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Corporate Paella Catering for Ditchling Common events
Paella for every guest: separate pans for meat, seafood and vegetarian or vegan guests. Paella catering for office lunches, staff parties, team days and client events in Ditchling Common.
- Summer parties for staff
- Fundraisers
- Team-building days
Corporate paella catering in Ditchling Common
Corporate paella catering in Ditchling Common, cooked live
A cooking station gets people mixing, which is exactly what a team event is for. We cook paella lunches, canapé tapas and vegan and vegetarian paella, and typical bookings are for fundraisers and client hospitality.
For rural venues near Ditchling Common, live paella brings a hot meal to wherever the team is. Let us know about access and parking. We serve straight from the pan, so every plate is hot, and service is quick once it’s ready.
- Where
- Ditchling Common (BN6)
- County
- West Sussex
- Special diets
- Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and halal
- Also available
- Tapas, desserts, sangria, staff
- Price
- Contact us for a quote
- Updated
- 23 October 2026
Occasions we cook for in Ditchling Common
It includes everyone: guests who are vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal all get a proper hot meal.
These are some of the occasions we cater around Ditchling Common:
- Summer staff parties
- Christmas and end-of-year parties
- Product launches and open days
- Customer events
Ditchling Common is about 38 miles from central London, which makes it handy for team days out of the city.
What to look for in a quote
- When payment is due
- If the price includes VAT
- Space, access and power needs
- How bad weather is handled
How the day works
Service is quick: we serve straight from the pan, so even a long queue moves. Afterwards we clear our cooking area away. For a Christmas party in Ditchling Common, it is dark by about 3:55pm, so the cooking and serving areas need good lighting. Summer events have daylight until around 9:20pm.
- Send us the date, venue, numbers, timings and diets.
- You get a menu, a quote and any documents the venue asks for.
- We arrange access and timings with your facilities team or venue.
- The paella cooks in front of your team and is served at the agreed time.
- We clear our cooking area away and leave the space as we found it.
Before we arrive
- Have a gazebo or cover ready if rain is likely
- Get the venue’s permission for cooking
- Give us your final numbers and diets
Ask for a quote
A detailed enquiry gets a more accurate quote: the venue, the timings, the courses you’d like and any extras. When you are ready, use our quote form.
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Catering for every guest
Good planning keeps every guest safe and happy. Try these:
- Confirm live cooking with facilities
- Include soft drinks and water as well as alcohol
- Tell us how long the food break is
- Provide shade and seats outdoors
We leave the space as we found it.
Bowl food for standing events.
Questions from Ditchling Common
Do you come out to small places like Ditchling Common?
Not at all. We cater in villages and hamlets as well as towns. Tell us about lanes, gates and parking.
Do you cater in the South Downs National Park?
Yes. Some venues there have rules about vehicles, ground and cooking, so check with yours. We will follow the site rules.
Can you cook halal paella?
We can. Tell us how many guests need halal food, and we’ll cook a separate pan.
Where do you cater?
London and South East England: Kent, Surrey, East and West Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Bucks, Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight.
Should we have more than one paella?
Two or three is usual: meat or mixed, seafood, and vegetable or vegan. We will help you decide the split.
Do you do Christmas parties?
Yes, where the venue has a covered, ventilated space to cook. December dates go fast.
Do you have a kids’ option?
Children are welcome. Tell us how many and roughly how old, and we will plan a pan with them in mind.
Can you send documents to our venue?
Send us the venue’s requirements and we will respond.
Planners, venues and businesses
Throwing a party at home? Send us a photo of the garden and tell us about access, and we’ll let you know if live paella is a good fit.
If you’re planning an event on someone’s behalf, such as a wedding planner, an office manager or a festival organiser, we’ll work directly with you and the venue. It keeps things simple.
What affects the price in Ditchling Common
There is nothing hidden: the quote reflects:
- Whether you need crockery
- Waiting and bar staff
- Travel, parking and access
- Timings and hours
Live paella frequently compares well with a sit-down meal, because it needs no kitchen and fewer staff. We’ll send you a quote.
Getting an accurate quote
For a quote, it helps to have:
- Whether you want canapés, tapas or desserts
- Whether the venue has crockery or staff
- Diets and allergies you know about
- Roughly how many adults and children
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many guests, plus any dietary needs, and you will get a menu idea and a price. To get started, use our quote form.
DIY paella versus live catering
Cooking paella for a crowd yourself is possible, but it’s harder than it looks. Large pans need the right burners, and getting the rice right at scale is tricky. Our guide to cooking paella for a crowd explains how.
You can hire equipment and do it yourself, but you will still need to source ingredients, prep and cook for hours. We take care of all of it.
What we need at the venue
The right spot keeps things safe and helps the paella cook evenly. We need:
- Approval from your facilities team or building manager
- Access for unloading near the cooking spot
- Good ventilation: outdoors, or an open-sided cover
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we will advise.
What we offer
- Canapé tapas
- Bowl food
- Paella lunches
- Vegan & vegetarian pans
- Drinks service
- Desserts
Also near Ditchling Common
Other catering in Ditchling Common
About the dishes
Vegan and vegetarian pans
Separate pans with plant-based stock, so everyone eats well.
Canapé tapas
One-bite tapas served by staff.
Work events in Ditchling Common: access and travel
Ditchling Common is about 2 miles south-east of Burgess Hill, in West Sussex. Give us the address of your work event in Ditchling Common, and we’ll plan access and set-up before the day. We cook in 371 places across West Sussex. You can also see our page for Brighton, about 8 miles away.
Historic houses near Ditchling Common include Ockenden Manor (4.7 miles north-west). For a client event at a historic house or estate, ask early about catering rules and where cooking is allowed. For staff and clients coming by train, the nearest station is Burgess Hill station, about 1.6 miles west. With the South Downs National Park within about 2 miles, rural team days are easy to arrange.
We cook at work events all over the BN6 postcode area. If your venue is just outside Ditchling Common, we also cover Wivelsfield (1 mile north), Wivelsfield Green (2 miles north-east), Plumpton Green (2 miles south-east), Streat (2 miles south) and East Chiltington (3 miles south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Crawley (12 miles north), Horsham (13 miles north-west), Haywards Heath (4 miles north), East Grinstead (13 miles north), Shoreham-by-Sea (11 miles south-west) and Lancing (13 miles south-west).
Nearby you will also find Clayton Castle (3.4 miles south-west) and Burgess Hill Museum (1.7 miles north-west). Green spaces nearby include Bedelands Farm Nature Reserve and Ditchling Beacon.
- Nearby schools include Burgess Hill Girls (1.4 miles west) and The Burgess Hill Academy (1.8 miles west)
- Cooked live in giant pans at your event
- Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal options
- Paella, tapas, canapés and desserts
- Sangria, bar staff, crockery and waiting staff