England
Paella Catering in Buckinghamshire
We cater across 263 towns and villages across Buckinghamshire for paella catering, with everything cooked live on the day.
Planning an event in Buckinghamshire?
Paella catering across Buckinghamshire
Live paella catering, cooked fresh in giant pans at your event. Choose your town from the list to see local details, and ask us for a quote.
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Paella catering across Buckinghamshire
You can keep it simple or build a full menu: paella on its own, or with canapés, table tapas, desserts and sangria. We’ll recommend what fits your event. Popular choices include seafood paella, chicken and chorizo paella and black rice, and typical bookings are for wedding breakfasts and evening food and retirement and leaving parties.
When the rice goes in, it is left alone. That’s what gives paella its separate grains and crispy base. The smell normally draws people over.
- It starts with your date, venue, numbers and any dietary needs.
- You get a suggested menu and an itemised quote.
- On the day we arrive in good time, set up and start the stock.
- The rice cooks in full view, while tapas or canapés go round.
- It is served straight from the pan, and we pack down afterwards.
What it costs in Buckinghamshire
Got a budget? Let us know, and we’ll put together a menu that fits. Even a simple menu can be a feast.
Why hosts in Buckinghamshire choose us
- Everything cooked fresh at your event
- Tapas, canapés and desserts if you want them
- Served hot, straight from the pan
- Crockery and waiting staff if you need them
Get a quote
Most quotes start with a few simple details: the date, where the event is, how many guests and any dietary needs. To send them, send us your details through our quote form.
Near you in Aylesbury
Around Aylesbury, we cater at gardens, homes and venues near Buckinghamshire UTC, Stocklake Park Community School and The Derby Arms Public House, among other places. Nearby too are Bearbrook Combined School (0.5 miles west) and Church of St Mary (under half a mile north). There is a railway station in Aylesbury itself: Aylesbury station. Other landmarks nearby include Roald Dahl Children's Gallery (under half a mile east) and Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital (under half a mile north). For a walk before or after the party, there’s Coombe Hill.
Catering events across Buckinghamshire
There are 7 towns and 210 villages and hamlets in Buckinghamshire, so the setting can be anything from Aylesbury, High Wycombe and Chesham to a quiet hamlet: level ground, ventilation and agreed timings. Parts of Buckinghamshire are within a few miles of the Chilterns National Landscape, so check venue rules on vehicles and cooking for countryside events.
Aylesbury: If you are organising a summer fair for a school like Buckinghamshire UTC, a paella stall is a crowd-pleaser. For guests coming by train, Aylesbury has its own station, Aylesbury station. Around midsummer it stays light in Aylesbury until about 9:25pm; by late September sunset is nearer 7:05pm, so summer evening service is normally in daylight. For winter events, when it’s dark by about 3:55pm, we need lighting at the cooking spot.
Can I cook paella for a crowd myself?
A DIY paella party works for small groups. For big numbers or lots of diets, a caterer makes life easier, and handles separate pans for each diet.
You can hire equipment and do it yourself, but you’ll still need to source ingredients, prep and cook for hours. We take care of all of it.
Planning for every diet
Most events have a mix of diets. To plan for them:
- Ensure most guests can sit to eat
- Count adults and children separately
- Tell us what else is being served
- Collect dietary needs with your RSVPs
Paella is at its best straight from the pan, so we plan service for when guests are ready to eat.
Tapas or canapés make a good start as the rice cooks.
Events we cater in Buckinghamshire
People book live paella because it is food and entertainment at once. The pans become a focal point, and the food itself is hot and plentiful.
Big or small, live paella works well. Common bookings include:
- Leaving dos and retirements
- Office lunches and staff parties
- Big birthdays
- Family celebrations and christenings
Why live cooking beats a buffet
Food trucks and street-food vans serve one portion at a time. A big pan serves many guests fast, which suits weddings and parties where everyone eats together.
What your quote should include
- Space, access and power needs
- What the price includes, item by item
- Payment terms and deposit
- The deadline for final numbers
What we need at the venue
Every venue is different, so we ask about the space when you contact us. Generally, we look for:
- Good ventilation: outdoors, or an open-sided cover
- The venue’s permission for live cooking
- A level, firm spot for the burners and pans
FAQs for Buckinghamshire
What does paella catering cost?
It depends on guest numbers, the menu, the courses, staff and travel. Tell us about your event and we will send a quote.
Which paellas suit our guests?
Two or three is usual: chicken or mixed, seafood, and vegetable or vegan. Our menu lists the options.
Do we need to provide equipment?
We bring the pans, burners and ingredients. You provide a suitable spot and access.
Do you take everything away?
Our cooking area is packed away and left clean. Table clearing is available with waiting staff.
Do you have a kids’ option?
Yes. Children frequently love a simple chicken paella. Include children in your numbers.
When do you arrive?
We get there in good time to set up. The rice itself takes about 20 minutes, and we time it to your schedule.
Do you provide drinks?
We can make sangria, and we can staff a bar with your drinks.
Find your town in Buckinghamshire
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- Adstock
- Akeley
- Alscot
- Amersham
- Amersham on the Hill
- Ashendon
- Asheridge
- Ashley Green
- Askett
- Aston Abbotts
- Aston Clinton
- Aylesbury
B
- Baker's Wood
- Ballinger Common
- Beacon Hill
- Beacon's Bottom
- Beaconsfield
- Beamond End
- Bedgrove
- Bellingdon
- Bennett End
- Berghers Hill
- Bierton
- Bisham
- Bishopstone
- Bledlow
- Bledlow Ridge
- Bockmer End
- Bolter End
- Booker
- Botley
- Botolph Claydon
- Bourne End
- Bovingdon Green
- Bradenham
- Brill
- Broughton
- Broughton Crossing
- Bryant's Bottom
- Buckingham
- Buckland
- Burcott
- Burroughs Grove
- Butler's Cross
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- Cadmore End
- California
- Calvert
- Chackmore
- Chalfont Common
- Chalfont St Giles
- Chalfont St Peter
- Chalkshire
- Chartridge
- Chearsley
- Chesham
- Chesham Bois
- Chilton
- Chisbridge Cross
- Clayhill
- Coldmoorholme
- Coleshill
- Coombe
- Cores End
- Cryers Hill
- Cuddington
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- Gawcott
- Gerrards Cross
- Gibraltar
- Granborough
- Great Hampden
- Great Kimble
- Great Kingshill
- Great Missenden
- Green End
- Green Hailey
- Grendon Underwood
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- Haddenham
- Halton
- Hardwick
- Harefield
- Hartwell
- Hawridge
- Haydon Hill
- Hazlemere
- Hedsor
- High Wycombe
- Higher Denham
- Hill End
- Hillesden
- Holly Green
- Holmer Green
- Horn Hill
- Horsenden
- Horsleys Green
- Hughenden Valley
- Hundridge
- Hunt's Green
- Hyde End
- Hyde Heath
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- Lacey Green
- Lamport
- Lane End
- Latimer
- Leckhampstead
- Ledborough
- Lee Common
- Lee Gate
- Ley Hill
- Lillingstone Lovell
- Little Chalfont
- Little Ickford
- Little Kimble
- Little Kingshill
- Little London
- Little Marlow
- Long Crendon
- Longwick
- Loosley Row
- Loudwater
- Lower Cadsden
- Lower North Dean
- Ludgershall
- Lye Green
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- Maids Moreton
- Marlow
- Marlow Bottom
- Marlow Common
- Meadle
- Medmenham
- Micklefield
- Middle Claydon
- Monks Risborough
- Mop End
- Mundaydean Bottom
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- Padbury
- Parslow's Hillock
- Penn
- Penn Street
- Piddington
- Pitch Green
- Pitchcott
- Pond Park
- Preston Bissett
- Prestwood
- Princes Risborough
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- Saunderton
- Saunderton Lee
- Sedrup
- Seer Green
- Shabbington
- Shalstone
- Shreding Green
- Skittle Green
- South Harefield
- South Heath
- Southcourt
- Speen
- Spurlands End
- Steeple Claydon
- Stoke Mandeville
- Stokenchurch
- Stone
- Stony Green
- Studley Green
- Swan Bottom
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- Tatling End
- Temple
- Terrick
- Terriers
- The City
- Thornborough
- Thorney
- Tingewick
- Totteridge
- Turnfurlong
- Twyford
- Tyler's Hill
- Tylers Green
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- 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