a serving counter inside, a large hatch on the nearside whose awning flap lifts to shelter the customers, an opening top cupboard on the offside, and TEDDY'S lettering on the doors with Trustpilot and contact details on the body. The firm says it can cook up to 100 portions an hour from the van and has served at Trafalgar Square, the Chelsea Flower Show and the Southbank Centre winter market; it is listed for hire through Togather.

The registry's model is the Defender 130 single cab in green with the box body, edge trim, hatch, awning, counter, cupboard flap, lettering and plates from the photograph.

Specification

MANUFACTURERLand Rover (Defender 130 single-cab pickup); catering body by an unrecorded converter
MODIFIER / COACHBUILDERUnrecorded catering conversion (Teddy's Fish & Chips)
MANUFACTURED11-plate (2011) Defender 130
ENGINEFord Duratorq 'Puma' 2.4 L turbo-diesel (Defender 130 of 2011; not stated in the source)
PRODUCTION RUN1
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
OPERATED INUnited Kingdom
STATUSin service
REGISTRATIONFG11 GDV
ROLEMobile fish and chip kitchen for events
CAPACITYUp to 100 portions an hour
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEDefender
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE130″
CATEGORYSpecial · Commercial, Special · Food & Drink

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

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Where it was

GB United Kingdom2011–2026 · Teddy's Fish & Chips, Bournemouth
  1. BasedBournemouthUnited Kingdom · 2015–202650.84, -2.15

Sources

  1. 1Fish and chip vans in Dorset — Togather (Teddy's Fish & Chips, Bournemouth: converted Land Rover Defender) ↗Togather · accessed 2026-09-11SOURCE
  2. 2Teddy's Defender serving at a country house — the reference this model was built from; linked only. ↗Teddy's Fish & Chips via TogatherIMAGE
  3. 3https://togather.com/listings/catering/dorset/fish-and-chip-vanshttps://togather.com/listings/catering/dorset/fish-and-chip-vans ↗REFERENCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-16T05:55:32.033Z · status: researched