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Corporate Paella Catering in Ranmore Common
Planning corporate paella catering in Ranmore Common? We bring the pans, burners and fresh ingredients and cook in front of your guests.
- Team days
- Summer parties for staff
- Away days and office lunches
Corporate paella catering for Ranmore Common events
What we need at the venue
We’ll be honest if a space will not work. What matters most:
- Space well away from trees, fences and gazebo walls
- Open air or a well-ventilated covered spot
- The venue’s permission for live cooking
If you are unsure, send a photo of the space and we will say what we think.
Menu ideas
- Paella lunches
- Drinks service
- Desserts
- Vegan & vegetarian pans
- Canapé tapas
- Bowl food
Corporate paella catering in Ranmore Common, cooked live
Work events are diverse, and food can easily leave people out. Separate pans for meat, seafood, vegetarian and vegan paella mean everyone eats together. Whether it’s christmas and end-of-year parties and team-building events, we will put together a menu of paella lunches, Spanish desserts and canapé tapas and more.
For rural venues near Ranmore Common, we can bring a hot lunch to the team. Let us know about access and parking. We cater for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests, each in a separate pan.
Ranmore Common questions
Can you cook in Milton Heath and The Nower?
Only if the landowner, generally the council, allows it. Check with them, and we will provide our paperwork.
Is Ranmore Common close to London?
Roughly 21 miles from the centre of London, and well within our area.
Do you provide drinks?
Yes, sangria. For other drinks, we can provide bar staff to serve what you buy.
What areas do you cover?
London and South East England: Kent, Surrey, East and West Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Bucks, Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight, including Ranmore Common.
Do you cater for vegetarian guests?
Yes. Vegetarian and vegan paellas are cooked in separate pans, alongside the meat and seafood pans.
How much space do you need?
Not a lot: a flat spot away from anything flammable, with space to serve. If in doubt, send a picture.
Can you cook halal paella?
Yes, we do. Halal paella is cooked with halal chicken and no pork or alcohol, in a separate pan.
Do you do desserts?
Yes. Spanish desserts such as churros or crema catalana.
A closer look at the menu
Bowl food
Bowls are perfect for mingling.
Canapé tapas
Bite-sized tapas carried round by staff.
Cook it yourself or book a caterer?
Cooking it yourself? Test your pan and burner first, keep the stock hot, and do not stir once the rice goes in. And keep children and pets well away from the burner.
Hiring a pan and burner is one option, but you will still need to source ingredients, prep and cook for hours. A caterer handles all of that.
Prices and what affects them
We will give you a clear, itemised quote. The main things that affect it are:
- Parking and unloading
- How many staff you need
- Chicken, vegetable or premium seafood
- Crockery and cutlery, or disposables
Live paella often compares well with a sit-down meal, because it needs no kitchen and fewer staff. We’ll send you a quote.
What we need to know
To speed things up, tell us:
- The courses you’d like
- The date and time of the event
- What the venue already provides
- A picture of the space, if you can
Getting a quote is simple: share your date, venue, numbers and diets. We will come back with a clear quote.
Step by step
From set-up to serving, we look after the food, so you’re free to enjoy your work event. If you’ve chosen tapas or canapés, they go out first while the paella cooks. For a Christmas party in Ranmore Common, it is dark by about 3:55pm, so the cooking and serving areas need good lighting. A summer party has daylight until about 9:20pm.
- Send us the date, venue, numbers, 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 clear our cooking area away and leave the space as we found it.
How to prepare
- Choose a level spot for the cooking area
- Give us your final numbers and diets
- Keep the cooking spot clear of fences, hedges and branches
Get a quote
A detailed enquiry gets a more accurate quote: the venue, the timings, the courses you’d like and any extras. When you are ready, send us your details through our quote form.
Related guides
Ranmore Common for staff parties and team days
Ranmore Common is about 2 miles north-west of Dorking, in Surrey. Give us the address of your work event in Ranmore Common, and we’ll plan the journey and set-up before the day. We cover all 395 towns and villages across Surrey, from the larger towns to small villages. Our events stretch from Ranmore Common to Guildford (9 miles away).
Ranmore Common is about 21 miles from central London, so it’s a practical spot for away days and team events. For staff and clients coming by train, Dorking West station is about 1.1 miles away. With the Surrey Hills National Landscape within about 3 miles, rural team days are easy to arrange.
Wherever your work event is in RH5, we can cook for your guests, from busy streets to quiet lanes. Neighbouring places where we cater work events include Westcott (1 mile south), Westhumble (2 miles north-east), Dorking (2 miles south-east), Pixham (2 miles east) and Wotton (2 miles south-west). Further out, we also cater in Guildford (9 miles west), Woking (10 miles north-west), Epsom (8 miles north-east), Horley (10 miles south-east), Redhill (8 miles east) and Ewell (9 miles north-east).
Other landmarks nearby include Betchworth Castle (3 miles east) and Mesolithic Museum (3.3 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include Box Hill and Combe Bottom.
- Schools near Ranmore Common include The Priory CofE Voluntary Aided School (1.4 miles south-east)
- Local facilities include Pippbrook House (1.7 miles east)
For planners, venues and organisers
Organising a club, school or community event in Ranmore Common? Live paella feeds a crowd quickly and suits most diets. Tell us about the event and we will suggest a menu.
Throwing a party at home? Send us a picture of the garden and tell us about access, and we’ll let you know if live paella is a good fit.
Nearby places to Ranmore Common
Other catering in Ranmore Common
Diets, allergies and planning
Paella is one of the easiest dishes for mixed diets, because each paella is cooked in its own pan. A few tips:
- Get facilities approval early
- Tell us how long the food break is
- Include soft drinks and water as well as alcohol
- Share diet numbers and allergies in writing
Staff can circulate with canapés or bowls.
Bar staff and sangria on request.
Why live cooking beats a buffet
A barbecue cooks in batches and needs plenty of separate vegetarian food. Paella handles diets with separate pans. Extras such as tapas, desserts, sangria, staff and crockery are priced separately, so you can choose exactly what you need.
Why Ranmore Common hosts choose us
- Add tapas, canapés and Spanish desserts
- Options for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests, each in its own pan
- A clear, itemised quote
- Live cooking, not reheated food
Take a look at Our pricing And The cost guide.
- 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