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Paella Catering in Brooks Green
Live paella catering, cooked fresh in giant pans at your event in Brooks Green: paella made from scratch in big, shallow pans, in full view of your guests.
- Weddings, from canapés to evening food
- Christenings and family gatherings
- Engagement and anniversary parties
Planning an event in Brooks Green?
Paella catering in Brooks Green, made fresh on the day
The cooking is half the fun. People drift over as the sofrito sizzles and the rice turns gold, and the smell does the rest. Popular choices include vegan paella, mixed paella and vegetable paella, and typical bookings are for staff parties and work lunches and retirement celebrations.
In a rural place like Brooks Green, the setting does plenty of the work: a giant pan in a garden or field fits perfectly. Let us know about access and ground conditions. Timings are planned around your event, so the paella is ready when you want to eat.
- Area
- Brooks Green (RH13)
- Area hub
- West Sussex
- Special diets
- Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and halal
- Also available
- Tapas, churros, sangria, crockery
- Quote
- Contact us for a quote
- Updated
- 23 October 2026
About the dishes
Vegetable and vegan paella
A vegetable paella is not an afterthought: peppers, artichokes and beans with saffron.
Mixed paella
A mix of chicken and seafood, and a popular all-rounder.
Catering an event in Brooks Green
Brooks Green is about 5 miles south-west of Horsham, in West Sussex. For an event in Brooks Green, we can cook in gardens, marquees, barns, courtyards and offices in and around Brooks Green. Brooks Green is one of 371 places in West Sussex we cover. We cook right across the region, from Brooks Green to Brighton (about 17 miles away).
If you’re organising a summer fair for a school like Barns Green Primary School, a paella stall is a crowd-pleaser.
Anywhere in RH13, we can bring paella catering to you, from busy streets to quiet lanes. Streets in the area include Trout Lane, Woodland Avenue and Emms Lane, and we can cook for an event on any of them. Neighbouring places where we cater events include Barns Green (1 mile north), Southwater (2 miles east), Itchingfield (2 miles north), Tower Hill (3 miles north-east) and Maplehurst (4 miles east). Within a short drive, we also cover Crawley (11 miles north-east), Horsham (5 miles north-east), Worthing (13 miles south), Haywards Heath (13 miles east), Burgess Hill (12 miles east) and Littlehampton (15 miles south-west).
Nearby you will also find Horsham Hospital (4.7 miles north-east) and Christs Hospital School Museum (2.3 miles north-east). Green spaces nearby include Knepp Wildland.
Brooks Green: your questions answered
Do you come out to small places like Brooks Green?
Not at all. We cater in villages and hamlets as well as towns. Let us know about access and parking.
Is Brooks Green close to London?
About 36 miles from central London, and well within our area.
Should we have more than one paella?
Two or three covers most guests. Tell us about your guests’ diets and we’ll suggest the mix.
What happens if it rains?
Rain does not stop us, as long as there is a ventilated cover. We’ll talk it through before the day.
Is the paella cooked on site?
It is. We arrive with everything we need and cook it there and then, then serve straight from the pan.
Is paella a full meal?
It can be. With bread and salad, paella is a complete main.
Are premium seafood options available?
Seafood choices are agreed when we plan the menu.
How does live paella catering work?
We bring everything needed to cook on site, cook in front of your guests, and serve at the time you want.
Step by step
The cooking is part of the entertainment. Onion, garlic, peppers and tomato go in first, then the stock and saffron, then the rice, which cooks without stirring. Around midsummer it stays light in Brooks Green until about 9:20pm; by late September sunset is nearer 7:05pm, so summer evening events are typically served in daylight. In December it’s dark by about 3:55pm, so winter events need lighting where we cook.
- You share your date, numbers and venue.
- We plan the menu with you, including 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
- Give us your final numbers and diets
- Choose a level spot for the cooking area
- Get the venue’s permission for cooking
Getting a price
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many guests, plus any dietary needs, and you will get a menu idea and a price. To get started, use our quote form.
Planning help
For planners, venues and organisers
For larger events, we plan the number of pans and serving points around your timings, so guests are fed quickly. Tell us how long you have for food.
If you run the same event each year, tell us your dates early, so we can plan ahead.
How we price paella catering
These are the factors that matter most:
- Whether you need crockery
- How long we are needed on site
- How many staff you need
- Starters, canapés and desserts
Access and travel can make a difference to the cost, so it helps to tell us about your venue. Everything is confirmed in writing.
Getting an accurate quote
When you contact us, it helps to tell us:
- What the venue already provides
- Approximate guest numbers, including children
- The date and rough timings
- Which courses you have in mind
We quote for each event separately, so the price fits what you actually want. To ask for one, send us your details through our quote form.
Also near Brooks Green
Also in Brooks Green
DIY paella versus live catering
Weighing up DIY against a caterer? Think about numbers, diets and how much you want to enjoy the day. Ask us for a quote and compare.
A DIY paella party works for small groups. For larger numbers, mixed diets or a wedding, a caterer takes the pressure off, and keeps vegetarian and allergy-safe pans separate.
Perfect for your event in Brooks Green
There is no kitchen needed, so it works in gardens, fields and marquees where other catering struggles.
We can help if you’re planning any of the following:
- Leaving dos and retirements
- Naming days and family parties
- Fairs, fêtes and festivals
- Weddings, from canapés to evening food
For guests coming by train, Billingshurst station is about 2.6 miles away.
Questions to ask before booking
- How each diet is kept separate
- Any travel, parking or access charges
- What the caterer needs from your venue
- What the price includes, item by item
Why choose live paella in Brooks Green?
With a barbecue, food comes in waves. Paella is ready all at once, so everyone eats together. The cost per head normally falls as numbers rise, since the set-up is much the same either way. Give us your numbers and we will quote.
Why us?
- Crockery and waiting staff if you need them
- A quote that spells everything out
- Tapas, canapés and desserts if you want them
- Options for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests, each in its own pan
Read How we price And The cost guide.
Diets, allergies and planning
Every guest is catered for, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal included. To make it work smoothly:
- Add a dietary question to your invitations
- Count adults and children separately
- Ensure each pan is labelled
- Plan a meat, a seafood and a vegetable or vegan pan
If you’ve booked staff, they’ll serve, clear and help keep things moving, so you can relax.
Bread, salad and lemon wedges make the meal go further and suit guests who are not big rice eaters.
- 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