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Festival & event paella in Charlbury, Oxfordshire
Planning festival paella catering in Charlbury? We arrive with the pans, burners and fresh ingredients and cook in front of your guests.
- Feeding crew and volunteers
- Country shows
- Village fêtes
Live festival paella catering in Charlbury
Paella compared with other options
Not every trader covers vegans. A vegan paella pan sits alongside the others. 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.
What you get with us
- Real theatre, not just catering
- Crockery and waiting staff if you need them
- Separate pans for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests
- Catering across Oxfordshire, including Charlbury
Festival paella catering for your event in Charlbury
Crew and volunteer catering can be timed to your schedule, so your team eats well on a long day. Whether it is sports clubs and race days and village fêtes, we can cook seafood paella, vegan paella and chicken and chorizo paella and more.
Events near Charlbury are often volunteer-run, so a trader who brings everything and needs little help is a bonus. We serve straight from the pan, so it is hot and generous, and a queue moves quickly.
- Where
- Charlbury (OX7)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Diets
- Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and halal
- Also available
- Tapas, desserts, sangria, staff
- Price
- Contact us for a quote
- Updated
- 23 October 2026
Other catering in Charlbury
Prices and what affects them
Here’s what makes the biggest difference to the price:
- The number of people
- Starters, canapés and desserts
- The length of service
- How many staff you need
Live paella pricing depends on the event. A simple paella lunch costs less than a wedding with canapés, three paellas and waiting staff. We itemise everything in your quote.
Details that help
You don’t need every detail fixed to get a quote, but these help:
- Whether the venue has crockery or staff
- The date and time of the event
- Expected numbers
- A picture of the cooking space, if it is a garden or field
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many guests, plus any dietary needs, and we will reply with a menu suggestion and a quote. Just use our quote form.
For event organisers in Charlbury
For repeat events, such as annual staff parties or seasonal fairs, let us know your dates early, so we can hold the date.
Venues frequently have their own rules about outside caterers: where cooking is allowed, access times and the paperwork they need. Send us your venue’s requirements and we will follow them.
About the dishes
Seafood paella
Seafood paella is always popular.
Vegan paella
Vegan paella cooked separately.
Cook it yourself or book a caterer?
Some hosts like to cook themselves. Common mistakes are mismatched pans and burners, overfilling and stirring. If you’d rather enjoy the party, let us cook.
Weighing up DIY against a caterer? Think about numbers, diets and how much you want to enjoy the day. Ask us for a quote and compare.
What happens on the day
Here’s how the day usually runs: we arrive, set up and start cooking, your guests watch the rice cook, and it’s served hot from the pan at the agreed time. At midsummer, events in Charlbury stay light until about 9:30pm, so evening trading normally finishes in daylight in high summer. For winter markets, dark by about 3:55pm, the pitch needs lighting.
- It starts with your event details and pitch information.
- We confirm our menu, pitch needs and documents.
- We arrive at the agreed time to set up the pitch.
- Pans cook in full view and we serve throughout the event.
- We clear the pitch and leave it clean.
Before we arrive
- Name one person we can ask on the day
- Confirm the venue is happy with live cooking
- Let us know the timings for the day
Getting a price
We need only a few details to quote: date, location, guest numbers and diets. You can use our quote form.
Planning help
Charlbury events: pitches and permissions
Charlbury is about 6 miles north of Witney, in Oxfordshire. Give us the address of your event in Charlbury, and we’ll plan access and set-up. We cater in 443 places in Oxfordshire, from the larger towns to small villages. We cook right across the region, from Charlbury to Oxford (13 miles away).
For visitors coming by rail, Charlbury station is about 0.5 miles away. School fairs, for a school like Charlbury Primary School, are a natural fit for a paella stall.
Here we cover the OX7 postcode area, and we can cater your event anywhere in it. Local streets include Market Street, Crawborough Road and Sandford Rise; an event at home on any of them works well with live paella. With the B4022 and B4026 close by, Charlbury is easy for us to reach with everything for your event. Other places close to Charlbury for festival paella catering include Fawler (2 miles south-east), Spelsbury (2 miles north-west), Finstock (2 miles south), Stonesfield (2 miles south-east) and Ramsden (3 miles south). We also cook in nearby towns such as Oxford (13 miles south-east), Banbury (14 miles north-east), Bicester (14 miles east), Witney (6 miles south), Carterton (9 miles south-west) and Kidlington (9 miles south-east).
Not far away are Blenheim Farm.
- Nearby, you’ll find Ye Olde Three Horseshoes pub (less than half a mile south-west)
Planning for every diet
Nearly every event has some special diets. To cater well for them:
- Provide seating near the food
- Ask traders about serving speed at peak times
- Book crew catering in advance
- Agree waste arrangements with traders
We arrive at the agreed time and set up our pitch.
Crew, volunteer and VIP catering.
Charlbury questions
How far is Charlbury from London?
Roughly 65 miles from the centre of London, and well within our area.
Do you trade at school fairs around Charlbury?
Yes, if the school is happy for us to cook on site. Tell us the date and pitch details.
What does festival paella catering cost?
It depends on guest numbers, the menu, the courses, staff and travel. Tell us about your event and we’ll send a quote.
Will there be long queues?
Big batches and service from the pan keep things moving.
Can you do sangria?
Yes, sangria. For other drinks, we can provide bar staff to serve what you buy.
Can we book you as a trader?
Tell us about your event, and we will confirm availability and requirements.
Can you feed our volunteers?
We can. Crew, volunteer and VIP catering is available, with or without a public stall.
Do you cook inside?
Only in a suitable, well-ventilated area with the venue’s permission. Courtyards, doorways and terraces often work.
Planning the cooking area
We will agree the cooking spot with you before the day. A good spot ticks these boxes:
- A level pitch on firm ground
- Your trader pack and site rules
- Clearance from tents and gazebos
If you’re unsure, send a picture of the space and we’ll say what we think before you book.
On the menu in Charlbury
- Churros
- Chicken & chorizo paella
- Giant paella pans
- Seafood paella
- Vegan paella
- Tapas
- 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