Kent · England
Corporate Paella Catering in Stansted
Hot, generous and cooked in front of everyone: paella catering for office lunches, staff parties, team days and client events in Stansted and the surrounding area.
- Charity and fundraising events
- Customer events
- Team-building days
Corporate paella catering for Stansted events
Stansted questions
Do you come out to small places like Stansted?
No, we cook in small places too. Let us know about access and parking.
Can you cook in Trosley Country Park?
Only with permission from the park’s owner, usually the council. Ask them first, and we’ll send any information they need.
Do you do Christmas parties?
Yes, if there’s a covered, ventilated spot. Book early for December.
Can you cater for children?
Yes. A simple chicken paella is normally popular with children. Tell us how many are coming.
Do you come to Stansted?
We do. Stansted is one of the places we cover. Send us your date to check availability.
Is the paella cooked on site?
Yes. We bring the pans, burners and fresh ingredients and cook on the day, serving it hot from the pan.
Can you cook indoors?
Mostly outside or under an open cover, because we use gas burners. We’ll check whether your venue has a suitable space.
Can you serve tapas as well?
Yes. Canapé tapas with the drinks, or table tapas to share, while the rice is cooking.
Corporate paella catering for your work event in Stansted
Work events need fast, inclusive food that keeps people talking. Live paella does all three. We’re frequently asked to cater team lunches and summer staff parties, serving vegan and vegetarian paella, paella lunches and canapé tapas.
An away day near Stansted is a good fit for live paella: no kitchen needed, just level ground and access. We plan the timings around your day, whether that is speeches, a lunch break or a festival schedule.
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Planning for every diet
Few dishes handle mixed diets as well as paella, because each paella is cooked in its own pan. A few tips:
- Make sure there are plenty of soft drinks
- Collect dietary needs when people sign up
- Provide shade and seats outdoors
- Send us totals for each diet and any serious allergies
We keep the cooking area tidy and contained, and clear it away afterwards.
Canapé tapas for receptions and launches.
Live paella or other catering?
Sandwich platters are easy but forgettable. Live paella is an event in itself. Tapas, desserts, sangria, staff and crockery are optional extras, so you only pay for what you want.
Why book with us
- A clear, itemised quote
- Real theatre, not just catering
- Add tapas, canapés and Spanish desserts
- Catering across Kent, including Stansted
Can I cook paella for a crowd myself?
You can cook paella for a crowd yourself, but it takes practice. A big pan needs a burner that heats it evenly, and getting the rice right for dozens of people takes experience. Read how to cook paella for a crowd.
A DIY paella party works for small groups. For larger numbers, mixed diets or a wedding, a caterer takes the pressure off, and handles separate pans for each diet.
Prices and what affects them
There’s nothing hidden: the quote reflects:
- Travel, parking and access
- Whether you need crockery
- Extra courses such as canapés, tapas and dessert
- Guest numbers
Compared with a plated meal, live paella is often good value, as there’s no kitchen to hire and fewer staff to pay. Ask us for a quote.
What to tell us
We can quote more accurately with a few details. Here’s what to include:
- Whether you want canapés, tapas or desserts
- A photo of the space, if you can
- Approximate guest numbers, including children
- The address or venue name
Planning corporate paella catering in Stansted? Send us the details and we will come back with ideas and a quote. To contact us, send us your details through our quote form.
Work events in Stansted: access and travel
Stansted is about 6 miles north-east of Sevenoaks, in Kent. Work events in Stansted are planned around your venue and timings: a clear quote, agreed timings and paella cooked live on the day. We cook in 922 places in Kent. Our events stretch from Stansted to London (about 20 miles away).
Historic houses near Stansted include Lullingstone Castle (4.7 miles west). For a client event at a historic house or estate, ask early about catering rules and where cooking is allowed. Stansted is about 20 miles from central London, which makes it handy for team days out of the city. With the Kent Downs National Landscape within about 6 miles, rural team days are easy to arrange.
Wherever your work event is in TN15, we can bring corporate paella catering to you, from busy streets to quiet lanes. Whether your work event is on Parsons Lane, Plaxdale Green Road and Hatham Green Lane or a nearby road, we’ll bring the pans to you. Close by, we cover work events in Ash (2 miles north), West Kingsdown (2 miles north-west), West Yoke (2 miles north), Knatts Valley (2 miles west) and Fawkham Green (2 miles north). We also cook in nearby towns such as Maidstone (11 miles south-east), Dartford (8 miles north-west), Sevenoaks (6 miles south-west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (14 miles south), Gravesend (7 miles north-east) and Tonbridge (9 miles south).
Well-known places in the area include Sevenoaks Hospital (5.5 miles south-west) and Ightham Court (2.8 miles south).
Occasions we cook for in Stansted
It’s memorable.
If you are planning any of these, we can help:
- Charity and fundraising events
- Conference lunches
- Christmas and end-of-year parties
- Product launches and open days
Teams travelling in by rail can use the station: Borough Green & Wrotham station is about 2.9 miles away.
Questions to ask before booking
- Staff numbers and hours
- How late numbers can change
- The wet-weather plan
- How dietary needs and allergies are handled
For planners, venues and organisers
Planning an event for a club, school or charity in Stansted? Live paella feeds a crowd quickly and suits most diets. Give us the details and we will suggest a plan.
Planners and coordinators can contact us directly, and we’ll keep you updated on timings and set-up.
Planning the cooking area
Most gardens and venues can host live paella, but a few things matter:
- Good ventilation: outdoors, or an open-sided cover
- Somewhere close to park and unload
- A safe distance from anything that could catch
If you’re unsure, send a photo of the space and we’ll say what we think.
What we offer
- Paella lunches
- Drinks service
- Canapé tapas
- Vegan & vegetarian pans
- Desserts
- Bowl food
How the day works
We cook over gas burners in wide, shallow pans. It needs a level spot with some shelter and good ventilation, which we agree with you beforehand. For a Christmas party in Stansted, it’s dark by about 3:50pm, so the cooking and serving areas need good lighting. Summer events have daylight until around 9:20pm.
- We start with your date, venue, headcount, timings and diets.
- We send a menu, a price and the paperwork for your venue.
- We agree access, parking and set-up times with you or the venue.
- On the day we set up, cook live and serve at the agreed time.
- We clear our cooking area away and leave the space as we found it.
Before we arrive
- Send us final numbers and dietary needs in good time
- Name one person we can ask on the day
- Pick a flat, firm spot for us to cook
How to get a price
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote: venue, timings, courses and extras. When you’re ready, use our quote form.
Related guides
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