Medway · England
Paella Catering for Burham events
Something for every guest: meat, seafood, vegetarian and vegan pans side by side. Live paella catering, cooked fresh in giant pans at your event for events in Burham.
- Garden get-togethers
- Community events and fairs
- Big birthdays
Paella catering in Burham
Is live paella right for your event?
With a barbecue, food comes in waves. Paella is cooked as one big dish and served together. If you have a budget in mind, tell us, and we’ll put together a menu that fits. A simple menu can still feel generous.
Why Burham hosts choose us
- Tapas, canapés and desserts if you want them
- Paella cooked from scratch on site
- Plates, cutlery and waiting staff available
- Served hot, straight from the pan
Read Our pricing Or What paella catering costs.
Paella catering for your event in Burham
You can keep it simple or build a full menu: paella on its own, or with canapés, table tapas, desserts and sangria. We will suggest what suits your event. Whether it’s milestone birthday parties and fairs, fêtes and festivals, we can cook mixed paella, black rice and paella Valenciana and more.
Somewhere like Burham, a field or garden is often the perfect setting. Gates, verges and soft ground are worth mentioning when you enquire. Every guest is catered for, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal included, with each paella cooked in its own pan.
Why choose paella catering in Burham?
Live paella feeds a crowd quickly and suits most diets, which is why it works for so many occasions. It gives people something to gather round, too.
Whatever you’re celebrating in Burham, live paella can be the centrepiece. We often cook for:
- Fairs, fêtes and festivals
- Wedding breakfasts and evening food
- Retirement celebrations
- Garden parties and summer barbecues
Nearby historic houses include Starkey Castle (2.4 miles north) and Temple Manor (4 miles north). If your event is at a historic house or estate, check its rules on caterers and cooking early.
What to look for in a quote
- Space, access and power needs
- How long the team stays
- What the price includes, item by item
- Payment terms and deposit
Catering an event in Burham
Burham is about 3 miles south-west of Chatham, in Medway. For paella catering in Burham, we plan around your venue and timings: a quote, a plan and live cooking on the day. We cater in 68 places in Medway. Our events stretch from Burham to Canterbury (26 miles away).
Parks such as Burham Marsh generally need the owner’s permission for cooking, so ask before you plan a party there. If you’re organising a summer fair for a school like Burham Church of England Primary School, a paella stall is a crowd-pleaser.
Wherever your event is in ME1, we can bring paella catering to you. From New Road, St Mary's Walk and Brisley's Row or a nearby road, we can cook there. Nearby, we also cater events in Scarborough (1 mile north-west), Eccles (1 mile south), Peters Village (1 mile north-west), Holborough (2 miles west) and Wouldham (2 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include Gillingham (5 miles north-east), Chatham (3 miles north-east), Rochester (4 miles north), Rainham (6 miles east), Strood (4 miles north) and Luton (4 miles north-east).
Nearby you will also find St. Catherine's Hospital (3.8 miles north) and Medway megaliths (1.3 miles south-east). Not far away are Burham Down and Blue Bell Hill.
- Schools near Burham include The Holmesdale School (1.9 miles west)
- Pubs nearby include The Windmill pub (under half a mile north)
Planning for every diet
Few dishes handle mixed diets as well as paella, because every paella has its own pan. A few tips:
- Make sure each pan is labelled
- Collect dietary needs with your RSVPs
- Let us know if anyone has coeliac disease
- Tell us how many children are coming
Paella is best eaten as soon as it’s ready, so we serve when guests are ready.
Bread, salad and lemon go well alongside and suit guests who are not big rice eaters.
What happens on the day
From set-up to serving, we look after the food, so you can enjoy your event. If you’ve chosen tapas or canapés, they go out first as the rice is cooking. Evenings in Burham stay light until about 9:20pm in June, but by late September sunset is around 7:00pm; once it is dark, we need light to cook and serve by.
- Get in touch with the basics: when, where and how many.
- Expect a menu idea and a clear, itemised price.
- A week or so before, we confirm the plan.
- On the day we cook live, timed around your event.
- We serve, then leave our area tidy.
Before we arrive
- Leave space around the cooking area
- Let us know who to talk to on the day
- Choose a level spot for the cooking area
Getting a price
It is easy to get a price: tell us the date, place, numbers and any dietary needs. We’ll send a clear, itemised quote.
Planning help
Planners, venues and businesses
Throwing a party at home? Send a picture of the space and tell us about parking, and we’ll tell you honestly whether live paella will work.
For big numbers, we plan pans and serving points to keep queues short, so everyone eats promptly. Let us know how long the food break is.
Also near Burham
Other catering in Burham
What affects the price in Burham
The price comes down to a few factors:
- Your choice of paellas
- Parking and unloading
- Staff: cooks, waiting staff and bar staff
- How many guests are eating
Compared with a plated meal, live paella is often good value, because it needs no kitchen and fewer staff. Ask us for a quote.
Getting an accurate quote
Here’s what makes a quick, accurate quote possible:
- The address or venue name
- What the venue already provides
- Expected numbers
- A picture of where we’d cook
Thinking about paella catering for your event in Burham? Tell us what you have in mind and we will come back with ideas and a quote. Just send us your details through our quote form.
Cook it yourself or book a caterer?
For a small group, cooking yourself can work well. For larger numbers, mixed diets or a wedding, a caterer takes the pressure off, and handles separate pans for each diet.
Plenty of people try cooking paella for their own party. The usual problems are a pan too big for the burner, too much rice and stirring once the rice is in. If you’d rather be with your guests, we will do the cooking.
Burham: your questions answered
How far is Burham from London?
Roughly 27 miles from the centre of London.
Could we have live paella in Burham Marsh?
Only if the landowner, typically the council, allows it. Check with them, and we will provide our paperwork.
Who clears up?
We pack down our cooking area after service. Waiting staff can clear tables if you book them.
What equipment do you bring?
All cooking kit comes with us. Let us know what your venue has, like tables or crockery.
Do you come to Burham?
Yes. We cater across London and the South East, and Burham is within our area and the rest of Medway. To check your date, fill in our quote form.
How much is live paella catering?
The price depends on numbers, menu, courses, staff and travel. Tell us about your event and we will send a quote.
Is the paella gluten-free?
We can, if you tell us in advance. The rice is gluten-free, but stocks and chorizo can contain gluten, so we cook a gluten-free paella separately.
What do you need at the venue?
Not a lot: a level spot clear of fences, hedges and branches, with room for a serving table. Send us a picture if you’re not sure.
What’s in the pans
Mixed paella
Chicken and seafood together.
Black rice
Black rice gets its colour from squid ink, traditionally with alioli. It makes a dramatic second seafood pan.
- 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