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Paella Catering in Kent

From the largest town to the smallest village in Kent, we can bring paella catering to your event. Contact us for a quote.

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Paella catering in every part of Kent

Live paella catering, cooked fresh in giant pans at your event. Pick your town below to see the details for your area, or ask us for a quote.

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Our paella catering in Kent

Paella is generous food: huge pans, saffron colour and a toasted crust that everyone fights over. It turns a meal into an occasion. We are frequently asked to cater company summer parties and garden parties and summer barbecues, serving vegan paella, seafood paella and chicken and chorizo paella.

Serving is fast: the paella goes straight from the pan to the plate, so even a long queue moves. When service is finished, we pack down.

It starts with your date, venue, numbers and any dietary needs.
We suggest a menu and confirm a quote, including what’s included.
On the day, we set up the burners and pans and get the stock going.
The paella cooks in front of your guests, with tapas first if you’ve chosen them.
We serve from the pan, then clear our cooking area away.

Cost

Cost depends on guest numbers, the menu and the courses, plus any staff, crockery and travel. We quote for each event individually.

What you get with us

Waiting staff and crockery on request
Fast service from the pan
Sangria and bar staff available
Tapas, canapés and desserts if you want them

Getting a price

We need only a few details to quote: the date, where the event is, how many guests and any dietary needs. You can use our quote form.

Landmarks near Maidstone

In Maidstone, that can mean a party near Paper Makers Arms, Maidstone Grammar School and St Philip's Church. Other local landmarks include River Len LNR (within half a mile north-east), South Borough Primary School (under half a mile south) and St Augustine Academy (1.2 miles west). Maidstone’s nearest station is Maidstone West station, roughly 0.6 miles north-west. Well-known places in the area include Maidstone Carriage Museum (less than half a mile north-west) and Oakwood Hospital (1.8 miles west). For a walk before or after the party, there’s Burham Down and Boxley Hills.

Planning live paella in Kent

Kent covers everything from Maidstone, Ashford and Canterbury to 767 small villages and hamlets, and live paella suits every kind of setting. Town events mean planning parking; village events mean planning access. Parts of Kent are within a few miles of the Kent Downs National Landscape and the High Weald National Landscape, so check venue rules on vehicles and cooking for countryside events. 219 of the places we cover in Kent are within about 6 miles of the sea, so we often plan a sheltered cooking spot for the wind, and seafood paella is popular.

Maidstone: For guests coming by train, Maidstone West station is about 0.6 miles away. For a christening or wedding at a church such as St Philip's Church, a paella lunch or reception nearby is an easy way to feed everyone. In Maidstone, the sun sets at about 9:15pm in late June and about 7:00pm in late September, so summer evening service is normally in daylight. For winter events, when it’s dark by about 3:50pm, we need lighting at the cooking spot.

Cook it yourself or book a caterer?

For a small group, cooking yourself can work well. 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 there is shopping, prep and hours of cooking. A caterer handles all of that.

Organising for someone else?

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.

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.

What affects the price in Kent

The same guest numbers can mean different prices, depending on:

How many guests are eating
Crockery and cutlery, or disposables
Distance and access to the venue
The length of service

Extras such as tapas, desserts, sangria, staff and crockery are priced separately, so you can choose exactly what you need.

Details that help

We can quote more accurately with a few details. Here’s what’s useful:

Your date and when you want to eat
The venue or postcode
Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal and allergy numbers
Approximate guest numbers, including children

To get a price, send us your details through our quote form. Give us the details of your event, and we will put together a menu and price.

Planning for every diet

Every guest is catered for, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal included. To make it work smoothly:

Let us know if anyone has coeliac disease
Put allergy details in writing
Plan a meat, a seafood and a vegetable or vegan pan
Add a dietary question to your invitations

Paella is at its best straight from the pan, so we plan service for when guests are ready to eat.

We can add sangria and bar staff to serve drinks you provide.

What’s in the pans

Vegetable and vegan paella

The vegetable pan is a dish in its own right: artichokes, beans, peppers and saffron.

Seafood paella

Prawns, mussels and squid in a rich fish stock, finished with lemon wedges. It is the pan people photograph.

Your questions about paella catering in Kent

Is the paella gluten-free?

Yes, on request. Rice is naturally gluten-free, but stock and some ingredients may not be, so we make a separate gluten-free pan.

Which paella is most popular?

Most events choose two or three: chicken or mixed, seafood, and vegetable or vegan. See the sample menu.

Can you cook halal paella?

We can. Let us know your halal numbers, and it is cooked separately.

Will there be enough food?

Pans are sized to your numbers and other courses. Tell us what else is being served. See how much paella per person.

What space do you need to cook?

A level space for the pans, burners and a serving table, in the open air or a ventilated covered area, and the venue’s permission for live cooking.

Can you supply plates?

If you need them, yes. Proper crockery or quality disposables can be added to your booking.

What seafood can we have?

We’ll talk through seafood options when we plan your menu, including premium options if you want them.