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Festival & event paella in Hackney, Greater London
Love Paella cooks paella street food for festivals, fairs, markets and community events across Hackney and Greater London, with vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal options.
- School fairs and fundraisers
- Crew, volunteer and VIP catering
- Food and music festivals
Book festival paella catering in Hackney
Perfect for your event in Hackney
It copes with peak times, thanks to big-batch cooking.
If you’re planning any of these, we can help:
- School and charity events
- Sports clubs and race days
- Crew, volunteer and VIP catering
- Agricultural and county shows
If you’re organising a summer fair or fundraiser for a school such as Berger Primary School, a paella stall is a crowd-pleaser.
Before you book anyone
- The wet-weather plan
- How long the team stays
- The venue requirements
- Whether VAT is included
Festival paella catering in Hackney, cooked live
Festivals, fairs, markets and community events are all on our list. On the menu are vegan paella, giant-pan paella and seafood paella, and we’re often booked for farmers’ and Christmas markets and open days.
In Hackney, street events mean planning access and closures. Tell us the pitch details and timings. Every pan is cooked in front of your guests, so it arrives hot and becomes part of the event.
- Area
- Hackney (E9, E8, E3, E5)
- County
- Greater London
- Diets
- Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and halal
- Add-ons
- Tapas, desserts, sangria, staff
- Quote
- Quoted for your event
- Last updated
- 23 October 2026
Catering for every guest
Allergies and diets are taken seriously. Help us by following these steps:
- Plan for vegan and gluten-free visitors
- Check allergen info is on display
- Give traders a single information pack
- Agree waste arrangements with traders
We keep our pitch tidy and safe.
A vegan pan alongside the meat and seafood pans.
Questions from Hackney
What about parking in Hackney?
London parking needs planning: let us know about permits or off-street space. We will work around it.
Could we have live paella in Clapton Park?
Only with permission from the park’s owner, typically the council. Check with them, and we will provide our paperwork.
Do you cover Hackney?
Yes, we do. We cook at events in Hackney and across Greater London. Tell us your date and we will check availability.
What paperwork do you provide?
Send your requirements and we’ll include them with our application.
Should we have more than one paella?
Two or three is usual: meat or mixed, seafood, and vegetable or vegan. We’ll help you decide the split.
How long do you need on site?
We get there in good time to set up. Once the rice goes in, it takes about 20 minutes, and we time it to your schedule.
Can you cook indoors?
Normally we cook outdoors or under a ventilated cover, since the burners are gas. We will check whether your venue has a suitable space.
Do you do vegan paella?
Of course. Vegetarian and vegan paellas are cooked in separate pans.
For event organisers in Hackney
Events in public spaces, like parks, usually need permission. We’ll provide any information the landowner or council asks for.
Organising a club, school or community event in Hackney? Paella is quick to serve to a crowd and suits most diets. Tell us about the event and we’ll suggest a menu.
What affects the price in Hackney
There are no hidden charges: the price is based on:
- Staff: cooks, waiting staff and bar staff
- Distance and access to the venue
- How many guests are eating
- Chicken, vegetable or premium seafood
Access and travel can make a difference to the cost, so tell us about the venue when you ask for a quote. Everything is confirmed in writing.
Getting an accurate quote
You do not need everything decided to ask for a quote, but it helps to know:
- A picture of where we’d cook
- Any dietary needs and allergies
- Roughly how many adults and children
- Your date and when you want to eat
A detailed enquiry gets a more accurate quote: venue, timings, courses and extras. When you are ready, use our quote form.
Live paella or other catering?
Burger stalls are common. A paella pan stands out in a food line-up. Cost depends on guest numbers, the menu and the courses, plus any staff, crockery and travel. We quote for each event individually.
Why us?
- Drinks service on request
- Hot food served quickly from the pan
- Real theatre, not just catering
- No hidden extras in your quote
See Our pricing And Our guide to catering costs.
About the dishes
Seafood paella
A seafood pan with prawns and mussels.
Vegan paella
Vegan visitors get a real meal.
How it works
Service is quick: we serve straight from the pan, so large groups are fed quickly. When service is finished, we pack down. For an evening event in Hackney, sunset is about 8:50pm in late May and 9:20pm in late June; after dark, we need a lit pitch.
- Send the event name, expected visitors and pitch size.
- We reply with our menu, prices for visitors and requirements.
- Paperwork goes over in good time.
- On the day, the pans are on before the busiest hours.
- At close, we pack down and tidy up.
Before we arrive
- Arrange a covered spot for wet weather
- Tell us when you want to eat
- Check the venue allows live cooking
Ask for a quote
Most quotes start with a few simple details: date, location, guest numbers and diets. To send them, send us your details through our quote form.
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Should I cook it myself?
Some hosts like to cook themselves. The usual problems are a pan too big for the burner, too much rice and stirring once the rice is in. If you’d rather be with your guests, we will do the cooking.
Hiring a pan and burner is one option, but there’s shopping, prep and hours of cooking. A caterer handles all of that.
Event catering near Hackney
Hackney is about 4 miles north-east of London, in Greater London. Whether your event is in the middle of Hackney or on the outskirts, festival paella catering works the same way: paella cooked live, every diet catered for and a clear quote. We cover 764 places across Greater London.
For a church fête or fundraiser, at a church such as Church of St Luke, a paella stall adds a hot meal to the cakes and tombola. Events in parks such as Clapton Park need permission from the council or landowner, and we will send any documents they ask for.
This part of Greater London takes in E9, E8, E3 and E5, so your event can be anywhere in it. Local streets include Homerton High Street, Primrose Square and St John's Church Road; an event at home on any of them works well with live paella. Hackney sits on or near the A107 and B113, which makes travel to your event easy. Close by, we cover events in Homerton (1 mile north), Lower Clapton (1 mile north), Hackney Central (1 mile west), London Fields (1 mile south-west) and Cambridge Heath (1 mile south-west). Larger places within reach include London (4 miles south-west), City of Westminster (5 miles south-west), Marylebone (5 miles south-west), Kensington (7 miles south-west), St Pancras (3 miles west) and Walthamstow (3 miles north).
Well-known places in the area include Park (0.8 miles south-east) and Homerton University Hospital (under half a mile north). Open spaces near Hackney include Tower Hill and Old Ford Island.
- Nearby schools include Cardinal Pole Catholic School (less than half a mile north) and The Urswick School (under half a mile west)
- Local pubs include Chesham Arms (within half a mile north-west)
Towns and villages near Hackney
What else we do in Hackney
- 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