Oxfordshire · England
Corporate Paella Catering for Lyford events
Love Paella cooks paella catering for office lunches, staff parties, team days and client events across Lyford and Oxfordshire, catering for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests.
- Product launches and open days
- Christmas and end-of-year parties
- Training days and conferences
Live corporate paella catering in Lyford
Corporate paella catering in Lyford, cooked live
Canapés, bowl food and desserts can be added, and we work with your venue on access and paperwork. On the menu are paella lunches, canapé tapas and bowl food, and we are regularly asked to cater training days and conferences and charity and fundraising events.
Team away days in the countryside around Lyford suit live paella: it needs no kitchen, just a level spot and access. You can add tapas, desserts, sangria, bar staff and waiting staff, so the whole menu comes from one caterer.
- Area
- Lyford (OX12)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Diets
- Gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, halal
- Add-ons
- Canapés, desserts, sangria and staff
- Quote
- Contact us for a quote
- Page updated
- 23 October 2026
Space, weather and the venue
Safety and good cooking both depend on the spot we use. We look for:
- The venue’s permission for live cooking
- Space well away from trees, fences and gazebo walls
- Sign-off from facilities for live cooking
Not sure about your space? Send us a picture and we’ll tell you honestly.
Popular choices
- Vegan & vegetarian pans
- Bowl food
- Canapé tapas
- Paella lunches
- Desserts
- Drinks service
Lyford: your questions answered
Do you come out to small places like Lyford?
No, we cook in small places too. Tell us about lanes, gates and parking.
Is Lyford close to London?
About 58 miles from central London.
Is halal food available?
Yes, we do. We use halal chicken and leave out pork and alcohol, in a separate pan.
Can you cook indoors?
Mostly outside or under an open cover, because we use gas burners. Some venues have suitable spaces; we’ll check with you and the venue.
Can you do sangria?
We can make sangria, and provide bar staff to serve drinks you supply.
Can you send documents to our venue?
Let us know what’s required, and we will send what you need.
Do you cater for coeliacs?
We can, if you tell us in advance. The rice is gluten-free, but stocks and chorizo can contain gluten, so we make a separate gluten-free pan.
Can staff get involved?
Teams often enjoy watching and asking questions. Tell us what you’d like.
Perfect for your work event in Lyford
It includes everyone: guests who are vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal all get a proper hot meal.
Whatever you are celebrating in Lyford, live paella can be the centrepiece. We often cook for:
- Office lunches and away days
- Conferences and training days
- Fundraisers
- Launches and open days
Nearby historic houses include Longworth House (3.2 miles north). For a client event at a historic house or estate, ask early about catering rules and where cooking is allowed.
Questions to ask before booking
- If the price includes VAT
- Allergen information for each dish
- Travel and parking costs
- What the price includes, item by item
What happens on the day
When we arrive, we set up the burners and pans and start cooking the sofrito and stock. Once the rice goes in, it takes about 20 minutes, so we time everything to your schedule. In Lyford, a summer staff party stays light until about 9:25pm; winter events, dark by about 4:00pm, need lit cooking and serving areas.
- Tell us the date, venue, headcount and timings.
- We confirm a menu, a quote and any paperwork.
- Access and set-up are agreed with facilities.
- We cook live and serve on schedule.
- We pack down and leave the space tidy.
Before we arrive
- Name one person we can ask on the day
- Arrange a covered spot for wet weather
- Arrange parking near the cooking spot
Getting a price
A detailed enquiry gets a more accurate quote: the venue, the timings, the courses you’d like and any extras. To send your details, use our quote form.
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What corporate paella catering costs
There is nothing hidden: the price is based on:
- Staff: cooks, waiting staff and bar staff
- The number of people
- Plates, cutlery and glassware
- Extra courses such as canapés, tapas and dessert
Cost depends on guest numbers, the menu and the courses, along with staff, extras and travel. Every event gets its own quote.
Getting an accurate quote
You don’t need everything decided to ask for a quote, but it helps to know:
- Your date and when you want to eat
- Anything your venue supplies
- Where the event is
- Which courses you have in mind
Still deciding on the menu? That’s fine: give us the basics about your work event, and we’ll make suggestions. To start, use our quote form.
Nearby places to Lyford
Other catering in Lyford
Working with your venue
For big numbers, we plan pans and serving points to keep queues short, so everyone eats promptly. Tell us how long you have for food.
Organising a club, school or community event in Lyford? Paella is quick to serve to a crowd and suits most diets. Tell us about the event and we will suggest a menu.
What’s in the pans
Vegan and vegetarian pans
Cooked separately with their own stock, so everyone eats well.
Canapé tapas
Canapés suit launches and client events.
Is live paella right for your work event?
Sandwiches are easy but forgettable. Live paella gives staff something to talk about. Travel, parking and access can affect the price, so it helps to tell us about your venue. The full price is confirmed before booking.
Why us?
- Separate pans for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests
- Plates, cutlery and waiting staff available
- Served hot, straight from the pan
- Food that becomes part of the entertainment
Take a look at Our pricing And Our guide to catering costs.
Business events near Lyford
Lyford is about 4 miles north of Wantage, in Oxfordshire. Work events in Lyford are planned around your venue and timings: a clear quote, agreed timings and paella cooked live on the day. We cover all 443 towns and villages across Oxfordshire, from the larger towns to small villages. You can also see our page for Oxford, about 11 miles away.
Central London is about 58 miles from Lyford, which makes it handy for team days out of the city.
Corporate paella catering in OX12 is planned around your venue and timings. Other places close to Lyford for corporate paella catering include Charney Bassett (1 mile west), West Hanney (1 mile south-east), Denchworth (2 miles south), Kingston Bagpuize (3 miles north) and Pusey (3 miles north-west). Further out, we also cater in Oxford (11 miles north-east), Didcot (8 miles east), Abingdon-on-Thames (7 miles east), Witney (10 miles north), Carterton (11 miles north-west) and Wantage (4 miles south).
A little further out are Abingdon Community Hospital (6 miles east) and Hinton Waldrist Castle (3.1 miles north). Green spaces nearby include Hitchcopse Pit and Chain Hill.
- Pubs nearby include The Chequers pub (0.8 miles west)
Should I cook it myself?
Cooking paella for a crowd yourself is possible, but it is harder than it looks. A big pan needs a burner that heats it evenly, and getting the rice right for dozens of people takes experience. Our guide to cooking paella for a crowd explains how.
For a small group, cooking yourself can work well. For big numbers or lots of diets, a caterer makes life easier, and handles separate pans for each diet.
- 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