Windsor and Maidenhead · England
Paella Catering in Chavey Down
Looking for paella catering in Chavey Down? We arrive with the pans, burners and fresh ingredients and cook while your guests watch.
- Anniversaries and engagement parties
- Family celebrations and christenings
- Retirement celebrations
Paella catering near Chavey Down
How our paella catering works in Chavey Down
You can keep it simple or build a full menu: paella on its own, or with canapés, table tapas, desserts and sangria. We will recommend what fits your event. For anniversary celebrations and retirement and leaving parties, we’ll put together a menu of chicken and chorizo paella, seafood paella and mixed paella and more.
Somewhere as small as Chavey Down, 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. Every guest is catered for, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal included, with each paella cooked in its own pan.
- Area
- Chavey Down (SL5)
- Region
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Dietary options
- Gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, halal
- Extras
- Canapés, desserts, sangria and staff
- Quotes
- Quoted for your event
- Updated
- 23 October 2026
Why choose paella catering in Chavey Down?
Live paella is made for outdoor events: it’s cooked in the open, served hot and eaten together.
If you’re planning any of these, we can help:
- Garden get-togethers
- Anniversaries and engagement parties
- Festivals, fairs and school events
- Wedding breakfasts and evening food
If you’re organising a summer fair for a school like LVS Ascot, a paella stall is a crowd-pleaser.
What your quote should include
- Whether VAT is included
- Allergen information for each dish
- What the caterer needs from your venue
- Payment terms and deposit
Chavey Down questions
What’s the nearest station to Chavey Down for guests?
The closest is Martins Heron station, roughly 1 mile away.
Do you come out to small places like Chavey Down?
No, we cook in small places too. Tell us about lanes, gates and parking.
Are premium seafood options available?
We’ll talk through seafood options when we plan your menu, including premium options if you want them.
Do you do desserts?
We can add a dessert. Let us know if you’d like one when you ask for a quote.
Can the paella be cooked in a hall?
Only in a suitable, well-ventilated area with the venue’s permission. Most events have us cooking outside or in a doorway or courtyard.
How many paellas should we have?
Most events have two or three: meat or mixed, seafood, and vegetable or vegan. We’ll suggest a split based on your guests.
Do you come to Chavey Down?
Yes. We cover London and the South East, including Chavey Down and the rest of Windsor and Maidenhead. To check your date, fill in our quote form.
Which paellas do you recommend?
Most events choose two or three: a mixed or chicken paella, a seafood paella and a vegetable or vegan one. Our menu lists the options.
Chavey Down: venues, travel and local tips
Chavey Down is about 2 miles east of Bracknell, in Windsor and Maidenhead. Events in Chavey Down are planned around your venue and timings: a quote, a plan and live cooking on the day. We cater in 57 places in Windsor and Maidenhead, from the larger towns to small villages. You can also see our page for Reading, about 12 miles away.
For a christening or wedding at a church such as St Martin's Church, a paella lunch or reception nearby is an easy way to feed everyone. For guests coming by train, Martins Heron station is about 1 mile away.
For paella catering in SL5, we plan around your venue. Streets in the area include Church Road, North Road and Long Hill Road, and we can cook for an event on any of them. Close by, we cover events in Warfield Park (1 mile north-west), Winkfield Row (1 mile north), Martins Heron (1 mile south-west), Bullbrook (1 mile west) and Whitegrove (1 mile north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidenhead (7 miles north), Windsor (5 miles north-east), Boyn Hill (6 miles north), Cookham (10 miles north), Furze Platt (8 miles north) and Dedworth (5 miles north-east).
Other landmarks nearby include The Lexicon (1.7 miles west) and Heatherwood Hospital (1.1 miles south-east). The countryside around Chavey Down includes Virginia Water Lake.
- Schools near Chavey Down include Whitegrove Primary School (0.8 miles north-west) and Garth Hill College (1.6 miles west)
Dietary needs and planning tips
A little planning makes sure everyone can eat. Here’s how:
- Flag any coeliac guests, not just gluten-free preferences
- Plan seating for most guests: paella is easiest eaten sitting down
- Choose two or three paellas so every guest has a choice
- Give us separate numbers for children
Any staff you book serve and clear, so you can enjoy your guests.
Bread, salad and lemon go well alongside and suit guests who are not big rice eaters.
DIY paella versus live catering
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.
Some hosts like to cook themselves. Common mistakes are mismatched pans and burners, overfilling and stirring. If you’d rather be with your guests, we’ll do the cooking.
How it works
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 while your guests chat. In Chavey Down, the sun sets at about 9:25pm in late June and about 7:05pm in late September, so summer evening service is normally in daylight. In December it is 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 early to set up the burners and pans.
- The paella cooks as guests gather round.
- We serve hot from the pan and clear our cooking area.
Before we arrive
- Keep the cooking spot clear of fences, hedges and branches
- Let us know who to talk to on the day
- Arrange parking near the cooking spot
Ask for a quote
Most quotes start with a few simple details: the date, where the event is, how many guests and any dietary needs. You can use our quote form.
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Dishes our guests love
Black rice
Squid ink rice is bold and savoury, and is popular with adventurous guests.
Seafood paella
Prawns, mussels and squid in a rich fish stock, cooked until the rice is golden. It’s the pan people photograph.
Working with your venue
For larger events, we plan the number of pans and serving points around your timings, so everyone eats promptly. Let us know how long the food break is.
Wedding planners and venue coordinators are welcome to contact us directly, and we’ll keep everyone informed on the day.
Prices and what affects them
These are the factors that matter most:
- Whether you need crockery
- Parking and unloading
- Extra courses such as canapés, tapas and dessert
- Chicken, vegetable or premium seafood
Tapas, desserts, sangria, staff and crockery are optional extras, so you can choose exactly what you need.
Details that help
You don’t need every detail fixed to get a quote, but it helps to know:
- A picture of the space, if you can
- Anything your venue supplies
- Your date and when you want to eat
- Diets and allergies you know about
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many guests, plus any dietary needs, and we’ll reply with a menu suggestion and a quote. To get started, send us your details through our quote form.
Why live cooking beats a buffet
With a barbecue, food comes in waves. Paella is cooked as one big dish and served together. The cost per head typically falls as numbers rise, since the set-up is much the same either way. Give us your numbers and we will quote.
Why book with us
- Crockery and waiting staff if you need them
- Catering across Windsor and Maidenhead, including Chavey Down
- Real theatre, not just catering
- A clear, itemised quote
Take a look at Our prices page And The cost guide.
- 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