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Live paella catering in Sandwich Bay Estate, Kent
From the first sizzle in the pan to the last crispy spoonful, live paella catering, cooked fresh in giant pans at your event makes the food a highlight of your event in Sandwich Bay Estate.
- Naming days and family parties
- Retirement celebrations
- Birthday celebrations
Paella catering in Sandwich Bay Estate
Paella catering in Sandwich Bay Estate, made fresh on the day
We arrive with the pans, burners and fresh ingredients and cook the paella in front of your guests. Once it’s ready, we serve it hot from the pan. On the menu are chicken and chorizo paella, mixed paella and paella Valenciana, and typical bookings are for wedding breakfasts and evening food and staff parties and work lunches.
In a small place like Sandwich Bay Estate, events are normally in a garden, a field or a nearby hall. Country lanes and long drives are no problem if we know about them, and cooking close to where we can park helps. We cater for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests, each in a separate pan.
Where we can cook in Sandwich Bay Estate
Live paella is cooked over gas burners in large pans, so the cooking area needs a little planning. These are the things we check:
- Outdoor space or a ventilated gazebo
- The venue’s permission for live cooking
- Parking close enough to carry equipment
Not sure about your space? Send us a picture and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Popular choices
- Chicken & chorizo paella
- Paella Valenciana
- Black rice (arroz negro)
- Vegan paella
- Seafood paella
- Mixed paella
- Vegetable paella
Towns and villages near Sandwich Bay Estate
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Sandwich Bay Estate: your questions answered
Which station should guests use for Sandwich Bay Estate?
The closest is Sandwich station, roughly 1.9 miles away.
Is Sandwich Bay Estate too small for live paella?
No, we cook in small places too. Tell us about lanes, gates and parking.
Do you cater for vegetarian guests?
Of course. Vegetarian and vegan paellas are cooked in separate pans, alongside the meat and seafood pans.
Do you provide plates and cutlery?
If you need them, yes. Crockery, cutlery and napkins, or good-quality disposables are available.
What seafood can we have?
Tell us your preferences and we’ll suggest seafood options to suit your menu and budget. Premium shellfish can be added.
Do we need to provide equipment?
Pans, burners and ingredients all come with us. You just need a suitable spot and access.
Can you do sangria?
Sangria, yes. For other drinks, we can provide bar staff to serve what you buy.
Do you do desserts?
We can add a dessert. Tell us what you have in mind when you ask for a quote.
The menu, dish by dish
Vegetable and vegan paella
Seasonal vegetables on a rich sofrito base make a paella that stands on its own. For vegans, the stock is plant-based.
Seafood paella
Prawns, mussels and squid in a rich fish stock, finished with lemon wedges. It’s generally the most photographed pan.
Organising for someone else?
If you are organising for someone else, such as a wedding planner, an office manager or a festival organiser, we’ll work directly with you and the venue. It saves passing messages back and forth.
If your event is in a public space, such as a park, check what permission you need first. We will provide any information the landowner or council asks for.
Planning for every diet
Dietary needs are easy to plan for with a little notice. We suggest:
- Plan seating for most guests: paella is easiest eaten sitting down
- Put allergy details in writing
- Collect dietary needs with your RSVPs
- Let us know about other food at the event
If you’ve booked staff, they’ll serve, clear and help keep things moving, so you can enjoy your guests.
Bread, salad and lemon wedges make the meal go further.
How it works
When we arrive, we set up the burners and pans and start cooking the sofrito and stock. Once the rice goes in, it takes about 20 minutes, so the timing is planned around your event. In Sandwich Bay Estate, the sun sets at about 9:15pm in late June and about 7:00pm in late September, so summer evening events are typically served in daylight. For winter events, when it is dark by about 3:50pm, we need lighting at the cooking spot.
- Start with the date, the place and the numbers.
- We come back with paellas to suit your guests, plus any extras.
- Closer to the day, we confirm timings and the cooking spot.
- We set up, cook from scratch and keep an eye on your timings.
- Guests are served from the pan, and our area is cleared afterwards.
Getting ready for the day
- Choose a level spot for the cooking area
- Arrange parking near the cooking spot
- Let us know the timings for the day
Ask for a quote
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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Why live cooking beats a buffet
For something a little different, live paella adds colour, smell and theatre to your event in Sandwich Bay Estate. Travel, parking and access can affect the price, so it helps to tell us about your venue. Everything is confirmed in writing.
Why us?
- Every diet catered for, pan by pan
- Plates, cutlery and waiting staff available
- Real theatre, not just catering
- Fast service from the pan
DIY paella versus live catering
You can cook paella for a crowd yourself, but it takes practice. Large pans need the right burners, and getting the rice right at scale is tricky. Our guide to cooking paella for a crowd explains how.
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.
Perfect for your event in Sandwich Bay Estate
It needs no kitchen, so it is at home in gardens, fields and marquees where other catering struggles.
We can help if you are planning any of the following:
- Leaving dos and retirements
- Naming days and family parties
- Festivals, fairs and school events
- Company summer parties
Nearby historic houses include Walmer Castle (4.6 miles south). If your event is at a historic house or estate, check its rules on caterers and cooking early.
Comparing caterers
- The deposit and payment dates
- Plates, cutlery and napkins, or disposables
- What the caterer needs from your venue
- How bad weather is handled
Sandwich Bay Estate: venues, travel and local tips
Sandwich Bay Estate is about 4 miles north of Deal, in Kent. For paella catering in Sandwich Bay Estate, we cater in back gardens, halls with outdoor space, barns, marquees and offices in and around Sandwich Bay Estate. Sandwich Bay Estate is one of 922 places in Kent we cover. Our nearest city page is Canterbury, about 13 miles away.
For guests coming by train, the nearest station is Sandwich station, about 1.9 miles west. If you are organising a summer fair for a school like Sir Roger Manwood's School, a paella stall is a crowd-pleaser. Sandwich Bay Estate is within about 4 miles of the sea, and seafood paella always feels right near the sea. Coastal wind means we plan a sheltered spot.
For paella catering in CT13, we plan around your venue. That could mean an event in a garden on North Road, Waldershare Avenue and King's Avenue. For events just outside Sandwich Bay Estate, we cover Worth (2 miles south-west), Sandwich (2 miles west), Hacklinge (2 miles south-west), Great Stonar (2 miles north-west) and Felderland (2 miles west). Larger places within reach include Canterbury (13 miles west), Margate (8 miles north), Dover (10 miles south-west), Ramsgate (5 miles north), Broadstairs (7 miles north) and Deal (4 miles south).
Nearby you will also find The Precinct Toy Collection (2.1 miles west) and Sandown Castle (2.1 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Monk's Wall nature reserve.
- 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