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Festival Paella Catering in Lower Shiplake
Love Paella cooks paella street food for festivals, fairs, markets and community events across Lower Shiplake and Oxfordshire, catering for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests.
- Feeding crew and volunteers
- Sports club events
- School and charity events
Festival paella catering near Lower Shiplake
What festival paella catering costs
The price comes down to a few factors:
- How long we are needed on site
- How many guests are eating
- Travel, parking and access
- Your choice of paellas
The cost per head typically falls as numbers rise, because the cooking set-up is similar for different sizes of event. Tell us your numbers for an accurate price.
What to tell us
When you get in touch, it helps to tell us:
- The date and time of the event
- Anything your venue supplies
- The venue or postcode
- Any dietary needs and allergies
Planning festival paella catering in Lower Shiplake? Send us the details and we’ll come back with ideas and a quote. To get in touch, use our quote form.
Festival paella catering for your event in Lower Shiplake
Crew meals are timed to your schedule, so your team eats well on a long day. For food and music festivals and country shows, we can cook vegan paella, churros and chicken and chorizo paella for your guests.
Rural events near Lower Shiplake can be a long way from food outlets, so a paella stall is a welcome sight. You can add tapas, desserts, sangria, bar staff and waiting staff, so the whole menu comes from one caterer.
- Location
- Lower Shiplake (RG9)
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Dietary options
- Gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, halal
- Add-ons
- Canapés, desserts, sangria and staff
- Quote
- Ask us for a quote
- Updated
- 23 October 2026
Planners, venues and businesses
If you are organising for someone else, whether you are a planner, an office manager or an event organiser, we’re happy to deal with you and the venue directly. It saves passing messages back and forth.
Throwing a party at home? Send us a picture of the garden and tell us about access, and we will let you know if live paella is a good fit.
Perfect for your event in Lower Shiplake
It copes with peak times, thanks to big-batch cooking.
We can help if you’re planning any of the following:
- Farmers’ and Christmas markets
- Country shows
- Village fêtes and summer fairs
- Music and food festivals
For a church fête or fundraiser, at a church such as Church of St Mary, a paella stall adds a hot meal to the cakes and tombola.
What your quote should include
- The wet-weather plan
- Travel and parking costs
- The deposit and payment dates
- Plates, cutlery and napkins, or disposables
Is live paella right for your event?
Burger stalls are common. Paella adds something different. Seafood and premium ingredients cost more than chicken or vegetable paellas, so your choice of paellas affects the total. We will suggest options to suit your budget.
Why us?
- Live cooking, not reheated food
- Crockery and waiting staff if you need them
- Separate pans for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests
- No hidden extras in your quote
Read Our pricing And What paella catering costs.
Can I cook paella for a crowd myself?
Weighing up DIY against a caterer? Think about numbers, diets and how much you want to enjoy the day. We are happy to give you a quote to compare.
If you do cook yourself, test the pan and burner together beforehand, have hot stock ready, and leave the rice alone once it is in. Keep a clear zone around the burner.
Dishes our guests love
Giant paella pans
A pan the size of a cartwheel, full of saffron rice, cooking in full view.
Chicken & chorizo paella
Smoky and filling, popular with families.
Nearby places to Lower Shiplake
Also in Lower Shiplake
Diets, allergies and planning
Every guest is catered for, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal included. To get it right:
- Ask for allergen information at each stall
- Book crew catering in advance
- Check traders’ packaging and waste plans
- Send traders one clear trader pack
We arrive at the agreed time and set up our pitch, following your trader pack.
Bowls and forks for eating on the go.
How the day works
Service is quick: we serve straight from the pan, so large groups are fed quickly. Afterwards we clear our cooking area away. At midsummer, events in Lower Shiplake stay light until about 9:25pm, which helps evening trading. Winter markets, dark by about 3:55pm, need a well-lit pitch.
- First, we check the dates.
- We agree menu and pitch.
- We set up our burners and pans.
- Pans are cooking as gates open.
- We serve, then pack down.
Before we arrive
- Arrange a covered spot for wet weather
- Give us a contact for the day
- Choose a level spot for the cooking area
Getting a price
Still deciding on the menu? No problem: tell us about the occasion and the guests, and we’ll suggest a menu. To start, fill in our quote form.
Related guides
Lower Shiplake events: pitches and permissions
Lower Shiplake is about 4 miles north of Woodley, in Oxfordshire. For festival paella catering in Lower Shiplake, we can cook in gardens, marquees, barns, courtyards and offices. We cover 443 places in Oxfordshire. You can also see our page for Reading, about 6 miles away.
If you are organising a summer fair or fundraiser for a school such as Shiplake Church of England School, a paella stall is a crowd-pleaser. For visitors coming by rail, Lower Shiplake has its own station, Shiplake station.
This part of Oxfordshire takes in RG9. We can cater an event on streets such as Station Road, Oaks Road and Quarry Lane. You will find Lower Shiplake on the A4155, so it is easy for us to reach with the van and pans. Neighbouring places where we cater events include Wargrave (1 mile south-east), Cockpole Green (2 miles north-east), Remenham Hill (2 miles north), Bowsey Hill (2 miles east) and Remenham (3 miles north). We also cook in nearby towns such as Benson (12 miles north-west), Chinnor (13 miles north), Tilehurst (7 miles south-west), Wallingford (12 miles north-west), Little Heath (8 miles south-west) and Oakley (13 miles north).
Nearby you will also find Frazer Nash Archives (1.3 miles north) and Royal Berkshire Hospital (5.2 miles south-west). The countryside around Lower Shiplake includes South Lake and Sonning Hill.
- Nearby schools include Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School (1.6 miles south-east)
- Nearby, you will find The Baskerville pub (within half a mile east)
Lower Shiplake: your questions answered
Do you trade at school fairs around Lower Shiplake?
Yes, if the school is happy for us to cook on site. Send us the date, pitch and expected numbers.
Can you cook in Mill Meadows?
Only with permission from the park’s owner, normally the council. Ask them first, and we’ll send any information they need.
How much paella per person?
We size the pans for your numbers and the rest of the menu. Let us know about any other food. Our guide to portions explains more.
What areas do you cover?
London and the South East: Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight.
Do you do starters?
Yes. Canapés with drinks or tapas for the tables, served while the paella cooks.
Do you come to Lower Shiplake?
Yes. We cater across London and the South East, and Lower Shiplake is within our area and the rest of Oxfordshire. For a quote, use our quote form.
Do you have a kids’ option?
Of course. A simple chicken paella is normally popular with children. Tell us how many are coming.
Is there a vegan option?
Yes. Vegan paella is cooked in its own pan.
- 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