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Kitchen Laundry · Tongham GU10

Kitchen Linen In Tongham Collected To Schedule

Tongham sits on the GU10 round — 21 kitchens here are already collected from, so adding a brigade costs no extra journey.

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7 days
Collection days
29.9mi
Plant to Tongham
21
Kitchens in GU10
Chef working in a Tongham commercial kitchen in clean whites

Commercial Kitchen Laundry, Tongham

Chef Whites GU10Kitchen Linen Hire TonghamChef Jacket HireOven ClothsApron Laundry GU10Colour-Coded ClothsWash-Only AccountsNo Minimum Order

21
kitchens on the same round
8
school kitchens nearby
29.9mi
to our plant
7 days
collection days

Coverage GU10 and the surrounding area

Venue figures are indicative · data compiled Aug 2026

What goes wrong

The Tongham shift starts badly before anyone touches a pan

Kitchens in Tongham rarely leave a supplier over price. They leave after a run of weeks where the whites came back grey, the sizes were wrong, or the van arrived mid-prep.

  • Whites that are not actually white

    Grease and protein need their own wash. Run through a front-of-house cycle they build up, and a Tongham brigade ends up in jackets that look tired in a month.

  • Sizes that turn into a scramble

    A box of mixed whites at the start of a shift is a box someone has to sort. Named and sized garments on a rail take that job off the pass entirely.

  • Deliveries that land mid-prep

    A drop timed for the middle of prep is a drop nobody in Tongham can receive. The round has to be planned around service, not around the traffic.

How it works

Getting a Tongham kitchen onto the round

Most of the work happens before the first collection. Get the sizing and the timing right and the service stops being something the pass has to think about.

Serving GU10 Since 2009
  1. The count

    We size the brigade and count a real week in Tongham — how many jackets a section gets through in summer, not the number on last year's order.

    An hour, on site

  2. The round

    Tongham sits 29.9 miles out on the GU10 round, so the drop time is set against your service pattern rather than the traffic.

    GU10 · 7 days

  3. The switch

    You are never between suppliers, and no service is covered in borrowed jackets.

    No gap in service

  4. The account

    The same person handles Tongham every week, which is why a size change does not need explaining twice.

    One name, not a queue

Running more than one kitchen around Guildford? The same account manager covers all of them, on staggered days so no site is left short.

How it is processed

No third party touches Tongham chef whites

There are two buildings between your linen and ours, and we own both. Tongham collections run 29.9 miles to our Wembley plant. Nothing is passed to a third party in between.

What comes off a Tongham pass is not what comes off a dining room table. Kitchen work is classified on its own, at its own temperature, rather than following the table linen through the machine.

2
Plants, both ours
Every load
Temperature logged
100%
Insured in transit
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Collections into Tongham run on the GU10 round, to plants we own and run.

Flatwork ironer pressing kitchen linen at the Wembley plant serving Tongham

Every line a Tongham brigade gets through

Every line below is available on hire or wash-only, and mixed accounts are normal in Tongham. One collection covers all of it.

Named
Garment labelling
No minimum
Order size

Laying up front of house as well? Table linen goes on the same GU10 round — see restaurant laundry.

Switching supplier in Tongham without a shift in mixed whites

Most Tongham kitchens stay with a supplier they have stopped rating, because changing one feels like a risk on a Friday. It is not.

  1. Before you commit

    We size the brigade properly

    We size the Tongham brigade in person rather than take a headcount off an invoice — the invoice tells us what you were sold, not what fits.

  2. The handover

    Whites land before the old supplier stops

    The two contracts overlap on purpose, so no Tongham section starts a shift on borrowed jackets.

  3. After

    New starters go on the account the same week

    A new commis does not wait for the next order cycle. Sizing changes go through your account manager and land on the next round.

Nothing here needs you to be out of contract first — the count and the quote cost nothing.

Pressed chef whites on the rail ready for a Tongham kitchen

The week you switch is the week nobody notices.

Near Tongham — what businesses say

4.7/5 · serving GU10 and the areas around it

  • Serving GU10

    Tongham sits on an established round — these are the numbers behind it.

    2
    hotels served in Tongham
    1
    plant, no subcontracting
    7 days
    fixed collection days
    1
    account manager, named
  • We rely on clean bolster covers, fleece blankets and eye pillows. Delicate fabrics are treated with care while still getting a deep, hypoallergenic sanitisation, and everything comes back beautifully presented.
    Hannah Sterling Studio Coordinator · Yoga & pilates studio
  • From velvet seat throws to staff aprons and heavy bar towels, our eclectic mix of textiles is handled without fuss. The turnaround times and the account management are what stand out.
    Kieran Davies Venue & Hospitality Manager · Boutique cinema & lounge
  • As a family-run Victorian B&B we need a partner who understands traditional hospitality. Our heritage cotton sheets are treated with real care, the drivers are friendly and the weekly delivery is consistent.
    Arthur Pendelton Proprietor & Manager · Traditional bed & breakfast
  • Back-to-back conferences and galas mean huge quantities of table skirts, stage linens and catering napkins at short notice. They have never missed a deadline on any of it.
    Danielle Moreau Events Logistics Manager · Corporate event venue
  • Grooming generates heavy, fur-filled towels and specialist bedding that a standard machine cannot handle. Everything is collected and returned allergen-free, fluffy and sterilised. Top marks for taking on the difficult jobs.
    Natasha Petrov Head Groomer & Manager · Pet grooming & daycare
  • Table presentation is everything in Mayfair. They handle our heavy cotton damask tablecloths and chef whites with real precision — stains vanish and the starch finish is always spot on. The daily collection has never let us down.
    Mateo Rossi Restaurant General Manager · Fine dining restaurant
  • Running a busy dining room alongside eight letting rooms needs a versatile laundry partner. Kitchen aprons, table runners and bed sheets all go in one collection, and the seven-day pickup schedule flexes around us.
    Liam Gallagher Operations & Pub Manager · Gastro pub with rooms
  • Whether we are catering a wedding or a corporate launch, linen presentation has to be immaculate. We get crisp, vacuum-sealed table linens and pristine chef jackets every time — a genuine operational ally.
    Julian Bennett Executive Director of Operations · Catering & event production

What we collect across Tongham and GU10

  • Hotel kitchens
  • Pub kitchens
  • Cafés & bakeries
  • School kitchens
  • Care home kitchens
  • Gym & spa cafés

Local knowledge

Why Tongham is collected the way it is

A historic hop-growing village home to one of the county's most famous breweries. Unique to Tongham.

Kitchens here sit on the GU10 round, and the window that matters is prep rather than service — Tongham is close enough that a disrupted run is a second trip that day.

Area detail compiled from the location file and the round that serves it.

Local detail
On the same round
  • Seale
  • Badshot Lea
  • Ash
  • Ash Green

Tongham kitchen laundry — the questions we get most

Do you collect in Tongham?

Yes — Tongham sits on the GU10 round, 7 days, 29.9 miles from our Wembley plant.

  • Shared with Seale, Badshot Lea and Ash — the same vehicle covers them, so a brigade here can be added without moving anyone else.
  • Collections here run to scheduled days, agreed when the account opens, because of that distance.
  • 21 kitchens around GU10 are already on this round — which is why the timings suit prep and service rather than check-out.
What does a kitchen account cost in Tongham?

It is quoted, not tariffed. Kitchen work is priced on the brigade and the covers, so a published list would be a guess.

  • We count a real week in Tongham before quoting — including the summer weeks, which is where most estimates fall over.
  • No minimum order — a two-section Tongham kitchen is priced per item, same as a brigade of thirty.
  • The count includes your busy season — which is where most estimates fall over; a figure taken in February will not survive August.
  • The count and the quote cost nothing — and commit you to nothing.
Is catering different from restaurant work?

Yes. Contract catering, schools and care homes are all on the rounds.

  • 8 school kitchens around GU10 are already on the round — we are not learning catering work on your account.
  • 3 care home kitchens nearby — with the same named-garment handling.
  • Colour-coded cloths and named whites — so the coding still means something when the cloths come back.
  • Contract caterers running several sites — keep one invoice and one point of contact however many kitchens are on it.
What happens when the Tongham brigade changes?

We size the brigade before quoting, not after the first complaint.

  • Every section is sized at setup — larder and pastry do not wear through jackets at the same rate, and the count reflects that.
  • A new commis goes on the account the same week — brigades in Tongham change constantly, and the account is built for that.
  • Garments are named — the rail is ready and nobody is hunting for their size.
  • Par counts are re-set after the first month — and again after your first busy season, which is where opening figures usually fail.
Will the drop land in the middle of prep?

Yes — the GU10 round is sequenced around service patterns.

  • The time is agreed when the account opens — it goes on the round sheet, not into a delivery window.
  • A drop in the middle of prep is a drop nobody can receive. The round is sequenced around that.
  • If a drop is missed, collections here run to scheduled days, agreed when the account opens.
  • A relief driver inherits the window with the route — holidays and sickness are the usual cause of a missed slot elsewhere; here the slot travels with the round sheet.
What is the commitment for an Tongham account?

No long-term tie-in and no exit fee.

  • Terms flex with seasonal demand — Tongham in August and Tongham in January are different kitchens, and the account should say so.
  • Nothing needs you to be out of your current contract first — we will size your brigade while you are still under someone else.
  • Stock arrives before the old supplier is stood down — so no Tongham section starts a shift without whites.
  • If it is not working, say so — most problems are a wrong par count or a wrong delivery window, and both are fixable without changing supplier.
What is the difference between hire and wash-only in GU10?

Both, and mixed accounts are normal. One collection covers whichever way each line is set up.

  • Hire — stock, replacement and sizing are ours; you never place an order.
  • Wash-only — your own embroidered jackets come back to you, the same garments, named, not pooled.
  • Plenty of kitchens do both — hired cloths and aprons, own-branded jackets on wash-only.
  • You can move a line between the two later — it is a change to the sheet, not a new agreement.
What stops grease transferring between loads?

Always. Kitchen work never follows table linen through the machine.

  • Grease, protein and scorch need their own wash — and their own temperature.
  • Whites never run through the cycle the table linen was on — and that separation is the whole reason ours stay white.
  • Colour-coded cloths stay in their own classification — from collection to the rail, so the coding still means something when it comes back.
  • Every load is temperature logged — which matters on any site that has to show an inspector how its linen is handled.

Something specific to your Tongham kitchen?

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Getting it right first time in Tongham

Most of the environmental cost of kitchen linen is rewashing and replacing it. Classifying kitchen soil properly the first time does more than any claim on a van.

  • The GU10 round is a shared journey rather than a separate trip to Tongham.
  • Whites washed on the right classification last longer before replacement.
  • Hire garments are repaired and rotated rather than binned at the first scorch mark.
  • More than 80% of the fleet running into Guildford is fully electric.
2
Plants, shared rounds
68%
Water recovered
80%
Fleet electric
0
Linen to landfill

Plant figures are measured over a rolling twelve months. Routing figures are measured on the London rounds.

Sustainable processing for Tongham kitchen linen

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