Hampshire · England
Corporate Paella Catering for Eastrop events
Love Paella cooks paella catering for office lunches, staff parties, team days and client events in Eastrop and nearby, catering for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests.
- Conference lunches
- Client and customer events
- Charity days
Corporate paella catering for Eastrop events
Corporate paella catering for your work event in Eastrop
For client events, presentation matters: canapé tapas and small bowls of paella served by staff feel polished. We cook paella lunches, vegan and vegetarian paella and bowl food, and we are regularly asked to cater christmas parties and company summer parties.
Teams near Eastrop often go for an outdoor lunch or summer party. Let us know about the site. Each paella is cooked from scratch on the day, not reheated.
Planning for every diet
Dietary needs are easy to plan for with a little notice. Our advice:
- Send us totals for each diet and any serious allergies
- Provide shade and seats outdoors
- Get facilities approval early
- Ensure there are plenty of soft drinks
We arrive on time and follow your site rules.
Canapé tapas for receptions and launches.
How it works
From set-up to serving, we look after the food, so you are free to enjoy your work event. If you’ve chosen tapas or canapés, they go out first as the rice is cooking. After-work summer parties in Eastrop have daylight until about 9:25pm in late June and 7:10pm in late September; for winter events, dark by about 4:00pm, we need lighting.
- We start with your date, venue, headcount, 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 pack down and leave the space tidy.
Before we arrive
- Have a gazebo or cover ready if rain is likely
- Make sure the spot is clear of anything flammable
- Let us know who to talk to on the day
How to get a price
We quote for each event separately, so the price fits what you actually want. For a quote, use our quote form.
Read more
How we price corporate paella catering
These are the factors that matter most:
- Parking and unloading
- Extra courses such as canapés, tapas and dessert
- The length of service
- The paellas you choose
When you compare quotes, check what each one includes: staff, crockery, sides, travel and VAT. We itemise ours.
Details that help
You do not need everything decided to ask for a quote, but these help:
- Anything your venue supplies
- Diets and allergies you know about
- A picture of where we’d cook
- The date and rough timings
Send us the date, your venue or RG21 postcode and guest numbers, along with any dietary needs, and we’ll reply with a menu suggestion and a quote. To get started, fill in our quote form.
Business events near Eastrop
Eastrop is about 1 mile east of Basingstoke, in Hampshire. Give us the address of your work event in Eastrop, and we’ll plan the journey and set-up before the day. We cater in all 683 towns and villages across Hampshire. We cook right across the region, from Eastrop to Reading (13 miles away).
Historic houses near Eastrop include The Vyne (2.9 miles north). Estates and historic houses can make memorable settings for client events, but they typically set strict rules for caterers. Eastrop is about 46 miles from central London, so it’s a practical spot for away days and team events.
Here we cover the RG21 and RG24 postcode area, so your work event can be anywhere in it. Local streets include New Road, Vyne Road and Goat Lane; a work event at home on any of them works well with live paella. Eastrop is on the A3010, which makes it straightforward to bring the equipment. If your venue is just outside Eastrop, we also cover Oakridge (1 mile north-west), Viables (1 mile south), Lychpit (1 mile east), Popley (1 mile north) and Old Basing (2 miles east). Within a short drive, we also cover Farnborough (14 miles east), Fleet (11 miles east), Aldershot (14 miles east), Alton (9 miles south-east), Yateley (12 miles north-east) and Tadley (7 miles north-west).
Well-known places in the area include Festival Place (under half a mile west) and Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital (1.6 miles north-west). Not far away are Farleigh Hill and Daneshill Park Woods.
- Nearby schools include Fairfields Primary School (0.5 miles south-west)
- Local pubs include The Angel pub (under half a mile west)
What we need at the venue
If a space isn’t suitable, we will tell you, and suggest an alternative. The main points are:
- Level ground for the pans and burners
- Space well away from trees, fences and gazebo walls
- Good ventilation: outdoors, or an open-sided cover
If you’re unsure, send a picture of the space and we’ll say what we think.
Menu ideas
- Paella lunches
- Bowl food
- Vegan & vegetarian pans
- Drinks service
- Desserts
- Canapé tapas
Paella compared with other options
Buffet food sits out. Paella goes straight from pan to plate. Extras such as tapas, desserts, sangria, staff and crockery are priced separately, so you can choose exactly what you need.
Why us?
- Served hot, straight from the pan
- A quote that spells everything out
- Paella cooked from scratch on site
- Real theatre, not just catering
See How we price Or The cost guide.
Cook it yourself or book a caterer?
Doing it yourself saves money, but the host ends up stuck at the stove. With live paella catering, you get the theatre without the work.
Cooking it yourself? Test your pan and burner first, keep the stock hot, and leave the rice alone once it is in. Keep a clear zone around the burner.
Eastrop: your questions answered
Could we have live paella in Eastrop Park?
Only with permission from the park’s owner, typically the council. Check with them, and we’ll provide our paperwork.
How far is Eastrop from London?
About 46 miles from central London, and well within our area.
Do you take everything away?
We take our equipment and leave the cooking area tidy. Ask us about table clearing if you need it.
Do you cater for coeliacs?
A gluten-free pan is no problem. Tell us about any coeliac guests when you book so we take the right care.
How do you work out quantities?
Quantities depend on numbers, timing and courses, with a sensible margin. Accurate numbers help.
Can you cook in the rain?
Rain does not stop us, as long as there’s a ventilated cover. We will talk it through before the day.
Do you cater for vegetarian guests?
Yes, and meat eaters often go back for seconds. Each is cooked separately, with its own stock and utensils.
Can staff get involved?
Ask us about it when you enquire, and we’ll see what works.
Occasions we cook for in Eastrop
It gets colleagues talking.
Almost any gathering can work with live paella. In Eastrop, people book us for events such as:
- Product launches and open days
- Conference lunches
- Client and customer events
- End-of-year celebrations
For staff and clients coming by train, Eastrop has its own station, Basingstoke station.
What to look for in a quote
- Plates, cutlery and napkins, or disposables
- If the price includes VAT
- What the caterer needs from your venue
- Travel and parking costs
Also near Eastrop
What else we do in Eastrop
Working with your venue
For big numbers, we plan pans and serving points to keep queues short, so guests are fed quickly. Let us know how long the food break is.
For repeat events, such as annual staff parties or seasonal fairs, let us know your dates early, so we can hold the date.
- 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