Hampshire · England
Corporate Paella Catering for South Town events
Paella catering for office lunches, staff parties, team days and client events in South Town: paella cooked from scratch in giant pans, in full view of your guests, with tapas, desserts and drinks if you want them.
- Team lunches
- Conference lunches
- End-of-year celebrations
Planning an event in South Town?
About our corporate paella catering in South Town
Guests gather round to watch it cook, and service from the pan keeps queues short. For summer staff parties and end-of-year celebrations, we’ll put together a menu of bowl food, paella lunches and Spanish desserts.
At country venues around South Town, live paella brings a hot meal to wherever the team is. Let us know about access and parking. We bring everything we need to cook, and pack down our cooking area when service is finished.
Planning the cooking area
We cook in large pans over gas burners, so we need a suitable spot. Here’s what we look for:
- A safe distance from anything that could catch
- Outdoor space or a ventilated gazebo
- Access for unloading near the cooking spot
If you’re unsure, send a photo of the space and we’ll say what we think before booking.
What we offer
- Canapé tapas
- Drinks service
- Desserts
- Vegan & vegetarian pans
- Paella lunches
- Bowl food
Planners, venues and businesses
If you are booking for a business, tell us how you’d like to handle the booking and payment, and we’ll talk you through the process. We are 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.
How we price corporate paella catering
Live paella pricing is straightforward once we know the basics:
- The length of service
- Waiting and bar staff
- Guest numbers
- Your choice of paellas
There is no one-size-fits-all price for live paella. A garden party lunch and a full wedding menu are very different jobs. We itemise everything in your quote.
What to tell us
When you get in touch, it helps to tell us:
- The date and rough timings
- The courses you’d like
- Where the event is
- Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal and allergy numbers
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote: the venue, the timings, the courses you’d like and any extras. To send your details, fill in our quote form.
Perfect for your work event in South Town
No kitchen required, so courtyards and outdoor spaces work.
We’re booked for all kinds of occasions in South Town and nearby. Some of the most common are:
- Open days and launches
- Client hospitality
- Charity days
- Team lunches
Teams travelling in by rail can use the station: Alton station is about 4.5 miles away.
Questions to ask before booking
- Space, access and power needs
- Plates, cutlery and napkins, or disposables
- Payment terms and deposit
- Any travel, parking or access charges
South Town: your questions answered
What’s the nearest station to South Town for guests?
The closest is Alton station, roughly 4.5 miles away.
How far is South Town from London?
Roughly 49 miles from the centre of London, and well within our area.
Do you do vegan paella?
Of course. We cook vegetarian and vegan paellas in their own pans, alongside the meat and seafood pans.
Can the paella be cooked in a hall?
Mostly outside or under an open cover, since the burners are gas. Some venues have suitable spaces; we will check with you and the venue.
How many paellas should we have?
Two or three covers most guests. Tell us about your guests’ diets and we will suggest the mix.
Can you invoice the company?
Tell us what your finance team needs, and we’ll talk you through it.
Do you cater at business parks?
Many offices have a courtyard, terrace or car park that works, subject to the building’s rules.
How long does the paella take?
It depends on the menu and numbers. We agree the timings in advance.
Cook it yourself or book a caterer?
You can cook paella for a crowd yourself, but it takes practice. Large pans need the right burners, and getting the rice right for dozens of people takes experience. Our guide to cooking paella for a crowd explains how.
Cooking it yourself? Test your pan and burner first, have hot stock ready, and don’t stir once the rice goes in. And keep children and pets well away from the burner.
What’s in the pans
Bowl food
Bowls of paella, easy to eat standing.
Vegan and vegetarian pans
Separate pans with plant-based stock.
What happens on the day
When we arrive, we set up the burners and pans and start cooking the sofrito and stock. Once the rice goes in, it takes about 20 minutes, so the timing is planned around your event. After-work summer parties in South Town 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 check the date and venue.
- You choose paellas, canapés and extras.
- We provide the paperwork.
- Your team watches the paella cook.
- It’s served quickly, then we pack down.
Before we arrive
- Send us final numbers and dietary needs in good time
- Name one person we can ask on the day
- Check the venue allows live cooking
How to get a price
Every quote is put together for your event. Tell us your date and guest numbers, and we’ll confirm whether we are available that day.
Planning help
Business events near South Town
South Town is about 4 miles west of Alton, in Hampshire. Anywhere in GU34, we will come to your venue or garden. We cover 683 places across Hampshire. Our events stretch from South Town to Southampton (20 miles away).
Historic houses near South Town include Bentworth Hall (1.4 miles north-east) and Hall Place (1.9 miles north). For a client event at a historic house or estate, ask early about catering rules and where cooking is allowed. South Town is about 49 miles from central London, which makes it handy for team days out of the city.
We cook at work events all over GU34 and the streets around it. Streets in the area include High Street, Church Lane and Green Stile, and we can cook for a work event on any of them. If your venue is just outside South Town, we also cover New Copse (1 mile north), Hattingley (1 mile west), Medstead (1 mile south-east), Soldridge (1 mile south) and Holt End (1 mile north). We also cook in nearby towns such as Basingstoke (10 miles north), Winchester (12 miles south-west), Fleet (14 miles north-east), Horndean (15 miles south), Alton (4 miles east) and Petersfield (10 miles south-east).
A little further out are Barton Castle (2.2 miles west) and Alton Community Hospital (3.4 miles east). Green spaces nearby include King's Hill.
What else we do in South Town
Dietary needs and planning tips
Most events have a mix of diets. To cater well for them:
- Find out what paperwork the venue needs
- Provide shade and seats outdoors
- Tell us how long the food break is
- Check the building or venue allows live cooking
We leave the space as we found it.
Crockery, cutlery and waiting staff available.
- 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