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Festival Paella Catering for Sibertswold events
From the first sizzle of the sofrito to the last spoonful of crispy rice, paella street food for festivals, fairs, markets and community events makes the food a highlight of your event in Sibertswold.
- Sports club events
- Crew, volunteer and VIP catering
- Agricultural and county shows
Live festival paella catering in Sibertswold
Sibertswold: your questions answered
What about events near the coast?
Yes, with a sheltered cooking spot. Wind is the main issue on the coast, so we plan shelter.
Which station should guests use for Sibertswold?
Sibertswold has its own station: Shepherds Well station.
When do you arrive?
We arrive well before serving to set up and start the stock. The rice itself takes about 20 minutes, and we time it to your schedule.
Can you serve drinks?
We can make sangria, and we can staff a bar with your drinks.
Can you provide dessert?
Yes. Spanish desserts such as churros or crema catalana, or you can serve your own cake.
Is it really cooked live?
Yes. We arrive with everything we need and cook on the day, serving it hot from the pan.
How many different paellas?
Most events have two or three: a meat or mixed paella, a seafood paella and a vegetable or vegan one. We’ll help you decide the split.
Do you have a kids’ option?
Yes. A simple chicken paella is usually popular with children. Tell us how many are coming.
About our festival paella catering in Sibertswold
One paella stall covers many diets: meat, seafood and vegan pans side by side. That makes life easier for organisers. Typical bookings include charity and school events and sports club events, serving chicken and chorizo paella, vegan paella and churros.
At a fête or field event near Sibertswold, we can bring hot food to a rural site. Tell us about the ground and access. Every guest is catered for, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal included, with each paella cooked in its own pan.
Places near Sibertswold
What else we do in Sibertswold
Before you choose a spot
Before the day, we will agree where we cook. A good spot ticks these boxes:
- Your arrangements for power, water and waste
- Pitch space for cooking and serving
- Your trader pack and site rules
If you are unsure, send a photo of the space and we will say what we think.
Menu ideas
- Seafood paella
- Tapas
- Churros
- Vegan paella
- Chicken & chorizo paella
- Giant paella pans
Step by step
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 Sibertswold stay light until about 9:15pm, which helps evening trading. Winter markets, dark by about 3:50pm, need a well-lit pitch.
- First, we check the dates.
- We agree menu and pitch.
- Burners and pans go up.
- The first pans are ready as visitors arrive.
- We serve, then pack down.
How to prepare
- Pick a flat, firm spot for us to cook
- Plan cover in case of rain
- Give us your final numbers and diets
Ask for a quote
Send us the date, your venue or CT15 postcode and guest numbers, plus any dietary needs, and we’ll reply with a menu suggestion and a quote. To get started, use our quote form.
Planning help
Live paella or other catering?
Hot-cabinet food lacks theatre. Paella cooking in full view sells itself. Extras such as tapas, desserts, sangria, staff and crockery are priced separately, so you only pay for what you want.
Why us?
- Plates, cutlery and waiting staff available
- A clear, itemised quote
- Tapas, canapés and desserts if you want them
- Food that becomes part of the entertainment
Take a look at Our prices page And The cost guide.
Perfect for your event in Sibertswold
A paella stall draws people into the food area and serves them fast.
Live paella suits almost any gathering. In Sibertswold, people book us for occasions like:
- Crew, volunteer and VIP catering
- School fairs and fundraisers
- Farmers’ and Christmas markets
- Music and food festivals
For visitors coming by rail, Sibertswold has its own station, Shepherds Well station.
What your quote should include
- What the price includes, item by item
- How bad weather is handled
- The venue requirements
- When final numbers are due
What festival paella catering costs
These are the factors that matter most:
- Staff: cooks, waiting staff and bar staff
- Timings and hours
- The paellas you choose
- Parking and unloading
When you compare quotes, check what each one includes: staff, crockery, bread and salads, travel and VAT. Our quotes spell it all out.
Getting an accurate quote
For a quote, it helps to have:
- The courses you’d like
- The date and rough timings
- Where the event is
- Anything your venue supplies
We need only a few details to quote: the date, where the event is, how many guests and any dietary needs. To send them, use our quote form.
DIY paella versus live catering
Some hosts like to cook themselves. The usual problems are a pan too big for the burner, too much rice and stirring once the rice is in. If you’d rather enjoy the party, let us cook.
You can hire equipment and do it yourself, but you will still need to source ingredients, prep and cook for hours. A caterer handles all of that.
Sibertswold events: pitches and permissions
Sibertswold is about 4 miles north-west of Dover, in Kent. For festival paella catering in Sibertswold, we plan around your venue and timings: a quote, a plan and live cooking on the day. Sibertswold is one of 922 towns and villages in Kent where we cook. We cook right across the region, from Sibertswold to Canterbury (9 miles away).
For a church fête or fundraiser, at a church such as Church of St Andrew, a paella stall adds a hot meal to the cakes and tombola. 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. The coast is within about 6 miles of Sibertswold, so for seaside events we plan a sheltered pitch.
Festival paella catering in CT15 is planned around your venue. We can cater an event on streets such as Station Road, Hill Avenue and Eythorne Road. Close by, we cover events in Halfway Street (1 mile south-west), Coldred (1 mile south-east), Waldershare (1 mile east), Eythorne (2 miles north-east) and Lydden (2 miles south). Further out, we also cater in Canterbury (9 miles north-west), Margate (15 miles north-east), Dover (4 miles south-east), Folkestone (8 miles south), Ramsgate (13 miles north-east) and Broadstairs (15 miles north-east).
Well-known places in the area include Dover Transport Museum (3.6 miles south-east) and Buckland Hospital (4.6 miles south-east).
- Nearby, you’ll find The Bricklayers' Arms (under half a mile south-west)
Dishes our guests love
Giant paella pans
A pan the size of a cartwheel, full of saffron rice, cooking in full view.
Seafood paella
The seafood pan is a festival favourite.
For planners, venues and organisers
For big numbers, we plan pans and serving points to keep queues short, so guests are fed quickly. Tell us how long you have for food.
If you’re booking for a business, tell us how you’d like to handle the booking and payment, and we’ll talk you through the process. We can work with your facilities team on access and timings.
- 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