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Wedding Paella Catering for Egerton events
Treat your guests to live paella at your wedding in Egerton. Everything is cooked fresh on the day, and serve it straight from the pan.
- Vow renewals and civil ceremonies
- Sharing-style wedding meals
- Marquee and garden weddings
Planning an event in Egerton?
Prices and what affects them
We’ll give you a clear, itemised quote. The main things that affect it are:
- Travel, parking and access
- How many staff you need
- The length of service
- Your choice of paellas
Access and travel can make a difference to the cost, so it helps to tell us about your venue. Everything is confirmed in writing.
Getting an accurate quote
Here’s what makes a quick, accurate quote possible:
- Whether you want canapés, tapas or desserts
- A picture of the cooking space, if it’s a garden or field
- What the venue already provides
- Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal and allergy numbers
A detailed enquiry gets a more accurate quote: venue, timings, courses and extras. When you are ready, fill in our quote form.
Wedding paella catering for your wedding in Egerton
Timing is everything with paella: once the rice goes in, it takes about 20 minutes, and it’s best served straight away. We time it around your speeches and photos. We cook Spanish desserts, evening paella and a paella wedding breakfast, and we’re often booked for weddings with a Spanish theme and evening wedding food.
Rural weddings around Egerton have a magic of their own, and an open-air paella adds to it. Plan access and cover in case of rain. You can add tapas, desserts, sangria, bar staff and waiting staff, so one booking can cover the whole menu.
Dietary needs and planning tips
We cater for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests. To get it right:
- Book early for summer Saturdays
- Connect us with your coordinator
- Choose pan-side or table service
- Tell us how many evening guests to expect
If things run late, and we will adapt the timing so the paella is served at its best.
Spanish desserts, or your own wedding cake, finish the meal.
Getting married in Egerton?
Egerton is about 7 miles north-west of Ashford, in Kent. Wherever your wedding is in the TN27 area, we can cook for your guests. Egerton is one of 922 places in Kent where we cook. We cook right across the region, from Egerton to Canterbury (16 miles away).
Put the station on your invitation: Pluckley station is about 2.7 miles away. The Kent Downs National Landscape is within about 7 miles of Egerton, with plenty of rural wedding settings. Check vehicle access and cooking rules with the venue.
This part of Kent takes in TN27, so your wedding can be anywhere in it. We can cater a wedding on streets such as The Street, Stevens Close and New Road or the roads around them. Neighbouring places where we cater weddings include Mundy Bois (1 mile south), Newland Green (1 mile south-west), Egerton Forstal (1 mile south-west), Pembles Cross (1 mile west) and Potter's Forstal (1 mile west). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (10 miles north-west), Ashford (7 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (10 miles north), Faversham (11 miles north-east), Kings Hill (15 miles west) and Davington (11 miles north-east).
A little further out are Coldbridge Castle (1.5 miles west).
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DIY paella versus live catering
Doing it yourself saves money, but the host ends up stuck at the stove. Booking us means you get the show without the stress.
A DIY paella party works for small groups. For big numbers or lots of diets, a caterer makes life easier, and keeps vegetarian and allergy-safe pans separate.
How the day works
When the rice goes in, it’s left alone. That is what gives paella its separate grains and crispy base. The smell typically draws people over. For a summer wedding in Egerton, the sun sets at about 9:15pm in late June and about 7:00pm in late September, which means evening paella is usually served in daylight in June and July. Later in the year, plan lighting: in December it’s dark by about 3:50pm.
- Send us your wedding date, venue and numbers.
- Together we plan each course.
- Timings are agreed with your venue.
- We cook live on the day and serve each course.
- We clear our area; staff stay as booked.
Preparing for the day
- Choose a level spot for the cooking area
- Confirm the venue is happy with live cooking
- Confirm numbers and diets before the day
Get a quote
Not sure what you need yet? No problem: give us the basics about your wedding, and we’ll suggest a menu. Start when you are ready: use our quote form.
Planning help
Dishes our guests love
Evening paella
A second round of paella for the evening, quick to serve and filling.
Table tapas
Bowls and boards set down in the middle of each table, such as patatas bravas, croquetas and Manchego.
Planning the cooking area
We’ll agree the cooking spot with you before the day. It needs to meet a few simple requirements:
- Space well away from trees, fences and gazebo walls
- Outdoor space or a ventilated gazebo
- Flat, firm ground for the cooking area
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we will advise.
Popular choices
- Paella wedding breakfast
- Sangria & bar staff
- Evening paella
- Canapé tapas
- Dessert
- Table tapas
Egerton: your questions answered
Is Egerton too small for live paella?
Not at all. We cater in villages and hamlets as well as towns. Let us know about access and parking.
Is Egerton close to London?
About 41 miles from central London.
Do you offer halal options?
Yes, on request. Let us know your halal numbers, and it’s cooked separately.
How many paellas should we have?
Typically two or three, so every guest has a choice. We’ll recommend a mix based on diets.
Can paella feel formal?
Served well, it feels generous and special: canapés, tapas, crockery and table service.
What happens if it rains?
We cook under cover, like a gazebo or open-sided marquee. We will agree a wet-weather plan with you.
Do you cover Egerton?
Yes. We cover London and the South East, and Egerton is within our area and the rest of Kent. To check your date, use our quote form.
Do you cater for suppliers?
Just add them to your numbers. Tell us when they’ll eat.
Planners, venues and businesses
If you are 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.
For repeat events, such as annual staff parties or seasonal fairs, let us know your dates early, so we can plan ahead.
Paella compared with other options
Plated wedding meals need a kitchen and more staff. Paella needs a level, ventilated spot and permission, and feels more relaxed. Extras such as tapas, desserts, sangria, staff and crockery are priced separately, so you can choose exactly what you need.
What you get with us
- We cover Egerton and the whole of Kent
- Separate pans for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests
- Sangria and bar staff available
- Hot food served quickly from the pan
Read Our pricing And What paella catering costs.
- 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