West Berkshire · England
Festival Paella Catering in Cold Ash
Paella street food for festivals, fairs, markets and community events in Cold Ash: paella cooked from scratch in giant pans, right in front of your guests, with tapas, desserts and drinks if you want them.
- Charity and school events
- Country shows
- Seasonal markets
Festival paella catering near Cold Ash
Festival paella catering for your event in Cold Ash
Festivals, fairs, markets and community events are all on our list in and around Cold Ash. We’re frequently asked to cater feeding crew and volunteers and sports clubs and race days, with churros, seafood paella and vegan paella.
At a field event near Cold Ash, power and water may be limited; tell us what’s available and we’ll plan around it. We cater for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests, with each paella cooked in its own pan and clearly labelled.
- Area
- Cold Ash (RG18)
- County
- West Berkshire
- Dietary options
- Gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, halal
- Extras
- Tapas, desserts, sangria, staff
- Quote
- Ask us for a quote
- Page updated
- 23 October 2026
Common questions in Cold Ash
Which station should guests use for Cold Ash?
Thatcham station, about 2.3 miles south-east of the centre.
Can you cook at venues in the North Wessex Downs National Landscape?
Yes, though some venues in protected landscapes have extra rules; ask your venue. We’ll work to whatever the site needs.
How many different paellas?
Most events have two or three: meat or mixed, seafood, and vegetable or vegan. We’ll help you decide the split.
Do you cook it at the event?
Yes. We bring the pans, burners and fresh ingredients and cook on the day, then serve straight from the pan.
Do you cater for coeliacs?
We can, if you tell us in advance. The rice is gluten-free, but stocks and chorizo can contain gluten, so we cook a gluten-free paella separately.
What paperwork do you provide?
Tell us what the event needs and we will send it with our application.
Do you need water?
Tell us what’s available at the pitch and we’ll confirm what we need.
Do you take everything away?
We clear our cooking area away when service is finished. Waiting staff can clear tables if you book them.
Occasions we cook for in Cold Ash
It works at small fêtes and big festivals.
Live paella works for big and small events alike. Common bookings include:
- Open days
- Sports club events
- Feeding crew and volunteers
- School fairs and fundraisers
For a church fête or fundraiser, at a church such as St. Mark's Church, a paella stall adds a hot meal to the cakes and tombola.
What your quote should include
- Travel and parking costs
- When final numbers are due
- How each diet is kept separate
- Payment terms and deposit
Cook it yourself or book a caterer?
You can hire equipment and do it yourself, but you’ll still need to source ingredients, prep and cook for hours. We take care of all of it.
Doing it yourself saves money, but the host ends up stuck at the stove. With live paella catering, you get the theatre without the work.
Prices and what affects them
Your quote will be clear and itemised. What affects it most:
- Crockery and cutlery, or disposables
- Your choice of paellas
- Timings and hours
- Travel, parking and access
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
Good planning starts with a few facts. Please include:
- Roughly how many adults and children
- The address or venue name
- Which courses you have in mind
- Whether the venue has crockery or staff
Each quote is tailored to your event. Tell us your date and guest numbers, and we’ll confirm whether we’re available that day.
Step by step
Watching it cook is half the fun. We start with the sofrito, add the stock and saffron, then spread the rice across the pan and leave it alone to cook. For an evening event in Cold Ash, sunset is about 8:55pm in late May and 9:25pm in late June; after dark, we need a lit pitch.
- Organisers send us the event details, dates and pitch information.
- We confirm what we’ll serve, our pitch needs and any paperwork.
- We set up at the agreed time.
- The paella cooks in full view, and we serve from the pan through the event.
- We pack down and leave the pitch tidy.
How to prepare
- Give us your final numbers and diets
- Tell us where to park and unload
- Check the venue allows live cooking
Getting a price
The quickest way to a quote is to fill in our quote form. Give us the details of your event, and we will suggest paellas and extras to suit.
Related guides
Why choose live paella in Cold Ash?
For crew catering, sandwiches are easy but uninspiring. A hot meal keeps crew happy. Comparing caterers? Look at what each quote includes: staff, crockery, sides, travel and VAT. Our quotes spell it all out.
What you get with us
- Separate pans for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests
- Sangria and bar staff available
- Crockery and waiting staff if you need them
- No hidden extras in your quote
Where we can cook in Cold Ash
No two venues are the same, so we ask about the space before we confirm. In general, we need:
- The event’s site rules and timings
- Firm, level ground
- A pitch big enough for the pans, burners and serving table
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we’ll advise before booking.
Popular choices
- Seafood paella
- Tapas
- Vegan paella
- Churros
- Giant paella pans
- Chicken & chorizo paella
For planners, venues and organisers
For big numbers, we plan pans and serving points to keep queues short, so guests are fed quickly. Tell us how long you have for food.
If you run the same event each year, tell us your dates early, so we can plan ahead.
Towns and villages near Cold Ash
Other catering in Cold Ash
What’s in the pans
Giant paella pans
It’s the huge pan people come to see.
Vegan paella
Vegan visitors get a real meal.
Cold Ash events: pitches and permissions
Cold Ash is about 2 miles north of Thatcham, in West Berkshire. Give us the address of your event in Cold Ash, and we’ll plan the journey and set-up before the day. We cover all 155 towns and villages across West Berkshire. Our events stretch from Cold Ash to Reading (13 miles away).
For visitors coming by rail, Thatcham station is about 2.3 miles away. If you’re organising a summer fair or fundraiser for a school such as Cold Ash St Mark's C.E. School, a paella stall is a crowd-pleaser. Within about 7 miles is the North Wessex Downs National Landscape, where events may have extra rules on vehicles and waste; we work to the site rules.
We cater events across the RG18 postcode area and the streets around it. Local streets include Harewood Drive, Johnson's Lane and Walters Close; an event at home on any of them works well with live paella. We also cook at events in Ashmore Green (1 mile south-west), Stone Copse (1 mile west), Longlane (2 miles north-west), Thatcham (2 miles south) and Wellhouse (2 miles north). Further out, we also cater in Newbury (3 miles south-west), Burghfield Common (9 miles east), Speenhamland (3 miles south-west), Hungerford (11 miles west), Spencers Wood (13 miles east) and Calcot (9 miles east).
Nearby you’ll also find West Berkshire Community Hospital (1.8 miles south-west) and British Balloon Museum & Library Ltd (3 miles south-west). Not far away are Nature Discovery Centre.
- Local schools include Kennet School (1.8 miles south-east)
- 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