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Paella Catering in Hanwell
Love Paella cooks live paella catering, cooked fresh in giant pans at your event across Hanwell and Greater London, with vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal options.
- Garden parties and summer barbecues
- Fairs, fêtes and festivals
- Anniversary celebrations
Planning an event in Hanwell?
Paella catering for your event in Hanwell
Everything is cooked from scratch on site, starting with a slow sofrito of onion, garlic, peppers and tomato, followed by stock, saffron and rice. Typical bookings include retirement and leaving parties and weddings, from canapés to evening food, with mixed paella, vegetable paella and chicken and chorizo paella.
From a terraced garden to a hired hall, events in Hanwell come in all shapes. Let us know where we can stop to unload, and whether there are steps or narrow passages. Every pan is cooked in front of your guests, so it arrives hot and becomes part of the event.
- Where
- Hanwell (W7, W13, UB2)
- County
- Greater London
- Diets
- Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal
- Add-ons
- Canapés, desserts, sangria and staff
- Quote
- Ask us for a quote
- Last updated
- 23 October 2026
Planners, venues and businesses
For repeat events, such as annual staff parties or seasonal fairs, let us know your dates early, so we can plan ahead.
Organising a club, school or community event in Hanwell? Live paella feeds a crowd quickly and suits most diets. Give us the details and we’ll suggest a plan.
What paella catering costs
Your quote will be clear and itemised. The main things that affect it are:
- Timings and hours
- Plates, cutlery and glassware
- Staff: cooks, waiting staff and bar staff
- Guest numbers
The price depends on your guest numbers, the menu and how many courses you choose, plus any staff, crockery and travel. We quote for each event individually.
Details that help
We can quote more accurately with a few details. Here’s what’s useful:
- Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal and allergy numbers
- The courses you’d like
- Your date and when you want to eat
- Expected numbers
Send us the date, your venue or W7 postcode and guest numbers, plus any dietary needs, and you will get a menu idea and a price. To get started, send us your details through our quote form.
Planning for every diet
Good planning keeps every guest safe and happy. Here’s how:
- Request clear labels at the serving table
- Tell us how many children are coming
- Add a dietary question to your invitations
- Tell us what else is being served
Once everyone is fed, we clear our cooking area, quietly and quickly.
Sangria and bar staff can be added for your own drinks.
Hanwell: venues, travel and local tips
Hanwell is about 1 mile west of Ealing, in Greater London. Events in Hanwell are planned around your venue and timings: a quote, a plan and live cooking on the day. We cater in 764 places in Greater London, from the larger towns to small villages. Our nearest city page is London, about 10 miles away.
For guests coming by train, Hanwell station is in Hanwell itself. If you are celebrating after a service at a church like Church of St Mellitus, live paella at a garden or venue nearby works well.
We cover events in every part of the W7, W13 and UB2 postcode area. From Park Road, Green Lane and Felix Road or anywhere nearby, we can cook there. Hanwell sits on or near the A4001, which makes travel to your event easy. If your venue is just outside Hanwell, we also cover West Ealing (1 mile west), Ealing (1 mile east), Dormers Wells (1 mile north-west), South Ealing (1 mile south-east) and Pitshanger (2 miles north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover London (10 miles east), City of Westminster (8 miles east), Marylebone (8 miles east), Kensington (6 miles east), St Pancras (10 miles east) and Shoreditch (11 miles east).
A little further out are Treaty Centre (3 miles south) and Ealing Hospital (within half a mile west). Green spaces nearby include Middle Lake and Castlebar Hill.
- Nearby schools include Drayton Manor High School (0.5 miles north) and Cuckoo Schools (0.8 miles north)
- Local pubs include Kings Arms (less than half a mile south-east)
- Parks and local facilities nearby include Municipal Borough of Ealing (1.3 miles east)
FAQs for Hanwell
We’re having a ceremony at Church of St Mellitus: can you cater afterwards?
Yes, at a garden, marquee or venue nearby with a suitable spot to cook. Live cooking generally happens at the reception venue, not the church. Tell us where the reception will be.
Is parking a problem for events in Hanwell?
London parking needs planning: let us know about permits or off-street space. We’ll plan unloading around it.
Can you serve tapas as well?
Yes. Canapé tapas with the drinks, or table tapas to share, while the rice is cooking.
What does paella catering cost?
The price depends on numbers, menu, courses, staff and travel. Tell us about your event and we’ll send a quote.
How much space do you need?
A level space for the pans, burners and a serving table, in the open air or a ventilated covered area, and the venue’s permission for live cooking.
What about pudding?
Yes, Spanish desserts can be added. Let us know if you’d like one in your enquiry.
Where do you cater?
We cover London and the South East, Greater London included. Find your area.
Can you cook in the rain?
A covered, ventilated spot keeps us cooking in the rain. We’ll talk it through before the day.
How it works
We take care of the food from set-up to service, so you are free to enjoy your event. If you’ve chosen tapas or canapés, they go out first while the paella cooks. Evenings in Hanwell stay light until about 9:20pm in June, but by late September sunset is around 7:05pm; after dark, the cooking and serving areas need good lighting.
- First, you send us your date, venue, numbers and diets.
- We suggest a menu and confirm a quote, including what’s included.
- We arrive early, set up the cooking area and start the stock.
- The paella cooks in front of your guests, with tapas first if you’ve chosen them.
- We serve from the pan, then clear our cooking area away.
Before we arrive
- Choose a level spot for the cooking area
- Ensure we can park close by to unload
- Give us your final numbers and diets
Ask for a quote
Each quote is tailored to your event. Tell us your date and guest numbers, and we will check availability at the same time.
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What else we do in Hanwell
Live paella or other catering?
Food trucks and street-food vans serve one portion at a time. A paella pan serves many portions quickly, so everyone can eat at the same time. Travel, parking and access can affect the price, so tell us about the venue when you ask for a quote. The full price is confirmed before you book.
Why us?
- Real theatre, not just catering
- Hot food served quickly from the pan
- Live cooking, not reheated food
- Every diet catered for, pan by pan
Take a look at Our prices page And Our guide to catering costs.
Events we cater in Hanwell
It needs no kitchen, so it works in gardens, fields and marquees where other catering struggles.
Whatever you’re celebrating in Hanwell, paella can be the star of the food. We regularly cater:
- Weddings, from canapés to evening food
- Christenings and family gatherings
- Fairs, fêtes and festivals
- Birthday celebrations
School fairs and fundraisers, for a school such as St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, can book us as a food stall.
What to look for in a quote
- The deposit and payment dates
- Staff numbers and hours
- Whether crockery, cutlery and napkins are included
- What the price includes, item by item
Should I cook it myself?
For a small group, cooking yourself can work well. For big numbers or lots of diets, a caterer makes life easier, and keeps vegetarian and allergy-safe pans separate.
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’ll do the cooking.
About the dishes
Mixed paella
Chicken and seafood together, for guests who want a bit of everything.
Black rice
Squid ink rice is bold and savoury, and is popular with adventurous guests.
- 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