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Festival Paella Catering for Ewell events
Looking for festival paella catering in Ewell? We arrive with the pans, burners and fresh ingredients and cook in front of your guests.
- Open days and community events
- Charity and school events
- Feeding crew and volunteers
Festival paella catering near Ewell
For planners, venues and organisers
If you’re booking for a business, tell us how you’d like to handle the booking and payment, and we will talk you through the process. We’re happy to liaise with facilities on access and timings.
Events in public spaces, like parks, normally need permission. We will provide any information the landowner or council asks for.
Festival paella catering in Ewell, made fresh on the day
We cook at festivals, fairs, markets, school and charity events, sports days and open days. We cook chicken and chorizo paella, giant-pan paella and churros, and typical bookings are for village fêtes and summer fairs and county and country shows.
In Ewell, fêtes and school fairs are perfect for a paella stall: it’s fast to serve and fun to watch. Each paella is cooked from scratch on the day, never made in advance and reheated, and served as soon as it is ready.
Planning for every diet
Most events have a mix of diets. To plan for them:
- Plan seating near the food area
- Check allergen info is on display
- Ask about peak-time capacity
- Plan for vegan and gluten-free visitors
We arrive at the agreed time and set up our pitch.
Churros and tapas can join the menu.
Can I cook paella for a crowd myself?
You can cook paella for a crowd yourself, but it takes practice. Large pans need the right burners, and getting the rice right for dozens of people takes experience. Read how to cook paella for a crowd.
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.
Paella compared with other options
Some traders struggle with vegan and gluten-free options. A vegan paella pan sits alongside the others. When you compare quotes, check what each one includes: staff, crockery, bread and salads, travel and VAT. We itemise ours.
Why us?
- Real theatre, not just catering
- Live cooking, not reheated food
- Plates, cutlery and waiting staff available
- No hidden extras in your quote
Take a look at Our pricing Or What paella catering costs.
Ewell: your questions answered
Can you run a stall at a school fair in Ewell?
Yes, if the school is happy for us to cook on site. Send us the date, pitch and expected numbers.
What’s the nearest station to Ewell for guests?
Ewell West station, in Ewell itself.
Can you cater for children?
Of course. Children frequently love a simple chicken paella. Tell us how many are coming.
Where do you cater?
We cater across London and the South East, Surrey included. See all areas.
What do you need at the pitch?
We will confirm our needs once we know the pitch details.
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.
How many paellas should we have?
Most events have two or three: meat or mixed, seafood, and vegetable or vegan. We’ll suggest a split based on your guests.
What paperwork do you provide?
Send us your list.
The menu, dish by dish
Seafood paella
Prawns, mussels and squid for fish lovers.
Vegan paella
Vegans get a hot, filling dish.
Fairs, fêtes and events in Ewell
Ewell is about 10 miles south of Kensington, in Surrey. Whether your event is in the middle of Ewell or on the outskirts, festival paella catering works the same way: live cooking, separate pans for every diet and a clear price. We cater in 395 places across Surrey. You can also see our page for London, about 12 miles away.
Running a fête for a church like St Mary's Church? A paella pan draws people in. School fairs, for a school like St Clement's Catholic Primary School, are a natural fit for a paella stall. Within about 8 miles is the Surrey Hills National Landscape, where events may have extra rules on vehicles and waste; we work to the site rules.
We cook at events all over KT19, KT17 and SM2. That could mean an event in a garden on London Road, High Street and Church Road. Ewell is on the A24 and A232, which makes it straightforward to bring the equipment. For events just outside Ewell, we cover Stoneleigh (1 mile north-east), Cuddington (1 mile east), Epsom (1 mile south-west), Worcester Park (1 mile north) and North Looe (1 mile south-east). We also cook in nearby towns such as Woking (14 miles west), Horley (13 miles south), Redhill (9 miles south-east), Egham (14 miles north-west), Reigate (8 miles south) and Walton-on-Thames (7 miles west). Being one of Surrey’s larger places, Ewell has lots of places to hold an event.
Well-known places in the area include Chessington Castle Hill (1.6 miles west) and Cockney Museum (0.8 miles north-east). Not far away are Tolworth Court Farm Fields and The Lake.
- Local schools include Ewell Castle School (under half a mile south-east) and Blenheim High School (0.7 miles south-west)
- Pubs nearby include King William IV Public House (less than half a mile south-east)
- Parks and local facilities nearby include Municipal Borough of Surbiton (2.3 miles north-west)
What affects the price in Ewell
Your quote will be clear and itemised. The main things that affect it are:
- Chicken, vegetable or premium seafood
- Crockery and cutlery, or disposables
- How many courses
- How many guests are eating
There’s no one-size-fits-all price for live paella. A garden party lunch and a full wedding menu are very different jobs. Your quote spells it all out.
What we need to know
When you get in touch, it helps to tell us:
- The address or venue name
- Your date and when you want to eat
- Roughly how many adults and children
- Whether the venue has crockery or staff
It is easy to get a price: share your date, venue, numbers and diets. We will come back with a clear quote.
What we need at the venue
Safety and good cooking both depend on the spot we use. We need:
- Pitch space for cooking and serving
- The event’s site rules and timings
- A level pitch on firm ground
If you’re unsure, send a photo of the space and we will say what we think.
On the menu in Ewell
- Seafood paella
- Chicken & chorizo paella
- Vegan paella
- Churros
- Giant paella pans
- Tapas
The process
It is a relaxed, well-organised set-up. Arrival and serving times are agreed beforehand, set up our cooking area, and get on with cooking and serving. For an evening event in Ewell, sunset is about 8:50pm in late May and 9:20pm in late June; after that, the pitch needs good lighting.
- Organisers send us the event details, dates and pitch information.
- We confirm what we will serve, our pitch needs and any paperwork.
- We arrive at the agreed time to set up the pitch.
- We cook in front of the crowd and serve from the pan all event.
- We clear the pitch and leave it clean.
Before we arrive
- Have a level space ready for the pans
- Share the running order, including any speeches
- Tell us where to park and unload
Get a quote
We need only a few details to quote: date, location, guest numbers and diets. To send them, fill in our quote form.
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