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Paella Catering for Brown Candover events
Live paella catering, cooked fresh in giant pans at your event in Brown Candover: paella cooked from scratch in giant pans, right in front of your guests.
- Milestone birthday parties
- Wedding breakfasts and evening food
- Anniversary celebrations
Live paella catering in Brown Candover
Can I cook paella for a crowd myself?
If you do cook yourself, test the pan and burner together beforehand, keep the stock hot, and don’t stir once the rice goes in. Keep a clear zone around the burner.
Weighing up DIY against a caterer? Consider your numbers, your guests’ diets and your own time. We are happy to give you a quote to compare.
Paella catering in Brown Candover, cooked live
Paella has always been food for a crowd: cooked outdoors in a wide, shallow pan and shared. That is exactly what we bring to your event in Brown Candover. We’re frequently asked to cater community events and fairs and staff parties and work lunches, serving seafood paella, mixed paella and paella Valenciana.
Somewhere as small as Brown Candover, a garden or field is often the venue. Country lanes and long drives are no problem if we know about them, and cooking close to where we can park helps. You can add tapas, desserts, sangria, bar staff and waiting staff, so the whole menu comes from one caterer.
Live paella or other catering?
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. Tapas, desserts, sangria, staff and crockery are optional extras, so you can choose exactly what you need.
Why choose Love Paella in Brown Candover
- Crockery and waiting staff if you need them
- Events in Brown Candover and across Hampshire
- Served hot, straight from the pan
- Every diet catered for, pan by pan
Read How we price And What paella catering costs.
Who books paella catering in Brown Candover?
People book live paella because it is food and entertainment at once. The cooking becomes the centre of the event, and the food itself is hot and plentiful.
Live paella suits almost any gathering. People in Brown Candover book us for events such as:
- Anniversary celebrations
- Retirement celebrations
- Naming days and family parties
- Garden parties and summer barbecues
For guests coming by train, the nearest station is Micheldever station, about 4.4 miles north-west.
What to look for in a quote
- What the price includes, item by item
- Who provides the crockery
- How late numbers can change
- Travel and parking costs
Space, weather and the venue
The right spot keeps things safe and helps the paella cook evenly. We look for:
- Parking close enough to carry equipment
- Good ventilation: outdoors, or an open-sided cover
- Agreement from the venue or landowner to cook on site
Not sure about your space? Send us a photo and we will tell you honestly.
What we offer
- Paella Valenciana
- Seafood paella
- Black rice (arroz negro)
- Chicken & chorizo paella
- Vegan paella
- Vegetable paella
- Mixed paella
Planning for every diet
A little planning makes sure everyone can eat. Here’s how:
- Collect dietary needs with your RSVPs
- Confirm allergies by email
- Tell us what else is being served
- Make sure most guests can sit to eat
If you’ve booked staff, they’ll serve, clear and help keep things moving, so you can relax.
Bread, salad and lemon go well alongside and suit guests who are not big rice eaters.
About the dishes
Mixed paella
Mixed paella brings meat and seafood together, and it is often the first pan to empty.
Paella Valenciana
The original paella from Valencia is a countryside dish of chicken and vegetables, rather than seafood. It is often the most popular pan at an event.
Step by step
A typical event goes like this: we arrive, set up and start cooking, your guests watch the rice cook, and it is served hot from the pan when you are ready to eat. Planning an evening event in Brown Candover? 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.
- Start with the date, the place and the numbers.
- Expect a menu idea and a clear, itemised price.
- Closer to the day, we confirm timings and the cooking spot.
- We set up, cook from scratch and keep an eye on your timings.
- Guests are served from the pan, and our area is cleared afterwards.
How to prepare
- Have a gazebo or cover ready if rain is likely
- Share the running order, including any speeches
- Leave space around the cooking area
How to get a price
Each quote is tailored to your event. Tell us your date and guest numbers, and we’ll confirm whether we’re available that day.
Planning help
Planners, venues and businesses
Planners and coordinators can contact us directly, and we will keep everyone informed on the day.
For big numbers, we plan pans and serving points to keep queues short, so everyone eats promptly. Tell us how long you have for food.
Places near Brown Candover
What else we do in Brown Candover
Planning live paella in Brown Candover
Brown Candover is about 9 miles south of Basingstoke, in Hampshire. We cater events at homes, gardens and venues in Brown Candover. Brown Candover is one of 683 places in Hampshire we cover. Our nearest city page is Southampton, about 19 miles away.
If you’re celebrating after a service at a church like Church of St Peter, live paella at a garden or venue nearby works well.
We cater events across SO24. That could mean an event in a garden on Spybush Lane, Bryces Lane and Gravel Close. For events just outside Brown Candover, we cover Totford (1 mile south-west), Northington (1 mile south-west), Preston Candover (2 miles north-east), Upper Wield (3 miles east) and Old Alresford (3 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Basingstoke (9 miles north), Winchester (9 miles south-west), Eastleigh (15 miles south-west), Andover (14 miles west), Chandler's Ford (15 miles south-west) and Alton (9 miles east).
Other landmarks nearby include Barton Castle (2.7 miles east).
- Nearby, you will find The Woolpack Inn (0.9 miles south-west)
Brown Candover questions
Do you come out to small places like Brown Candover?
Not at all. We cater in villages and hamlets as well as towns. Tell us about lanes, gates and parking.
We’re having a ceremony at Church of St Peter: can you cater afterwards?
Yes, at a garden, marquee or venue nearby with a suitable spot to cook. Live cooking typically happens at the reception venue, not the church. Send us the reception address.
What happens with live paella?
We cook from scratch at your venue in big pans, in front of your guests, and serve straight from the pan.
Do you offer halal options?
Yes. We use halal chicken and leave out pork and alcohol, in a separate pan.
When should we book?
As early as you can, especially for summer weekends. Even if it’s short notice, it is worth asking.
Do you come to Brown Candover?
Yes, we do. We cook at events in Brown Candover and across Hampshire. Send us your date to check availability.
Who clears up?
We pack down our cooking area after service. Waiting staff can clear tables if you book them.
Do you do starters?
Yes, and it’s a popular combination. Tapas first, paella to follow.
- 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