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Festival Paella Catering in Wishanger Common
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 Wishanger Common.
- Crew, volunteer and VIP catering
- Christmas and farmers’ markets
- Open days and community events
Festival paella catering for Wishanger Common events
Working with your venue
Organising a club, school or community event in Wishanger Common? Live paella feeds a crowd quickly and suits most diets. Give us the details and we’ll suggest a plan.
Many venues have rules for outside caterers: cooking areas, access times and documents. Send us your venue’s requirements and we will follow them.
Festival paella catering in Wishanger Common, cooked live
The pans are part of the attraction. People stop, watch and come back to eat. Popular choices include churros, vegan paella and giant-pan paella, and we’re often booked for christmas and farmers’ markets and race days and sports events.
Near Wishanger Common, events may be far from shops and cafés, so a paella stall is a welcome sight. We cater for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests, with each paella cooked in its own pan and clearly labelled.
The menu, dish by dish
Seafood paella
The seafood pan is a festival favourite.
Chicken & chorizo paella
A hearty, smoky pan.
Step by step
A typical event goes like this: we arrive, set up and start cooking, the rice cooks in front of your guests, and we serve straight from the pan at the agreed time. Summer events in Wishanger Common have daylight until about 9:20pm at midsummer and about 7:05pm by late September, which helps evening trading. Winter markets, dark by about 4:00pm, need a well-lit pitch.
- We check your dates.
- We agree menu and pitch.
- We set up our burners and pans.
- The first pans are ready as visitors arrive.
- We serve, then pack down.
Before we arrive
- Arrange a covered spot for wet weather
- Tell us when you want to eat
- Make sure we can park close by to unload
How to get a price
Still deciding on the menu? No problem: tell us about the occasion and the guests, and we’ll suggest a menu. To start, fill in our quote form.
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What festival paella catering costs
Live paella pricing is straightforward once we know the basics:
- Crockery and cutlery, or disposables
- How long we are needed on site
- The paellas you choose
- Distance and access to the venue
Larger events usually cost less per head, 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 check availability and price, we need:
- Your date and when you want to eat
- The address or venue name
- What the venue already provides
- Roughly how many adults and children
Each quote is tailored to your event. Tell us your date and guest numbers, and we’ll check availability at the same time.
Paella compared with other options
Most street food is cooked one order at a time. Paella is batch-cooked and served fast, so queues move quickly. The price depends on your guest numbers, the menu and how many courses you choose, along with staff, extras and travel. We quote for each event individually.
Why choose Love Paella in Wishanger Common
- Every diet catered for, pan by pan
- Waiting staff and crockery on request
- Cooking your guests will gather round to watch
- Sangria, plus bar staff for your own drinks
See How we price Or The cost guide.
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Your questions about festival paella catering in Wishanger Common
Is Wishanger Common close to London?
About 39 miles from central London, and we cover it as standard.
Can you cook at venues in the Surrey Hills National Landscape?
Yes. Some venues there have rules about vehicles, ground and cooking, so check with yours. We’ll work to whatever the site needs.
Do you provide drinks?
Sangria, yes. For other drinks, we can provide bar staff to serve what you buy.
Can vegans eat at your stall?
Absolutely. Vegan paella is cooked in its own pan.
How many different paellas?
Two or three covers most guests. We’ll recommend a mix based on diets.
Do you do starters?
Of course. Canapés with drinks or tapas for the tables, served while the paella cooks.
When do you arrive?
That depends on your menu and numbers. We will agree arrival, cooking and serving times with you so the paella is ready when you want it.
Can you cook indoors?
Mostly outside or under an open cover, since the burners are gas. Some venues have suitable spaces; we will check with you and the venue.
Wishanger Common events: pitches and permissions
Wishanger Common is about 5 miles south of Farnham, in Surrey. Give us the address of your event in Wishanger Common, and we’ll plan the journey and set-up. Wishanger Common is one of 395 towns and villages in Surrey we cover. Our nearest city page is Guildford, about 12 miles away.
If your event is in The Flashes, the organiser will need the landowner’s permission; we’ll supply our paperwork. Running a fête for a church like St John the Evangelist? A paella pan draws people in. Within about 4 miles is the Surrey Hills National Landscape, where events may have extra rules on vehicles and waste; we will follow the site’s requirements.
We cook at events all over the GU10 postcode area and the streets around it. Streets in the area include Frensham Lane and Wishanger Lane, and we can cook for an event on any of them. We also cook at events in Dockenfield (1 mile north-west), Batt's Corner (2 miles north-west), Arford (2 miles south), Headley Down (2 miles south) and Headley (2 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Guildford (12 miles north-east), Camberley (13 miles north), Farnham (5 miles north), Frimley (12 miles north), Haslemere (5 miles south-east) and Cranleigh (14 miles east).
Other landmarks nearby include Chase Community Hospital (3.6 miles south-west). The countryside around Wishanger Common includes Farnham Heath and Gibbet Hill.
Planning for every diet
Good planning keeps every guest safe and happy. Here’s how:
- Plan seating near the food area
- Plan for vegan and gluten-free visitors
- Ask traders about serving speed at peak times
- Give traders a single information pack
Allergen information is available at the stall.
Crew, volunteer and VIP catering.
Where we can cook in Wishanger Common
Safety and good cooking both depend on the spot we use. We need:
- Access for unloading at set-up
- Pitch space for cooking and serving
- A pitch away from tents and structures
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we will advise before booking.
Popular choices
- Churros
- Chicken & chorizo paella
- Vegan paella
- Tapas
- Seafood paella
- Giant paella pans
Should I cook it myself?
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.
Doing it yourself saves money, but the host ends up stuck at the stove. Booking us means you get the show without the stress.
- 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