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Corporate Paella Catering for Outwood events
Planning corporate paella catering in Outwood? We bring the pans, burners and fresh ingredients and cook while your guests watch.
- Fundraisers
- Client and customer events
- Christmas and end-of-year parties
Corporate paella catering in Outwood
The process
Expect a friendly, organised team. We agree arrival and serving times in advance, set up our cooking area, and cook and serve without fuss. In Outwood, a summer staff party stays light until about 9:20pm; winter events, dark by about 3:55pm, need lit cooking and serving areas.
- We check the date and venue.
- You pick the menu.
- We provide the paperwork.
- The paella cooks as your team gathers.
- It’s served quickly, then we pack down.
Preparing for the day
- Confirm the venue is happy with live cooking
- Leave space around the cooking area
- Tell us where to park and unload
How to get a price
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many guests, plus any dietary needs, and we will reply with a menu suggestion and a quote. To get started, fill in our quote form.
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Corporate paella catering in Outwood, made fresh on the day
Work events are diverse, and food can easily leave people out. Separate pans for meat, seafood, vegetarian and vegan paella mean everyone eats together. For summer parties for staff and christmas and end-of-year parties, we will put together a menu of Spanish desserts, paella lunches and canapé tapas and more.
For rural venues near Outwood, we can bring a hot lunch to the team. Let us know about access and parking. We plan the timings around your day, whether that is speeches, a lunch break or a festival schedule.
Places near Outwood
What else we do in Outwood
Planning the cooking area
If a space is not suitable, we will tell you. The main points are:
- Outdoor space or a ventilated gazebo
- A level, firm spot for the burners and pans
- Clearance from fences, hedges, branches and anything flammable
If you are unsure, send a picture of the space and we’ll say what we think.
On the menu in Outwood
- Desserts
- Paella lunches
- Canapé tapas
- Drinks service
- Bowl food
- Vegan & vegetarian pans
The menu, dish by dish
Canapé tapas
Bite-sized tapas carried round by staff during receptions.
Paella lunches
A paella lunch feeds a team fast, with every diet covered.
Should I cook it myself?
Cooking paella for a crowd yourself is possible, but it is harder than it looks. Large pans need the right burners, and getting the rice right for dozens of people takes experience. Read how to cook paella for a crowd.
Weighing up DIY against a caterer? Think about numbers, diets and how much you want to enjoy the day. We’re happy to give you a quote to compare.
How we price corporate paella catering
These are the factors that matter most:
- The length of service
- How many courses
- Crockery and cutlery, or disposables
- Guest numbers
Larger events usually cost less per head, because the cooking set-up is similar for different sizes of event. Give us your numbers and we’ll quote.
What we need to know
You do not need everything decided to ask for a quote, but these help:
- The courses you’d like
- Anything your venue supplies
- Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal and allergy numbers
- Approximate guest numbers, including children
The quickest way to a quote is to use our quote form. Give us the details of your work event, and we’ll put together a menu and price.
For planners, venues and organisers
Booking for a company? Tell us what your finance team needs, and we will talk you through the process. We can work with your facilities team on access and timings.
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.
Planning for every diet
Good planning keeps every guest safe and happy. Try these:
- Have water and soft drinks available
- Provide shade and seats outdoors
- Share the timings for food
- Ask facilities what documents they need from us
The space is left clean and tidy.
Crockery, cutlery and waiting staff available.
Business events near Outwood
Outwood is about 3 miles east of Horley, in Surrey. From the centre of Outwood to the outskirts, we offer the same service: live cooking, separate pans for every diet and a clear price. Outwood is one of 395 places in Surrey we cover. We cook right across the region, from Outwood to Guildford (about 20 miles away).
Outwood is about 21 miles from central London, which makes it handy for team days out of the city.
We cover work events in every part of the RH1 postcode area and the streets around it. Your work event could be at a home on Miller's Lane, Bellwether Lane and Scott's Hill or the roads around them. If your venue is just outside Outwood, we also cover Smallfield (1 mile south), Horley (3 miles west), Burstow (3 miles south), Fernhill (3 miles south-west) and Keeper's Corner (3 miles south). We also cook in nearby towns such as Epsom (12 miles north-west), Redhill (4 miles north-west), Ewell (13 miles north-west), Reigate (5 miles north-west), Caterham (7 miles north) and Dorking (10 miles west).
A little further out are Effingham Park Motor Museum (3.7 miles south) and East Surrey Hospital (2.9 miles north-west). Not far away are Bay Pond and Hedgecourt Lake.
- Local pubs include The Castle pub (within half a mile west)
Common questions in Outwood
Do you come out to small places like Outwood?
Not at all. We cater in villages and hamlets as well as towns. Let us know about access and parking.
Is Outwood close to London?
Roughly 21 miles from the centre of London, and we cover it as standard.
Do you cook it at the event?
Yes, always. We cook from scratch in large pans at your venue, where your guests can watch.
Do you work in winter?
We can, with a suitable covered cooking area. Hot paella in winter is popular.
Do you cook inside?
Mostly outside or under an open cover, because we use gas burners. We’ll check whether your venue has a suitable space.
What do you need at the venue?
A level space for the pans, burners and a serving table, outdoors or in a marquee or well-ventilated area, and the venue’s permission for live cooking.
Can you do gluten-free paella?
We can, if you tell us in advance. Rice is naturally gluten-free, but stock and some ingredients may not be, so we cook a gluten-free paella separately.
Can you serve drinks?
Sangria, yes. For other drinks, we can provide bar staff to serve what you buy.
Who books corporate paella catering in Outwood?
It gets colleagues talking around the pans.
Almost any gathering can work with live paella. People in Outwood book us for events such as:
- Christmas and end-of-year parties
- Charity and fundraising events
- Team lunches
- Team days
For staff and clients coming by train, the nearest station is Salfords station, about 2.2 miles west.
Before booking anyone
- What the price includes, item by item
- How bad weather is handled
- VAT, if it applies
- Allergen information for each dish
- 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