Kitchen Laundry · Wickham RG20
Chef Whites In Wickham Collected To Schedule
Wickham sits inside our RG20 coverage, 49.7 miles from the Wembley plant. Chef whites, aprons or kitchen cloths — if you are here, you are on the round.
- 7 days
- Collection days
- 49.7mi
- Plant to Wickham
- 3
- Kitchens in RG20
Kitchen Linen & Chef Whites in Wickham
Chef Whites RG20Kitchen Linen Hire WickhamChef Jacket HireOven ClothsApron Laundry RG20Colour-Coded ClothsWash-Only AccountsNo Minimum Order
- 3
- kitchens on the same round
- 1
- school kitchens nearby
- 49.7mi
- to our plant
- 7 days
- collection days
Coverage RG20 and the surrounding area
Venue figures are indicative · data compiled Aug 2026
What goes wrong
Three things that cost Wickham kitchens a supplier
Almost nobody around RG20 changes linen supplier to save money. They change because the same thing went wrong three weeks running.
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Whites that are not actually white
Kitchen soil is grease, protein and scorch, and it does not come out on a general cycle. Grey jackets read as a hygiene problem to anyone who walks in, whether or not the kitchen behind them is spotless.
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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.
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Deliveries that land mid-prep
Prep is the worst possible window and it is the one most suppliers hit. The RG20 round is sequenced to miss it.
How it works
Four steps to a Wickham kitchen on 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.
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The count
An hour in the Wickham kitchen tells us the wear rate per section, which is the number the whole account is built on.
An hour, on site
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The round
Wickham sits 49.7 miles out on the RG20 round, so the drop time is set against your service pattern rather than the traffic.
RG20 · 7 days
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The switch
You are never between suppliers, and no service is covered in borrowed jackets.
No gap in service
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The account
A named account manager who knows your kitchen and the RG20 round — sizing changes and new starters go through one person, not a form.
One name, not a queue
Running more than one kitchen around West Berkshire? The same account manager covers all of them, on staggered days so no site is left short.
How it is processed
Nothing from Wickham leaves our own plants
There are two buildings between your linen and ours, and we own both. Wickham collections run 49.7 miles to our Wembley plant. Nothing is passed to a third party in between.
Grease lifts at a different temperature from protein, and scorch responds to neither. Kitchen garments are classified for that rather than run on a general cycle.
- 2
- Plants, both ours
- Every load
- Temperature logged
- 100%
- Insured in transit
Collections into Wickham run on the RG20 round, to plants we own and run.
Hire it, or we launder yours in Wickham
Every line below is available on hire or wash-only, and mixed accounts are normal in Wickham. One collection covers all of it.
- Named
- Garment labelling
- No minimum
- Order size
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Chef whites Jackets, trousers and bandanas, pressed, sized and named View the range -
Aprons Bib and waist aprons for the pass, in cotton and polycotton View the range -
Oven cloths Heavy oven cloths and pot grabs, replaced on wear View the range -
Kitchen cloths Colour-coded cloths and tea towels on their own classification View the range
Laying up front of house as well? Table linen goes on the same RG20 round — see restaurant laundry.
A Wickham switch nobody on the pass notices
The reason Wickham head chefs put up with a supplier they have stopped rating is timing: there is no good week to gamble. That is a scheduling problem, not a reason to stay.
- Before you commit
We size the brigade properly
We size the Wickham brigade in person rather than take a headcount off an invoice — the invoice tells us what you were sold, not what fits.
- The handover
Whites land before the old supplier stops
The two contracts overlap on purpose, so no Wickham section starts a shift on borrowed jackets.
- After
New starters go on the account the same week
Brigades change constantly. The account is set up so a new starter is a phone call, not a reorder.
Nothing here needs you to be out of contract first — the count and the quote cost nothing.
The week you switch is the week nobody notices.
Near Wickham — what businesses say
- Serving RG20
Wickham sits on an established round — these are the numbers behind it.
- 1
- hotels served in Bagnor
- 1
- plant, no subcontracting
- 7 days
- fixed collection days
- 1
- account manager, named
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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 Wickham and RG20
- Pub kitchens
- Cafés & bakeries
- School kitchens
About Wickham
Wickham, specifically
A charming Lambourn Valley hamlet featuring a unique church and elite rural scenery. Unique to Wickham.
Wickham is collected 7 days on a shared round, so a two-section kitchen here costs a stop rather than a journey.
Area detail compiled from the location file and the round that serves it.
Local detail
- On the same round
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- Welford
- Boxford
- Great Shefford
- East Garston
Wickham questions, answered
Can you reach Wickham 7 days?
Yes — Wickham sits on the RG20 round, 7 days, 49.7 miles from our Wembley plant.
- Shared with Welford, Boxford and Great Shefford — adding you changes the schedule, not the route.
- Collections here run to scheduled days, agreed when the account opens, because of that distance.
- 3 kitchens around RG20 are already on this round — so the vehicle is sized for kitchen work rather than adapted to it.
Can we leave if it is not working?
No long-term tie-in and no exit fee.
- Terms flex with seasonal demand — rather than locking you into a summer volume you do not use in February.
- 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 — the two overlap by design.
- If it is not working, say so — the fix is usually a number on the sheet rather than a new contract.
Is chef whites hire available to Wickham kitchens?
Both, and mixed accounts are normal. The two sit on one invoice and one round.
- Hire — we own the garments, replace them on wear and manage sizing as the brigade changes.
- Wash-only — the same whites that left Wickham, tracked by name, never swapped into a pool.
- Plenty of kitchens do both — hire what nobody reads, keep your own name on the whites.
- You can move a line between the two later — kitchens often start on hire and move their jackets across once the branding is settled.
Do you run kitchen linen on its own classification?
Always. Kitchen work never follows table linen through the machine.
- Grease, protein and scorch need their own wash — grease lifts at a different temperature from protein, and scorch responds to neither.
- 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 — through the whole process.
- Every load is temperature logged — so there is a record behind the classification rather than an assurance.
Do you quote, or work off a tariff?
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 Wickham before quoting — the invoice tells us what you were sold, not what you used.
- No minimum order — a two-section Wickham 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.
Do you serve school and care home kitchens?
Yes, and they are not an afterthought on a restaurant round.
- 1 school kitchens around RG20 are already on the round — we are not learning catering work on your account.
- Term-time and seasonal swings are planned in — rather than handled as emergencies.
- Colour-coded cloths and named whites — suit sites that need an audit trail.
- Contract caterers running several sites — get one account manager and staggered collection days across the group.
How do you handle sizing and new starters?
We size the brigade before quoting, not after the first complaint.
- Every section is sized at setup — not estimated from a headcount.
- A new commis goes on the account the same week — rather than waiting for an order cycle.
- Garments are named — so nobody is sorting a mixed box at the start of a shift.
- Par counts are re-set after the first month — once we have seen a real Wickham month rather than a first guess.
What time does the van reach Wickham?
That is the point of putting Wickham on the RG20 round rather than a separate trip.
- The time is agreed when the account opens — and a relief driver inherits it with the route.
- 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.
Something specific to your Wickham kitchen?
Ask us directlyRewashing Wickham linen is the real environmental cost
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 RG20 round is a shared journey rather than a separate trip to Wickham.
- Whites washed on the right classification last longer before replacement.
- Hire garments are repaired and rotated rather than binned at the first scorch mark.
- Over four fifths of our central London vehicles are 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.
Wickham chef whites — get a price
Tell us what you run and we will come back with a price — not a tariff, and not a callback to qualify you first.
- Priced on your brigade, not a tariff
- No minimum order, no tie-in
- On the RG20 round, outside prep
Or call 01224 024759
Thank you — your enquiry is on its way.
We reply to every enquiry within one working day, usually sooner. If it is urgent, call us on 01224 024759.
Wickham and the RG20 round
Wickham sits on the RG20 round. These are the areas collected on the same run — and the other services we run at this address.