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Festival & event paella in High Brooms, Kent
Hot, generous and cooked in front of everyone: paella street food for festivals, fairs, markets and community events in High Brooms and the surrounding area.
- Charity and school events
- Race days and sports events
- Agricultural and county shows
Live festival paella catering in High Brooms
Can I cook paella for a crowd myself?
If you do cook yourself, test the pan and burner together beforehand, have hot stock ready, and do not stir once the rice goes in. Keep a clear zone around the burner.
For a small group, cooking yourself can work well. For larger numbers, mixed diets or a wedding, a caterer takes the pressure off, and keeps vegetarian and allergy-safe pans separate.
Festival paella catering in High Brooms, cooked live
The cooking is part of the show. Visitors stop to watch, take photos and come back for lunch. We’re often asked to cater charity and school events and crew, volunteer and VIP catering, serving churros, chicken and chorizo paella and giant-pan paella.
In High Brooms, one trader covering most diets keeps it simple. A paella stall does that. We cater for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests, with each paella cooked in its own pan and clearly labelled.
The process
When the rice goes in, it’s left alone. That is what gives paella its separate grains and crispy base. Your guests will smell it before they see it. For an evening event in High Brooms, sunset is about 8:50pm in late May and 9:20pm in late June; after dark, we need a lit pitch.
- Tell us about the event and pitch.
- We confirm menu, pitch needs and documents.
- We set up on time.
- We cook and serve throughout.
- We pack down and tidy the pitch.
Before we arrive
- Share the running order, including any speeches
- Name one person we can ask on the day
- Confirm the venue is happy with live cooking
Ask for a quote
Still deciding on the menu? No problem: tell us about the occasion and the guests, and we’ll suggest a menu. To start, send us your details through our quote form.
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Fairs, fêtes and events in High Brooms
High Brooms is about 1 mile north-east of Royal Tunbridge Wells, in Kent. Across the TN2 area, we can cook for your guests. We cover 922 places across Kent. Our events stretch from High Brooms to Brighton (about 28 miles away).
Events in parks such as Hilbert Woods need permission from the council or landowner, and we will send any documents they ask for. School fairs, for a school like St John's Church of England Primary School, are a natural fit for a paella stall. Events in and around the High Weald National Landscape, within about 7 miles of High Brooms, often have rules about vehicles, ground and waste; we will follow the site’s requirements.
Festival paella catering in TN2, TN4 and TN1 is planned around your venue and timings. Local streets include Oak Road, Brook Road and Caley Road; an event at home on any of them works well with live paella. We also cook at events in Southborough (1 mile north-west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (1 mile south-west), Hawkenbury (2 miles south), Stockland Green (2 miles west) and Bidborough (2 miles north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (14 miles north-east), Sevenoaks (10 miles north-west), Tonbridge (3 miles north), Kings Hill (10 miles north-east), Foley Park (14 miles north-east) and Paddock Wood (5 miles east).
A little further out are Kent and Sussex Hospital (1.2 miles south-west) and Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery (1.2 miles south-west). Not far away are Tudeley Woods RSPB reserve and Barden Lake.
- Local schools include Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys (0.7 miles west) and St Gregory's Catholic School (0.8 miles west)
- Pubs nearby include Longbow Court pub (less than half a mile north-west)
Is live paella right for your event?
If you want a trader that adds atmosphere, paella is a strong choice. Larger events usually cost less per head, since the set-up is much the same either way. Tell us your numbers for an accurate price.
Why choose Love Paella in High Brooms
- Food that becomes part of the entertainment
- A quote that spells everything out
- Paella cooked from scratch on site
- Drinks service on request
See How we price Or The cost guide.
Planners, venues and businesses
Venues often have their own rules about outside caterers: cooking areas, access times and documents. Tell us what your venue needs and we will work to it.
If your event is in a public space, such as a park, check what permission you need first. We will provide any information the landowner or council asks for.
Events we cater in High Brooms
It covers several diets with one trader.
Whatever the occasion, live paella can be the centrepiece. We often cook for:
- Agricultural and county shows
- Village fêtes and summer fairs
- Festivals
- Open days and community events
For a church fête or fundraiser, at a church such as St Matthew's Church, a paella stall adds a hot meal to the cakes and tombola.
What your quote should include
- How dietary needs and allergies are handled
- Travel and parking costs
- What the caterer needs from your venue
- Staff numbers and hours
What festival paella catering costs
There are no hidden charges: the price is based on:
- Starters, canapés and desserts
- How many guests are eating
- Whether you need crockery
- Timings and hours
Compared with a plated meal, live paella is often good value, because it needs no kitchen and fewer staff. Ask us for a quote.
Details that help
You don’t need everything decided to ask for a quote, but these help:
- Whether you want canapés, tapas or desserts
- A photo of the cooking space, if it is a garden or field
- Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal and allergy numbers
- The date and rough timings
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many guests, along with any dietary needs, and we’ll reply with a menu suggestion and a quote. Just send us your details through our quote form.
Planning for every diet
Few dishes handle mixed diets as well as paella, because every paella has its own pan. Here are a few tips for planning:
- Put all trader information in one pack
- Plan for vegan and gluten-free visitors
- Feed crew and volunteers at set times
- Provide seating near the food
We cook in full view of visitors, and serve from the pan throughout the event.
Churros and tapas can join the menu.
The menu, dish by dish
Chicken & chorizo paella
Popular with families.
Giant paella pans
A pan the size of a cartwheel, full of saffron rice.
Your questions about festival paella catering in High Brooms
Do you cater in the High Weald National Landscape?
Yes, though some venues in protected landscapes have extra rules; ask your venue. We will follow the site rules.
Is High Brooms close to London?
About 29 miles from central London.
Who clears up?
We take our equipment and leave the cooking area tidy. Table clearing is available with waiting staff.
Is halal food available?
Yes. We use halal chicken and leave out pork and alcohol, in a separate pan.
Will there be long queues?
Service from the pan is fast, which suits busy periods.
Do you need power?
Tell us what’s available at the pitch and we’ll confirm what we need.
Can we book you as a trader?
Send us the details, and we’ll confirm availability and requirements.
Can you feed our volunteers?
We can. We can cook for crew, volunteers or a hospitality area as well as, or instead of, a public stall.
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