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Live paella catering in Weddington, Kent
Hot, generous and cooked in front of everyone: live paella catering, cooked fresh in giant pans at your event for events in Weddington and across Kent.
- Community events and fairs
- Garden parties and summer barbecues
- Christenings and family gatherings
Planning an event in Weddington?
About our paella catering in Weddington
Two or three pans side by side cover every guest: a meat or mixed paella, a seafood paella and a vegetable or vegan one. Every pan is cooked on its own. We cook paella Valenciana, vegetable paella and mixed paella, and we’re regularly asked to cater birthday celebrations and retirement and leaving parties.
In a small place like Weddington, events are typically in a garden, a field or a nearby hall. Tell us about narrow lanes or long drives and we’ll plan for them, and cooking close to where we can park helps. Timings are planned around your event, whether that is speeches, a lunch break or a festival schedule.
Dietary needs and planning tips
Paella is one of the easiest dishes for mixed diets, because each paella is cooked in its own pan. Here are a few tips for planning:
- Let us know about other food at the event
- Ask about diets and allergies on your invitation or RSVP
- Make sure most guests can sit to eat
- Put allergy details in writing
On the day, you shouldn’t have to think about the food. We arrive in good time, set up, cook and serve, and stay in touch with your venue about timings.
Crockery, cutlery and waiting staff are available if your venue doesn’t provide them.
Other catering in Weddington
For planners, venues and organisers
Hosting a party at home? Send a picture of the space and tell us about parking, and we’ll let you know if live paella is a good fit.
Booking for a company? Tell us what your finance team needs, and we will talk you through the process. We are happy to liaise with facilities on access and timings.
Step by step
Expect a friendly, organised team. We agree arrival and serving times in advance, set up the pans and burners, and cook and serve without fuss. Evenings in Weddington stay light until about 9:15pm in June, but by late September sunset is around 7:00pm; once it is dark, we need light to cook and serve by.
- Get in touch with the basics: when, where and how many.
- We come back with paellas to suit your guests, plus any extras.
- A week or so before, we confirm the plan.
- On the day we cook live, timed around your event.
- We serve, then leave our area tidy.
Getting ready for the day
- Check the venue allows live cooking
- Arrange parking near the cooking spot
- Have a gazebo or cover ready if rain is likely
Get a quote
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many guests, plus any dietary needs, and we will reply with a menu suggestion and a quote. Just fill in our quote form.
Planning help
Prices and what affects them
Your quote will be clear and itemised. What affects it most:
- The number of people
- Extra courses such as canapés, tapas and dessert
- Distance and access to the venue
- The length of service
Larger events typically cost less per head, since the set-up is much the same either way. Tell us your numbers for an accurate price.
Getting an accurate quote
To speed things up, tell us:
- The courses you’d like
- Roughly how many adults and children
- A picture of the cooking space, if it is a garden or field
- Whether the venue has crockery or staff
We need only a few details to quote: the date, where the event is, how many guests and any dietary needs. To send them, send us your details through our quote form.
FAQs for Weddington
Is Weddington too small for live paella?
Not at all. We cater in villages and hamlets as well as towns. Tell us about lanes, gates and parking.
We’re having a ceremony at Church of St Nicholas: 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 do desserts?
We can add a dessert. Tell us what you have in mind in your enquiry.
Do you cater for coeliacs?
We can cook a gluten-free paella in its own pan. Let us know about coeliac guests in advance so we take the right care.
Can you do sangria?
Yes, sangria. We can also supply bar staff for your own drinks.
Can the paella be cooked in a hall?
Indoors only where ventilation and the venue allow it. Courtyards, doorways and terraces frequently work.
What is live paella catering?
We bring everything needed to cook on site, cook in front of your guests, and serve when you’re ready to eat.
How many different paellas?
Two or three covers most guests. We’ll recommend a mix based on diets.
About the dishes
Seafood paella
A rich seafood stock with prawns, mussels and squid, finished with lemon wedges. It’s the pan people photograph.
Mixed paella
Chicken and seafood together, and a popular all-rounder.
Who books paella catering in Weddington?
Paella is one of the few dishes that handles mixed diets easily, because each version is cooked in its own pan. Nobody gets a token ‘special meal’.
Live paella suits almost any gathering. In Weddington, people book us for occasions like:
- Big birthdays
- Anniversaries and engagement parties
- Garden parties and summer barbecues
- Community events and fairs
Historic houses near Weddington include Goodnestone Park (3.9 miles south-west). Historic venues frequently limit cooking, so ask early if you’re booking one.
Before booking anyone
- How bad weather is handled
- When final numbers are due
- How long the team stays
- What the caterer needs from your venue
Where we can cook in Weddington
Before the day, we will agree where we cook. A good spot ticks these boxes:
- Open air or a well-ventilated covered spot
- Somewhere close to park and unload
- Space well away from trees, fences and gazebo walls
If you’re unsure, send a picture of the space and we’ll say what we think before you book.
On the menu in Weddington
- Mixed paella
- Chicken & chorizo paella
- Black rice (arroz negro)
- Seafood paella
- Vegetable paella
- Vegan paella
- Paella Valenciana
Weddington: venues, travel and local tips
Weddington is about 7 miles south-west of Ramsgate, in Kent. For paella catering in Weddington, we cater in back gardens, halls with outdoor space, barns, marquees and offices in and around Weddington. We cater in all 922 towns and villages in Kent. Our nearest city page is Canterbury, about 9 miles away.
School fairs and fundraisers, for a school such as Ash Cartwright and Kelsey Church of England Primary School, can book us as a food stall. For guests coming by train, the nearest station is Sandwich station, about 2.6 miles south-east.
Here we cover the CT3 postcode area. Close by, we cover events in Cop Street (1 mile north), Ash (1 mile south-west), Guilton (1 mile south-west), Coombe (1 mile south) and Durlock (1 mile south-west). Further out, we also cater in Canterbury (9 miles west), Margate (8 miles north-east), Dover (10 miles south), Folkestone (15 miles south), Ramsgate (7 miles north-east) and Broadstairs (8 miles north-east).
Well-known places in the area include White Mill (1.9 miles east). The countryside around Weddington includes Monk's Wall nature reserve.
- Pubs nearby include The Chequer Inn (0.6 miles south-west)
Live paella or other catering?
Plated meals need a kitchen and a bigger team. Live paella needs only a level, ventilated spot and permission to cook, and it’s entertaining too. There is no one-size-fits-all price for live paella. A garden party lunch and a full wedding menu are very different jobs. We itemise everything in your quote.
Why Weddington hosts choose us
- Served hot, straight from the pan
- Paella cooked from scratch on site
- Real theatre, not just catering
- Options for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests, each in its own pan
Read Our pricing Or What paella catering costs.
- 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