Hampshire · England
Paella Catering for Ashley Heath events
Love Paella cooks live paella catering, cooked fresh in giant pans at your event across Ashley Heath and Hampshire, with vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal options.
- Naming days and family parties
- Staff parties and work lunches
- Milestone birthday parties
Live paella catering in Ashley Heath
Paella catering in Ashley Heath, cooked live
Watching it cook is part of the experience. People drift over as the sofrito sizzles and the rice turns gold, and the smell does the rest. Typical bookings include anniversaries and engagement parties and summer garden parties, with vegetable paella, black rice and paella Valenciana.
For a place the size of Ashley Heath, your own garden is often the best venue: no hire fees, and live paella feeds everyone without anyone stuck in the kitchen. Tell us about access down the lane or drive. We serve straight from the pan, so every plate is hot, and service is quick once it is ready.
Live paella in Ashley Heath: local details
Ashley Heath is in Hampshire. We bring paella catering to gardens, halls and venues around Ashley Heath and the surrounding area. We cover all 683 towns and villages in Hampshire. You can also see our page for Southampton, about 20 miles away.
Parks such as Avon Heath Country Park generally need the owner’s permission for cooking, so ask before you plan a party there. For a christening or wedding at a church such as All Saints, a paella lunch or reception nearby is an easy way to feed everyone. The New Forest National Park is within about 7 miles of Ashley Heath. Check your venue’s rules on vehicles and cooking.
We cover events in every part of BH24. From Woolsbridge Road, The Glade and Hill Way or anywhere nearby, we can cook there. Other places close to Ashley Heath for paella catering include St Ives (1 mile east), St Leonards (1 mile south), Avon Castle (2 miles south-east) and Matchams (2 miles south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Lymington (14 miles south-east), New Milton (10 miles south-east), Ringwood (3 miles east), Barton on Sea (10 miles south-east), Ashley (10 miles south-east) and Milford on Sea (13 miles south-east).
Nearby you will also find St Leonard's Hospital (1.6 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include Linbrook Lake and Blashford Lakes.
- Schools near Ashley Heath include Ringwood Waldorf School (1.3 miles east) and Ringwood School (2.5 miles east)
Why choose live paella in Ashley Heath?
Next to a hog roast or barbecue, live paella is easier for vegetarian, vegan and halal guests, because each paella has its own pan. It is served quickly from the pan, so queues move. Comparing caterers? Look at what each quote includes: staff, crockery, bread and salads, travel and VAT. Our quotes spell it all out.
Why choose Love Paella in Ashley Heath
- Add tapas, canapés and Spanish desserts
- Food that becomes part of the entertainment
- We cover Ashley Heath and the whole of Hampshire
- Paella cooked from scratch on site
Read How we price Or The cost guide.
What’s in the pans
Black rice
Squid ink rice is bold and savoury, and is popular with adventurous guests.
Mixed paella
Mixed paella brings meat and seafood together, and it is often the first pan to empty.
Ashley Heath: your questions answered
We’re having a ceremony at All Saints: can you cater afterwards?
Yes, at a nearby garden, marquee or hall where we can cook. Churches rarely have space for live cooking, so the meal is usually elsewhere. Send us the reception address.
Can you cook at venues in the New Forest National Park?
Yes, though some venues in protected landscapes have extra rules; ask your venue. We’ll work to whatever the site needs.
Do you have a kids’ option?
Children are welcome. Let us know numbers and ages, and we’ll plan a pan with them in mind.
How many different paellas?
Two or three covers most guests. Tell us about your guests’ diets and we will suggest the mix.
Do you cater for vegetarian guests?
Yes, and meat eaters often go back for seconds. They have their own pans, stock and spoons.
Do you cater for coeliacs?
Yes, on request. The rice is gluten-free, but stocks and chorizo can contain gluten, so we cook a gluten-free paella separately.
Is the paella cooked on site?
It is. We bring the pans, burners and fresh ingredients and cook it there and then, then serve straight from the pan.
What if the weather’s bad?
Rain does not stop us, as long as there’s a ventilated cover. We’ll make a plan B with you.
Step by step
We cook over gas burners in wide, shallow pans. It needs a level spot with some shelter and good ventilation, and we agree where that is before the day. Planning an evening event in Ashley Heath? Sunset is around 8:55pm in late May, 9:25pm at midsummer and 7:10pm in late September; after dark, the cooking and serving areas need good lighting.
- You share your date, numbers and venue.
- We plan a menu that covers every diet.
- We arrive in good time to set up.
- The sofrito, stock and rice go in, and guests gather to watch.
- Service is straight from the pan, then we pack down.
Getting ready for the day
- Tell us when you want to eat
- Get the venue’s permission for cooking
- Pick a flat, firm spot for us to cook
How to get a price
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many guests, along with any dietary needs, and you’ll get a menu idea and a price. To get started, fill in our quote form.
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Towns and villages near Ashley Heath
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Working with your venue
If you are organising for someone else, whether you’re a planner, an office manager or an event organiser, we’re happy to deal with you and the venue directly. It saves passing messages back and forth.
Throwing a party at home? Send us a photo of the garden and tell us about access, and we’ll let you know if live paella is a good fit.
What affects the price in Ashley Heath
Live paella pricing is straightforward once we know the basics:
- The number of people
- How many courses
- Crockery and cutlery, or disposables
- Parking and unloading
Cost depends on guest numbers, the menu and the courses, plus any staff, crockery and travel. Every event gets its own quote.
Details that help
You do not need everything decided to ask for a quote, but these help:
- Whether you want canapés, tapas or desserts
- Diets and allergies you know about
- Your date and when you want to eat
- A picture of where we’d cook
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.
What we need at the venue
Before the day, we’ll agree where we cook. It needs to meet a few simple requirements:
- Somewhere close to park and unload
- Good ventilation: outdoors, or an open-sided cover
- Flat, firm ground for the cooking area
Not sure about your space? Send us a picture and we’ll tell you honestly.
Menu ideas
- Seafood paella
- Mixed paella
- Black rice (arroz negro)
- Chicken & chorizo paella
- Vegan paella
- Paella Valenciana
- Vegetable paella
Who books paella catering in Ashley Heath?
Paella is one of the few dishes that handles mixed diets easily, thanks to separate pans for each version. Everyone gets the same kind of meal.
Whatever you are celebrating in Ashley Heath, paella can be the star of the food. We regularly cater:
- Weddings, from canapés to evening food
- Company summer parties
- Milestone birthday parties
- Fairs, fêtes and festivals
If you are organising a summer fair for a school like St Ives Primary & Nursery School, a paella stall is a crowd-pleaser.
Comparing caterers
- Whether crockery, cutlery and napkins are included
- How late numbers can change
- How dietary needs and allergies are handled
- The wet-weather plan
Catering for every guest
Every guest is catered for, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal included. To get it right:
- Mention any other courses or food
- Make sure most guests can sit to eat
- Let us know if anyone has coeliac disease
- Pick a mix of paellas to cover every diet
The rice takes about 20 minutes once it goes in, so we start it at the right moment for your event. If timings shift, we adapt.
Finish with churros, crema catalana or tarta de Santiago, or serve your own cake.
- 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