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Festival & event paella in Southwick, West Sussex
Looking for festival paella catering in Southwick? We bring the pans, burners and fresh ingredients and cook in front of your guests.
- Food and music festivals
- Race days and sports events
- School and charity events
Festival paella catering in Southwick
How we price festival paella catering
The price comes down to a few factors:
- The number of people
- Waiting and bar staff
- Your choice of paellas
- Distance and access to the venue
Tapas, desserts, sangria, staff and crockery are optional extras, so you can choose exactly what you need.
Details that help
We can quote more accurately with a few details. Here’s what’s useful:
- The address or venue name
- Expected numbers
- What the venue already provides
- Which courses you have in mind
Getting a quote is simple: share your date, venue, numbers and diets. We’ll come back with a clear quote.
About our festival paella catering in Southwick
One paella stall covers many diets: meat, seafood and vegan pans side by side. That simplifies your food line-up. Typical bookings include music and food festivals and community events and open days, serving churros, chicken and chorizo paella and vegan paella.
For events in a place like Southwick, one hot-food trader that suits most diets makes life easy. Paella does exactly that. Timings are planned around your event, whether that is speeches, a lunch break or a festival schedule.
- Where
- Southwick (BN42, BN41, BN43)
- Area hub
- West Sussex
- Dietary options
- Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal
- Add-ons
- Canapés, desserts, sangria and staff
- Price
- Quoted for your event
- Page updated
- 23 October 2026
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What else we do in Southwick
Why choose live paella in Southwick?
Food that sits in a hot cabinet isn’t much to look at. A giant pan cooking in view sells itself. There is no one-size-fits-all price for live paella. A garden party lunch and a full wedding menu are very different jobs. We itemise everything in your quote.
Why Southwick hosts choose us
- Drinks service on request
- Catering across West Sussex, including Southwick
- Paella cooked from scratch on site
- Hot food served quickly from the pan
Take a look at Our prices page And What paella catering costs.
Your questions about festival paella catering in Southwick
Do you cater in the South Downs National Park?
Yes, though some venues in protected landscapes have extra rules; ask your venue. We will follow the site rules.
Can you run a stall at a school fair in Southwick?
Yes, with the school’s permission. Send us the date, pitch and expected numbers.
What space do you need to cook?
Level ground for the burners, pans and a table, in the open air or a ventilated covered area, and the venue’s permission for live cooking.
Do you cook it at the event?
Yes, always. Every paella is cooked from scratch on site, in front of your guests.
Do you cater for young children?
Yes, children are easy to cater for. Let us know numbers and ages, and we’ll plan for them.
Can you do sangria?
Yes, sangria. We can also supply bar staff for your own drinks.
How much paella per person?
Pans are sized to your numbers and other courses. Tell us what else is being served. Our guide to portions explains more.
Can you serve tapas as well?
Yes, and it’s a popular combination. Tapas first, paella to follow.
Step by step
We take care of the food from set-up to service, so you can enjoy your event. Any tapas or canapés are served first as the rice is cooking. Summer events in Southwick have daylight until about 9:20pm at midsummer and about 7:05pm by late September, which helps evening trading. For winter markets, dark by about 3:55pm, the pitch needs lighting.
- Tell us about the event and pitch.
- We send our menu, needs and paperwork.
- We set up on time.
- We cook in full view and serve all event.
- We pack down and tidy the pitch.
Preparing for the day
- Confirm the venue is happy with live cooking
- Have a level space ready for the pans
- Have a gazebo or cover ready if rain is likely
Getting a price
Thinking about festival paella catering for your event in Southwick? Tell us what you have in mind and we’ll reply with a menu and a clear price. Just fill in our quote form.
Related guides
Planning the cooking area
Most outdoor spaces and many venues work for live paella, but a few things matter:
- Room for our cooking and serving area
- Details of power, water and waste arrangements
- Vehicle access before and after the event
Not sure about your space? Send us a photo and we will tell you honestly.
What we offer
- Tapas
- Vegan paella
- Seafood paella
- Chicken & chorizo paella
- Giant paella pans
- Churros
Dishes our guests love
Vegan paella
Vegan visitors get a real meal.
Giant paella pans
Huge pans of golden rice.
Diets, allergies and planning
Dietary needs are easy to plan for with a little notice. Our advice:
- Ask traders about packaging and waste
- Ask about peak-time capacity
- Plan seating near the food area
- Send traders one clear trader pack
Allergen details are available at the stall, and each pan is labelled.
Vegan paella alongside the rest.
Planners, venues and businesses
Throwing a party at home? Send a photo of the space and tell us about parking, and we’ll let you know if live paella is a good fit.
For big numbers, we plan pans and serving points to keep queues short, so everyone eats promptly. Tell us how long you have for food.
Community events around Southwick
Southwick is about 2 miles east of Shoreham-by-Sea, in West Sussex. For an event in Southwick, we can cook in gardens, marquees, barns, courtyards and offices. We cover 371 places in West Sussex, from the larger towns to small villages.
For a church fête or fundraiser, at a church such as St Michael and All Angels Church, a paella stall adds a hot meal to the cakes and tombola. For visitors coming by rail, Southwick station is in Southwick itself. Within about 8 miles is the South Downs National Park, where events may have extra rules on vehicles and waste; we’ll follow the site’s requirements. The coast is within about 2 miles of Southwick, so for seaside events we plan a sheltered pitch.
Festival paella catering in BN42, BN41 and BN43 is planned around your venue. Streets in the area include Station Road, Roman Crescent and Southwick Street, and we can cook for an event on any of them. Southwick sits on or near the A259 and A270, so getting the burners and pans to your event is simple. Nearby, we also cater events in Kingston by Sea (1 mile north-west), Portslade (1 mile north-east), Shoreham-by-Sea (2 miles west), Hangleton (2 miles north-east) and Old Shoreham (2 miles west). We also cook in nearby towns such as Worthing (7 miles west), Haywards Heath (13 miles north-east), Burgess Hill (10 miles north-east), Littlehampton (13 miles west), Lancing (4 miles west) and Rustington (12 miles west).
Well-known places in the area include Southlands Hospital (1 mile west) and Churchill Square (4 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Shoreham Beach and Thundersbarrow Hill.
- Nearby schools include Shoreham Academy (0.5 miles west) and Shoreham College (0.6 miles south-west)
- Pubs nearby include The Ship Inn (within half a mile south)
DIY paella versus live catering
Hiring a pan and burner is one option, but you’ll still need to source ingredients, prep and cook for hours. A caterer handles all of that.
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.
- 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