Buckinghamshire · England
Festival & event paella in Chartridge, Buckinghamshire
Bring the theatre of live paella to your event in Chartridge. Everything is cooked fresh on the day, and serve it straight from the pan.
- School and charity events
- Open days and community events
- Music and food festivals
Festival paella catering in Chartridge
What affects the price in Chartridge
The price comes down to a few factors:
- Plates, cutlery and glassware
- The paellas you choose
- Waiting and bar staff
- The number of people
Tapas, desserts, sangria, staff and crockery are optional extras, so you can choose exactly what you need.
What we need to know
To speed things up, tell us:
- The address or venue name
- A picture of where we’d cook
- Which courses you have in mind
- Anything your venue supplies
Each quote is tailored to your event. Tell us your date and guest numbers, and we will check availability at the same time.
Festival paella catering in Chartridge, cooked live
Few street foods pull a crowd like a huge paella pan. The sight and smell of it cooking brings people over, and service from the pan is fast. For race days and sports events and food and music festivals, we can cook churros, chicken and chorizo paella and giant-pan paella.
Near Chartridge, events may be far from shops and cafés, so a hot-food stall is a big help. We plan the timings around your day, so the paella is ready when you want to eat.
- Where
- Chartridge (HP5)
- Area hub
- Buckinghamshire
- Dietary options
- Gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, halal
- Also available
- Tapas, churros, sangria, crockery
- Price
- Quoted for your event
- Updated
- 23 October 2026
Live paella or other catering?
For crew catering, sandwiches are easy but uninspiring. A hot paella keeps crew going. Cost depends on guest numbers, the menu and the courses, along with staff, extras and travel. Every event gets its own quote.
What you get with us
- Plates, cutlery and waiting staff available
- Hot food served quickly from the pan
- A quote that spells everything out
- Cooking your guests will gather round to watch
Diets, allergies and planning
A little planning makes sure everyone can eat. Try these:
- Plan for vegan and gluten-free visitors
- Check allergen info is on display
- Agree waste arrangements with traders
- Ask traders about serving speed at peak times
We cook in full view of visitors, and serve from the pan throughout the event.
Extra pans for busy periods.
Events we cater in Chartridge
It adds theatre to a food line-up.
We can help if you are planning any of the following:
- Race days and sports events
- Village fêtes
- Open days and community events
- Food and music festivals
If you’re organising a summer fair or fundraiser for a school such as Chartridge Combined School, a paella stall is a crowd-pleaser.
Questions to ask before you book
- Who provides the crockery
- When payment is due
- Whether travel is included
- The wet-weather plan
What’s in the pans
Chicken & chorizo paella
Smoky and filling, popular with families.
Giant paella pans
A pan the size of a cartwheel, full of saffron rice, cooking in full view.
How the day works
We work to your timings. If speeches run late or the photos take longer, we hold the paella at the right stage so it’s still served fresh. Summer events in Chartridge have daylight until about 9:25pm at midsummer and about 7:05pm by late September, so evening trading typically finishes in daylight in high summer. For winter markets, dark by about 3:55pm, the pitch needs lighting.
- Send us your event details and pitch information.
- We confirm menu, pitch needs and documents.
- We arrive and set up at the agreed time.
- We cook in full view and serve all event.
- We pack down and tidy the pitch.
Preparing for the day
- Make sure we can park close by to unload
- Check the venue allows live cooking
- Keep the cooking spot clear of fences, hedges and branches
How to get a price
We quote for each event separately, so the price fits what you actually want. To ask for one, send us your details through our quote form.
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FAQs for Chartridge
Can you run a stall at a school fair in Chartridge?
Yes, if the school is happy for us to cook on site. Send us the date, pitch and expected numbers.
Is Chartridge too small for live paella?
No, we cook in small places too. Let us know about access and parking.
Where do you cater?
London and the South East: Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight, including Chartridge.
Is halal food available?
Yes. We use halal chicken and leave out pork and alcohol, in its own pan.
Do you cook it at the event?
Yes, always. Every paella is cooked from scratch on site, in front of your guests.
Can you bring crockery?
Yes, if you need them. Tell us what your venue provides and we’ll include the rest in the quote.
How quickly can you serve?
Service from the pan is fast, which suits busy periods.
How do you work out quantities?
We size the pans for your numbers and the rest of the menu. Let us know about any other food. See how much paella per person.
Planners, venues and businesses
If you are organising for someone else, whether you’re a planner, an office manager or an event organiser, we are happy to deal with you and the venue directly. It saves passing messages back and forth.
Planning an event for a club, school or charity in Chartridge? Live paella feeds a crowd quickly and suits most diets. Give us the details and we’ll suggest a plan.
Also near Chartridge
Other catering in Chartridge
Can I cook paella for a crowd myself?
Plenty of people try cooking paella for their own party. Common mistakes are mismatched pans and burners, overfilling and stirring. If you’d rather enjoy the party, let us cook.
Cooking it yourself? Test your pan and burner first, keep the stock hot, and leave the rice alone once it’s in. And keep children and pets well away from the burner.
Event catering near Chartridge
Chartridge is about 2 miles north-west of Chesham, in Buckinghamshire. Events in Chartridge are planned around your venue and timings: a quote, a plan and live cooking on the day. We cook in all 263 towns and villages across Buckinghamshire. We cook right across the region, from Chartridge to Milton Keynes (22 miles away).
For a church fête or fundraiser, at a church such as St John's Church, a paella stall adds a hot meal to the cakes and tombola. For visitors coming by rail, Great Missenden station is about 3.1 miles away. Events in and around the Chilterns National Landscape, within about 4 miles of Chartridge, often have rules about vehicles, ground and waste; we will follow the site’s requirements.
This part of Buckinghamshire takes in HP5, so your event can be anywhere in it. From Chartridge Grange Drive and Cogdells Lane or a nearby road, we can cook there. Nearby, we also cater events in Asheridge (1 mile north-east), Bellingdon (1 mile north), Hundridge (1 mile south), Ballinger Common (1 mile west) and Pond Park (1 mile east). Further out, we also cater in Aylesbury (10 miles north-west), High Wycombe (8 miles south-west), Marlow (12 miles south-west), Amersham (4 miles south-east), Beaconsfield (8 miles south) and Chalfont St Peter (9 miles south-east).
Well-known places in the area include Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre (3 miles south-west) and Hawridge Court (1.5 miles north-east). Open spaces near Chartridge include Pavis Wood and Sands Bank.
- Local schools include Chiltern Hills Academy (1.5 miles south-east)
- Local pubs include The Bell pub (under half a mile west)
- 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