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Wedding Paella Catering for Christmas Common events
Treat your guests to live paella at your wedding in Christmas Common. Everything is cooked fresh on the day, and serve it straight from the pan.
- Wedding receptions after a small ceremony
- Marquee and garden weddings
- Relaxed sharing-style wedding breakfasts
Planning an event in Christmas Common?
How our wedding paella catering works in Christmas Common
Your wedding menu is planned with you, course by course, to suit your guests, venue and budget. For sharing-style wedding meals and vow renewals and civil ceremonies, we will put together a menu of evening paella, canapé tapas and Spanish desserts and more.
Near Christmas Common, weddings are frequently in fields, barns or gardens. That’s exactly where live paella shines: no kitchen, just a level, sheltered spot. Tell us about lanes, gates and ground conditions. We plan the timings around your day, whether that’s speeches, a lunch break or a festival schedule.
- Where
- Christmas Common (OX49)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Diets
- Gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, halal
- Add-ons
- Canapés, desserts, sangria and staff
- Quotes
- Ask us for a quote
- Page updated
- 23 October 2026
Dishes our guests love
Evening paella
Paella makes great evening food, especially after a few hours on the dance floor.
Table tapas
A tapas starter gets tables talking before the paella arrives.
Christmas Common questions
We’re having a ceremony at Church of the Nativity: can you cater afterwards?
Yes, at a garden, marquee or venue nearby with a suitable spot to cook. Live cooking usually happens at the reception venue, not the church. Tell us where the reception will be.
How far is Christmas Common from London?
Roughly 39 miles from the centre of London, and we cover it as standard.
What if our speeches run late?
It happens. We time the rice to the actual running order, so it is served at its best.
Is the paella cooked on site?
Yes. Every paella is cooked from scratch on site, where your guests can watch.
Do you clear up afterwards?
Our cooking area is packed away and left clean. Table clearing is available with waiting staff.
Do you do desserts?
We do. Spanish desserts such as churros or crema catalana, or you can serve your own cake.
Do you cater for coeliacs?
Yes, on request. Rice is naturally gluten-free, but stock and some ingredients may not be, so we cook a gluten-free paella separately.
Will there be enough food?
We plan quantities from your guest numbers, timings and other courses, with a sensible margin. Accurate numbers help.
Also near Christmas Common
More for events in Christmas Common
Catering for every guest
Paella is one of the easiest dishes for mixed diets, because each paella is cooked in its own pan. A few tips:
- Ask whether your venue allows outside caterers
- Ask about diets and allergies with your RSVPs
- Choose pan-side or table service
- Book early for summer Saturdays
If things run late, and we will adjust the cooking so the paella is served at its best.
Table tapas make a sociable starter.
Cook it yourself or book a caterer?
Not sure whether to cook yourself or book a caterer? Think about numbers, diets and how much you want to enjoy the day. We are happy to give you a quote to compare.
For a small group, cooking yourself can work well. For big numbers or lots of diets, a caterer makes life easier, and handles separate pans for each diet.
Planning a paella wedding in Christmas Common
Christmas Common is about 8 miles south of Thame, in Oxfordshire. Whether your wedding is in the middle of Christmas Common or on the outskirts, we offer the same service: paella cooked live, every diet catered for and a clear quote. Christmas Common is one of 443 places in Oxfordshire we cover. Our events stretch from Christmas Common to Reading (about 13 miles away).
Nearby historic houses include Stonor Park (2.9 miles south-east) and Adwell House (4.2 miles north). Historic houses and estates frequently have their own rules on caterers and cooking, so check early if that’s your venue. Couples marrying at local churches such as Church of the Nativity frequently hold the reception nearby: the paella can be cooking while you have photos taken, so it’s ready as guests arrive. The Chilterns National Landscape is within about a mile of Christmas Common, with plenty of rural wedding settings. Check vehicle access and cooking rules with the venue.
We cover weddings in every part of the OX49 postcode area and the streets around it. Neighbouring places where we cater weddings include Northend (1 mile east), Howe Hill (1 mile south-west), Shirburn (2 miles north-west), Cookley Green (2 miles south-west) and Ibstone (2 miles east). Within a short drive, we also cover Oxford (14 miles north-west), Didcot (12 miles west), Abingdon-on-Thames (14 miles west), Thame (8 miles north), Henley-on-Thames (7 miles south) and Benson (6 miles west).
The countryside around Christmas Common includes Bald Hill and Aston Rowant NNR.
- Pubs nearby include Fox And Hounds Inn Public House (less than half a mile north-west)
Planning the cooking area
We cook in large pans over gas burners, so the cooking area needs a little planning. Here’s what we look for:
- Clearance from fences, hedges, branches and anything flammable
- An open-sided catering gazebo next to the marquee
- Good ventilation: outdoors, or an open-sided cover
If you are unsure, send a picture of the space and we’ll say what we think.
What we offer
- Paella wedding breakfast
- Table tapas
- Dessert
- Sangria & bar staff
- Canapé tapas
- Evening paella
Planners, venues and businesses
Many venues have rules for outside caterers: cooking areas, access times and documents. Send us your venue’s requirements and we will follow them.
For big numbers, we plan pans and serving points to keep queues short, so everyone eats promptly. Tell us how long you have for food.
Step by step
When we arrive, we set up the burners and pans and start cooking the sofrito and stock. Once the rice goes in, it takes about 20 minutes, so we time everything to your schedule. At midsummer, sunset in Christmas Common is about 9:25pm, so we can time the evening paella around your photos. In late May, sunset is about 8:55pm, and in late September about 7:10pm.
- We start with your date, venue, numbers and ideas.
- We plan a menu with you, course by course, and confirm a quote.
- Timings are agreed with you and the venue, around 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
- Arrange parking near the cooking spot
- Give us a contact for the day
Get a quote
Planning wedding paella catering in Christmas Common? Tell us what you have in mind and we’ll reply with a menu and a clear price. To contact us, send us your details through our quote form.
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Perfect for your wedding in Christmas Common
A sharing-style meal gets guests talking across the tables.
If you’re planning any of these, we can help:
- Barn and farm weddings
- Weddings with mixed diets
- Marquee and garden weddings
- Food for evening guests
Bald Hill nearby makes a lovely backdrop for photos, and the countryside around Christmas Common suits an outdoor reception.
Comparing caterers
- What the price includes, item by item
- Any travel, parking or access charges
- The venue requirements
- Whether crockery, cutlery and napkins are included
How we price wedding paella catering
There’s nothing hidden: the quote reflects:
- How long we’re needed on site
- The number of people
- Parking and unloading
- How many courses
Cost depends on guest numbers, the menu and the courses, along with staff, extras and travel. We quote for each event individually.
What we need to know
Here’s what makes a quick, accurate quote possible:
- A photo of the cooking space, if it is a garden or field
- Anything your venue supplies
- The address or venue name
- Any dietary needs and allergies
We quote for each event separately, so the price fits what you actually want. For a quote, fill in 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