Hampshire · England
Corporate Paella Catering for Smannell events
Paella catering for office lunches, staff parties, team days and client events in Smannell: paella made from scratch in big, shallow pans, in full view of your guests, with tapas, desserts and drinks if you want them.
- Customer events
- Team days
- Open days and launches
Live corporate paella catering in Smannell
DIY paella versus live catering
Plenty of people try cooking paella for their own party. Common mistakes are mismatched pans and burners, overfilling and stirring. If you’d rather be with your guests, we’ll do the cooking.
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.
About our corporate paella catering in Smannell
We cater summer parties, office lunches, team days, open days and client events. We’re often asked to cater conference lunches and team lunches, with Spanish desserts, canapé tapas and vegan and vegetarian paella.
For rural venues near Smannell, live paella brings a hot meal to wherever the team is. Tell us about access. You can add tapas, desserts, sangria, bar staff and waiting staff, so one booking can cover the whole menu.
Planners, venues and businesses
Throwing a party at home? Send a photo of the space and tell us about parking, and we’ll let you know if live paella is a good fit.
Wedding planners and venue coordinators are welcome to contact us directly, and we’ll keep you updated on timings and set-up.
Prices and what affects them
There’s nothing hidden: the price is based on:
- Chicken, vegetable or premium seafood
- The length of service
- Crockery and cutlery, or disposables
- Parking and unloading
Larger events normally cost less per head, since the set-up is much the same either way. Tell us your numbers for an accurate price.
Getting an accurate quote
You don’t need everything decided to ask for a quote, but these help:
- Any dietary needs and allergies
- Roughly how many adults and children
- Your date and when you want to eat
- A picture of where we’d cook
Each quote is tailored to your event. Tell us your date and guest numbers, and we’ll confirm whether we’re available that day.
Live paella or other catering?
For catering that’s part of the event, live paella is a strong choice. The price depends on your guest numbers, the menu and how many courses you choose, along with staff, extras and travel. We quote for each event individually.
What you get with us
- Crockery and waiting staff if you need them
- Drinks service on request
- Options for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests, each in its own pan
- Hot food served quickly from the pan
Smannell questions
Is Smannell close to London?
About 61 miles from central London, and we cover it as standard.
Which station should guests use for Smannell?
Andover station, about 2.5 miles south-west of the centre.
Do you work in winter?
Yes, where the venue has a covered, ventilated space to cook. Book early for December.
Do you cater at business parks?
Frequently, if the site has a suitable space and allows cooking. We’ll check with your facilities team.
Do you cater for vegetarian guests?
Yes. We cook vegetarian and vegan paellas in their own pans, alongside the meat and seafood pans.
Do you cook it at the event?
Yes. We arrive with everything we need and cook on the day, serving it hot from the pan.
What space do you need to cook?
Level ground for the burners, pans and a table, outdoors or in a marquee or well-ventilated area, plus the venue’s agreement to cooking.
Can the team help cook?
Teams frequently enjoy watching and asking questions. Tell us what you’d like.
Occasions we cook for in Smannell
Nobody is left out: every diet gets a hot main.
We can help if you are planning any of the following:
- Fundraisers
- Company summer parties
- Office lunches and away days
- Team-building events
Teams travelling in by rail can use the station: Andover station is about 2.5 miles away.
Comparing caterers
- The deadline for final numbers
- What the price includes, item by item
- When payment is due
- How many staff are coming, and for how long
A closer look at the menu
Bowl food
Bowl food lets guests eat while they mingle.
Vegan and vegetarian pans
Separate pans with plant-based stock, so everyone eats well.
Towns and villages near Smannell
What else we do in Smannell
Diets, allergies and planning
Nearly every event has some special diets. To cater well for them:
- Confirm live cooking with facilities
- Ask facilities what documents they need from us
- Let us know how long people have to eat
- Have water and soft drinks available
We leave the space as we found it.
Crockery and staff can be added.
How it works
We work to your timings. If things run behind, we hold the paella at the right stage so it is served at its best. After-work summer parties in Smannell 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.
- We start with your date, venue, headcount, 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.
- The paella cooks in front of your team and is served at the agreed time.
- We pack down and leave the space tidy.
Before we arrive
- Choose a level spot for the cooking area
- Send us final numbers and dietary needs in good time
- Name one person we can ask on the day
How to get a price
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many guests, along with any dietary needs, and we’ll reply with a menu suggestion and a quote. Just fill in our quote form.
Related guides
Planning a team event in Smannell
Smannell is about 2 miles north-east of Andover, in Hampshire. We bring corporate paella catering to gardens, halls and venues around Smannell. We cook in all 683 towns and villages across Hampshire. Our events stretch from Smannell to Southampton (about 22 miles away).
Central London is about 61 miles from Smannell, so it is a practical spot for away days and team events.
Anywhere in SP11, we can cook for your guests, from busy streets to quiet lanes. We can cater a work event on streets such as Stoke Road and Smannell Road or the roads around them. Close by, we cover work events in Little London (1 mile north), Finkley (1 mile south-east), Enham Alamein (1 mile west), Upper Enham (1 mile north-west) and East Anton (1 mile south-west). Larger places within reach include Basingstoke (15 miles east), Winchester (14 miles south-east), Hyde (13 miles south-east), Tidworth (9 miles west), Weeke (13 miles south-east) and Kempshott (14 miles east).
Other landmarks nearby include Finkley Down Farm Museum (1.2 miles south) and Andover War Memorial Hospital (2.4 miles south-west). Not far away are Anton Lakes and Mill Lake.
- Nearby schools include Winton Community Academy (2.1 miles south)
- Pubs nearby include The Oak pub (under half a mile south-west)
- 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