From the Brownlee Triathlon to Leeds University, Tastybirds have been feeding hungry Leeds crowds for years. Fresh Yorkshire rotisserie and BBQ chicken — always cooked in front of you, never from frozen.
We've catered some big Leeds events over the years — including the Brownlee Triathlon, where we fed athletes and spectators at one of the biggest triathlons in the North, and Leeds University, where the students gave us the queues to prove it.
If you need catering for a Leeds festival, university event, corporate away day or community event, we'd love to hear from you.
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We bring a full self-contained setup. Power, gas, prep, service — everything sorted. You focus on your event, we focus on feeding your crowd.
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We are a mobile rotisserie, not a shop — so rather than you coming to us, the spit comes to your event. The French-made rotisserie unit takes whole fresh Yorkshire birds, turns them slowly over the heat for the best part of two hours, and drips down onto trays of garlic and herb potatoes underneath. Nothing is pre-cooked and nothing arrives frozen.
That setup works anywhere in Leeds with a bit of standing room: festival fields, university open days and freshers events, corporate away days and summer parties, sports club presentation nights, street parties and community fun days. We arrive self-contained with our own power, gas, prep and service area, so all we need from you is a pitch and an idea of numbers.
Portions run from a quarter bird in a box with potatoes and slaw up to a whole bird family deal that comfortably feeds four. Piri piri comes in four heat levels, from "my nan will eat this" to properly hot, and there are vegetarian options on the same service line so mixed groups can queue together.
Leeds is a 45-minute run from our base near Ripon, so there is no long-haul travel charge on a Leeds booking, and we can get to an early-morning set-up without staying over.
No - Tastybirds is a mobile rotisserie. We bring the spit, the birds and the whole setup to your event anywhere in Leeds and West Yorkshire rather than trading from a fixed shop. If you want rotisserie chicken for a festival, party, university event or corporate day, that is exactly what we do.
It depends on guest numbers, service length and whether you want us on a per-portion basis at a public event or paid for as a whole by the organiser. Tell us the date, the venue and roughly how many people you are expecting and we will come back with a straightforward price.
The rotisserie holds a full load of whole birds at once and we run continuously through a service, so we are comfortable feeding a few hundred people across an afternoon or evening. For bigger crowds we scale the unit count and staffing to keep queues moving.
We have fed athletes and spectators at the Brownlee Triathlon, one of the biggest triathlons in the North, and worked at Leeds University where the students gave us the queues to prove it, alongside festivals, corporate days and community events across West Yorkshire.
Fresh Yorkshire birds from local suppliers, never frozen, cooked on the spit in front of your crowd. The garlic and herb potatoes cook in the tray underneath, in the juices from the birds.
Yes - there are vegetarian options on the same service line, so mixed groups do not have to split up to eat.
A pitch with room for the unit and a queue, and vehicle access to get set up. We are fully self-contained with our own power, gas, prep and service, and we carry public liability insurance and our risk assessments for your event organiser.
Tell us the date, venue and numbers and we'll come back to you quickly. WhatsApp is often the fastest way to get hold of Andi.