Hampshire · England
Wedding Paella Catering for Farleigh Wallop events
Treat your guests to live paella at your wedding in Farleigh Wallop. We cook from scratch on site, then served hot from the pan.
- Receptions after an intimate ceremony
- Evening food for extra guests
- Spanish-themed and destination-style weddings
Wedding paella catering near Farleigh Wallop
DIY paella versus live catering
Plenty of people try cooking paella for their own party. Common mistakes are mismatched pans and burners, overfilling and stirring. If you’d rather be with your guests, we’ll do the cooking.
DIY catering keeps costs down, but the host spends the party cooking. Booking us means you get the show without the stress.
Wedding paella catering in Farleigh Wallop, cooked live
Paella as evening food is popular: it’s hot, filling and quick to serve, so the party keeps going. We cook a paella wedding breakfast, canapé tapas and evening paella, and typical bookings are for weddings with a Spanish theme and big weddings with every diet.
Near Farleigh Wallop, weddings are frequently in fields, barns or gardens. That’s exactly where live paella shines: no kitchen needed, just a level, sheltered spot. Tell us about lanes, gates and ground conditions. We serve straight from the pan, so every plate is hot, and a queue moves quickly.
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Paella compared with other options
Hog roasts are popular but tricky for mixed diets. Paella covers them with separate pans. The cost per head usually falls as numbers rise, because the cooking set-up is similar for different sizes of event. Give us your numbers and we will quote.
Why choose Love Paella in Farleigh Wallop
- Fast service from the pan
- Tapas, canapés and desserts if you want them
- Sangria, plus bar staff for your own drinks
- Catering across Hampshire, including Farleigh Wallop
Take a look at Our prices page Or What paella catering costs.
Dietary needs and planning tips
Few dishes handle mixed diets as well as paella, because every paella has its own pan. Here are a few tips for planning:
- Count day and evening guests separately
- Ask whether your venue allows outside caterers
- Introduce us to your venue coordinator
- Share your running order, including speeches
We clear our cooking area away afterwards; staff you’ve booked stay as agreed.
Table tapas make a sociable starter.
Working with your venue
If you are organising for someone else, such as a wedding planner, an office manager or a festival organiser, we will work directly with you and the venue. It keeps things simple.
Many venues have rules for outside caterers: cooking areas, access times and documents. Tell us what your venue needs and we’ll work to it.
Wedding venues and ceremonies near Farleigh Wallop
Farleigh Wallop is about 3 miles south of Basingstoke, in Hampshire. For a wedding in Farleigh Wallop, we cater in back gardens, halls with outdoor space, barns, marquees and offices in and around Farleigh Wallop. We cater in 683 places across Hampshire. You can also see our page for Reading, about 17 miles away.
If you are marrying at a church near Farleigh Wallop, such as Church of St. Andrew, a reception in a garden, marquee or hired venue nearby keeps the day flowing: we can be cooking during the photos, so the meal is ready when you arrive. For outdoor photos, Farleigh Hill is close by.
Wedding paella catering in RG25 is planned around your venue and timings. From The Avenue and Grammarsham Lane or a nearby road, we can cook there. Close by, we cover weddings in Hatch Warren (1 mile north), Dummer (2 miles west), Kempshott (2 miles north-west), Brighton Hill (2 miles north) and South Ham (3 miles north). We also cook in nearby towns such as Basingstoke (3 miles north), Winchester (14 miles south-west), Fleet (12 miles east), Aldershot (15 miles east), Alton (8 miles south-east) and Yateley (15 miles north-east).
Nearby you will also find Basing House (4.4 miles north-east) and Festival Place (3.6 miles north). The countryside around Farleigh Wallop includes The Mill Field and Farleigh Hill.
What wedding paella catering costs
Live paella pricing is straightforward once we know the basics:
- Travel, parking and access
- How many guests are eating
- Your choice of paellas
- How long we’re needed on site
Live paella pricing depends on the event. A simple paella lunch costs less than a wedding with canapés, three paellas and waiting staff. We itemise everything in your quote.
What to tell us
To check availability and price, we need:
- Expected numbers
- What the venue already provides
- Diets and allergies you know about
- A picture of where we’d cook
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many guests, plus any dietary needs, and you’ll get a menu idea and a price. Just use our quote form.
Perfect for your wedding in Farleigh Wallop
It fills the gap between ceremony and meal: gather round the cooking.
We can help if you are planning any of the following:
- Weddings with mixed diets
- Spanish-themed and destination-style weddings
- Sharing-style wedding meals
- Barn and farm weddings
Put the station on your invitation: the nearest station is Basingstoke station, about 3.7 miles north.
Before you book anyone
- Who provides the crockery
- If the price includes VAT
- How bad weather is handled
- Exactly what’s included in the price
Farleigh Wallop questions
Is Farleigh Wallop too small for live paella?
No, we cook in small places too. Let us know about access and parking.
We are having a ceremony at Church of St. Andrew: can you cater afterwards?
Yes, at a nearby garden, marquee or hall where we can cook. Live cooking typically happens at the reception venue, not the church. Send us the reception address.
Do you have a kids’ option?
Yes, children are easy to cater for. Tell us how many and roughly how old, and we will plan a pan with them in mind.
Do you do desserts?
Yes. Churros, crema catalana and tarta de Santiago are popular choices.
How many different paellas?
Generally two or three, so every guest has a choice. We will recommend a mix based on diets.
Can we add tapas or canapés?
Yes, it is the classic pairing. Tapas first, paella to follow.
Which areas do you serve?
We cover London and the South East, including Hampshire. See all areas.
Can the paella be cooked in a hall?
Typically we cook outdoors or under a ventilated cover, because we use gas burners. We’ll check whether your venue has a suitable space.
Where we can cook in Farleigh Wallop
Most gardens and venues can host live paella, but a few things matter:
- Somewhere close to park and unload
- Good ventilation: outdoors, or an open-sided cover
- A separate open-sided gazebo if the meal is in a marquee
If you are unsure, send a picture of the space and we will say what we think before booking.
Popular choices
- Table tapas
- Sangria & bar staff
- Evening paella
- Dessert
- Paella wedding breakfast
- Canapé tapas
Step by step
Service is quick: we serve straight from the pan, so even a long queue moves. Afterwards we clear our cooking area away. Golden-hour photos in Farleigh Wallop at midsummer come around 9:25pm, which helps us time evening food around your photos. Sunset is around 8:55pm in late May and 7:10pm in late September.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Let us know the timings for the day
- Arrange parking near the cooking spot
- Choose a level spot for the cooking area
How to get a price
It is easy to get a price: share your date, venue, numbers and diets. We’ll come back with a clear quote and a suggested menu.
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- 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