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Festival Paella Catering in Cross Gate
Treat your guests to live paella at your event in Cross Gate. Everything is cooked fresh on the day, and serve it straight from the pan.
- Open days
- VIP and hospitality areas
- School and charity events
Festival paella catering in Cross Gate
DIY paella versus live catering
Plenty of people try cooking paella for their own party. Common mistakes are mismatched pans and burners, overfilling and stirring. If you’d rather be with your guests, we will do the cooking.
Cooking paella for a crowd yourself is possible, but it is harder than it looks. Large pans need the right burners, and getting the rice right at scale is tricky. Our guide to cooking paella for a crowd explains how.
How our festival paella catering works in Cross Gate
Organisers can book us as a stall or as caterers for staff, crew, volunteers or VIP areas. We are often asked to cater farmers’ and Christmas markets and summer fairs and fêtes, serving churros, seafood paella and chicken and chorizo paella.
For a village fête or field event near Cross Gate, we can bring hot food to a rural site. Ground conditions and access matter, so tell us about them. Each paella is cooked from scratch on the day, not reheated, and served the moment it’s ready.
- Location
- Cross Gate (BN18)
- Area hub
- West Sussex
- Dietary options
- Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal
- Add-ons
- Tapas, desserts, sangria, staff
- Quotes
- Quoted for your event
- Last updated
- 23 October 2026
Who books festival paella catering in Cross Gate?
It copes with peak times, because it is served from big pans.
Almost any gathering can work with live paella. People in Cross Gate book us for occasions like:
- Festivals
- Open days and community events
- Sports club events
- Summer fairs and fêtes
Events in parks such as Parham Park need permission from the council or landowner, and we’ll send any documents they ask for.
Before you book anyone
- How bad weather is handled
- What the caterer needs from your venue
- Plates, cutlery and napkins, or disposables
- How each diet is kept separate
Organising for someone else?
Many venues have rules for outside caterers: cooking areas, access times and documents. Send us your venue’s requirements and we will follow them.
Planning an event for a club, school or charity in Cross Gate? Live paella feeds a crowd quickly and suits most diets. Tell us about the event and we’ll suggest a menu.
The menu, dish by dish
Vegan paella
Vegans get a hot, filling dish.
Seafood paella
Prawns, mussels and squid for fish lovers.
Before you choose a spot
Every venue is different, so we ask about the space when you get in touch. In general, we need:
- Room for our cooking and serving area
- Clearance from tents and gazebos
- Clear information on power, water and waste
If you are unsure, send a picture of the space and we will say what we think.
Popular choices
- Chicken & chorizo paella
- Giant paella pans
- Tapas
- Churros
- Seafood paella
- Vegan paella
Prices and what affects them
Every event is priced individually, and the price depends on a few things:
- Crockery and cutlery, or disposables
- Distance and access to the venue
- How many guests are eating
- Timings and hours
The price depends on your guest numbers, the menu and how many courses you choose, plus any staff, crockery and travel. We quote for each event individually.
Details that help
These details help us quote quickly:
- The courses you’d like
- Approximate guest numbers, including children
- The date and time of the event
- Any dietary needs and allergies
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many guests, along with any dietary needs, and you’ll get a menu idea and a price. To get started, use our quote form.
Cross Gate: your questions answered
Can you cook in Parham Park?
Only with permission from the park’s owner, normally the council. Ask them first, and we will send any information they need.
How far is Cross Gate from London?
About 44 miles from central London.
Can you cook indoors?
Only in a suitable, well-ventilated area with the venue’s permission. Courtyards, doorways and terraces often work.
Can you bring crockery?
Yes, on request. Proper crockery or quality disposables can be added to your booking.
Do you cater for young children?
Children are welcome. Tell us how many and roughly how old, and we’ll plan a pan with them in mind.
Can you serve tapas as well?
Yes, and it’s a popular combination. Tapas go out first, then the paella.
How quickly can you serve?
Service from the pan is fast, which suits busy periods.
Who clears up?
Our cooking area is packed away and left clean. Ask us about table clearing if you need it.
Event catering near Cross Gate
Cross Gate is about 7 miles north of Littlehampton, in West Sussex. Across the BN18 area, we can bring the pans to you. We cook in 371 places across West Sussex. Our nearest city page is Brighton, about 18 miles away.
Running a fête for a church like The Parish Church of St Michael and All Angels? A paella pan draws people in. For visitors coming by rail, Amberley station is about 1.5 miles away. Within about a mile is the South Downs National Park, where events may have extra rules on vehicles and waste; we work to the site rules.
Here we cover the BN18 postcode area. For events just outside Cross Gate, we cover Rackham (1 mile east), Amberley (1 mile south-west), Bury (2 miles west), Coldwaltham (2 miles north-west) and Watersfield (2 miles north-west). We also cook in nearby towns such as Horsham (14 miles north-east), Worthing (8 miles south-east), Bognor Regis (11 miles south-west), Chichester (12 miles south-west), Littlehampton (7 miles south) and Shoreham-by-Sea (12 miles south-east).
Nearby you will also find Amberley Museum (1.4 miles south-west) and Amberley Castle (1 mile west). The countryside around Cross Gate includes Bignor Hill and Amberley Wild Brooks.
How the day works
Service is quick: we serve straight from the pan, so large groups are fed quickly. When service is finished, we pack down. Summer events in Cross Gate have daylight until about 9:20pm at midsummer and about 7:05pm by late September, so evening trading generally finishes in daylight in high summer. Winter markets, dark by about 4:00pm, need a well-lit pitch.
- Tell us about the event and pitch.
- We send our menu, needs and paperwork.
- We arrive and set up at the agreed time.
- We cook and serve throughout.
- We clear and leave the pitch clean.
Getting ready for the day
- Confirm numbers and diets before the day
- Check the venue allows live cooking
- Arrange parking near the cooking spot
Get a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to use our quote form. Tell us about your event in Cross Gate, and we’ll put together a menu and price.
Planning help
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Why live cooking beats a buffet
Hot-cabinet food lacks theatre. A giant pan cooking in view sells itself. If you have a budget in mind, tell us, and we will suggest a menu to match. A simple menu can still feel generous.
Why us?
- Every diet catered for, pan by pan
- Events in Cross Gate and across West Sussex
- A quote that spells everything out
- Hot food served quickly from the pan
Read How we price Or Our guide to catering costs.
- 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