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Tapas Catering for Long Ditton events
Looking for tapas catering in Long Ditton? We arrive with the pans, burners and fresh ingredients and cook in front of your guests.
- Drinks reception canapés
- Work receptions
- Birthday and anniversary parties
Tapas catering for Long Ditton events
What’s in the pans
Gambas al ajillo
A favourite with seafood lovers.
Tortilla española
A thick potato and egg omelette served in wedges or squares.
Tapas catering in Long Ditton, made fresh on the day
Many classic tapas are naturally vegetarian, like tortilla and padrón peppers, and several can be made gluten-free. Typical bookings include office parties and launches and table tapas as a starter, with albóndigas, patatas bravas and gambas al ajillo.
Canapé tapas suit smaller London spaces in Long Ditton. You can add tapas, desserts, sangria, bar staff and waiting staff, so the whole menu comes from one caterer.
- Location
- Long Ditton (KT6)
- Region
- Greater London
- Diets
- Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal
- Also available
- Tapas, churros, sangria, crockery
- Price
- Contact us for a quote
- Updated
- 23 October 2026
Why choose live paella in Long Ditton?
Sandwich buffets are forgettable. Tapas feel like a treat. Compared with a plated meal, live paella is frequently good value, because it needs no kitchen and fewer staff. We’ll send you a quote.
What you get with us
- Every diet catered for, pan by pan
- We cover Long Ditton and the whole of Greater London
- Everything cooked fresh at your event
- Served hot, straight from the pan
Nearby places to Long Ditton
What else we do in Long Ditton
Your questions about tapas catering in Long Ditton
Could we have live paella in Stokes Field?
Only if the landowner, generally the council, allows it. Ask them first, and we will send any information they need.
What about parking in Long Ditton?
It can be, so tell us about parking bays, permits or a driveway. We will work around it.
How many tapas per person?
Quantities depend on timing and courses. Give us the details and we’ll advise.
Do you clear up afterwards?
We pack down our cooking area after service. Clearing guests’ plates and tables can be added with waiting staff.
Do you serve drinks with tapas?
Sangria, yes, plus bar staff for your own drinks.
Can you cook in the rain?
Rain does not stop us, as long as there is a ventilated cover. We will talk it through before the day.
Should we have more than one paella?
Two or three covers most guests. Tell us about your guests’ diets and we’ll suggest the mix.
When do you arrive?
We arrive well before serving to set up and start the stock. The rice itself takes about 20 minutes, and we time it to your schedule.
Organising for someone else?
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.
If you’re planning an event on someone’s behalf, whether you’re a planner, an office manager or an event organiser, we’re happy to deal with you and the venue directly. It saves passing messages back and forth.
Cook it yourself or book a caterer?
Weighing up DIY against a caterer? Think about numbers, diets and how much you want to enjoy the day. Ask us for a quote and compare.
If you do cook yourself, test the pan and burner together beforehand, keep the stock hot, and leave the rice alone once it is in. Keep a clear zone around the burner.
Who books tapas catering in Long Ditton?
They’re easy to eat with a drink in hand.
Big or small, live paella works well. Common bookings include:
- Tapas and paella menus
- Work receptions
- Birthday and anniversary parties
- Table tapas as a starter
Canapé tapas suit the drinks after a ceremony at a church like Church of St Mary.
Before you book anyone
- How dietary needs and allergies are handled
- VAT, if it applies
- How many staff are coming, and for how long
- When final numbers are due
Planning the cooking area
No two venues are the same, so we’ll ask about yours when you get in touch. Generally, we look for:
- A suitable spot to finish hot tapas
- Room for a tapas table
- Permission from the venue
As a London location, Long Ditton is inside the Ultra Low Emission Zone, and parking takes planning: tell us about parking bays, permits or a driveway.
Not sure about your space? Send us a picture and we will tell you honestly.
Menu ideas
- Patatas bravas
- Chorizo in red wine
- Tortilla española
- Olives & bread
- Albóndigas
- Manchego & membrillo
- Padrón peppers
- Serrano ham
- Croquetas
- Gambas al ajillo
Tapas for events in Long Ditton
Long Ditton is about 1 mile south-west of Surbiton, in Greater London. Events in Long Ditton are planned around your venue and timings: a quote, a plan and live cooking on the day. We cater in all 764 towns and villages in Greater London. We cook right across the region, from Long Ditton to London (about 12 miles away).
Nearby historic houses include Hampton Court Palace (1.5 miles north-west) and Fitznells Manor (3.6 miles south-east). For a drinks reception at a historic venue, canapé tapas can work where live cooking is not allowed. For guests coming by train, the nearest station is Surbiton station, about 0.7 miles north-east.
Here we cover the KT6 postcode area, and we can cater your event anywhere in it. We can cater an event on streets such as Pound Close, Fleece Road and St Chads Close or the roads around them. Other places close to Long Ditton for tapas catering include Ditton Hill (1 mile south), Seething Wells (1 mile north), Thames Ditton (1 mile west), Hinchley Wood (1 mile south-west) and Surbiton Park (1 mile north-east). Further out, we also cater in London (12 miles north-east), City of Westminster (11 miles north-east), Marylebone (12 miles north-east), Kensington (9 miles north-east), St Pancras (13 miles north-east) and Shoreditch (14 miles north-east).
Well-known places in the area include Bentall Centre (1.9 miles north) and Tolworth Hospital (1.3 miles east). The countryside around Long Ditton includes The Lake and Kingston Hill Road area.
- Schools near Long Ditton include Shrewsbury House School (0.6 miles south-east) and Hinchley Wood School (0.8 miles south-west)
- Local pubs include Raintree pub (less than half a mile north-west)
- Parks and local facilities nearby include Municipal Borough of Surbiton (1.1 miles south-east)
What happens on the day
Expect a friendly, organised team. Arrival and serving times are agreed beforehand, set up our cooking area, and cook and serve without fuss. Evening receptions in Long Ditton stay light until about 8:55pm in late May and 9:20pm in late June, so canapés can go round outdoors on a summer evening.
- You tell us the date, venue, numbers and how you’d like the tapas served.
- We put together a tapas selection and a quote.
- We arrive, set up and finish hot dishes on site.
- We serve canapés with drinks or set table tapas down to share.
- We pack down when service ends.
Before we arrive
- Give us your final numbers and diets
- Have a level space ready for the pans
- Share the running order, including any speeches
How to get a price
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many guests, plus any dietary needs, and you will get a menu idea and a price. Just fill in our quote form.
Planning help
What affects the price in Long Ditton
Each event is quoted on its own, and the price depends on a few things:
- Waiting and bar staff
- Crockery and cutlery, or disposables
- How many guests are eating
- The length of service
Larger events generally cost less per head, because the cooking set-up is similar for different sizes of event. Give us your numbers and we will quote.
What to tell us
Here’s what makes a quick, accurate quote possible:
- A photo of the space, if you can
- Any dietary needs and allergies
- Expected numbers
- Anything your venue supplies
A detailed enquiry gets a more accurate quote: the venue, the timings, the courses you’d like and any extras. To send your details, 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