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Wedding paella catering in Chartham Hatch, Kent
From the first sizzle in the pan to the last crispy spoonful, paella catering for weddings, from canapés to the wedding breakfast and evening food turns food into part of your wedding in Chartham Hatch.
- Garden and marquee weddings
- Parties after a register office wedding
- Sharing-style wedding meals
Wedding paella catering near Chartham Hatch
Common questions in Chartham Hatch
Could we have live paella in No Man's Orchard?
Only if the landowner, normally the council, allows it. Check with them, and we’ll provide our paperwork.
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. Churches rarely have space for live cooking, so the meal is generally elsewhere. Send us the reception address.
How much does wedding paella catering cost in Chartham Hatch?
It depends on guest numbers, the menu, the courses, staff and travel. Tell us about your event and we’ll send a quote.
Do you offer halal options?
Yes, we do. We use halal chicken and leave out pork and alcohol, in its own pan.
What do you need at the venue?
Level ground for the burners, pans and a table, outdoors or in a marquee or well-ventilated area, plus the venue’s agreement to cooking.
Can you do our whole wedding menu?
Yes. Canapé tapas, table tapas, a paella wedding breakfast, evening food and desserts, or any part of that.
Can paella feel formal?
It can be dressed up or kept relaxed, depending on how it’s served.
Do you offer tastings?
Tell us you’d like a tasting when you enquire, and we’ll talk you through it.
Wedding paella catering in Chartham Hatch, made fresh on the day
We can add sangria, bar staff, crockery and waiting staff, to suit the style of your day. Popular choices include table tapas, a paella wedding breakfast and Spanish desserts, and typical bookings are for weddings with a Spanish theme and garden and marquee weddings.
There is something special about a country wedding near Chartham Hatch, and paella cooking in the open air adds to it. Plan for access and a wet-weather cover. Everything is cooked from scratch at your wedding, never made in advance and reheated, and served the moment it’s ready.
What affects the price in Chartham Hatch
These are the factors that matter most:
- Whether you need crockery
- Staff: cooks, waiting staff and bar staff
- How long we are needed on site
- Extra courses such as canapés, tapas and dessert
Extras such as tapas, desserts, sangria, staff and crockery are priced separately, so you can choose exactly what you need.
What we need to know
The more we know about your wedding, the better we can plan. Try to include:
- A picture of the cooking space, if it’s a garden or field
- Roughly how many adults and children
- The address or venue name
- Whether the venue has crockery or staff
Not sure what you need yet? No problem: tell us about the occasion and the guests, and we will suggest a menu. To start, use our quote form.
Diets, allergies and planning
Every guest is catered for, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal included. To make it work smoothly:
- Decide whether guests queue at the pans or are served at the tables
- Add a dietary question to your RSVP cards
- Let us know about meals for your band or photographer
- Book early for summer Saturdays
We clear our cooking area away afterwards; staff you’ve booked stay as agreed.
Canapés during the photos keep hunger at bay.
What happens on the day
We work to your timings. If speeches run late or the photos take longer, we hold the paella at the right stage so it’s still served fresh. For a summer wedding in Chartham Hatch, the sun sets at about 9:15pm in late June and about 7:00pm in late September, so an evening paella for evening guests is generally served in daylight in high summer. For autumn and winter weddings, when it’s dark by about 3:50pm in December, plan lighting for the cooking area.
- You tell us your date, venue, guest numbers and how you picture the day.
- We build the menu course by course and send a quote.
- We agree timings with you and your venue, including speeches and photos.
- On the day we set up, cook live and serve each course as planned.
- We pack down our cooking area, with staff staying as long as agreed.
Preparing for the day
- Have a gazebo or cover ready if rain is likely
- Send us final numbers and dietary needs in good time
- Arrange parking near the cooking spot
Getting a price
It’s easy to get a price: share your date, venue, numbers and diets. We will come back with a clear quote and a suggested menu.
Planning help
Events we cater in Chartham Hatch
A sharing-style meal gets guests talking across the tables.
Whatever you’re celebrating in Chartham Hatch, live paella can be the centrepiece. We frequently cook for:
- Marquee and garden weddings
- Big weddings with every diet
- Weddings with a Spanish theme
- Parties after a register office wedding
For outdoor photos, Blean Woods RSPB Reserve is close by, and the countryside around Chartham Hatch suits an outdoor reception.
Comparing caterers
- Space, access and power needs
- How bad weather is handled
- How each diet is kept separate
- Travel and parking costs
Towns and villages near Chartham Hatch
Other catering in Chartham Hatch
Before you choose a spot
Before the day, we’ll agree where we cook. A good spot ticks these boxes:
- Good ventilation: outdoors, or an open-sided cover
- The venue’s permission for live cooking
- A safe distance from anything that could catch
Not sure about your space? Send us a picture and we’ll tell you honestly.
What we offer
- Paella wedding breakfast
- Canapé tapas
- Evening paella
- Sangria & bar staff
- Table tapas
- Dessert
Is live paella right for your wedding?
Food trucks serve one order at a time, which can mean long queues at a wedding. Paella is served quickly to many guests. Live paella frequently compares well with a sit-down meal, as there is no kitchen to hire and fewer staff to pay. Ask us for a quote.
Why book with us
- Real theatre, not just catering
- Catering across Kent, including Chartham Hatch
- Fast service from the pan
- Crockery and waiting staff if you need them
See Our pricing And Our guide to catering costs.
Cook it yourself or book a caterer?
A DIY paella party works for small groups. For larger numbers, mixed diets or a wedding, a caterer takes the pressure off, and handles separate pans for each diet.
Cooking it yourself? Test your pan and burner first, keep the stock hot, and leave the rice alone once it is in. And keep children and pets well away from the burner.
Planners, venues and businesses
For larger events, we plan the number of pans and serving points around your timings, so everyone eats promptly. Let us know how long the food break is.
Events in public spaces, like parks, normally need permission. We can send whatever the landowner or council needs from us.
Getting married in Chartham Hatch?
Chartham Hatch is about 3 miles west of Canterbury, in Kent. Across the CT4 area, we can cook for your guests. Chartham Hatch is one of 922 towns and villages in Kent where we cook.
Planning photos in No Man's Orchard? It’s worth checking the park’s rules first. For guests travelling by train, Chartham station is about 1 mile away. With the Kent Downs National Landscape within about 7 miles, there are country venues, barns and gardens nearby. Ask your venue about access and cooking rules.
We cook at weddings all over the CT4 postcode area. We can cater a wedding on streets such as Town Lane, Nightingale Close and Bigbury Road. If your venue is just outside Chartham Hatch, we also cover Chartham (1 mile south), Upper Harbledown (1 mile north-east), Shalmsford Street (1 mile south), Mystole (2 miles south) and Thanington (2 miles east). Further out, we also cater in Ashford (11 miles south-west), Canterbury (3 miles east), Dover (15 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (13 miles west), Folkestone (14 miles south-east) and Whitstable (6 miles north).
A little further out are Rupert Bear Museum (2.8 miles east) and Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr (2.9 miles east). Open spaces near Chartham Hatch include Blean Woods RSPB Reserve.
- Nearby, you’ll find Royal Oak Public House (within half a mile south-west)
- 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