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Paella Catering for Weald events
Love Paella cooks live paella catering, cooked fresh in giant pans at your event across Weald and Oxfordshire, catering for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests.
- Office lunches and staff parties
- Weddings, from canapés to evening food
- Community events and fairs
Paella catering for Weald events
Planning for every diet
Paella is one of the easiest dishes for mixed diets, because each paella is cooked in its own pan. A few tips:
- Plan a meat, a seafood and a vegetable or vegan pan
- Ask for labels on each pan
- Tell us how many children are coming
- Collect dietary needs with your RSVPs
Any staff you book serve and clear, so you can enjoy your guests.
Need plates or staff? We can provide them.
Paella catering for your event in Weald
Keep it simple, or go all out: just paella, or paella with tapas, desserts and drinks. We’ll recommend what fits your event. Typical bookings include weddings and evening receptions and anniversaries and engagement parties, serving vegan paella, paella Valenciana and vegetable paella.
In a rural place like Weald, the setting does a lot of the work: a paella cooking in a garden or field feels right at home. Let us know about access and ground conditions. You can add tapas, desserts, sangria, bar staff and waiting staff, so one booking can cover the whole menu.
- Where
- Weald (OX18)
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Diets
- Gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, halal
- Extras
- Tapas, churros, sangria, crockery
- Price
- Contact us for a quote
- Last updated
- 23 October 2026
Nearby places to Weald
What else we do in Weald
What we need at the venue
Most gardens and venues can host live paella, but a few things matter:
- Agreement from the venue or landowner to cook on site
- Level ground for the pans and burners
- Space well away from trees, fences and gazebo walls
Not sure about your space? Send us a photo and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
On the menu in Weald
- Seafood paella
- Paella Valenciana
- Vegan paella
- Mixed paella
- Chicken & chorizo paella
- Black rice (arroz negro)
- Vegetable paella
FAQs for Weald
Do you come out to small places like Weald?
Not at all. We cater in villages and hamlets as well as towns. Tell us about lanes, gates and parking.
Is Weald close to London?
About 64 miles from central London.
Do you cook it at the event?
Yes. Every paella is cooked from scratch on site, where your guests can watch.
What areas do you cover?
London and South East England: Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight, including Weald.
Can you provide dessert?
Yes, Spanish desserts can be added. Tell us what you have in mind in your enquiry.
Can you do gluten-free paella?
Yes, on request. The rice is gluten-free, but stocks and chorizo can contain gluten, so we cook a gluten-free paella separately.
Is paella a full meal?
It is a full meal on its own. Tapas and desserts can be added if you like.
How soon do we need to book?
As soon as you have a date. Peak dates go quickly, so it pays to ask early.
Why live cooking beats a buffet
Cold buffets are easy but forgettable, and food can sit out for a while. Paella is cooked live and served hot. Live paella pricing depends on the event. A garden party lunch and a full wedding menu are very different jobs. We itemise everything in your quote.
Why choose Love Paella in Weald
- Plates, cutlery and waiting staff available
- Sangria, plus bar staff for your own drinks
- Real theatre, not just catering
- Starters and desserts to complete the menu
Take a look at Our prices page Or Our guide to catering costs.
Events we cater in Weald
Live paella is made for outdoor events: cooked outside, served hot and shared.
Live paella suits almost any gathering. People in Weald book us for occasions like:
- Staff parties and work lunches
- Wedding breakfasts and evening food
- Retirement and leaving parties
- Christenings and family gatherings
Historic houses near Weald include Kelmscott Manor (4.2 miles south-west) and Longworth House (4.9 miles east). Historic venues frequently limit cooking, so ask early if you’re booking one.
What your quote should include
- The deadline for final numbers
- What the price includes, item by item
- The wet-weather plan
- Plates, cutlery and napkins, or disposables
How the day works
Once the rice is in, we don’t stir it. That’s how the grains cook evenly and the toasted base, the socarrat, forms. The smell normally draws people over. In Weald, the sun sets at about 9:30pm in late June and about 7:10pm in late September, so summer evening service is normally in daylight. For winter events, when it’s dark by about 4:00pm, we need lighting at the cooking spot.
- First, tell us about your event.
- You get a menu and an itemised quote.
- Timings, access and the cooking area are agreed in advance.
- We cook live on the day while guests watch.
- It’s served straight from the pan, and we clear our area afterwards.
Preparing for the day
- Arrange parking near the cooking spot
- Send us final numbers and dietary needs in good time
- Tell us when you want to eat
How to get a price
It’s easy to get a price: share your date, venue, numbers and diets. We will send a clear, itemised quote and a suggested menu.
Related guides
Dishes our guests love
Mixed paella
Paella mixta combines meat and seafood in one pan.
Paella Valenciana
Valencians take their paella seriously. The classic version is chicken, green beans and butter beans with saffron.
Weald: venues, travel and local tips
Weald is about 4 miles south-east of Carterton, in Oxfordshire. For paella catering in Weald, we plan around your venue and timings: a clear quote, agreed timings and paella cooked live on the day. We cater in 443 places across Oxfordshire, from the larger towns to small villages. We cook right across the region, from Weald to Oxford (about 14 miles away).
For a christening or wedding at a church such as Church of St Mary, a paella lunch or reception nearby is an easy way to feed everyone. School fairs and fundraisers, for a school such as Bampton CofE Primary School, can book us as a food stall.
Paella catering in OX18 is planned around your venue. Other places close to Weald for paella catering include Bampton (1 mile north-east), Clanfield (2 miles west), Black Bourton (2 miles north-west), Aston (2 miles east) and Brize Norton (3 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Oxford (14 miles east), Didcot (15 miles south-east), Abingdon-on-Thames (12 miles east), Witney (5 miles north-east), Wantage (10 miles south-east) and Grove (9 miles south-east).
Well-known places in the area include Longworth Hospital (4.3 miles south) and Bampton Castle (less than half a mile north).
- Local pubs include The Elephant and Castle Inn (under half a mile north-east)
Working with your venue
Venues often have their own rules about outside caterers: cooking areas, access times and documents. Tell us what your venue needs and we’ll work to it.
Booking for a company? Tell us what your finance team needs, and we will explain how it works. We can work with your facilities team on access and timings.
How we price paella catering
Each event is quoted on its own, and the price depends on a few things:
- Waiting and bar staff
- Plates, cutlery and glassware
- Travel, parking and access
- How long we are needed on site
The price depends on your guest numbers, the menu and how many courses you choose, plus any staff, crockery and travel. Every event gets its own quote.
Details that help
A few details help us give you an accurate quote. Here’s what’s useful:
- Diets and allergies you know about
- Where the event is
- A picture of the space, if you can
- Whether you want canapés, tapas or desserts
We need only a few details to quote: the date, where the event is, how many guests and any dietary needs. You can send us your details through our quote form.
- 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