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Festival Paella Catering for Budlett's Common events
Paella street food for festivals, fairs, markets and community events in Budlett's Common: paella made from scratch in big, shallow pans, right in front of your guests, with tapas, desserts and drinks if you want them.
- Village fêtes and summer fairs
- Feeding crew and volunteers
- Charity and school events
Festival paella catering for Budlett's Common events
Live paella or other catering?
Most street food is cooked one order at a time. Paella is batch-cooked and served fast, so queues move quickly. Access and travel can make a difference to the cost, so it helps to tell us about your venue. The full price is confirmed before you book.
Why us?
- Events in Budlett's Common and across East Sussex
- Served hot, straight from the pan
- Sangria and bar staff available
- Separate pans for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests
See How we price Or The cost guide.
Festival paella catering for your event in Budlett's Common
Because paella is cooked in big batches, it handles lunchtime rushes well. Portions are served in seconds. Typical bookings include sports club events and school fairs and fundraisers, with vegan paella, chicken and chorizo paella and churros.
A fête near Budlett's Common might be on a field with no mains power; let us know and we’ll plan for it. We plan the timings around your day, so the paella is ready when you want to eat.
- Area
- Budlett's Common (TN22)
- Region
- East Sussex
- Diets
- Gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, halal
- Add-ons
- Tapas, churros, sangria, crockery
- Quote
- Quoted for your event
- Updated
- 23 October 2026
For event organisers in Budlett's Common
If you’re booking for a business, tell us how you’d like to handle the booking and payment, and we will explain how it works. We can work with your facilities team on access and timings.
If you are organising for someone else, whether you’re a planner, an office manager or an event organiser, we’ll work directly with you and the venue. It keeps things simple.
Step by step
The paella is cooked in huge, shallow pans over gas burners. It needs a level spot with some shelter and good ventilation, which we agree with you beforehand. For an evening event in Budlett's Common, sunset is about 8:50pm in late May and 9:15pm in late June; after dark, we need a lit pitch.
- You send us the event, dates and pitch details.
- We confirm our menu, pitch needs and documents.
- We set up at the agreed time.
- Pans cook in full view and we serve throughout the event.
- We clear the pitch and leave it clean.
Getting ready for the day
- Give us your final numbers and diets
- Ensure the spot is clear of anything flammable
- Give us a contact for the day
Getting a price
Most quotes start with a few simple details: date, location, guest numbers and diets. To send them, send us your details through our quote form.
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Planning for every diet
Paella is one of the easiest dishes for mixed diets, because every paella has its own pan. Here are a few tips for planning:
- Make allergen information visible at every stall
- Send traders one clear trader pack
- Check every diet is covered by the line-up
- Ask traders about packaging and waste
We set up at the agreed time, following your trader pack.
Tapas and churros can be added to a stall menu.
About the dishes
Giant paella pans
A pan the size of a cartwheel, full of saffron rice, cooking in full view.
Seafood paella
A seafood pan with prawns and mussels for fish lovers.
Space, weather and the venue
We’ll be honest if a space will not work, and suggest an alternative. What matters most:
- Spacing from tents and other structures
- Your arrangements for power, water and waste
- Pitch space for cooking and serving
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we will advise.
Popular choices
- Seafood paella
- Vegan paella
- Tapas
- Giant paella pans
- Chicken & chorizo paella
- Churros
Common questions in Budlett's Common
Do you cater in the High Weald National Landscape?
Yes. Some venues there have rules about vehicles, ground and cooking, so check with yours. We’ll work to whatever the site needs.
Is Budlett's Common too small for live paella?
No, we cook in small places too. Let us know about access and parking.
Can you cook in the rain?
A covered, ventilated spot keeps us cooking in the rain. We’ll make a plan B with you.
Can you bring crockery?
If you need them, yes. Crockery, cutlery and napkins, or good-quality disposables are available.
What areas do you cover?
London and the South East: Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight.
When do you arrive?
It depends on the menu and numbers. We agree the timings in advance so the paella is ready when you want it.
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.
How many paellas should we have?
Most events have two or three: a meat or mixed paella, a seafood paella and a vegetable or vegan one. We’ll help you decide the split.
Community events around Budlett's Common
Budlett's Common is about 1 mile north of Uckfield, in East Sussex. Tell us where your event in Budlett's Common will be, and we’ll plan access and set-up before the day. Budlett's Common is one of 289 places in East Sussex where we cook. Our events stretch from Budlett's Common to Brighton (15 miles away).
If you are organising a summer fair or fundraiser for a school such as Bonners CofE School, a paella stall is a crowd-pleaser. For a church fête or fundraiser, at a church such as Five Ash Down Independent Chapel, a paella stall adds a hot meal to the cakes and tombola. Events in and around the High Weald National Landscape, within about 8 miles of Budlett's Common, often have rules about vehicles, ground and waste; we work to the site rules.
We cover events in every part of TN22. Neighbouring places where we cater events include Maresfield (1 mile north-west), Down Street (2 miles west), Ridgewood (2 miles south), Little Horsted (3 miles south) and Founthill (4 miles south-west). Further out, we also cater in Seaford (15 miles south), Lewes (9 miles south-west), Hailsham (11 miles south-east), Crowborough (5 miles north-east), Newhaven (14 miles south) and Peacehaven (14 miles south).
Well-known places in the area include Tickerage Castle (2.7 miles south-east) and Uckfield Community Hospital (1.7 miles south). Not far away are Brickfield Meadow.
- Nearby schools include Uckfield College (1.1 miles south)
- Nearby, you will find Ringles Cross pub (0.5 miles south-east)
Also near Budlett's Common
What else we do in Budlett's Common
Prices and what affects them
Live paella pricing is straightforward once we know the basics:
- Distance and access to the venue
- Whether you need crockery
- Staff: cooks, waiting staff and bar staff
- How many guests are eating
Larger events usually cost less per head, since the set-up is much the same either way. Tell us your numbers for an accurate price.
Details that help
You don’t need every detail fixed to get a quote, but it helps to know:
- Your date and when you want to eat
- Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal and allergy numbers
- Approximate guest numbers, including children
- Where the event is
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, send us your details through our quote form.
Events we cater in Budlett's Common
It covers several diets with one trader, which saves pitches.
Here are some of the events we cook for:
- Food and music festivals
- Village fêtes
- Open days
- Charity and school events
For visitors coming by rail, the nearest station is Uckfield station, about 1.5 miles south.
What to look for in a quote
- Any travel, parking or access charges
- What happens if it rains
- The deposit and payment dates
- If the price includes VAT
- 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