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Festival Paella Catering in Canning Town
Treat your guests to live paella at your event in Canning Town. Everything is cooked fresh on the day, then served hot from the pan.
- Village fêtes
- County and country shows
- Christmas and farmers’ markets
Festival paella catering in Canning Town
What festival paella catering costs
Each event is quoted on its own, and the price depends on a few things:
- Whether you need crockery
- The number of people
- Starters, canapés and desserts
- Travel, parking and access
If you have a budget in mind, tell us, and we’ll put together a menu that fits. Even a simple menu can be a feast.
Details that help
You do not need everything decided to ask for a quote, but these help:
- The date and rough timings
- Roughly how many adults and children
- A photo of the cooking space, if it’s a garden or field
- Whether you want canapés, tapas or desserts
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many guests, plus any dietary needs, and we’ll reply with a menu suggestion and a quote. Just fill in our quote form.
Festival paella catering in Canning Town, cooked live
Paella eats well from a bowl with a fork, on the move or on a picnic rug. We cook seafood paella, chicken and chorizo paella and churros, and we are often booked for sports club events and farmers’ and Christmas markets.
Street parties and school fairs in Canning Town are a great fit for a paella stall, as long as the road closure or site permission is in place. We cook every pan in full view of your guests, so it arrives hot and becomes part of the event.
- Where
- Canning Town (E16, E13, E6)
- County
- Greater London
- Diets
- Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal
- Add-ons
- Tapas, desserts, sangria, staff
- Quote
- Ask us for a quote
- Updated
- 23 October 2026
Dishes our guests love
Giant paella pans
Huge pans of golden rice, cooking in full view.
Chicken & chorizo paella
A hearty, smoky pan.
Your questions about festival paella catering in Canning Town
Which station should guests use for Canning Town?
Custom House station, in Canning Town itself.
Could we have live paella in Keir Hardie Park?
Only with permission from the park’s owner, normally the council. Check with them, and we will provide our paperwork.
Can you trade at our festival or fair?
Tell us about the event, dates and pitch, and we’ll check availability.
Is there a vegan option?
Yes, always. A vegan paella pan sits alongside the meat and seafood pans.
Can you cook in the rain?
We cook under cover, like a gazebo or open-sided marquee. We plan for rain with you in advance.
Do you offer halal options?
Yes, we do. Halal paella is cooked with halal chicken and no pork or alcohol, in its own pan.
Is the paella gluten-free?
A gluten-free pan is no problem. Let us know about coeliac guests in advance so we take the right care.
Do you need water?
We’ll confirm our needs once we know the pitch details.
How it works
When we arrive, we set up our cooking area, light the burners and start the sofrito. The rice goes in about 20 minutes before serving, so the timing is planned around your event. For an evening event in Canning Town, sunset is about 8:50pm in late May and 9:20pm in late June; after dark, we need a lit pitch.
- Send the event name, expected visitors and pitch size.
- You get our stall menu and what we need on site.
- Paperwork goes over in good time.
- We time the first pans for the lunchtime rush.
- At close, we pack down and tidy up.
Before we arrive
- Make sure we can park close by to unload
- Have a gazebo or cover ready if rain is likely
- Choose a level spot for the cooking area
Get a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to use our quote form. Give us the details of your event, and we will suggest paellas and extras to suit.
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Fairs, fêtes and events in Canning Town
Canning Town is about 5 miles east of London, in Greater London. We bring festival paella catering to homes, gardens and venues in Canning Town and the surrounding area. We cook in 764 places across Greater London, from the larger towns to small villages.
For a church fête or fundraiser, at a church such as St Cedd's Church, a paella stall adds a hot meal to the cakes and tombola. If you’re organising a summer fair or fundraiser for a school such as Rosetta Primary School, a paella stall is a crowd-pleaser.
We cook at events all over E16, E13 and E6. We can cater an event on streets such as Ivy Road, Star Lane and Bell Lane or the roads around them. Canning Town sits on or near the A1020, which makes travel to your event easy. For events just outside Canning Town, we cover Custom House (1 mile south), Plaistow (1 mile north), Limmo Peninsula (1 mile west), West Silvertown (1 mile south) and Leamouth (1 mile west). We also cook in nearby towns such as London (5 miles west), City of Westminster (8 miles west), Marylebone (7 miles west), Kensington (10 miles west), St Pancras (6 miles west) and Shoreditch (5 miles west).
Other landmarks nearby include West Ham United Football Club Museum (1.4 miles north-east) and Albert Dock Seamen's Hospital (0.5 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Gilbert's Pit and Hollow Pond.
- Nearby schools include Royal Docks Academy (0.5 miles south-east) and The Royal Docks Community School (0.5 miles south-east)
- Nearby, you will find The Tidal Basin Tavern (0.6 miles south-west)
- Parks and local facilities nearby include East Ham (1.7 miles north-east)
Paella compared with other options
Crew sandwiches are easy but dull. A hot meal keeps crew happy. Live paella often compares well with a sit-down meal, because it needs no kitchen and fewer staff. We’ll send you a quote.
Why Canning Town hosts choose us
- Options for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests, each in its own pan
- Paella cooked from scratch on site
- A clear, itemised quote
- Drinks service on request
See Our pricing And What paella catering costs.
Planning for every diet
Allergies and diets are taken seriously. Here’s how you can help:
- Agree waste arrangements with traders
- Ensure the line-up includes vegan and gluten-free options
- Ask for allergen information at each stall
- Check how many portions traders can serve
If crew or volunteer meals are booked, they’re served at the agreed times.
Larger pans for peak times.
Occasions we cook for in Canning Town
One trader, many diets, which saves pitches.
Whatever you’re celebrating in Canning Town, paella can be the star of the food. We regularly cater:
- Village fêtes and summer fairs
- Agricultural and county shows
- Charity and school events
- Music and food festivals
If your event is in Keir Hardie Park, the organiser will need the landowner’s permission; we will supply our paperwork.
Questions to ask before booking
- Staff numbers and hours
- Plates, cutlery and napkins, or disposables
- The wet-weather plan
- Travel and parking costs
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More for events in Canning Town
Should I cook it myself?
A DIY paella party works for small groups. For big numbers or lots of diets, a caterer makes life easier, and keeps vegetarian and allergy-safe pans separate.
You can hire equipment and do it yourself, but there’s shopping, prep and hours of cooking. A caterer handles all of that.
What we need at the venue
Live paella is cooked over gas burners in large pans, so we need a suitable spot. Here’s what we look for:
- A level pitch on firm ground
- Access for unloading at set-up
- Clear information on power, water and waste
Canning Town is in London, within the Ultra Low Emission Zone, and parking can be tight: tell us about parking bays, permits or a driveway.
If you’re unsure, send a picture of the space and we’ll say what we think before booking.
On the menu in Canning Town
- Churros
- Vegan paella
- Tapas
- Seafood paella
- Chicken & chorizo paella
- Giant paella pans
- 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