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Wedding Paella Catering for Garsington events
Treat your guests to live paella at your wedding in Garsington. Everything is cooked fresh on the day, and serve it straight from the pan.
- Big weddings with every diet
- Garden and marquee weddings
- Evening wedding food
Planning an event in Garsington?
How we price wedding paella catering
Live paella pricing is straightforward once we know the basics:
- Parking and unloading
- How long we are needed on site
- Chicken, vegetable or premium seafood
- How many staff you need
Live paella pricing depends on the event. A garden party lunch and a full wedding menu are very different jobs. We itemise everything in your quote.
What to tell us
Good planning starts with a few facts. Please include:
- Anything your venue supplies
- Diets and allergies you know about
- The address or venue name
- Approximate guest numbers, including children
A detailed enquiry gets a more accurate quote: venue, timings, courses and extras. When you’re ready, fill in our quote form.
Wedding paella catering in Garsington, made fresh on the day
Your wedding menu is planned with you, course by course, around your guests, your venue and your budget. Whether it is destination-style celebrations at home and marquee and garden weddings, we’ll put together a menu of Spanish desserts, evening paella and canapé tapas.
A wedding in a small place like Garsington often means a field, a barn or a family garden. That is exactly where live paella shines: no kitchen needed, just a level, sheltered spot. Let us know about access and ground. Each paella is cooked from scratch on the day, never made in advance and reheated, and served as soon as it’s ready.
- Area
- Garsington (OX44)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Diets
- Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and halal
- Extras
- Canapés, desserts, sangria and staff
- Quote
- Ask us for a quote
- Page updated
- 23 October 2026
Planning for every diet
Paella is one of the easiest dishes for mixed diets, because every paella has its own pan. Here are a few tips for planning:
- Put us in touch with your venue
- Check the venue’s rules for outside caterers
- Give us separate day and evening numbers
- Send us the running order and speech times
Paella can be served at the pans or carried to the tables by staff.
Canapé tapas with the drinks reception keep guests going during photos.
Live paella or other catering?
Food vans can create long queues. Paella pans serve many guests quickly. The price depends on your guest numbers, the menu and how many courses you choose, plus any staff, crockery and travel. Every event gets its own quote.
Why choose Love Paella in Garsington
- Live cooking, not reheated food
- Crockery and waiting staff if you need them
- Starters and desserts to complete the menu
- Catering across Oxfordshire, including Garsington
Read How we price And Our guide to catering costs.
What’s in the pans
Canapé tapas
Canapés keep guests happy between the ceremony and the meal.
Desserts
Churros with chocolate, crema catalana or tarta de Santiago.
Planners, venues and businesses
Throwing a party at home? Send us a photo of the garden and tell us about access, and we will tell you honestly whether live paella will work.
Booking for a company? Tell us what your finance team needs, and we’ll talk you through the process. We can work with your facilities team on access and timings.
More for events in Garsington
How the day works
On the day, we set up our cooking area, light the burners and start the sofrito. The rice goes in about 20 minutes before serving, so we time everything to your schedule. In Garsington, midsummer sunset is about 9:25pm, and by late September it’s nearer 7:10pm, so an evening paella for evening guests is generally served in daylight in high summer. For autumn and winter weddings, when it’s dark by about 3:55pm in December, plan lighting for the cooking area.
- Tell us your date, venue and numbers.
- We plan your menu course by course.
- Timings are agreed with your venue.
- On the day, we cook and serve each course.
- We clear our area; staff stay as booked.
Preparing for the day
- Let us know who to talk to on the day
- Check the venue allows live cooking
- Arrange parking near the cooking spot
Get a quote
Planning wedding paella catering in Garsington? Send us the details and we will come back with ideas and a quote. Just send us your details through our quote form.
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Cook it yourself or book a caterer?
Cooking paella for a crowd yourself is possible, but it’s harder than it looks. A big pan needs a burner that heats it evenly, and getting the rice right at scale is tricky. Read how to cook paella for a crowd.
If you do cook yourself, test the pan and burner together beforehand, have hot stock ready, and leave the rice alone once it is in. And keep children and pets well away from the burner.
FAQs for Garsington
Do you come out to small places like Garsington?
Not at all. We cater in villages and hamlets as well as towns. Let us know about access and parking.
Can you cater a reception after a service at Church of St Mary?
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. Tell us where the reception will be.
What if photos overrun?
It happens. The rice goes in at the last sensible moment, so it is ready when you are.
Is it really cooked live?
Yes, always. We cook from scratch in large pans at your venue, in front of your guests.
Can you cook indoors?
Indoors only where ventilation and the venue allow it. Most events have us cooking outside or in a doorway or courtyard.
Can we have a tasting?
Ask us about tastings when you get in touch.
Do you come to Garsington?
We do. We cook at events in Garsington and across Oxfordshire. Tell us your date and we’ll check availability.
How long do you need on site?
We arrive well before serving to set up and start the stock. The rice itself takes about 20 minutes, and we time it to your schedule.
Before you choose a spot
We cook in large pans over gas burners, so the cooking area needs a little planning. These are the things we check:
- Somewhere close to park and unload
- Agreement from the venue or landowner to cook on site
- Open air or a well-ventilated covered spot
If you’re unsure, send a photo of the space and we’ll say what we think.
Menu ideas
- Paella wedding breakfast
- Dessert
- Sangria & bar staff
- Canapé tapas
- Table tapas
- Evening paella
Wedding venues and ceremonies near Garsington
Garsington is about 4 miles south-east of Oxford, in Oxfordshire. For a wedding in Garsington, we cater in back gardens, halls with outdoor space, barns, marquees and offices. We cook in all 443 towns and villages in Oxfordshire, from the larger towns to small villages.
Nearby historic houses include Garsington Manor (0.6 miles south-east) and Holywell Manor, Oxford (4.3 miles north-west). If your reception is at a historic house or estate, ask early about its rules on caterers and live cooking. For guests travelling by train, the nearest station is Radley station, about 3.8 miles south-west.
Anywhere in OX44, we can cook for your guests, from busy streets to quiet lanes. Whether your wedding is on Oxford Road, Combewell and Hazel End or a nearby road, we’ll bring the pans to you. For weddings just outside Garsington, we cover Blenheim (1 mile east), Denton (1 mile east), Horspath (1 mile north), Cuddesdon (2 miles east) and Littleworth (2 miles north). We also cook in nearby towns such as Oxford (4 miles north-west), Didcot (8 miles south-west), Bicester (13 miles north), Abingdon-on-Thames (6 miles south-west), Witney (15 miles west) and Thame (9 miles east).
A little further out are NHS Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (1.9 miles north-west) and British Tattoo History Museum (2.9 miles north-west). Open spaces near Garsington include Shotover and CS Lewis Nature Reserve.
- Local schools include The Oxford Academy (2.1 miles west)
- Nearby, you will find Red Lion pub (less than half a mile east)
- Parks and local facilities nearby include Library Farmhouse (less than half a mile east)
- 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