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Paella Catering for Thong events
Treat your guests to live paella at your event in Thong. We cook from scratch on site, then served hot from the pan.
- Festivals, fairs and school events
- Garden get-togethers
- Milestone birthday parties
Planning an event in Thong?
Why choose live paella in Thong?
A cold buffet is simple but has no theatre, and the food sits out. Paella is cooked live and served hot. Seafood and premium ingredients cost more than chicken or vegetable paellas, so your choice of paellas affects the total. We will suggest options to suit your budget.
Why Thong hosts choose us
- Starters and desserts to complete the menu
- Plates, cutlery and waiting staff available
- Paella cooked from scratch on site
- Separate pans for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests
Take a look at How we price And Our guide to catering costs.
Paella catering in Thong, 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. We cook seafood paella, black rice and mixed paella, and typical bookings are for community events and fairs and naming days and family parties.
Somewhere like Thong, a field or garden is often the perfect setting. Mention gates and soft ground when you contact us. We cook every pan in full view of your guests, so it arrives hot and becomes part of the event.
How the day works
The paella is cooked in giant, shallow pans over gas burners. We need a level, ventilated spot, and we agree where that is before the day. Around midsummer it stays light in Thong until about 9:20pm; by late September sunset is nearer 7:00pm, so summer evening service is normally in daylight. For winter events, when it is dark by about 3:50pm, we need lighting at the cooking spot.
- You tell us the date, venue, guest numbers and any dietary needs.
- We suggest a menu and confirm a quote, including what’s included.
- On the day, we set up the burners and pans and get the stock going.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Give us your final numbers and diets
- Let us know the timings for the day
- Plan cover in case of rain
How to get a price
A detailed enquiry gets a more accurate quote: the venue, the timings, the courses you’d like and any extras. When you are ready, fill in our quote form.
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Catering for every guest
Every guest is catered for, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal included. To get it right:
- Let us know if anyone has coeliac disease
- Plan a meat, a seafood and a vegetable or vegan pan
- Tell us what else is being served
- Collect dietary needs with your RSVPs
Paella is best eaten as soon as it is ready, so we plan service for when guests are ready to eat.
Spanish desserts such as churros or crema catalana finish the meal.
Nearby places to Thong
What else we do in Thong
Your questions about paella catering in Thong
Can you cook in Shorne Woods Country Park?
Only if the landowner, normally the council, allows it. Ask them first, and we will send any information they need.
We are having a ceremony at Church of St Peter and St Paul: can you cater afterwards?
Yes, at a garden, marquee or venue nearby with a suitable spot to cook. Live cooking usually happens at the reception venue, not the church. Tell us where the reception will be.
Can you cook indoors?
Only in a suitable, well-ventilated area with the venue’s permission. Courtyards, doorways and terraces often work.
Do you come to Thong?
Yes, we do. Thong is one of the places we cover. Send us your date to check availability.
What seafood can we have?
We’ll talk through seafood options when we plan your menu, including premium options if you want them.
Can you provide dessert?
We can add a dessert. Let us know if you’d like one in your enquiry.
Will there be enough food?
We plan quantities from your guest numbers, timings and other courses, with a little extra built in. Accurate numbers help.
Can you cater for children?
Yes. A simple chicken paella is normally popular with children. Include children in your numbers.
Organising for someone else?
If you run the same event each year, tell us your dates early, so we can hold the date.
For big numbers, we plan pans and serving points to keep queues short, so everyone eats promptly. Let us know how long the food break is.
Thong: venues, travel and local tips
Thong is about 2 miles south-east of Gravesend, in Kent. We bring paella catering to homes, gardens and venues in Thong. We cater in 922 places across Kent. Our events stretch from Thong to London (about 22 miles away).
Nearby historic houses include Cobham College (1.5 miles south) and Temple Manor (3.9 miles south-east). If your event is at a historic house or estate, check its rules on caterers and cooking early. If you are organising a summer fair for a school like Riverview Infant School, a paella stall is a crowd-pleaser.
We cook at events all over DA12 and the streets around it. For events just outside Thong, we cover Upper Ifield (1 mile east), Shorne Ridgeway (1 mile east), Shorne (1 mile east), Chalk (1 mile north) and Higham (2 miles east). Larger places within reach include Maidstone (11 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (15 miles east), Dartford (8 miles west), Sevenoaks (13 miles south-west), Northfleet (3 miles north-west) and Swanley (10 miles west).
Nearby you’ll also find Rochester Castle (4.5 miles east) and Gravesham Museum (2.6 miles north-west). Green spaces nearby include Rede Common and Gad's Hill.
- Nearby schools include Thamesview School (0.9 miles north)
What affects the price in Thong
Live paella pricing is straightforward once we know the basics:
- Timings and hours
- The paellas you choose
- Plates, cutlery and glassware
- The number of people
Extras such as tapas, desserts, sangria, staff and crockery are priced separately, so you only pay for what you want.
What we need to know
When you contact us, it helps to tell us:
- Approximate guest numbers, including children
- The address or venue name
- A picture of where we’d cook
- Anything your venue supplies
We need only a few details to quote: the date, where the event is, how many guests and any dietary needs. To send them, fill in our quote form.
A closer look at the menu
Black rice
Squid ink rice is bold and savoury, and is popular with adventurous guests.
Seafood paella
Seafood paella starts with a good fish and shellfish stock. The shellfish is added late so it stays tender.
DIY paella versus live catering
DIY catering keeps costs down, but the host spends the party cooking. With live paella catering, you get the theatre without the work.
If you do cook yourself, test the pan and burner together beforehand, have hot stock ready, and don’t stir once the rice goes in. And keep children and pets well away from the burner.
Before you choose a spot
We’ll be honest if a space will not work, and suggest an alternative. The main points are:
- Level ground for the pans and burners
- Access for unloading near the cooking spot
- Agreement from the venue or landowner to cook on site
Not sure about your space? Send us a picture and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Popular choices
- Vegetable paella
- Mixed paella
- Seafood paella
- Chicken & chorizo paella
- Vegan paella
- Paella Valenciana
- Black rice (arroz negro)
- 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