Hampshire · England
Festival & event paella in Spanish Green, Hampshire
From the first sizzle of the sofrito to the last spoonful of crispy rice, paella street food for festivals, fairs, markets and community events turns food into part of your event in Spanish Green.
- Farmers’ and Christmas markets
- Feeding crew and volunteers
- School and charity events
Festival paella catering in Spanish Green
About the dishes
Chicken & chorizo paella
Popular with families.
Vegan paella
Vegan visitors get a real meal.
Festival paella catering in Spanish Green, made fresh on the day
Nothing draws a festival crowd like a huge paella. The sight and smell of it cooking brings people over, and portions are served quickly from the pan. Whether it is feeding crew and volunteers and open days and community events, we’ll put together a menu of giant-pan paella, vegan paella and churros.
For a village fête or field event near Spanish Green, a paella stall brings a hot, filling meal to a rural site. Ground conditions and access matter, so tell us about them. Every pan is cooked in front of your guests, so the food is hot, fresh and part of the occasion.
Spanish Green questions
How far is Spanish Green from London?
About 41 miles from central London, and well within our area.
Is Spanish Green too small for live paella?
No, we cook in small places too. Tell us about lanes, gates and parking.
What if the weather’s bad?
A covered, ventilated spot keeps us cooking in the rain. We will make a plan B with you.
Can vegans eat at your stall?
Yes, always. A vegan paella pan sits alongside the meat and seafood pans.
What documents can you send?
Tell us what the event needs and we’ll send it with our application.
Do you cater for young children?
Yes, children are easy to cater for. Tell us how many and roughly how old, and we will plan a pan with them in mind.
What space do you need to cook?
A level space for the pans, burners and a serving table, outdoors or in a marquee or well-ventilated area, and the venue’s permission for live cooking.
Can you do sangria?
Sangria, yes. For other drinks, we can provide bar staff to serve what you buy.
Step by step
Once the rice is in, we don’t stir it. That’s what gives paella its separate grains and crispy base. The smell generally draws people over. Summer events in Spanish Green have daylight until about 9:25pm at midsummer and about 7:10pm by late September, so evening trading typically finishes in daylight in high summer. For winter markets, dark by about 4:00pm, the pitch needs lighting.
- We check your dates.
- We agree what we’ll serve and where.
- Burners and pans go up.
- Pans are cooking as gates open.
- We serve, then clear the pitch at the end.
Getting ready for the day
- Give us your final numbers and diets
- Make sure we can park close by to unload
- Leave space around the cooking area
Getting a price
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many guests, along with any dietary needs, and we will reply with a menu suggestion and a quote. To get started, send us your details through our quote form.
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Live paella or other catering?
Some traders struggle with vegan and gluten-free options. A paella stall can have a vegan pan alongside the rest. Seafood and premium ingredients cost more than chicken or vegetable paellas, so your choice of paellas affects the total. Tell us your budget and we will suggest a menu.
Why Spanish Green hosts choose us
- Paella cooked from scratch on site
- Drinks service on request
- Every diet catered for, pan by pan
- Real theatre, not just catering
Read Our pricing And Our guide to catering costs.
Nearby places to Spanish Green
More for events in Spanish Green
Events we cater in Spanish Green
It brings theatre to the food court.
Big or small, live paella works well. Typical bookings include:
- Feeding crew and volunteers
- Race days and sports events
- Country shows
- School fairs and fundraisers
Running a fête for a church like Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin? A paella pan draws people in.
Questions to ask before you book
- VAT, if it applies
- What the caterer needs from your venue
- When final numbers are due
- Whether travel is included
What festival paella catering costs
Your quote will be clear and itemised. What affects it most:
- Chicken, vegetable or premium seafood
- Staff: cooks, waiting staff and bar staff
- Extra courses such as canapés, tapas and dessert
- Crockery and cutlery, or disposables
The cost per head normally falls as numbers rise, because the cooking set-up is similar for different sizes of event. Give us your numbers and we’ll quote.
What to tell us
To speed things up, tell us:
- Which courses you have in mind
- Whether the venue has crockery or staff
- Approximate guest numbers, including children
- Where the event is
A detailed enquiry gets a more accurate quote: venue, timings, courses and extras. When you’re ready, send us your details through our quote form.
Fairs, fêtes and events in Spanish Green
Spanish Green is about 4 miles north-west of Hook, in Hampshire. Give us the address of your event in Spanish Green, and we’ll plan the journey and set-up before the day. We cook in 683 places across Hampshire, from the larger towns to small villages. You can also see our page for Reading, about 9 miles away.
If you’re organising a summer fair or fundraiser for a school such as Daneshill School, a paella stall is a crowd-pleaser. For visitors coming by rail, the nearest station is Bramley (Hants) station, about 2.3 miles west.
We cook at events all over the RG27 postcode area and the streets around it. Whether your event is on Potters Lane and Hartley Lane or a nearby road, we can cook there. Other places close to Spanish Green for festival paella catering include Hartley Wespall (1 mile south-east), Sherfield on Loddon (1 mile south-west), Bramley Green (2 miles west), Church End (2 miles south-west) and Stratfield Saye (2 miles north). Further out, we also cater in Basingstoke (6 miles south-west), Farnborough (11 miles east), Fleet (8 miles south-east), Aldershot (12 miles south-east), Alton (12 miles south) and Yateley (8 miles east).
Well-known places in the area include West Green House Agricultural Museum (3.7 miles south-east) and Beaumys Castle (3.7 miles north). The countryside around Spanish Green includes Daneshill Park Woods.
- Nearby, you’ll find The Cricketers Public House (under half a mile north-east)
For event organisers in Spanish Green
Throwing a party at home? Send us a photo of the garden and tell us about access, and we will tell you honestly whether live paella will work.
Booking for a company? Tell us what your finance team needs, and we’ll explain how it works. We can work with your facilities team on access and timings.
Planning for every diet
Dietary needs are easy to plan for with a little notice. Our advice:
- Schedule crew meals
- Put picnic tables near the traders
- Make allergen information visible at every stall
- Ask traders about packaging and waste
We cook in full view of visitors, serving throughout the event.
A vegan pan alongside the meat and seafood pans.
DIY paella versus live catering
A DIY paella party works for small groups. For larger numbers, mixed diets or a wedding, a caterer takes the pressure off, and keeps vegetarian and allergy-safe pans separate.
Doing it yourself saves money, but the host ends up stuck at the stove. With live paella catering, you get the theatre without the work.
- 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