Southampton · England
Corporate Paella Catering for Portswood events
Treat your guests to live paella at your work event in Portswood. We cook from scratch on site, and serve it straight from the pan.
- Christmas and end-of-year parties
- Training days and conferences
- Charity and fundraising events
Corporate paella catering near Portswood
About our corporate paella catering in Portswood
Corporate events need food that feeds a crowd quickly, suits every diet and doesn’t stop people talking. Live paella ticks every box. Typical bookings include team lunches and christmas parties, with canapé tapas, Spanish desserts and vegan and vegetarian paella.
Work events near Portswood might be at a farm venue, a barn or the office grounds. Live paella works in all of them. Your quote spells out exactly what’s included: menu, staff, crockery and anything else you choose.
- Where
- Portswood (SO17, SO14, SO18)
- Region
- Southampton
- Dietary options
- Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and halal
- Also available
- Tapas, churros, sangria, crockery
- Quotes
- Quoted for your event
- Page updated
- 23 October 2026
Prices and what affects them
The price comes down to a few factors:
- Starters, canapés and desserts
- How many staff you need
- Plates, cutlery and glassware
- Chicken, vegetable or premium seafood
Live paella often compares well with a sit-down meal, as there’s no kitchen to hire and fewer staff to pay. Ask us for a quote.
What to tell us
To speed things up, tell us:
- Roughly how many adults and children
- Diets and allergies you know about
- The date and rough timings
- A photo of the cooking space, if it is a garden or field
We need only a few details to quote: the date, where the event is, how many guests and any dietary needs. To send them, fill in our quote form.
Towns and villages near Portswood
What else we do in Portswood
Diets, allergies and planning
We cater for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests. To get it right:
- Get facilities approval early
- Find out what paperwork the venue needs
- Provide shade and seats outdoors
- Include soft drinks and water as well as alcohol
Service is timed to your schedule, whether that is a lunch break or an evening party.
Canapé tapas for receptions and launches.
The menu, dish by dish
Bowl food
Bowls are perfect for mingling.
Canapé tapas
Canapé tapas suit client events.
Common questions in Portswood
How far is Portswood from London?
Roughly 69 miles from the centre of London.
Could we have live paella in Southampton Common?
Only if the landowner, usually the council, allows it. Ask them first, and we’ll send any information they need.
Can you supply plates?
Yes, on request. Crockery, cutlery and napkins, or good-quality disposables are available.
Can you invoice the company?
Ask us when you enquire and we will explain how booking and payment work.
What about pudding?
Yes, Spanish desserts can be added. Tell us what you have in mind in your enquiry.
Can you do sangria?
Yes, sangria. For other drinks, we can provide bar staff to serve what you buy.
Do you cater for vegetarian guests?
Of course. Vegetarian and vegan paellas are cooked in separate pans.
Is halal food available?
Yes, on request. Let us know your halal numbers, and it’s cooked separately.
Step by step
The cooking is part of the entertainment. We start with the sofrito, add the stock and saffron, then spread the rice across the pan and leave it alone to cook while your guests chat. After-work summer parties in Portswood 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.
- Tell us the date, venue, headcount and timings.
- We confirm a menu, a quote and any paperwork.
- We agree access and set-up with facilities.
- We cook live and serve on schedule.
- We clear our area and leave it clean.
How to prepare
- Choose a level spot for the cooking area
- Check the venue allows live cooking
- Give us a contact for the day
Ask for a quote
To get a price, use our quote form. Give us the details of your work event, and we’ll suggest paellas and extras to suit.
Planning help
Live paella or other catering?
Food vans can create long queues. Paella pans serve many people quickly. Comparing caterers? Look at what each quote includes: staff, crockery, bread and salads, travel and VAT. We itemise ours.
Why Portswood hosts choose us
- Everything cooked fresh at your event
- We cover Portswood and the whole of Southampton
- Every diet catered for, pan by pan
- No hidden extras in your quote
Take a look at How we price And What paella catering costs.
Organising for someone else?
If you’re organising for someone else, such as a wedding planner, an office manager or a festival organiser, we’ll work directly with you and the venue. It saves passing messages back and forth.
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.
Planning the cooking area
We will agree the cooking spot with you before the day. It needs to meet a few simple requirements:
- Access for unloading near the cooking spot
- Approval from your facilities team or building manager
- Confirmation that open cooking is allowed
If you are unsure, send a picture of the space and we’ll say what we think.
On the menu in Portswood
- Drinks service
- Vegan & vegetarian pans
- Paella lunches
- Canapé tapas
- Bowl food
- Desserts
Work events in Portswood: access and travel
Portswood is about 1 mile north of Southampton, in Southampton. Wherever your work event is in the SO17 area, we can cook for your guests. We cook in all 40 towns and villages across Southampton.
By road, Portswood is on or near the A335 and A3035, which makes it easy for us to reach with the van and equipment. Nearby historic houses include South Stoneham House (1 mile north-east) and Southampton Tudor House and Garden (1.9 miles south). For a client event at a historic house or estate, ask early about catering rules and where cooking is allowed. With the New Forest National Park within about 8 miles, rural team days are easy to arrange. The coast is within about 2 miles, so a seafood pan goes down well at summer events.
We cook at work events all over the SO17, SO14 and SO18 postcode area. Local streets include Ivy Road, Alma Road and Lawn Road; a work event at home on any of them works well with live paella. Main roads around Portswood include the A335 and A3035, which makes travel to your work event easy. Other places close to Portswood for corporate paella catering include St Denys (1 mile south-east), Southampton (1 mile south), Inner Avenue (1 mile south-west), Bitterne Manor (1 mile south-east) and Bitterne Park (1 mile east). Within a short drive, we also cover Thornhill (3 miles south-east), Maybush (3 miles west), Eling (4 miles west), Rownhams (3 miles north-west), Millbrook (3 miles west) and Weston (3 miles south).
Well-known places in the area include Marlands Shopping Centre (1.5 miles south) and Royal South Hants Hospital (0.9 miles south). Not far away are Netley Common.
- Local schools include St Anne's Catholic School (1 mile south-west) and St Mary's Independent School (1.2 miles east)
- Local pubs include South Western Arms (within half a mile south-east)
Should I cook it myself?
Plenty of people try cooking paella for their own party. Common mistakes are mismatched pans and burners, overfilling and stirring. If you’d rather enjoy the party, let us cook.
DIY catering keeps costs down, but the host spends the party cooking. With live paella catering, you get the theatre without the work.
- 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