Kent · England
Corporate paella catering in Paddock, Kent
Treat your guests to live paella at your work event in Paddock. Everything is cooked fresh on the day, and serve it straight from the pan.
- Charity days
- Product launches and open days
- Team-building events
Live corporate paella catering in Paddock
How our corporate paella catering works in Paddock
Canapés, bowl food and desserts can be added, and we’ll work with your venue on access, timings and paperwork. For customer events and summer parties for staff, we can cook bowl food, canapé tapas and vegan and vegetarian paella for your guests.
Team away days in the countryside around Paddock suit live paella: no kitchen needed, just level ground and access. We cook every pan in full view of your guests, so the food is hot, fresh and part of the occasion.
How we price corporate paella catering
The price comes down to a few factors:
- Plates, cutlery and glassware
- The paellas you choose
- The number of people
- Waiting and bar staff
Cost depends on guest numbers, the menu and the courses, along with staff, extras and travel. We quote for each event individually.
Details that help
We can quote more accurately with a few details. Here’s what’s useful:
- Whether you want canapés, tapas or desserts
- Where the event is
- Whether the venue has crockery or staff
- A photo of the space, if you can
Send us the date, your venue or TN25 postcode and guest numbers, along with any dietary needs, and we will reply with a menu suggestion and a quote. To get started, fill in our quote form.
Paddock questions
What’s the nearest station to Paddock for guests?
Charing station, about 3 miles west of the centre.
Is Paddock close to London?
Roughly 45 miles from the centre of London, and we cover it as standard.
Can you provide dessert?
We can add a dessert. Let us know if you’d like one when you ask for a quote.
Can you cook indoors?
Indoors only where ventilation and the venue allow it. Most events have us cooking outside or in a doorway or courtyard.
Which areas do you serve?
London and South East England: Kent, Surrey, East and West Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Bucks, Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight, including Paddock.
What space do you need to cook?
Less than you might think: a flat spot away from anything flammable, with space to serve. If in doubt, send a photo.
Do you cater for coeliacs?
We can cook a gluten-free paella in its own pan. Let us know about coeliac guests in advance so we take the right care.
Do you provide drinks?
We can make sangria, and provide bar staff to serve drinks you supply.
Paddock for staff parties and team days
Paddock is about 5 miles north of Ashford, in Kent. Anywhere in TN25, we can cook for your guests. We cover all 922 towns and villages across Kent. Our nearest city page is Canterbury, about 11 miles away.
Paddock is about 45 miles from central London, which makes it handy for team days out of the city. Nearby historic houses include Belmont House and Gardens (3.8 miles north) and Godinton House (4.1 miles south). Estates and historic houses can make memorable settings for client events, but they usually set strict rules for caterers. The Kent Downs National Landscape is within about 5 miles, which suits team away days in the countryside.
Here we cover the TN25 postcode area, so your work event can be anywhere in it. From Canterbury Road and Green Lane or a nearby road, we can cook there. We also cook at work events in Challock (1 mile east), Pested (1 mile north-east), Stocker's Head (2 miles west), Charing Hill (2 miles west) and Stalisfield (3 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include Maidstone (15 miles west), Ashford (5 miles south), Canterbury (11 miles north-east), Sittingbourne (10 miles north-west), Whitstable (12 miles north-east) and Faversham (7 miles north).
A little further out are Tower keep castle at Chilham (4.8 miles east) and William Harvey Hospital (5.8 miles south-east).
- Nearby schools include The Hayesbrook School (2 miles south)
- Nearby, you’ll find The Chequers pub (0.8 miles east)
A closer look at the menu
Paella lunches
Two or three paellas served from the pan, quick to serve to a big team.
Canapé tapas
Bite-sized tapas carried round by staff during receptions.
Places near Paddock
More for events in Paddock
DIY paella versus live catering
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.
Some hosts like to cook themselves. The usual problems are a pan too big for the burner, too much rice and stirring once the rice is in. If you’d rather be with your guests, we will do the cooking.
Dietary needs and planning tips
We cater for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests. To get it right:
- Ask facilities what documents they need from us
- Share the timings for food
- Get facilities approval early
- Include soft drinks and water as well as alcohol
We serve at the agreed time, lunchtime or evening.
Churros or Spanish desserts to finish.
Occasions we cook for in Paddock
It suits summer parties especially well, paired with lawn games and music.
In Paddock and nearby, we cater all sorts of events. Some of the most common are:
- Conferences and training days
- Fundraisers
- Team-building days
- Team lunches
Teams travelling in by rail can use the station: the nearest station is Charing station, about 3 miles west.
Questions to ask before booking
- Who provides the crockery
- The deadline for final numbers
- How bad weather is handled
- How many staff are coming, and for how long
Planners, venues and businesses
Booking for a company? Tell us what your finance team needs, and we will talk you through the process. We’re happy to liaise with facilities on access and timings.
If you run the same event each year, tell us your dates early, so we can hold the date.
Step by step
Expect a friendly, organised team. Arrival and serving times are agreed beforehand, set up the pans and burners, and cook and serve without fuss. After-work summer parties in Paddock have daylight until about 9:15pm in late June and 7:00pm in late September; winter events, dark by about 3:50pm, need lit cooking and serving areas.
- Send us the date, venue, numbers, timings and diets.
- We confirm a menu and a quote, with any paperwork your venue needs.
- We agree access, parking and set-up times with you or the venue.
- We cook live on the day and serve on schedule.
- We clear our cooking area away and leave the space as we found it.
Getting ready for the day
- Ensure we can park close by to unload
- Leave space around the cooking area
- Tell us when you want to eat
Getting a price
The quickest way to a quote is to send us your details through our quote form. Give us the details of your work event, and we’ll suggest paellas and extras to suit.
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Before you choose a spot
Live paella is cooked over gas burners in large pans, so the cooking area needs a little planning. Here’s what we look for:
- Access for unloading near the cooking spot
- Good ventilation: outdoors, or an open-sided cover
- Space well away from trees, fences and gazebo walls
Not sure about your space? Send us a picture and we’ll tell you honestly.
What we offer
- Desserts
- Drinks service
- Vegan & vegetarian pans
- Paella lunches
- Canapé tapas
- Bowl food
- 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