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Festival & event paella in Nettlestead Green, Kent
Planning festival paella catering in Nettlestead Green? We bring the pans, burners and fresh ingredients and cook in front of your guests.
- Farmers’ and Christmas markets
- Race days and sports events
- Summer fairs and fêtes
Festival paella catering in Nettlestead Green
Catering for every guest
Good planning keeps every guest safe and happy. Here’s how:
- Give traders a single information pack
- Ask for allergen information at each stall
- Ask about peak-time capacity
- Book crew catering in advance
We arrive at the agreed time and set up our pitch, following your trader pack.
Tapas and churros can be added to a stall menu.
How our festival paella catering works in Nettlestead Green
The cooking is part of the show. Visitors stop to watch, take photos and come back for lunch. For summer fairs and fêtes and school fairs and fundraisers, we can cook vegan paella, chicken and chorizo paella and seafood paella and more.
A fête near Nettlestead Green might be on a field with no mains power; let us know and we’ll plan for it. Timings are planned around your event, so the paella is ready when you want to eat.
A closer look at the menu
Seafood paella
A seafood pan with prawns and mussels.
Giant paella pans
Huge pans of golden rice.
Why choose live paella in Nettlestead Green?
Most stalls cook to order. Paella is cooked in big batches and served from the pan, keeping queues short. Access and travel can make a difference to the cost, so it helps to tell us about your venue. Everything is confirmed in writing.
Why Nettlestead Green hosts choose us
- No hidden extras in your quote
- Sangria and bar staff available
- Live cooking, not reheated food
- Starters and desserts to complete the menu
Prices and what affects them
Every event is priced individually, and the price depends on a few things:
- Extra courses such as canapés, tapas and dessert
- The number of people
- Chicken, vegetable or premium seafood
- Crockery and cutlery, or disposables
Larger events typically cost less per head, since the set-up is much the same either way. Tell us your numbers for an accurate price.
What to tell us
For a quote, it helps to have:
- What the venue already provides
- Roughly how many adults and children
- The courses you’d like
- Diets and allergies you know about
Send us the date, your venue or ME18 postcode and guest numbers, plus any dietary needs, and you will get a menu idea and a price. To get started, send us your details through our quote form.
Places near Nettlestead Green
More for events in Nettlestead Green
Organising for someone else?
If you run the same event each year, tell us your dates early, so we can hold the date.
Organising a club, school or community event in Nettlestead Green? Live paella feeds a crowd quickly and suits most diets. Give us the details and we will suggest a plan.
How it works
Expect a friendly, organised team. We agree arrival and serving times in advance, set up our cooking area, and get on with cooking and serving. For an evening event in Nettlestead Green, sunset is about 8:50pm in late May and 9:15pm in late June; after dark, we need a lit pitch.
- Tell us about the event, the crowd and the pitch.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Check the venue allows live cooking
- Make sure we can park close by to unload
- Keep the cooking spot clear of fences, hedges and branches
How to get a price
Every event is quoted individually, so the price fits what you actually want. For a quote, send us your details through our quote form.
Related guides
DIY paella versus live catering
Hiring a pan and burner is one option, but there is shopping, prep and hours of cooking. A caterer handles all of that.
For a small group, cooking yourself can work well. For larger numbers, mixed diets or a wedding, a caterer takes the pressure off, and handles separate pans for each diet.
Questions from Nettlestead Green
Which station should guests use for Nettlestead Green?
Yalding station, about 0.5 miles south-east of the centre.
Is Nettlestead Green too small for live paella?
Not at all. We cater in villages and hamlets as well as towns. Let us know about access and parking.
Do you cook it at the event?
Yes. Every paella is cooked from scratch on site, in front of your guests.
Do you provide plates and cutlery?
Yes, on request. Proper crockery or quality disposables can be added to your booking.
What space do you need to cook?
Less than you might think: a flat spot away from anything flammable, with space to serve. Send us a photo if you’re not sure.
When do you arrive?
It depends on the menu and numbers. We agree the timings in advance so the paella is ready when you want it.
Which areas do you serve?
London and the South East: Kent, Surrey, East and West Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Bucks, Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight.
How many different paellas?
Most events have two or three: meat or mixed, seafood, and vegetable or vegan. We’ll suggest a split based on your guests.
Nettlestead Green events: pitches and permissions
Nettlestead Green is about 6 miles south-west of Maidstone, in Kent. Tell us where your event in Nettlestead Green will be, and we’ll plan the journey and set-up. Nettlestead Green is one of 922 places in Kent we cover. Our nearest city page is London, about 28 miles away.
For visitors coming by rail, Yalding station is about 0.5 miles away.
We cater events across ME18. Local streets include Station Road, Maidstone Road and Hampstead Lane; an event at home on any of them works well with live paella. Nearby, we also cater events in Nettlestead (1 mile north), Yalding (1 mile south-east), Congelow (1 mile south-east), Wateringbury (2 miles north-east) and Benover (2 miles south-east). Further out, we also cater in Maidstone (6 miles north-east), Sevenoaks (10 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (9 miles south-west), Gravesend (14 miles north), Tonbridge (6 miles south-west) and Northfleet (14 miles north).
Nearby you will also find Leybourne Castle (5 miles north) and Teapot Island (0.9 miles south-east).
Occasions we cook for in Nettlestead Green
One trader, many diets, which saves pitches.
We can help if you are planning any of the following:
- Food and music festivals
- Country shows
- Charity and school events
- Race days and sports events
Running a fête for a church like St Mary's Church? A paella pan draws people in.
What your quote should include
- The deadline for final numbers
- What the caterer needs from your venue
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether travel is included
- 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