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Festival Paella Catering in Regents Park
Treat your guests to live paella at your event in Regents Park. Everything is cooked fresh on the day, then served hot from the pan.
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Live festival paella catering in Regents Park
About our festival paella catering in Regents Park
Crew meals are timed to your schedule, so your team eats well on a long day. On the menu are vegan paella, giant-pan paella and churros, and we’re regularly asked to cater music and food festivals and agricultural and county shows.
For events in a place like Regents Park, one hot-food trader that suits most diets makes life easy. Paella does exactly that. The paella is served straight from the pan, so every plate is hot, and a queue moves quickly.
- Area
- Regents Park (SO15, SO16, SO17)
- County
- Southampton
- Special diets
- Gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, halal
- Also available
- Tapas, churros, sangria, crockery
- Quotes
- Contact us for a quote
- Last updated
- 23 October 2026
Prices and what affects them
Here’s what makes the biggest difference to the price:
- Staff: cooks, waiting staff and bar staff
- The number of people
- How long we’re needed on site
- Extra courses such as canapés, tapas and dessert
When you compare quotes, check what each one includes: staff, crockery, sides, travel and VAT. Our quotes spell it all out.
What to tell us
To speed things up, tell us:
- A photo of the space, if you can
- Roughly how many adults and children
- The date and rough timings
- The venue or postcode
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many guests, along with any dietary needs, and you will get a menu idea and a price. To get started, use our quote form.
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Planning for every diet
We cater for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests. To make it work smoothly:
- Put picnic tables near the traders
- Schedule crew meals
- Make sure the line-up includes vegan and gluten-free options
- Check traders’ packaging and waste plans
If crew or volunteer meals are booked, they’re served at the agreed times.
Crew, volunteer and VIP catering.
What happens on the day
The paella is cooked in giant, shallow pans over gas burners. It needs a level spot with some shelter and good ventilation, which we agree with you beforehand. For an evening event in Regents Park, sunset is about 8:55pm in late May and 9:25pm 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.
- We time the first pans for the lunchtime rush.
- When trading ends, the pitch is cleared and left clean.
Preparing for the day
- Give us your final numbers and diets
- Have a level space ready for the pans
- Check the venue allows live cooking
How to get a price
Every quote is put together for your event. Tell us your date and guest numbers, and we will confirm whether we’re available that day.
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Event catering near Regents Park
Regents Park is about 2 miles west of Southampton, in Southampton. For festival paella catering in Regents Park, we plan around your venue and timings: a clear quote, agreed timings and paella cooked live on the day. We cook in all 40 towns and villages across Southampton, from the larger towns to small villages.
If your event is in St James' Park, the organiser will need the landowner’s permission; we’ll supply our paperwork. School fairs, for a school like Regents Park Community College, are a natural fit for a paella stall. Events in and around the New Forest National Park, within about 7 miles of Regents Park, frequently have rules about vehicles, ground and waste; we work to the site rules. The coast is within about 3 miles of Regents Park, so for seaside events we plan a sheltered pitch, and seafood paella sells well by the sea.
Here we cover the SO15, SO16 and SO17 postcode area, and we can cater your event anywhere in it. Local streets include May Road, Mill Road and York Road; an event at home on any of them works well with live paella. You will find Regents Park on the A33 and A3057, which makes it straightforward to bring the equipment. If your venue is just outside Regents Park, we also cover Shirley (1 mile east), Millbrook (1 mile south-west), Freemantle (1 mile south-east), Maybush (1 mile north-west) and Coxford (1 mile north). Within a short drive, we also cover Townhill Park (4 miles east), Midanbury (3 miles east), Thornhill (4 miles east), Chartwell Green (4 miles east), Harefield (4 miles east) and Itchen (3 miles east). Being one of Southampton’s larger places, Regents Park has plenty of venues and gardens for events.
A little further out are Marlands Shopping Centre (1.8 miles south-east) and Netley Castle (4.6 miles south-east). Open spaces near Regents Park include Testwood Lakes.
- Schools near Regents Park include Foundry Lane Primary School (under half a mile east) and Millbrook Community School (1.2 miles north-west)
- Nearby, you will find The Crown Public House (less than half a mile north-east)
Why choose festival paella catering in Regents Park?
It adds theatre to a food line-up.
These are some of the occasions we cater around Regents Park:
- Agricultural and county shows
- Festivals
- Open days
- Christmas and farmers’ markets
Running a fête for a church like Church of the Holy Trinity? A paella pan draws people in.
What your quote should include
- Allergen information for each dish
- Whether crockery, cutlery and napkins are included
- What the price includes, item by item
- Payment terms and deposit
What’s in the pans
Chicken & chorizo paella
A crowd-pleaser for meat eaters.
Seafood paella
A seafood pan with prawns and mussels for fish lovers.
For event organisers in Regents Park
If you run the same event each year, tell us your dates early, so we can hold the date.
For big numbers, we plan pans and serving points to keep queues short, so guests are fed quickly. Let us know how long the food break is.
Paella compared with other options
Some traders struggle with vegan and gluten-free options. A vegan paella pan sits alongside the others. Tapas, desserts, sangria, staff and crockery are optional extras, so you can choose exactly what you need.
What you get with us
- Add tapas, canapés and Spanish desserts
- Live cooking, not reheated food
- Catering across Southampton, including Regents Park
- A clear, itemised quote
Read Our prices page Or The cost guide.
Regents Park questions
Could we have live paella in St James' Park?
Only with permission from the park’s owner, typically the council. Ask them first, and we’ll send any information they need.
Do you trade at school fairs around Regents Park?
Yes, with the school’s permission. Tell us the date and pitch details.
How many different paellas?
Normally two or three, so every guest has a choice. We will recommend a mix based on diets.
How much does festival paella catering cost in Regents Park?
Every event is quoted individually, based on what you actually want. Tell us your date and numbers for a clear quote.
How far ahead should we book?
The sooner the better. Popular dates book up first, so it pays to ask early.
Is it really cooked live?
Yes. Every paella is cooked from scratch on site, in front of your guests.
Do you have vegan options at events?
Yes. A vegan paella pan sits alongside the meat and seafood pans.
Who clears up?
We clear our cooking area away when service is finished. Waiting staff can clear tables if you book them.
Can I cook paella for a crowd myself?
A DIY paella party works for small groups. For larger numbers, mixed diets or a wedding, a caterer takes the pressure off, and handles separate pans for each diet.
You can cook paella for a crowd yourself, but it takes practice. A big pan needs a burner that heats it evenly, and getting the rice right for dozens of people takes experience. Read how to cook paella for a crowd.
- 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