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Wedding paella catering in Crawley Down, West Sussex
Looking for wedding paella catering in Crawley Down? We arrive with the pans, burners and fresh ingredients and cook in front of your guests.
- Evening food for extra guests
- Garden and marquee weddings
- Farm and barn venues
Live wedding paella catering in Crawley Down
Paella compared with other options
Food vans can create long queues. Paella is served quickly to many guests. Extras such as tapas, desserts, sangria, staff and crockery are priced separately, so you can choose exactly what you need.
Why book with us
- Separate pans for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests
- Paella cooked from scratch on site
- Starters and desserts to complete the menu
- Catering across West Sussex, including Crawley Down
Read Our pricing Or What paella catering costs.
Wedding paella catering in Crawley Down, made fresh on the day
A wedding paella is food and entertainment at once. Guests drift over to watch the pans while the photos are being taken, and the meal arrives hot and generous. Typical bookings include big weddings with every diet and relaxed sharing-style wedding breakfasts, with a paella wedding breakfast, Spanish desserts and table tapas.
For a smaller place like Crawley Down, a garden or farm wedding is often the dream. We need level ground and access. You can add tapas, desserts, sangria, bar staff and waiting staff, so the whole menu comes from one caterer.
- Location
- Crawley Down (RH10)
- County
- West Sussex
- Diets
- Gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, halal
- Add-ons
- Tapas, churros, sangria, crockery
- Quote
- Ask us for a quote
- Page updated
- 23 October 2026
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Why choose wedding paella catering in Crawley Down?
It handles mixed diets without fuss, which matters at weddings with lots of guests.
We can help if you are planning any of the following:
- Food for evening guests
- Sharing-style wedding meals
- Weddings with mixed diets
- Marquee and garden weddings
Put the station on your invitation: East Grinstead station is about 2.5 miles away.
Questions to ask before you book
- How each diet is kept separate
- The wet-weather plan
- When final numbers are due
- What the caterer needs from your venue
Dishes our guests love
Paella wedding breakfast
Paellas for every guest, served straight from the pan.
Desserts
To finish: Spanish desserts or your own cake.
What wedding paella catering costs
There are no hidden charges: the quote reflects:
- Distance and access to the venue
- Guest numbers
- How long we’re needed on site
- Starters, canapés and desserts
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 we need to know
The more we know about your wedding, the better we can plan. Please include:
- The venue or postcode
- Your date and when you want to eat
- Roughly how many adults and children
- Whether you want canapés, tapas or desserts
Not sure what you need yet? No problem: give us the basics about your wedding, and we’ll make suggestions. Start when you are ready: send us your details through our quote form.
Planning for every diet
Paella is one of the easiest dishes for mixed diets, because each paella is cooked in its own pan. A few tips:
- Choose pan-side or table service
- Tell us how many evening guests to expect
- Connect us with your coordinator
- Collect dietary needs on the RSVP
We keep in touch with your venue coordinator or toastmaster on the day, so you can enjoy yourselves.
We can provide crockery and waiting staff.
Crawley Down: your questions answered
Do you cater in the High Weald National Landscape?
Yes. Some venues there have rules about vehicles, ground and cooking, so check with yours. We will follow the site rules.
Which station should guests use for Crawley Down?
The closest is East Grinstead station, roughly 2.5 miles away.
Is halal food available?
Yes, we do. Halal paella is cooked with halal chicken and no pork or alcohol, in its own pan.
Do you cook it at the event?
Yes, always. Every paella is cooked from scratch on site, in front of your guests.
Do you do canapés and evening food too?
We can cater as much or as little of the day as you like, from the drinks reception to the evening.
Do you do starters?
Yes. Canapé tapas with the drinks, or table tapas to share, while the rice is cooking.
What happens if it rains?
We cook under cover, such as a gazebo, marquee or open-sided barn with good ventilation. We plan for rain with you in advance.
Do you work with our venue?
Yes. We’ll speak to your venue about access and timings.
Organising for someone else?
Events in public spaces, like parks, usually need permission. We will provide any information the landowner or council asks for.
Hosting a party at home? Send a picture of the space and tell us about parking, and we will let you know if live paella is a good fit.
Planning a paella wedding in Crawley Down
Crawley Down is about 3 miles west of East Grinstead, in West Sussex. Give us the address of your wedding in Crawley Down, and we’ll plan the journey and set-up before the day. Crawley Down is one of 371 places in West Sussex we cover. Our nearest city page is Brighton, about 20 miles away.
For outdoor photos, Hedgecourt Lake is close by. If you are marrying at a church near Crawley Down, such as All Saints Parish 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 the meal is ready when you arrive. The High Weald National Landscape is within about 6 miles of Crawley Down, with plenty of rural wedding settings. Check vehicle access and cooking rules with the venue.
We cook at weddings all over RH10. Local streets include Station Road, Forest Close and Burleigh Way; a wedding at home on any of them works well with live paella. We also cook at weddings in Furnace Wood (1 mile north), Snow Hill (1 mile north), Turners Hill (1 mile south), Domewood (1 mile north) and Felbridge (2 miles north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Crawley (5 miles west), Horsham (11 miles west), Haywards Heath (9 miles south), Burgess Hill (12 miles south), East Grinstead (3 miles east) and Broadfield (6 miles west).
Other landmarks nearby include Queen Victoria Hospital (3.5 miles east) and Effingham Park Motor Museum (1.4 miles north-west). Not far away are Hedgecourt Lake.
- Schools near Crawley Down include Imberhorne School (1.9 miles north-east)
How it works
Here’s how the day usually runs: we arrive, set up and start cooking, the rice cooks in front of your guests, and it’s served hot from the pan at the agreed time. At midsummer, sunset in Crawley Down is about 9:20pm, which helps us time evening food around your photos. Sunset is around 8:50pm in late May and 7:05pm in late September.
- First, we check 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.
Preparing for the day
- Confirm numbers and diets before the day
- Give us a contact for the day
- Make sure we can park close by to unload
Ask for a quote
Planning wedding paella catering in Crawley Down? Tell us what you have in mind and we will come back with ideas and a quote. Just send us your details through our quote form.
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Before you choose a spot
If a space is not suitable, we will tell you, and help find another spot. The main points are:
- A separate open-sided gazebo if the meal is in a marquee
- Level ground for the pans and burners
- Confirmation that open cooking is allowed
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we will advise before you book.
Menu ideas
- Canapé tapas
- Paella wedding breakfast
- Dessert
- Sangria & bar staff
- Table tapas
- Evening paella
- 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