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Live paella catering in Rush Green, Greater London
Paella for every guest: separate pans for meat, seafood and vegetarian or vegan guests. Live paella catering, cooked fresh in giant pans at your event for events in Rush Green.
- Summer garden parties
- Naming days and family parties
- Weddings and evening receptions
Paella catering for Rush Green events
Paella catering in Rush Green, made fresh on the day
A couple of different pans covers everyone: meat, seafood and vegetarian or vegan paellas. Each is cooked separately, so diets are easy to manage. Whether it’s naming days and family parties and birthday celebrations, we’ll put together a menu of mixed paella, chicken and chorizo paella and seafood paella and more.
In Rush Green, events range from terrace gardens to hired halls. Let us know where we can stop to unload, and whether there are steps or narrow passages. We bring everything we need to cook, and pack down our cooking area when service is finished.
- Area
- Rush Green (RM7, RM1, RM12)
- Area hub
- Greater London
- Special diets
- Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal
- Also available
- Canapés, desserts, sangria and staff
- Quotes
- Quoted for your event
- Updated
- 23 October 2026
For planners, venues and organisers
If you run the same event each year, tell us your dates early, so we can hold the date.
Planners and coordinators can contact us directly, and we will keep you updated on timings and set-up.
Should I cook it myself?
Not sure whether to cook yourself or book a caterer? Consider your numbers, your guests’ diets and your own time. Ask us for a quote and compare.
For a small group, cooking yourself can work well. For larger numbers, mixed diets or a wedding, a caterer takes the pressure off, and keeps vegetarian and allergy-safe pans separate.
How it works
We work to your timings. If things run behind, we hold the paella at the right stage so it’s served at its best. Around midsummer it stays light in Rush Green until about 9:20pm; by late September sunset is nearer 7:05pm, so summer evening events are usually served in daylight. In December it is dark by about 3:50pm, so winter events need lighting where we cook.
- 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 paella cooks as guests gather round.
- Service is straight from the pan, then we pack down.
Before we arrive
- Keep the cooking spot clear of fences, hedges and branches
- Pick a flat, firm spot for us to cook
- Have a gazebo or cover ready if rain is likely
How to get a price
A detailed enquiry gets a more accurate quote: venue, timings, courses and extras. When you’re ready, fill in our quote form.
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What paella catering costs
Here’s what makes the biggest difference to the price:
- Whether you need crockery
- Staff: cooks, waiting staff and bar staff
- The number of people
- Parking and unloading
Compared with a plated meal, live paella is often good value, as there’s no kitchen to hire and fewer staff to pay. Ask us for a quote.
Getting an accurate quote
You don’t need every detail fixed to get a quote, but it helps to know:
- A picture of the space, if you can
- The courses you’d like
- Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal and allergy numbers
- The venue or postcode
Send us the date, your venue or RM7 postcode and guest numbers, along with any dietary needs, and you will get a menu idea and a price. Just use our quote form.
FAQs for Rush Green
What about parking in Rush Green?
It can be, so tell us about parking bays, permits or a driveway. We will plan unloading around it.
Could we have live paella in Harrow Lodge Park?
Only if the landowner, usually the council, allows it. Check with them, and we’ll provide our paperwork.
Do you cater in Rush Green?
We do. Rush Green is one of the places we cover. Send us your date to check availability.
Are premium seafood options available?
Seafood choices are agreed when we plan the menu, including premium options if you want them.
Which paellas suit our guests?
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.
Can you cook in the rain?
A covered, ventilated spot keeps us cooking in the rain. We’ll make a plan B with you.
Can you do gluten-free paella?
We can, if you tell us in advance. Rice is naturally gluten-free, but stock and some ingredients may not be, so we cook a gluten-free paella separately.
What do you need at the venue?
Level ground for the burners, pans and a table, in the open air or a ventilated covered area, plus the venue’s agreement to cooking.
Space, weather and the venue
The right spot keeps things safe and helps the paella cook evenly. We look for:
- Space well away from trees, fences and gazebo walls
- Agreement from the venue or landowner to cook on site
- Good ventilation: outdoors, or an open-sided cover
As a London location, Rush Green is inside the Ultra Low Emission Zone, and parking takes planning: let us know about permits, bays or off-street parking.
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we will advise before you book.
Menu ideas
- Paella Valenciana
- Seafood paella
- Chicken & chorizo paella
- Vegan paella
- Vegetable paella
- Black rice (arroz negro)
- Mixed paella
Occasions we cook for in Rush Green
Few dishes cope with mixed diets like paella, because each version is cooked in its own pan. Nobody gets a token ‘special meal’.
If you are planning any of these, we can help:
- Christenings and family gatherings
- Fairs, fêtes and festivals
- Birthday celebrations
- Garden parties and summer barbecues
For a christening or wedding at a church such as St Augustine of Canterbury Church, a paella lunch or reception nearby is an easy way to feed everyone.
Comparing caterers
- How dietary needs and allergies are handled
- The wet-weather plan
- Whether crockery, cutlery and napkins are included
- Staff numbers and hours
A closer look at the menu
Paella Valenciana
The original paella from Valencia is a countryside dish of chicken and vegetables, not seafood. It’s often the most popular pan at an event.
Black rice
Arroz negro is coloured and flavoured with squid ink, traditionally with alioli. It makes a dramatic second seafood pan.
Diets, allergies and planning
Dietary needs are easy to plan for with a little notice. Our advice:
- Mention any other courses or food
- Let us know if anyone has coeliac disease
- Send allergies to us in writing
- Plan a meat, a seafood and a vegetable or vegan pan
Once everyone is fed, we clear our cooking area, quietly and quickly.
Add canapé tapas with the drinks or table tapas as a starter while the paella cooks.
Places near Rush Green
Other catering in Rush Green
Planning live paella in Rush Green
Rush Green is about 1 mile south-west of Romford, in Greater London. Across the RM7 area, we can bring the pans to you. Rush Green is one of 764 places in Greater London we cover. You can also see our page for London, about 12 miles away.
Parks such as Harrow Lodge Park usually need the owner’s permission for cooking, so ask before you plan a party there. For guests coming by train, Romford station is about 0.7 miles away.
We cover events in every part of RM7, RM1 and RM12. We can cater an event on streets such as Crow Lane, Union Road and Maldon Road or the roads around them. Neighbouring places where we cater events include Romford (1 mile north-east), Becontree Heath (1 mile west), Chadwell Heath (1 mile north-west), Elm Park (2 miles south-east) and Becontree (2 miles south-west). We also cook in nearby towns such as London (12 miles west), City of Westminster (14 miles west), Marylebone (14 miles west), St Pancras (13 miles west), Shoreditch (11 miles west) and Walthamstow (9 miles west).
A little further out are Queen's Hospital (less than half a mile north-east) and Dagenham (0.8 miles south-west). The countryside around Rush Green includes The Chase Nature Reserve.
- Schools near Rush Green include St Edward's Church of England Academy (0.9 miles north-west) and St. Edward's Church of England School (0.9 miles north-west)
- Pubs nearby include The Moon & Stars pub (0.8 miles north-east)
- 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