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Wedding paella catering in Frittenden, Kent
Planning wedding paella catering in Frittenden? We bring the pans, burners and fresh ingredients and cook while your guests watch.
- Sharing-style wedding meals
- Weddings with mixed diets
- Blessings and vow renewals
Live wedding paella catering in Frittenden
Wedding paella catering in Frittenden, cooked live
Timing is everything with paella: the rice needs about 20 minutes and is best served immediately. We time it around your speeches and photos. Whether it’s evening wedding food and marquee and garden weddings, we can cook canapé tapas, a paella wedding breakfast and evening paella and more.
There is something special about a country wedding near Frittenden, and paella cooking in the open air adds to it. Plan access and cover in case of rain. Every guest is catered for, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal included, with each paella cooked in its own pan and clearly labelled.
Cook it yourself or book a caterer?
You can cook paella for a crowd yourself, but it takes practice. Large pans need the right burners, and getting the rice right for dozens of people takes experience. Our guide to cooking paella for a crowd explains how.
Hiring a pan and burner is one option, but you’ll still need to source ingredients, prep and cook for hours. A caterer handles all of that.
Nearby places to Frittenden
Other catering in Frittenden
Dishes our guests love
Paella wedding breakfast
Two or three paellas, served from the pans or brought to the tables.
Table tapas
Tapas set out on every table to share, such as patatas bravas, croquetas and Manchego.
Frittenden questions
Do you come out to small places like Frittenden?
No, we cook in small places too. Let us know about access and parking.
We are having a ceremony at Church of St Mary: can you cater afterwards?
Yes, at a nearby garden, marquee or hall where we can cook. Churches rarely have space for live cooking, so the meal is normally elsewhere. Tell us where the reception will be.
How do you work out quantities?
Pans are sized to your numbers and other courses. Let us know about any other food. See how much paella per person.
Can you cook halal paella?
We can. Let us know your halal numbers, and it’s cooked separately.
Do you cater for vegetarian guests?
Yes. We cook vegetarian and vegan paellas in their own pans, alongside the meat and seafood pans.
Do you cater in Frittenden?
Yes. We cover London and the South East, including Frittenden and the rest of Kent. For a quote, send us your details through our quote form.
Can we try the food first?
Mention a tasting in your enquiry, and we will explain how it works.
Can the paella be cooked in a hall?
Mostly outside or under an open cover, since the burners are gas. We’ll check whether your venue has a suitable space.
Paella compared with other options
Hog roasts are popular but tricky for mixed diets. Paella covers them with separate pans. The cost per head normally falls as numbers rise, since the set-up is much the same either way. Give us your numbers and we’ll quote.
Why Frittenden hosts choose us
- Food that becomes part of the entertainment
- Add tapas, canapés and Spanish desserts
- Plates, cutlery and waiting staff available
- Catering across Kent, including Frittenden
Prices and what affects them
Two events with the same number of guests can cost different amounts, because of:
- The paellas you choose
- Parking and unloading
- Whether you need crockery
- Waiting and bar staff
Access and travel can make a difference to the cost, so tell us about the venue when you ask for a quote. Everything is confirmed in writing.
Getting an accurate quote
Here’s what makes a quick, accurate quote possible:
- Roughly how many adults and children
- The courses you’d like
- A picture of where we’d cook
- The date and time of the event
It is easy to get a price: share your date, venue, numbers and diets. We will send a clear, itemised quote.
Frittenden weddings: local tips
Frittenden is about 9 miles south of Maidstone, in Kent. Give us the address of your wedding in Frittenden, and we will plan the journey and set-up before the day. Frittenden is one of 922 places in Kent we cover. Our events stretch from Frittenden to Canterbury (about 23 miles away).
Couples marrying at local churches such as Church of St Mary frequently hold the reception nearby: we can be cooking during the photos, so the meal is ready when you arrive. The High Weald National Landscape is within about 4 miles of Frittenden, with plenty of rural wedding settings. Ask your venue about access and cooking rules.
We cover weddings in every part of the TN17 postcode area and the streets around it. That could mean a wedding in a garden on The Street, Inglis Close and Parish Avenue or the roads around them. Neighbouring places where we cater weddings include Sinkhurst Green (1 mile north), Knox Bridge (1 mile west), Cranbrook Common (2 miles south-west), Sissinghurst (2 miles south-west) and Staplehurst (2 miles north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (9 miles north), Ashford (12 miles east), Sittingbourne (15 miles north-east), Royal Tunbridge Wells (14 miles west), Tonbridge (14 miles west) and Kings Hill (12 miles north-west).
Nearby you will also find Sissinghurst Castle (1.7 miles south) and Benenden Hospital (3.8 miles south).
- Local pubs include Bell And Jorrocks Public House (less than half a mile north-east)
Planning for every diet
Dietary needs are easy to plan for with a little notice. We suggest:
- Let us know about meals for your band or photographer
- Choose pan-side or table service
- Introduce us to your venue coordinator
- Add a dietary question to your RSVP cards
On the day, we liaise with your coordinator or toastmaster, so you can enjoy yourselves.
Sangria and bar staff can be added.
Planners, venues and businesses
If you run the same event each year, tell us your dates early, so we can hold the date.
For larger events, we plan the number of pans and serving points around your timings, so guests are fed quickly. Let us know how long the food break is.
The process
Service is quick: the paella goes straight from the pan to the plate, so even a long queue moves. When service is finished, we pack down. For a summer wedding in Frittenden, the sun sets at about 9:15pm in late June and about 7:00pm in late September, so an evening paella for evening guests is normally served in daylight in high summer. Later in the year, plan lighting: in December it’s dark by about 3:50pm.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Get the venue’s permission for cooking
- Pick a flat, firm spot for us to cook
- Arrange a covered spot for wet weather
How to get a price
Still deciding on the menu? That’s fine: give us the basics about your wedding, and we’ll suggest a menu. Start when you’re ready: use our quote form.
Planning help
Planning the cooking area
Most outdoor spaces and many venues work for live paella, but a few things matter:
- Good ventilation: outdoors, or an open-sided cover
- Agreement from the venue or landowner to cook on site
- An open-sided catering gazebo next to the marquee
Not sure about your space? Send us a photo and we will tell you honestly.
What we offer
- Dessert
- Evening paella
- Table tapas
- Canapé tapas
- Sangria & bar staff
- Paella wedding breakfast
- 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