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Festival Paella Catering for Shotover Hill events
Love Paella cooks paella street food for festivals, fairs, markets and community events across Shotover Hill and Oxfordshire, with vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal options.
- VIP and hospitality areas
- Open days and community events
- Agricultural and county shows
Live festival paella catering in Shotover Hill
Festival paella catering in Shotover Hill, cooked live
Paella in a bowl is perfect festival food, on the move or on a picnic rug. Popular choices include vegan paella, chicken and chorizo paella and giant-pan paella, and we’re often booked for food and music festivals and community events and open days.
Around Shotover Hill, a fête or summer fair suits a huge paella pan. Tell us about the pitch, ground and access. We serve straight from the pan, so it’s hot and generous, and a queue moves quickly.
- Where
- Shotover Hill (OX3)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Dietary options
- Gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, halal
- Extras
- Tapas, desserts, sangria, staff
- Price
- Quoted for your event
- Last updated
- 23 October 2026
The process
It is a relaxed, well-organised set-up. Arrival and serving times are agreed beforehand, set up the pans and burners, and cook and serve without fuss. At midsummer, events in Shotover Hill stay light until about 9:25pm, which helps evening trading. Winter markets, dark by about 3:55pm, need a well-lit pitch.
- Tell us about the event, the crowd and the pitch.
- You get our stall menu and what we need on site.
- We send the documents the event asks for.
- We time the first pans for the lunchtime rush.
- At close, we pack down and tidy up.
Preparing for the day
- Get the venue’s permission for cooking
- Share the running order, including any speeches
- Send us final numbers and dietary needs in good time
Ask for a quote
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many guests, plus any dietary needs, and you will get a menu idea and a price. Just send us your details through our quote form.
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A closer look at the menu
Giant paella pans
It’s the huge pan people come to see.
Vegan paella
Vegan visitors get a real meal.
Diets, allergies and planning
Nearly every event has some special diets. To plan for them:
- Ask traders about packaging and waste
- Check allergen info is on display
- Check every diet is covered by the line-up
- Book crew catering in advance
We set up at the agreed time.
Catering for crew and VIP areas.
What affects the price in Shotover Hill
Every event is priced individually, based on a few main things:
- Guest numbers
- Parking and unloading
- Chicken, vegetable or premium seafood
- How many staff you need
Live paella often compares well with a sit-down meal, because it needs no kitchen and fewer staff. Ask us for a quote.
What we need to know
Good planning starts with a few facts. Please include:
- Where the event is
- What the venue already provides
- Whether you want canapés, tapas or desserts
- A photo of the cooking space, if it’s a garden or field
A detailed enquiry gets a more accurate quote: venue, timings, courses and extras. To send your details, fill in our quote form.
Occasions we cook for in Shotover Hill
Organisers book paella because it draws people into the food area and serves them fast.
If you are planning any of these, we can help:
- Sports clubs and race days
- Community events and open days
- Christmas and farmers’ markets
- Village fêtes
If your event is in Stansfeld Park, the organiser will need the landowner’s permission; we will supply our paperwork.
Comparing caterers
- Any travel, parking or access charges
- When final numbers are due
- Who provides the crockery
- The wet-weather plan
Working with your venue
Planners and coordinators can contact us directly, and we will keep you updated on timings and set-up.
For repeat events, such as annual staff parties or seasonal fairs, let us know your dates early, so we can plan ahead.
Paella compared with other options
Not every trader covers vegans. A paella stall can have a vegan pan alongside the rest. When you compare quotes, check what each one includes: staff, crockery, bread and salads, travel and VAT. We itemise ours.
Why us?
- Sangria, plus bar staff for your own drinks
- Crockery and waiting staff if you need them
- Fast service from the pan
- A clear, itemised quote
Read Our pricing And The cost guide.
Your questions about festival paella catering in Shotover Hill
Can you run a stall at a school fair in Shotover Hill?
Yes, if the school is happy for us to cook on site. Send us the date, pitch and expected numbers.
Can you cook in Stansfeld Park?
Only with permission from the park’s owner, usually the council. Check with them, and we’ll provide our paperwork.
Do you clear up afterwards?
We clear our cooking area away when service is finished. Waiting staff can clear tables if you book them.
Do you cook inside?
Typically we cook outdoors or under a ventilated cover, because we use gas burners. We will check whether your venue has a suitable space.
Can you supply plates?
Yes, on request. Proper crockery or quality disposables can be added to your booking.
Do you provide drinks?
We can make sangria, and provide bar staff to serve drinks you supply.
Should we have more than one paella?
Two or three is usual: a meat or mixed paella, a seafood paella and a vegetable or vegan one. We’ll help you decide the split.
How much does festival paella catering cost in Shotover Hill?
Every event is quoted individually, so you only pay for what you need. Give us your date, numbers and menu ideas and we’ll reply with a price.
Fairs, fêtes and events in Shotover Hill
Shotover Hill is about 2 miles east of Oxford, in Oxfordshire. Whether your event is in the middle of Shotover Hill or on the outskirts, we offer the same service: live cooking, separate pans for every diet and a clear price. We cook in 443 places across Oxfordshire, from the larger towns to small villages.
For a church fête or fundraiser, at a church such as Holy Trinity Church, a paella stall adds a hot meal to the cakes and tombola. For visitors coming by rail, Oxford station is about 3.3 miles away.
We cook at events all over the OX3 postcode area and the streets around it. Your event could be at a home on Old Road, Mark Road and York Road. Neighbouring places where we cater events include Risinghurst (1 mile north), Barton (1 mile north), Horspath (1 mile south-east), Littleworth (2 miles east) and Forest Hill (2 miles north-east). We also cook in nearby towns such as Didcot (10 miles south), Bicester (10 miles north), Abingdon-on-Thames (6 miles south-west), Witney (13 miles west), Thame (9 miles east) and Wantage (15 miles south-west).
Well-known places in the area include Rumble Museum (1.2 miles west) and Templars Square (1.7 miles south-west). The countryside around Shotover Hill includes Shotover and CS Lewis Nature Reserve.
- Local schools include Headington Quarry Foundation Stage School (0.5 miles north-west) and Cheney School (1.2 miles west)
- Pubs nearby include Crown & Thistle pub (within half a mile west)
DIY paella versus live catering
If you do cook yourself, test the pan and burner together beforehand, keep the stock hot, and don’t stir once the rice goes in. And keep children and pets well away from the burner.
Some hosts like to cook themselves. Common mistakes are mismatched pans and burners, overfilling and stirring. If you’d rather enjoy the party, let us cook.
- 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