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East Sussex · England

Festival & event paella in Magham Down, East Sussex

Cooked live, served hot and made to share: paella street food for festivals, fairs, markets and community events in Magham Down and the surrounding area.

VIP and hospitality areas
Sports clubs and race days
Christmas and farmers’ markets

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Festival paella catering near Magham Down

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Festival paella catering for your event in Magham Down

Paella in a bowl is perfect festival food, standing up or sitting on the grass. We’re often asked to cater charity and school events and sports clubs and race days, with seafood paella, chicken and chorizo paella and churros.

Rural events near Magham Down can be a long way from food outlets, so a hot-food stall is a big help. Each paella is cooked from scratch on the day, never made in advance and reheated.

Location: Magham Down (BN27)
Area hub: East Sussex
Dietary options: Gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, halal
Extras: Canapés, desserts, sangria and staff
Quote: Ask us for a quote
Last updated: 23 October 2026

A market food stall with customers walking past

Catering for every guest

We cater for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests. To get it right:

Check traders’ packaging and waste plans
Plan for vegan and gluten-free visitors
Make allergen information visible at every stall
Plan seating near the food area

We set up at the agreed time.

Larger pans for peak times.

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.

You can hire equipment and do it yourself, but you’ll still need to source ingredients, prep and cook for hours. A caterer handles all of that.

Working with your venue

If you’re planning an event on someone’s behalf, whether you are a planner, an office manager or an event organiser, we’re happy to deal with you and the venue directly. It keeps things simple.

For repeat events, such as annual staff parties or seasonal fairs, let us know your dates early, so we can plan ahead.

Step by step

On the day, we set up our cooking area, light the burners and start the sofrito. Once the rice goes in, it takes about 20 minutes, so the timing is planned around your event. Summer events in Magham Down have daylight until about 9:15pm at midsummer and about 7:00pm by late September, which helps evening trading. Winter markets, dark by about 3:55pm, need a well-lit pitch.

We check your dates.
We agree menu and pitch.
Burners and pans go up.
Pans are cooking as gates open.
We serve, then clear the pitch at the end.

Preparing for the day

Have a gazebo or cover ready if rain is likely
Name one person we can ask on the day
Choose a level spot for the cooking area

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Every quote is put together for your event. Give us your date and numbers, and we will check availability at the same time.

Tell us about your event

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Your questions about festival paella catering in Magham Down

Do you come out to small places like Magham Down?

Not at all. We cater in villages and hamlets as well as towns. Tell us about lanes, gates and parking.

How far is Magham Down from London?

Roughly 46 miles from the centre of London, and well within our area.

Will there be long queues?

Big batches and service from the pan keep things moving.

Should we have more than one paella?

Usually two or three, so every guest has a choice. Tell us about your guests’ diets and we will suggest the mix.

Can you cook indoors?

Indoors only where ventilation and the venue allow it. Courtyards, doorways and terraces frequently work.

Will you have a stall at our event?

Send us the details, and we will confirm availability and requirements.

Can vegans eat at your stall?

Yes. A vegan paella pan sits alongside the meat and seafood pans.

Can you feed our volunteers?

Yes, at set times to suit your schedule. Send us numbers and times.

What affects the price in Magham Down

We will give you a clear, itemised quote. The main things that affect it are:

Distance and access to the venue
How long we’re needed on site
Staff: cooks, waiting staff and bar staff
How many courses

Cost depends on guest numbers, the menu and the courses, along with staff, extras and travel. We quote for each event individually.

What we need to know

The more we know about your event, the better we can plan. Try to include:

What the venue already provides
The address or venue name
A picture of where we’d cook
Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal and allergy numbers

The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote: venue, timings, courses and extras. When you’re ready, send us your details through our quote form.

Fairs, fêtes and events in Magham Down

Magham Down is about 2 miles north-east of Hailsham, in East Sussex. We bring festival paella catering to gardens, halls and venues around Magham Down and nearby villages. Magham Down is one of 289 towns and villages in East Sussex we cover. You can also see our page for Brighton, about 18 miles away.

If you are organising a summer fair or fundraiser for a school such as Hailsham Community College, a paella stall is a crowd-pleaser. For visitors coming by rail, Polegate station is about 4.5 miles away. Events in and around the South Downs National Park, within about 8 miles of Magham Down, frequently have rules about vehicles, ground and waste; we work to the site rules.

Wherever your event is in BN27, we can bring festival paella catering to you. We can cater an event on streets such as Old Road and Nodes Lane or the roads around them. If your venue is just outside Magham Down, we also cover Hellingly (1 mile west), Upper Horsebridge (1 mile west), Hailsham (2 miles south-west), Lower Horsebridge (2 miles west) and Tile Hurst (2 miles west). We also cook in nearby towns such as Eastbourne (7 miles south), Hastings (12 miles east), Bexhill-on-Sea (8 miles east), Seaford (11 miles south-west), Lewes (12 miles west) and Crowborough (13 miles north-west).

A little further out are Amberstone Hospital (0.5 miles west) and Herstmonceux Castle (2.4 miles east).

What’s in the pans

Seafood paella

Prawns, mussels and squid.

Chicken & chorizo paella

A hearty, smoky pan.

Why choose live paella in Magham Down?

Hot-cabinet food lacks theatre. Paella cooking in full view sells itself. Live paella often compares well with a sit-down meal, because it needs no kitchen and fewer staff. We’ll send you a quote.