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Wedding paella catering in Biddenden Green, Kent
Cooked live, served hot and made to share: paella catering for weddings, from canapés to the wedding breakfast and evening food for events in Biddenden Green and across Kent.
- Evening wedding food
- Receptions after an intimate ceremony
- Informal wedding breakfasts
Wedding paella catering in Biddenden Green
Planners, venues and businesses
If you are organising for someone else, such as a wedding planner, an office manager or a festival organiser, we will work directly with you and the venue. It saves passing messages back and forth.
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.
Wedding paella catering in Biddenden Green, made fresh on the day
Paella suits relaxed, sociable weddings, long tables and garden or barn venues. It feels generous and celebratory. We are often asked to cater blessings and vow renewals and garden and marquee weddings, serving table tapas, Spanish desserts and evening paella.
There’s something special about a country wedding near Biddenden Green, and an open-air paella adds to it. Plan for access and a wet-weather cover. Timings are planned around your event, whether that is speeches, a lunch break or a festival schedule.
Getting married in Biddenden Green?
Biddenden Green is about 7 miles west of Ashford, in Kent. For a wedding in Biddenden Green, we cater in back gardens, halls with outdoor space, barns, marquees and offices. We cover 922 places across Kent, from the larger towns to small villages. We cook right across the region, from Biddenden Green to Canterbury (about 19 miles away).
Put the station on your invitation: the nearest station is Pluckley station, about 2.1 miles east. With the Kent Downs National Landscape within about 8 miles, there are country venues, barns and gardens nearby. Ask your venue about access and cooking rules.
Here we cover the TN27 postcode area, so your wedding can be anywhere in it. That could mean a wedding in a garden on Lewd Lane and Pluckley Road or the roads around them. For weddings just outside Biddenden Green, we cover Smarden (1 mile south-west), Smarden Bell (1 mile west), Swift's Green (1 mile north-west), Monk's Hill (2 miles south-west) and Southernden (2 miles north-west). Further out, we also cater in Maidstone (11 miles north-west), Ashford (7 miles east), Sittingbourne (13 miles north), Faversham (14 miles north-east), Kings Hill (15 miles north-west) and Davington (14 miles north-east).
Nearby you will also find Kent Firefighting Museum (3.8 miles west) and Benenden Hospital (5.9 miles south-west).
- Local pubs include The Chequers Inn (0.7 miles south-west)
Planning the cooking area
Safety and good cooking both depend on the spot we use. We look for:
- An open-sided catering gazebo next to the marquee
- Outdoor space or a ventilated gazebo
- A safe distance from anything that could catch
If you’re unsure, send a picture of the space and we will say what we think.
Menu ideas
- Canapé tapas
- Dessert
- Paella wedding breakfast
- Sangria & bar staff
- Table tapas
- Evening paella
DIY paella versus live catering
Hiring a pan and burner is one option, but there’s shopping, prep and hours of cooking. A caterer handles all of that.
Plenty of people try cooking paella for their own party. Common mistakes are mismatched pans and burners, overfilling and stirring. If you’d rather enjoy the party, let us cook.
What’s in the pans
Desserts
Spanish desserts from churros to crema catalana.
Canapé tapas
Canapés keep guests happy between the ceremony and the meal.
How it works
We arrive in good time before you want to eat, unload, set up the burners and prepare the stock. Guests generally gather round to watch as the paella takes shape. Golden-hour photos in Biddenden Green at midsummer come around 9:15pm, which helps us time evening food around your photos. Sunset is around 8:45pm in late May and 7:00pm in late September.
- We check availability for your date.
- You pick the courses and dishes.
- We confirm everything with your venue.
- Guests watch the paella cook during the reception.
- We serve and clear our cooking area.
Getting ready for the day
- Name one person we can ask on the day
- Have a level space ready for the pans
- Ensure we can park close by to unload
How to get a price
Thinking about wedding paella catering for your wedding in Biddenden Green? Tell us what you have in mind and we will reply with a menu and a clear price. To contact us, send us your details through our quote form.
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What affects the price in Biddenden Green
There is nothing hidden: the price is based on:
- Distance and access to the venue
- How many courses
- How long we’re needed on site
- Whether you need crockery
Got a budget? Let us know, and we will suggest a menu to match. Even a simple menu can be a feast.
Getting an accurate quote
You don’t need every detail fixed to get a quote, but it helps to know:
- Roughly how many adults and children
- Anything your venue supplies
- A picture of where we’d cook
- Diets and allergies you know about
A detailed enquiry gets a more accurate quote: venue, timings, courses and extras. To send your details, use our quote form.
Live paella or other catering?
Hog roasts are popular but tricky for mixed diets. Paella covers them with separate pans. Live paella pricing depends on the event. A simple paella lunch costs less than a wedding with canapés, three paellas and waiting staff. Your quote spells it all out.
What you get with us
- Crockery and waiting staff if you need them
- Served hot, straight from the pan
- Events in Biddenden Green and across Kent
- Options for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests, each in its own pan
Read How we price Or What paella catering costs.
Common questions in Biddenden Green
Which station should guests use for Biddenden Green?
Pluckley station, about 2.1 miles east of the centre.
Do you cater in the Kent Downs National Landscape?
Yes. Some venues there have rules about vehicles, ground and cooking, so check with yours. We will work to whatever the site needs.
How many paellas should we have?
Most events have two or three: a meat or mixed paella, a seafood paella and a vegetable or vegan one. We will suggest a split based on your guests.
Can you cook indoors?
Mostly outside or under an open cover, because we use gas burners. Some venues have suitable spaces; we’ll check with you and the venue.
Who clears up?
We pack down our cooking area after service. Clearing guests’ plates and tables can be added with waiting staff.
Where do you cater?
London and South East England: Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight, including Biddenden Green.
Can we try the food first?
Tell us you’d like a tasting when you enquire, and we will talk you through it.
Can you cook halal paella?
Yes, on request. Tell us how many guests need halal food, and it’s cooked separately.
Nearby places to Biddenden Green
What else we do in Biddenden Green
Occasions we cook for in Biddenden Green
A sharing-style meal gets guests talking across the tables, which suits a relaxed wedding.
We’re booked for all kinds of occasions in Biddenden Green and nearby. Popular bookings include:
- Farm and barn venues
- Weddings in a marquee or garden
- Weddings with mixed diets
- Blessings and vow renewals
Couples marrying at local churches such as Church of St Michael frequently hold the reception nearby: we can be cooking during the photos, so the meal is ready when you arrive.
Questions to ask before you book
- Staff numbers and hours
- The wet-weather plan
- Travel and parking costs
- Payment terms and deposit
- 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