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Wedding Paella Catering in Frieth
Hot, generous and cooked in front of everyone: paella catering for weddings, from canapés to the wedding breakfast and evening food in Frieth and the surrounding area.
- Relaxed sharing-style wedding breakfasts
- Blessings and vow renewals
- Weddings with mixed diets
Planning an event in Frieth?
Is live paella right for your wedding?
Plated wedding meals need a kitchen and more staff. Live paella needs a level, ventilated spot and the venue’s permission, and suits a relaxed style. Compared with a plated meal, live paella is frequently good value, because it needs no kitchen and fewer staff. We will send you a quote.
Why us?
- Live cooking, not reheated food
- Separate pans for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests
- Crockery and waiting staff if you need them
- No hidden extras in your quote
Read Our prices page And The cost guide.
Wedding paella catering in Frieth, cooked live
Your wedding menu is planned with you, course by course, around your guests, your venue and your budget. Typical bookings include destination-style celebrations at home and parties after a register office wedding, with evening paella, canapé tapas and a paella wedding breakfast.
Rural weddings around Frieth have a magic of their own, and an open-air paella adds to it. Plan access and cover in case of rain. We cater for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests, with each paella cooked in its own pan and clearly labelled.
- Location
- Frieth (RG9)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Special diets
- Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal
- Also available
- Tapas, churros, sangria, crockery
- Quote
- Contact us for a quote
- Updated
- 23 October 2026
What wedding paella catering costs
The price comes down to a few factors:
- Extra courses such as canapés, tapas and dessert
- Your choice of paellas
- Waiting and bar staff
- Crockery and cutlery, or disposables
Live paella pricing depends on the event. A garden party lunch and a full wedding menu are very different jobs. Your quote spells it all out.
What we need to know
A few details help us give you an accurate quote. Here’s what to include:
- A picture of where we’d cook
- The date and time of the event
- Expected numbers
- Which courses you have in mind
We quote for each event separately, so you only pay for what you need. To ask for one, send us your details through our quote form.
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Dishes our guests love
Desserts
Churros with chocolate, crema catalana or tarta de Santiago.
Paella wedding breakfast
Two or three paellas, served from the pans or brought to the tables, with bread and salad.
The process
Service is quick: the paella goes straight from the pan to the plate, so even a long queue moves. Afterwards we clear our cooking area away. Golden-hour photos in Frieth at midsummer come around 9:25pm, which helps us time evening food around your photos. Sunset is around 8:55pm in late May and 7:05pm in late September.
- First, we check your date.
- You pick the courses and dishes.
- We confirm the plan with your coordinator.
- Guests watch the paella cook during the reception.
- We serve and clear our cooking area.
Before we arrive
- Arrange a covered spot for wet weather
- Choose a level spot for the cooking area
- Let us know who to talk to on the day
How to get a price
Still deciding on the menu? That is fine: tell us about the occasion and the guests, and we will make suggestions. To start, use our quote form.
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Planners, venues and businesses
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.
If you’re booking for a business, tell us how you’d like to handle the booking and payment, and we will talk you through the process. We can work with your facilities team on access and timings.
Catering for every guest
A little planning makes sure everyone can eat. Here’s how:
- Send us the running order and speech times
- Let us know about meals for your band or photographer
- Ask about your date as soon as you have one
- Choose pan-side or table service
If speeches or photos run over, tell us, and we’ll adapt the timing so it’s still served fresh.
Crockery, cutlery and waiting staff are available.
Who books wedding paella catering in Frieth?
It gives guests something to do between the ceremony and the meal: watch the pans.
Live paella suits almost any gathering. In Frieth, people book us for occasions like:
- Spanish-themed and destination-style weddings
- Farm and barn venues
- Informal wedding breakfasts
- Marquee and garden weddings
Historic houses near Frieth include West Wycombe Park House (3.2 miles north-east) and Greenlands (3.2 miles south-west). Historic houses and estates often have their own rules on caterers and cooking, so check early if that is your venue.
What to look for in a quote
- Staff numbers and hours
- What the price includes, item by item
- How late numbers can change
- The wet-weather plan
Planning the cooking area
We will be honest if a space will not work. What matters most:
- Confirmation that open cooking is allowed
- Parking close enough to carry equipment
- A level, firm spot for the burners and pans
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we’ll advise.
Popular choices
- Sangria & bar staff
- Canapé tapas
- Dessert
- Evening paella
- Table tapas
- Paella wedding breakfast
Common questions in Frieth
We are having a ceremony at Church of St John the Evangelist: 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 normally elsewhere. Send us the reception address.
Do you cater in the Chilterns National Landscape?
Yes, though some venues in protected landscapes have extra rules; ask your venue. We’ll follow the site rules.
Do you cater for vegetarian guests?
Yes, and they’re popular with everyone. They have their own pans, stock and spoons.
Can you cook indoors?
Generally we cook outdoors or under a ventilated cover, because we use gas burners. Some venues have suitable spaces; we’ll check with you and the venue.
What if photos overrun?
It happens. We time the rice to the actual running order, so it is served at its best.
Can we add tapas or canapés?
Yes, and it is a popular combination. Tapas first, paella to follow.
Do you provide plates and cutlery?
Yes, on request. Crockery, cutlery and napkins, or good-quality disposables are available.
Do you offer halal options?
Yes. Halal paella is cooked with halal chicken and no pork or alcohol, in a separate pan.
Planning a paella wedding in Frieth
Frieth is about 4 miles north-west of Marlow, in Oxfordshire. For wedding paella catering in Frieth, we can cook in gardens, marquees, barns, courtyards and offices in and around Frieth. We cook in all 443 towns and villages across Oxfordshire, from the larger towns to small villages. We cook right across the region, from Frieth to Reading (about 12 miles away).
For guests travelling by train, the nearest station is Marlow station, about 4.3 miles south-east. Yoesden nearby makes a lovely backdrop for photos. With the Chilterns National Landscape within about 5 miles, there are country venues, barns and gardens nearby. Ask your venue about access and cooking rules.
Wherever your wedding is in RG9, we can cook for your guests. From Frieth Hill, Ellery Rise and Hayles Field or a nearby road, we can cook there. For weddings just outside Frieth, we cover Little Frieth (1 mile north-west), Lane End (1 mile north-east), Bolter End (1 mile north), Fingest (1 mile north-west) and Cadmore End (2 miles north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Thame (11 miles north-west), Henley-on-Thames (6 miles south-west), Benson (11 miles west), Chinnor (7 miles north), Tilehurst (13 miles south-west) and Wallingford (12 miles west).
Well-known places in the area include Marlow Community Hospital (4.1 miles south-east) and Chiltern Sound Phonograph Museum (3.9 miles south-east). The countryside around Frieth includes Yoesden.
- Pubs nearby include Yew Tree pub (within half a mile north-east)
- Parks and local facilities nearby include West Wycombe Rural (3 miles north)
- 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