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Festival Paella Catering in Woldingham
Planning festival paella catering in Woldingham? We bring the pans, burners and fresh ingredients and cook in front of your guests.
- Feeding crew and volunteers
- Farmers’ and Christmas markets
- Race days and sports events
Festival paella catering for Woldingham events
Where we can cook in Woldingham
We cook in large pans over gas burners, so the cooking area needs a little planning. Here’s what we look for:
- A pitch away from tents and structures
- Your trader pack and site rules
- Pitch space for cooking and serving
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we’ll advise.
What we offer
- Tapas
- Churros
- Chicken & chorizo paella
- Giant paella pans
- Vegan paella
- Seafood paella
About our festival paella catering in Woldingham
Because paella is cooked in big batches, it handles lunchtime rushes well. Each portion takes seconds to serve. Typical bookings include music and food festivals and village fêtes, with seafood paella, vegan paella and churros.
Rural events near Woldingham can be a long way from food outlets, so a hot-food stall is a big help. Every pan is cooked in front of your guests, so it arrives hot and becomes part of the event.
Why choose festival paella catering in Woldingham?
It copes with peak times, because it’s served from big pans.
Live paella works for big and small events alike. Typical bookings include:
- VIP and hospitality areas
- Open days and community events
- Music and food festivals
- Charity and school events
Events in parks such as Hill Park need permission from the council or landowner, and we will send any documents they ask for.
Questions to ask before booking
- The venue requirements
- The deadline for final numbers
- Who provides the crockery
- Staff numbers and hours
Prices and what affects them
We will give you a clear, itemised quote. What affects it most:
- The number of people
- Staff: cooks, waiting staff and bar staff
- Starters, canapés and desserts
- Timings and hours
Compared with a plated meal, live paella is frequently good value, because it needs no kitchen and fewer staff. Ask us for a quote.
What to tell us
To speed things up, tell us:
- Roughly how many adults and children
- A picture of the cooking space, if it is a garden or field
- Whether you want canapés, tapas or desserts
- The venue or postcode
A detailed enquiry gets a more accurate quote: venue, timings, courses and extras. When you are ready, send us your details through our quote form.
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Organising for someone else?
If you’re organising for someone else, such as a wedding planner, an office manager or a festival organiser, we’ll work directly with you and the venue. It saves passing messages back and forth.
If you are booking for a business, tell us how you’d like to handle the booking and payment, and we will talk you through the process. We can work with your facilities team on access and timings.
What happens on the day
We cook over gas burners in wide, shallow pans. It needs a level spot with some shelter and good ventilation, which we agree with you beforehand. For an evening event in Woldingham, sunset is about 8:50pm in late May and 9:20pm in late June; after dark, we need a lit pitch.
- First, we check the 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.
Preparing for the day
- Confirm the venue is happy with live cooking
- Make sure the spot is clear of anything flammable
- Arrange parking near the cooking spot
Ask for a quote
We need only a few details to quote: date, location, guest numbers and diets. To send them, use our quote form.
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Woldingham questions
Do you trade at school fairs around Woldingham?
Yes, if the school is happy for us to cook on site. Send us the date, pitch and expected numbers.
Which station should guests use for Woldingham?
Woldingham station, about 0.8 miles west of the centre.
Do you cook it at the event?
Yes, always. We cook from scratch in large pans at your venue, in front of your guests.
Can you feed our volunteers?
Yes. We can cook for crew, volunteers or a hospitality area as well as, or instead of, a public stall.
Do you provide drinks?
We can make sangria, and we can staff a bar with your drinks.
How much space do you need?
Level ground for the burners, pans and a table, outdoors or in a marquee or well-ventilated area, and the venue’s permission for live cooking.
Which areas do you serve?
We cater across London and the South East, Surrey included. See all areas.
How much paella per person?
We plan quantities from your guest numbers, timings and other courses, with a little extra built in. Accurate numbers help.
Event catering near Woldingham
Woldingham is about 3 miles east of Caterham, in Surrey. Across the CR3 area, we can cook for your guests. We cater in 395 places in Surrey. You can also see our page for London, about 15 miles away.
For visitors coming by rail, the nearest station is Woldingham station, about 0.8 miles west. If you’re organising a summer fair or fundraiser for a school such as Woodlea Primary School, a paella stall is a crowd-pleaser.
Festival paella catering in CR3 is planned around your venue. We can cater an event on streets such as Station Road, Church Road and Ulstan Close or the roads around them. For events just outside Woldingham, we cover Woldingham Garden Village (1 mile north-west), Titsey (2 miles east), Caterham (3 miles west), Tyler's Green (3 miles south-west) and Limpsfield (3 miles south-east). Larger places within reach include Epsom (11 miles west), Horley (9 miles south-west), Redhill (7 miles south-west), Ewell (11 miles north-west), Reigate (8 miles south-west) and Dorking (13 miles west).
A little further out are East Surrey Museum (2 miles west) and Warlingham Park Hospital (2.2 miles north). Green spaces nearby include Bay Pond and Nore Hill.
- Nearby schools include Oxted School (2.3 miles south-east)
Can I cook paella for a crowd myself?
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.
Not sure whether to cook yourself or book a caterer? Consider your numbers, your guests’ diets and your own time. Ask us for a quote and compare.
Why live cooking beats a buffet
Burger and hot dog stalls are familiar but similar. Paella adds something different in a food line-up. Tapas, desserts, sangria, staff and crockery are optional extras, so you can choose exactly what you need.
Why Woldingham hosts choose us
- Hot food served quickly from the pan
- Waiting staff and crockery on request
- Drinks service on request
- Tapas, canapés and desserts if you want them
See How we price Or The cost guide.
Dishes our guests love
Chicken & chorizo paella
A hearty, smoky pan, popular with families.
Seafood paella
The seafood pan is a festival favourite.
- 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