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Wedding paella catering in Cooling, Medway
Paella catering for weddings, from canapés to the wedding breakfast and evening food in Cooling: paella cooked from scratch in giant pans, in full view of your guests.
- Civil partnerships and vow renewals
- Destination-style celebrations at home
- Marquee and garden weddings
Book wedding paella catering in Cooling
How the day works
Serving is fast: we serve straight from the pan, so even a long queue moves. Afterwards we clear our cooking area away. Golden-hour photos in Cooling at midsummer come around 9:20pm, so we can time the evening paella around your photos. Sunset is around 8:50pm in late May and 7:00pm in late September.
- We start with your date, venue, numbers and ideas.
- We plan a menu with you, course by course, and confirm a quote.
- We fit our timings around your speeches, photos and venue.
- We cook live on the day and serve every course on cue.
- We clear our cooking area, and staff stay as agreed.
Before we arrive
- Tell us where to park and unload
- Plan cover in case of rain
- Give us a contact for the day
Ask for a quote
Most quotes start with a few simple details: date, location, guest numbers and diets. You can use our quote form.
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How our wedding paella catering works in Cooling
We can cater your whole wedding day or one part of it: canapés, a tapas starter, a paella wedding breakfast, evening food and dessert. We cook a paella wedding breakfast, Spanish desserts and table tapas, and typical bookings are for evening wedding food and weddings with a Spanish theme.
Rural weddings around Cooling have a magic of their own, and an open-air paella adds to it. Plan access and cover in case of rain. Every pan is cooked in front of your guests, so the food is hot, fresh and part of the occasion.
Planners, venues and businesses
Wedding planners and venue coordinators are welcome to contact us directly, and we’ll keep everyone informed on the day.
If you’re planning an event on someone’s behalf, such as a wedding planner, an office manager or a festival organiser, we’re happy to deal with you and the venue directly. It keeps things simple.
Questions from Cooling
Is Cooling close to London?
About 27 miles from central London.
We are having a ceremony at St James' Church: can you cater afterwards?
Yes, at a garden, marquee or venue nearby with a suitable spot to cook. Churches rarely have space for live cooking, so the meal is typically elsewhere. Tell us where the reception will be.
How many different paellas?
Usually two or three, so every guest has a choice. Tell us about your guests’ diets and we’ll suggest the mix.
Do you do desserts?
Yes. Churros, crema catalana and tarta de Santiago are popular choices, or you can serve your own cake.
Can you cater the whole day?
Yes. We can do canapés, tapas, the wedding breakfast, evening food and desserts.
Who clears up?
We clear our cooking area away when service is finished. Waiting staff can clear tables if you book them.
Will you talk to our venue?
Yes, and it saves you passing messages. Put us in touch and we will agree the details.
Do you have a kids’ option?
Children are welcome. Let us know numbers and ages, and we will plan for them.
Why live cooking beats a buffet
Live paella is less formal than a plated meal, but with canapés, table tapas and good crockery, it still feels special. If you have a budget in mind, tell us, and we’ll put together a menu that fits. Even a simple menu can be a feast.
Why book with us
- Live cooking, not reheated food
- Sangria and bar staff available
- Catering across Medway, including Cooling
- Hot food served quickly from the pan
Where we can cook in Cooling
We cook in large pans over gas burners, so we need a suitable spot. These are the things we check:
- Good ventilation: outdoors, or an open-sided cover
- A cooking spot outside the marquee, not inside it
- Somewhere close to park and unload
If you’re unsure, send a picture of the space and we’ll say what we think before you book.
Popular choices
- Evening paella
- Paella wedding breakfast
- Dessert
- Sangria & bar staff
- Canapé tapas
- Table tapas
Should I cook it myself?
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.
Some hosts like to cook themselves. The usual problems are a pan too big for the burner, too much rice and stirring once the rice is in. If you’d rather be with your guests, we will do the cooking.
Dishes our guests love
Table tapas
Bowls and boards set down in the middle of each table, such as patatas bravas, croquetas and Manchego.
Canapé tapas
Canapés keep guests happy between the ceremony and the meal, without spoiling appetites.
Places near Cooling
More for events in Cooling
Dietary needs and planning tips
Nearly every event has some special diets. To plan for them:
- Introduce us to your venue coordinator
- Choose pan-side or table service
- Ask whether your venue allows outside caterers
- Tell us when speeches will be
We keep in touch with your venue coordinator or toastmaster on the day, so you do not have to.
Crockery, cutlery and waiting staff are available if your venue doesn’t.
Weddings in Cooling: venues, ceremonies and travel
Cooling is about 5 miles north of Rochester, in Medway. From the centre of Cooling to the outskirts, wedding paella catering works the same way: live cooking, separate pans for every diet and a clear price. Cooling is one of 68 places in Medway where we cook. You can also see our page for London, about 27 miles away.
Put the station on your invitation: Higham station is about 3.3 miles away. If you’re marrying at a church near Cooling, such as St James' Church, a reception in a garden, marquee or hired venue nearby keeps the day flowing: the paella can be cooking while you have photos taken, so it’s ready as guests arrive.
For wedding paella catering in ME3, we plan around your venue and timings. Local streets include Main Road and Cooling Road; a wedding at home on any of them works well with live paella. Nearby, we also cater weddings in Cooling Street (1 mile south-west), High Halstow (2 miles east), Sharnal Street (2 miles south-east), Fenn Street (2 miles east) and Chattenden (2 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Gillingham (6 miles south), Chatham (7 miles south), Rochester (5 miles south), Rainham (7 miles south-east), Strood (5 miles south-west) and Luton (6 miles south).
A little further out are Upnor Castle (3.4 miles south) and French Hospital (4.8 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Canvey Wick and Gad's Hill.
Perfect for your wedding in Cooling
It fills the gap between ceremony and meal: gather round the cooking.
These are some of the occasions we cater around Cooling:
- Farm and barn venues
- Wedding receptions after a small ceremony
- Garden and marquee weddings
- Evening wedding food
Nearby historic houses include Restoration House (4.9 miles south) and Temple Manor (4.9 miles south). Historic houses and estates often have their own rules on caterers and cooking, so check early if that is your venue.
Before booking anyone
- The venue requirements
- Travel and parking costs
- Exactly what’s included in the price
- Who provides the crockery
- 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