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Festival & event paella in Milton Heights, Oxfordshire
We cook paella street food for festivals, fairs, markets and community events across Milton Heights and Oxfordshire, catering for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests.
- Open days and community events
- Race days and sports events
- Village fêtes
Festival paella catering in Milton Heights
How our festival paella catering works in Milton Heights
Paella in a bowl is perfect festival food, standing up or sitting on the grass. On the menu are churros, seafood paella and vegan paella, and we are regularly asked to cater feeding crew and volunteers and school fairs and fundraisers.
Rural events near Milton Heights can be a long way from food outlets, so a paella stall is a welcome sight. Each paella is cooked from scratch on the day, never made in advance and reheated, and served the moment it is ready.
- Where
- Milton Heights (OX14)
- Area hub
- Oxfordshire
- Special diets
- Gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, halal
- Also available
- Canapés, desserts, sangria and staff
- Quotes
- Contact us for a quote
- Updated
- 23 October 2026
Common questions in Milton Heights
How far is Milton Heights from London?
Roughly 53 miles from the centre of London.
Do you cater in the North Wessex Downs National Landscape?
Yes, though some venues in protected landscapes have extra rules; ask your venue. We’ll follow the site rules.
Do you need power?
Tell us what’s available at the pitch and we’ll confirm what we need.
What areas do you cover?
London and the South East: Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight.
What if the weather’s bad?
Rain does not stop us, as long as there is a ventilated cover. We will make a plan B with you.
Do you cook it at the event?
Yes. We cook from scratch in large pans at your venue, in front of your guests.
Will you have a stall at our event?
Tell us about your event, and we’ll reply with our availability and what we need.
Will there be long queues?
Service from the pan is fast, which suits busy periods.
How we price festival paella catering
The same guest numbers can mean different prices, because of:
- Whether you need crockery
- Starters, canapés and desserts
- Your choice of paellas
- Staff: cooks, waiting staff and bar staff
The price depends on your guest numbers, the menu and how many courses you choose, plus any staff, crockery and travel. We quote for each event individually.
Details that help
These details help us quote quickly:
- A photo of the cooking space, if it is a garden or field
- The address or venue name
- Any dietary needs and allergies
- The date and time of the event
Getting a quote is simple: tell us the date, place, numbers and any dietary needs. We’ll send a clear, itemised quote and a suggested menu.
Organising for someone else?
Events in public spaces, like parks, generally need permission. We’ll provide any information the landowner or council asks for.
Throwing a party at home? Send a picture of the space and tell us about parking, and we will tell you honestly whether live paella will work.
Is live paella right for your event?
Food that sits in a hot cabinet isn’t much to look at. A huge pan cooking in view sells itself. If you have a budget in mind, tell us, and we will put together a menu that fits. Even a simple menu can be a feast.
Why Milton Heights hosts choose us
- Catering across Oxfordshire, including Milton Heights
- Sangria and bar staff available
- Everything cooked fresh at your event
- A quote that spells everything out
Read Our prices page And Our guide to catering costs.
Why choose festival paella catering in Milton Heights?
Crew love a hot meal.
These are some of the occasions we cater in Milton Heights and Oxfordshire:
- Village fêtes
- Open days
- Farmers’ and Christmas markets
- Feeding crew and volunteers
For visitors coming by rail, Didcot Parkway station is about 2.6 miles away.
Comparing caterers
- What the price includes, item by item
- What the caterer needs from your venue
- How late numbers can change
- When payment is due
How it works
We get there well before serving, unload, set up the burners and prepare the stock. Your guests are welcome to watch while it cooks. Summer events in Milton Heights have daylight until about 9:25pm at midsummer and about 7:10pm by late September, so evening trading generally finishes in daylight in high summer. For winter markets, dark by about 3:55pm, the pitch needs lighting.
- It starts with your event details and pitch information.
- We confirm our menu, pitch needs and documents.
- 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.
- At the end, we clear our pitch.
Before we arrive
- Arrange parking near the cooking spot
- Keep the cooking spot clear of fences, hedges and branches
- Arrange a covered spot for wet weather
Ask for a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to use our quote form. Tell us about your event in Milton Heights, and we will put together a menu and price.
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Space, weather and the venue
Live paella is cooked over gas burners in large pans, so the cooking area needs a little planning. These are the things we check:
- Vehicle access before and after the event
- Clearance from tents and gazebos
- Clear information on power, water and waste
Not sure about your space? Send us a picture and we will tell you honestly.
Menu ideas
- Giant paella pans
- Seafood paella
- Chicken & chorizo paella
- Vegan paella
- Churros
- Tapas
Community events around Milton Heights
Milton Heights is about 2 miles west of Didcot, in Oxfordshire. We cook at events in gardens, halls and venues around Milton Heights and the surrounding area. We cover 443 places across Oxfordshire, from the larger towns to small villages. Our events stretch from Milton Heights to Oxford (about 10 miles away).
School fairs, for a school like St Blaise CofE Primary School, are a natural fit for a paella stall. Running a fête for a church like Church of St Blaise? A paella pan draws people in. Events in and around the North Wessex Downs National Landscape, within about 8 miles of Milton Heights, often have rules about vehicles, ground and waste; we will follow the site’s requirements.
We cook at events all over the OX14 postcode area and the streets around it. From Midwinter Avenue, Trenchard Avenue and Lambe Avenue or anywhere nearby, we can cook there. Close by, we cover events in Milton Hill (1 mile south), Steventon (1 mile north-west), Drayton (2 miles north), Sutton Wick (2 miles north) and Marcham (4 miles north-west). We also cook in nearby towns such as Oxford (10 miles north), Abingdon-on-Thames (4 miles north), Witney (14 miles north-west), Wantage (5 miles west), Grove (5 miles west) and Faringdon (12 miles west).
A little further out are Atlas Computer Laboratory (2.9 miles south) and Abingdon Community Hospital (3.7 miles north). Not far away are Churn Hill and Mowbray Fields.
- Schools near Milton Heights include UTC Oxfordshire (1.5 miles south-east) and UTC Oxfordshire (1.5 miles south-east)
- Pubs nearby include The Cherry Tree pub (0.8 miles north-west)
A closer look at the menu
Giant paella pans
It is the giant pan people come to see.
Vegan paella
Vegan visitors get a real meal.
Places near Milton Heights
Also in Milton Heights
Cook it yourself or book a caterer?
DIY catering keeps costs down, but the host spends the party cooking. With live paella catering, you get the theatre without the work.
A DIY paella party works for small groups. For big numbers or lots of diets, a caterer makes life easier, and handles separate pans for each diet.
- 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