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Festival Paella Catering in Saltwood
Love Paella cooks paella street food for festivals, fairs, markets and community events across Saltwood and Kent, with vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal options.
- Open days
- Charity and school events
- Sports clubs and race days
Book festival paella catering in Saltwood
DIY paella versus live catering
Not sure whether to cook yourself or book a caterer? Consider your numbers, your guests’ diets and your own time. We’re happy to give you a quote to compare.
For a small group, cooking yourself can work well. For larger numbers, mixed diets or a wedding, a caterer takes the pressure off, and keeps vegetarian and allergy-safe pans separate.
Festival paella catering in Saltwood, cooked live
Paella eats well from a bowl with a fork, on the move or on a picnic rug. For open days and community events and feeding crew and volunteers, we will put together a menu of chicken and chorizo paella, vegan paella and seafood paella.
A fête near Saltwood might be on a field with no mains power; tell us what’s available and we will plan around it. We bring everything we need to cook, and pack down our cooking area when service is finished.
Your questions about festival paella catering in Saltwood
What’s the nearest station to Saltwood for guests?
The closest is Sandling station, roughly 0.9 miles away.
Do you trade at school fairs around Saltwood?
Yes, if the school is happy for us to cook on site. Tell us the date and pitch details.
Will you have a stall at our event?
Send us the details, and we’ll reply with our availability and what we need.
Do you have a kids’ option?
Children are welcome. Tell us how many and roughly how old, and we’ll plan for them.
Do you provide plates and cutlery?
If you need them, yes. Crockery, cutlery and napkins, or good-quality disposables are available.
Is the paella gluten-free?
We can cook a gluten-free paella in its own pan. Tell us about any coeliac guests when you book so we can plan it carefully.
How many different paellas?
Two or three covers most guests. Tell us about your guests’ diets and we will suggest the mix.
Is halal food available?
Yes, we do. Halal paella is cooked with halal chicken and no pork or alcohol, in a separate pan.
Prices and what affects them
Here’s what makes the biggest difference to the price:
- Staff: cooks, waiting staff and bar staff
- How many guests are eating
- Your choice of paellas
- Plates, cutlery and glassware
Extras such as tapas, desserts, sangria, staff and crockery are priced separately, so you can choose exactly what you need.
What to tell us
When you contact us, it helps to tell us:
- What the venue already provides
- The date and rough timings
- A picture of where we’d cook
- The venue or postcode
A detailed enquiry gets a more accurate quote: venue, timings, courses and extras. When you are ready, fill in our quote form.
The menu, dish by dish
Vegan paella
Vegan paella cooked separately.
Chicken & chorizo paella
A crowd-pleaser for meat eaters.
Dietary needs and planning tips
Few dishes handle mixed diets as well as paella, because every paella has its own pan. A few tips:
- Agree waste arrangements with traders
- Plan for vegan and gluten-free visitors
- Put all trader information in one pack
- Provide seating near the food
We cook in full view of visitors, and serve from the pan throughout the event.
Tapas and churros can be added to a stall menu.
Running an event in Saltwood
Saltwood is about 1 mile north of Hythe, in Kent. We cook at events in gardens, halls and venues around Saltwood and the surrounding area. Saltwood is one of 922 towns and villages in Kent we cover. Our nearest city page is Canterbury, about 14 miles away.
Events in parks such as Brockhill Country Park need permission from the council or landowner, and we’ll send any documents they ask for. If you are organising a summer fair or fundraiser for a school such as Saltwood CofE Primary School, a paella stall is a crowd-pleaser. Within about 6 miles is the Kent Downs National Landscape, where events may have extra rules on vehicles and waste; we work to the site rules. With the sea within about a mile, we plan shelter from the wind for coastal events, and seafood paella sells well by the sea.
Festival paella catering in CT21 is planned around your venue and your guests. Whether your event is on Old Saltwood Lane, The Green and Bartholomew Lane or anywhere nearby, we’ll bring the pans to you. Neighbouring places where we cater events include Hythe (1 mile south), Sandling (1 mile north-west), Pedlinge (1 mile west), Palmarsh (2 miles south-west) and Newingreen (2 miles west). We also cook in nearby towns such as Ashford (10 miles north-west), Canterbury (14 miles north), Dover (10 miles north-east), Folkestone (4 miles east), Tower Hamlets (10 miles east) and Hawkinge (4 miles north-east).
Other landmarks nearby include Royal Victoria Hospital (4.1 miles east) and Hythe Museum (0.8 miles south). Not far away are Tolsford Hill.
- Nearby schools include Brockhill Park Performing Arts College (under half a mile west)
- Nearby, you’ll find Red Lion Public House (0.6 miles south)
Before you choose a spot
Live paella is cooked over gas burners in large pans, so we need a suitable spot. Here’s what we look for:
- Clearance from tents and gazebos
- Flat, firm ground
- Access for unloading at set-up
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we’ll advise.
On the menu in Saltwood
- Tapas
- Giant paella pans
- Vegan paella
- Seafood paella
- Chicken & chorizo paella
- Churros
Why choose festival paella catering in Saltwood?
It brings theatre to the food court.
Live paella works for big and small events alike. Typical bookings include:
- Charity and school events
- Sports club events
- County and country shows
- Summer fairs and fêtes
For visitors coming by rail, Sandling station is about 0.9 miles away.
Comparing caterers
- Plates, cutlery and napkins, or disposables
- Allergen information for each dish
- The wet-weather plan
- Exactly what’s included in the price
Nearby places to Saltwood
What else we do in Saltwood
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. Evening events in Saltwood have light until about 9:15pm at midsummer; after that, the pitch needs good lighting.
- Tell us about the event, the crowd and the pitch.
- You get our stall menu and what we need on site.
- Paperwork goes over in good time.
- On the day, the pans are on before the busiest hours.
- When trading ends, the pitch is cleared and left clean.
Getting ready for the day
- Choose a level spot for the cooking area
- Keep the cooking spot clear of fences, hedges and branches
- Arrange a covered spot for wet weather
Getting a price
Thinking about festival paella catering for your event in Saltwood? Send us the details and we will come back with ideas and a quote. Just use our quote form.
Planning help
Live paella or other catering?
Most street food is cooked one order at a time. Paella is batch-cooked and served fast, keeping queues short. Cost depends on guest numbers, the menu and the courses, plus any staff, crockery and travel. We quote for each event individually.
Why Saltwood hosts choose us
- We cover Saltwood and the whole of Kent
- Separate pans for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests
- Plates, cutlery and waiting staff available
- Tapas, canapés and desserts if you want them
Take a look at How we price And What paella catering costs.
- 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