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Tapas Catering in Turville
Treat your guests to live paella at your event in Turville. We cook from scratch on site, and serve it straight from the pan.
- Evening grazing
- Table tapas as a starter
- Office parties and launches
Book tapas catering in Turville
How it works
It is a relaxed, well-organised set-up. We agree arrival and serving times in advance, set up our cooking area, and get on with cooking and serving. Evening receptions in Turville stay light until about 8:55pm in late May and 9:25pm in late June, so canapés can go round outdoors on a summer evening.
- Tell us the date, venue and numbers.
- You get a selection and a price.
- We set up and finish hot tapas on site.
- We serve canapés or table tapas.
- We clear our equipment afterwards.
Preparing for the day
- Send us final numbers and dietary needs in good time
- Give us a contact for the day
- Get the venue’s permission for cooking
Get a quote
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote: venue, timings, courses and extras. To send your details, use our quote form.
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Tapas catering in Turville, cooked live
Plenty of tapas are vegetarian, like tortilla and padrón peppers, and several can be made gluten-free. Popular choices include padrón peppers, Serrano ham and patatas bravas, and we are regularly asked to cater office parties and launches and birthday and anniversary parties.
Near Turville, tapas and sangria suit a garden or field party. We plan the timings around your day, so the paella is ready when you want to eat.
- Where
- Turville (RG9)
- Area hub
- Oxfordshire
- Diets
- Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal
- Also available
- Canapés, desserts, sangria and staff
- Price
- Contact us for a quote
- Updated
- 23 October 2026
Planning for every diet
Good planning keeps every guest safe and happy. Here’s how:
- Collect dietary needs
- Decide whether tapas are a starter, canapés or the whole meal
- Book staff to carry canapés round
- Keep seafood and meat dishes clearly separate
Each dish is labelled.
Sangria and bar staff.
Planners, venues and businesses
If you run the same event each year, tell us your dates early, so we can plan ahead.
If you are organising for someone else, whether you’re a planner, an office manager or an event organiser, we’re happy to deal with you and the venue directly. It keeps things simple.
DIY paella versus live catering
For a small group, cooking yourself can work well. For big numbers or lots of diets, a caterer makes life easier, and keeps vegetarian and allergy-safe pans separate.
Cooking it yourself? Test your pan and burner first, have hot stock ready, and don’t stir once the rice goes in. And keep children and pets well away from the burner.
Why choose tapas catering in Turville?
Big or small, tapas work.
Whatever you are celebrating in Turville, live paella can be the centrepiece. We frequently cook for:
- Work receptions
- Birthday drinks
- Drinks reception canapés
- Engagement drinks
Nearby historic houses include Stonor Park (2 miles south-west) and Greenlands (3.6 miles south). For a drinks reception at a historic venue, canapé tapas can work where live cooking is not allowed.
Comparing caterers
- Whether travel is included
- If the price includes VAT
- When final numbers are due
- A clear list of what’s included
Drinks receptions around Turville
Turville is about 6 miles north-west of Marlow, in Oxfordshire. For tapas catering in Turville, we can cook in gardens, marquees, barns, courtyards and offices in and around Turville. Turville is one of 443 places in Oxfordshire where we cook. You can also see our page for Reading, about 12 miles away.
After a ceremony at a church such as Church of St Mary, canapé tapas with the drinks keep guests happy during photos. The Chilterns National Landscape is within about 4 miles of Turville, a lovely setting for a drinks reception outdoors.
This part of Oxfordshire takes in RG9, so your event can be anywhere in it. Your event could be at a home on Holloway Lane and School Lane or the roads around them. Other places close to Turville for tapas catering include Fingest (1 mile east), Cadmore End (1 mile north-east), Little Frieth (2 miles east), Frieth (2 miles east) and Bolter End (2 miles east). Further out, we also cater in Didcot (15 miles west), Thame (10 miles north), Henley-on-Thames (6 miles south), Benson (9 miles west), Chinnor (6 miles north) and Tilehurst (12 miles south-west).
Nearby you will also find Marlow Community Hospital (6 miles south-east). The countryside around Turville includes Warburg Nature Reserve and Bald Hill.
- Pubs nearby include The Bull And Butcher pub (under half a mile south-east)
Towns and villages near Turville
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A closer look at the menu
Tortilla española
Tortilla is vegetarian and naturally gluten-free when made carefully.
Manchego & membrillo
Easy and classic.
Why live cooking beats a buffet
For food that gets people mingling, tapas are hard to beat. Compared with a plated meal, live paella is frequently good value, as there is no kitchen to hire and fewer staff to pay. Ask us for a quote.
What you get with us
- Every diet catered for, pan by pan
- Waiting staff and crockery on request
- Real theatre, not just catering
- Sangria, plus bar staff for your own drinks
See Our pricing And What paella catering costs.
Questions from Turville
Can you cater a reception after a service at Church of St Mary?
Yes, at a nearby garden, marquee or hall where we can cook. Live cooking usually happens at the reception venue, not the church. Tell us where the reception will be.
Do you cater in the Chilterns National Landscape?
Yes, though some venues in protected landscapes have extra rules; ask your venue. We’ll follow the site rules.
Do you cater for coeliacs?
Yes, on request. The rice is gluten-free, but stocks and chorizo can contain gluten, so we make a separate gluten-free pan.
Can you cater for children?
Children are welcome. Let us know numbers and ages, and we’ll plan for them.
Can you serve drinks?
We can make sangria, and we can staff a bar with your drinks.
Is the paella cooked on site?
Yes. We bring the pans, burners and fresh ingredients and cook on the day, then serve straight from the pan.
Can you provide dessert?
Yes. Churros, crema catalana and tarta de Santiago are popular choices, or you can serve your own cake.
Do you cater in Turville?
Yes. We cover London and the South East, including Turville. To check your date, use our quote form.
What tapas catering costs
The same guest numbers can mean different prices, depending on:
- Chicken, vegetable or premium seafood
- Guest numbers
- How many staff you need
- Plates, cutlery and glassware
Larger events typically 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
A few details help us give you an accurate quote. Here’s what’s useful:
- The date and rough timings
- Whether the venue has crockery or staff
- A picture of where we’d cook
- Where the event is
Getting a quote is simple: tell us the date, place, numbers and any dietary needs. We’ll send a clear, itemised quote.
- 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