Buckinghamshire · England
Paella Catering for Princes Risborough events
Hot, generous and cooked in front of everyone: live paella catering, cooked fresh in giant pans at your event for events in Princes Risborough and across Buckinghamshire.
- Office lunches and staff parties
- Weddings and evening receptions
- Big birthdays
Paella catering near Princes Risborough
Paella catering for your event in Princes Risborough
Paella has always been food for a crowd: cooked outdoors in a wide, shallow pan and shared. That’s what we bring to events in Princes Risborough. Typical bookings include summer garden parties and big birthdays, serving black rice, paella Valenciana and seafood paella.
In and around Princes Risborough, gardens and local halls are common choices. If access is tight, we’ll plan around it. You can add tapas, desserts, sangria, bar staff and waiting staff, so the whole menu comes from one caterer.
- Location
- Princes Risborough (HP27)
- County
- Buckinghamshire
- Special diets
- Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and halal
- Also available
- Tapas, desserts, sangria, staff
- Quotes
- Ask us for a quote
- Last updated
- 23 October 2026
Space, weather and the venue
Most outdoor spaces and many venues work for live paella, but a few things matter:
- Good ventilation: outdoors, or an open-sided cover
- Level ground for the pans and burners
- The venue’s permission for live cooking
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we will advise before you book.
What we offer
- Seafood paella
- Paella Valenciana
- Mixed paella
- Chicken & chorizo paella
- Vegetable paella
- Vegan paella
- Black rice (arroz negro)
How we price paella catering
The same guest numbers can mean different prices, because of:
- Parking and unloading
- Plates, cutlery and glassware
- The paellas you choose
- Guest numbers
Compared with a plated meal, live paella is frequently good value, as there is no kitchen to hire and fewer staff to pay. Ask us for a quote.
What we need to know
Good planning starts with a few facts. Please include:
- The date and rough timings
- Approximate guest numbers, including children
- Diets and allergies you know about
- The venue or postcode
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many guests, along with 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.
Catering for every guest
Nearly every event has some special diets. To plan for them:
- Collect dietary needs with your RSVPs
- Tell us how many children are coming
- Make sure each pan is labelled
- Confirm allergies by email
Once the rice is in, it needs about 20 minutes, so we time it carefully. If plans change, tell us and we’ll adjust.
Crockery, cutlery and waiting staff are available if your venue doesn’t provide them.
Paella compared with other options
Barbecues cook in batches, so food comes off in waves. Paella is cooked as one big dish and served 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’ll quote.
Why us?
- We cover Princes Risborough and the whole of Buckinghamshire
- Sangria and bar staff available
- Hot food served quickly from the pan
- Food that becomes part of the entertainment
The process
We work to your timings. If things run behind, we adjust the cooking so it’s served at its best. Planning an evening event in Princes Risborough? Sunset is around 8:55pm in late May, 9:25pm at midsummer and 7:05pm in late September; once it’s dark, we need light to cook and serve by.
- You share your date, numbers and venue.
- We plan a menu that covers every diet.
- We arrive early to set up the burners and pans.
- The sofrito, stock and rice go in, and guests gather to watch.
- We serve hot from the pan and clear our cooking area.
Before we arrive
- Plan cover in case of rain
- Tell us when you want to eat
- Have a level space ready for the pans
Ask for a quote
Thinking about paella catering for your event in Princes Risborough? Tell us what you have in mind and we will reply with a menu and a clear price. To get in touch, fill in our quote form.
Planning help
Paella catering around Princes Risborough
Princes Risborough is about 6 miles south of Aylesbury, in Buckinghamshire. Anywhere in HP27, we can cook for your guests. We cater in 263 places in Buckinghamshire. We cook right across the region, from Princes Risborough to Oxford (about 17 miles away).
If you are celebrating after a service at a church like St Teresa's Church, live paella at a garden or venue nearby works well. For guests coming by train, the nearest station is Princes Risborough station, about 0.7 miles south-west. The Chilterns National Landscape is within about 5 miles of Princes Risborough, and country venues and gardens there suit live paella perfectly. Check your venue’s rules on vehicles and cooking.
Paella catering in HP27 is planned around your venue and timings. That could mean an event in a garden on High Street, Malthouse Square and Station Road or the roads around them. Main roads around Princes Risborough include the A4010 and A4129, which makes travel to your event easy. For events just outside Princes Risborough, we cover Alscot (1 mile north-west), Monks Risborough (1 mile north), Whiteleaf (1 mile north-east), Horsenden (1 mile west) and Askett (1 mile north-east). We also cook in nearby towns such as Aylesbury (6 miles north), High Wycombe (7 miles south-east), Chesham (9 miles east), Marlow (11 miles south), Amersham (10 miles east) and Beaconsfield (11 miles south-east).
Other landmarks nearby include Great Kimble Dial Hill (1.9 miles north-east) and Stoke Mandeville Hospital (5.3 miles north). Not far away are Brush Hill Local Nature Reserve and Beacon Hill.
- Schools near Princes Risborough include Princes Risborough Primary School (less than half a mile north)
- Nearby, you’ll find The George And Dragon pub (under half a mile west)
Working with your venue
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.
Events in public spaces, like parks, typically need permission. We’ll provide any information the landowner or council asks for.
Also near Princes Risborough
What else we do in Princes Risborough
Occasions we cook for in Princes Risborough
Paella is one of the few dishes that handles mixed diets easily, thanks to separate pans for each version. Nobody gets a token ‘special meal’.
These are some of the occasions we cater in Princes Risborough and Buckinghamshire:
- Retirement celebrations
- Weddings, from canapés to evening food
- Garden parties and summer barbecues
- Community events and fairs
School fairs and fundraisers, for a school such as Princes Risborough School, can book us as a food stall.
Before you book anyone
- Whether travel is included
- Whether VAT is included
- Exactly what’s included in the price
- How bad weather is handled
Princes Risborough: your questions answered
We’re having a ceremony at St Teresa's Church: 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. Send us the reception address.
Do you cater in the Chilterns National Landscape?
Yes. Some venues there have rules about vehicles, ground and cooking, so check with yours. We’ll work to whatever the site needs.
Is it really cooked live?
Yes. Every paella is cooked from scratch on site, where your guests can watch.
Can the paella be cooked in a hall?
Typically we cook outdoors or under a ventilated cover, since the burners are gas. Some venues have suitable spaces; we will check with you and the venue.
What areas do you cover?
London and the South East: Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight.
Will there be enough food?
We plan quantities from your guest numbers, timings and other courses, with a little extra built in. Give us accurate numbers for the best result.
What happens if it rains?
A covered, ventilated spot keeps us cooking in the rain. We’ll talk it through before the day.
How soon do we need to book?
The sooner the better. Popular dates book up first, so it pays to ask early.
Dishes our guests love
Mixed paella
Paella mixta combines meat and seafood in one pan, and it is frequently the first pan to empty.
Vegetable and vegan paella
A slow sofrito, seasonal vegetables and a good vegetable stock make a paella that stands on its own. Vegan versions use plant-based stock.
- 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