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Festival Paella Catering for Telegraph Hill events
Paella street food for festivals, fairs, markets and community events in Telegraph Hill: paella made from scratch in big, shallow pans, right in front of your guests, with tapas, desserts and drinks if you want them.
- Food and music festivals
- Farmers’ and Christmas markets
- Sports club events
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How the day works
A typical event goes like this: we arrive, set up and start cooking, the rice cooks in front of your guests, and it’s served hot from the pan at the agreed time. At midsummer, events in Telegraph Hill stay light until about 9:20pm, which helps evening trading. For winter markets, dark by about 3:55pm, the pitch needs lighting.
- Send the event name, expected visitors and pitch size.
- We reply with our menu, prices for visitors and requirements.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Get the venue’s permission for cooking
- Tell us when you want to eat
- Send us final numbers and dietary needs in good time
Get a quote
A detailed enquiry gets a more accurate quote: the venue, the timings, the courses you’d like and any extras. To send your details, fill in our quote form.
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Festival paella catering for your event in Telegraph Hill
Organisers can book us as a stall or as caterers for staff, crew, volunteers or VIP areas. On the menu are giant-pan paella, churros and chicken and chorizo paella, and typical bookings are for VIP and hospitality areas and open days.
In Telegraph Hill, street events mean planning access and closures. Send us the pitch and timings. All the cooking equipment comes with us, and we clear our cooking area away afterwards.
- Where
- Telegraph Hill (SE4, SE15, SE14)
- Area hub
- Greater London
- Diets
- Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal
- Add-ons
- Tapas, churros, sangria, crockery
- Quote
- Contact us for a quote
- Updated
- 23 October 2026
Can I cook paella for a crowd myself?
If you do cook yourself, test the pan and burner together beforehand, have hot stock ready, and leave the rice alone once it is in. And keep children and pets well away from the burner.
Plenty of people try cooking paella for their own party. Common mistakes are mismatched pans and burners, overfilling and stirring. If you’d rather be with your guests, we’ll do the cooking.
The menu, dish by dish
Seafood paella
Prawns, mussels and squid.
Giant paella pans
A pan the size of a cartwheel, full of saffron rice, cooking in full view.
Catering for every guest
Few dishes handle mixed diets as well as paella, because every paella has its own pan. A few tips:
- Ask for allergen information at each stall
- Put all trader information in one pack
- Provide seating near the food
- Plan for vegan and gluten-free visitors
We set up at the agreed time, following your trader pack.
Bowl food for easy eating on the move.
Also in Telegraph Hill
For event organisers in Telegraph Hill
Events in public spaces, like parks, typically need permission. We will provide any information the landowner or council asks for.
Venues frequently have their own rules about outside caterers: where cooking is allowed, access times and the paperwork they need. Send us your venue’s requirements and we’ll follow them.
Prices and what affects them
Every event is priced individually, and the price depends on a few things:
- Chicken, vegetable or premium seafood
- Staff: cooks, waiting staff and bar staff
- How many guests are eating
- Extra courses such as canapés, tapas and dessert
Cost depends on guest numbers, the menu and the courses, along with staff, extras and travel. Every event gets its own quote.
Details that help
When you contact us, it helps to tell us:
- Whether you want canapés, tapas or desserts
- The date and time of the event
- Where the event is
- A picture of the space, if you can
It’s easy to get a price: share your date, venue, numbers and diets. We’ll come back with a clear quote.
Questions from Telegraph Hill
Do you trade at school fairs around Telegraph Hill?
Yes, with the school’s permission. Send us the date, pitch and expected numbers.
Which station should guests use for Telegraph Hill?
Telegraph Hill has its own station: Brockley station.
What if the weather’s bad?
We cook under cover, such as a gazebo, marquee or open-sided barn with good ventilation. We’ll agree a wet-weather plan with you.
Can you do sangria?
We can make sangria, and we can staff a bar with your drinks.
How quickly can you serve?
Service from the pan is fast, which suits busy periods.
What do you need at the venue?
Level ground for the burners, pans and a table, in the open air or a ventilated covered area, plus the venue’s agreement to cooking.
Do you do desserts?
Yes. Churros, crema catalana and tarta de Santiago are popular choices, or you can serve your own cake.
What documents can you send?
Send us your list.
Telegraph Hill events: pitches and permissions
Telegraph Hill is about 1 mile south-west of New Cross, in Greater London. Events in Telegraph Hill are planned around your venue and timings: a clear quote, agreed timings and paella cooked live on the day. We cover 764 places in Greater London, from the larger towns to small villages.
If you are organising a summer fair or fundraiser for a school such as Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham Temple Grove Free School, a paella stall is a crowd-pleaser. Events in parks such as Fordham Park need permission from the council or landowner, and we’ll send any documents they ask for.
Here we cover the SE4, SE15 and SE14 postcode area, so your event can be anywhere in it. Streets in the area include Mona Road, Pepys Road and Kitto Road, and we can cook for an event on any of them. If your venue is just outside Telegraph Hill, we also cover Nunhead (1 mile south-west), New Cross (1 mile north-east), Peckham (1 mile north-west), St Johns (1 mile east) and Brockley (1 mile south-east). Larger places within reach include London (3 miles north-west), City of Westminster (6 miles north-west), Marylebone (6 miles north-west), Kensington (7 miles west), St Pancras (5 miles north-west) and Shoreditch (4 miles north).
Nearby you will also find Lewisham Shopping Centre (1.4 miles east) and Nunhead (within half a mile west). Open spaces near Telegraph Hill include St. James's Park Lake and New Cross Gate Cutting.
- Nearby schools include Haberdashers' Hatcham College (within half a mile north) and Southwark Free School (1.3 miles north-west)
- Nearby, you will find The Brockley Barge pub (less than half a mile south-east)
What we need at the venue
We cook in large pans over gas burners, so the cooking area needs a little planning. Here’s what we look for:
- Firm, level ground
- Clearance from tents and gazebos
- Vehicle access to the pitch at set-up and break-down
As a London location, Telegraph Hill is inside the Ultra Low Emission Zone, and parking takes planning: let us know about permits, bays or off-street parking.
Not sure about your space? Send us a photo and we’ll tell you honestly before booking.
Popular choices
- Giant paella pans
- Vegan paella
- Seafood paella
- Tapas
- Chicken & chorizo paella
- Churros
Occasions we cook for in Telegraph Hill
It covers several diets with one trader.
Live paella works for big and small events alike. Typical bookings include:
- Country shows
- Sports clubs and race days
- Festivals
- VIP and hospitality areas
Running a fête for a church like St Catherine's Hatcham? A paella pan draws people in.
Comparing caterers
- What happens if it rains
- Exactly what’s included in the price
- If the price includes VAT
- What the caterer needs from your venue
- 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