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Wedding Paella Catering for Herne Common events
From the first sizzle in the pan to the last crispy spoonful, paella catering for weddings, from canapés to the wedding breakfast and evening food turns food into part of your wedding in Herne Common.
- Parties after a register office wedding
- Destination-style celebrations at home
- Sharing-style wedding meals
Live wedding paella catering in Herne Common
How our wedding paella catering works in Herne Common
At a wedding, paella is both the meal and a bit of a show. Guests drift over to watch the pans while the photos are being taken, and the meal arrives hot and generous. For spanish-themed and destination-style weddings and relaxed sharing-style wedding breakfasts, we can cook table tapas, Spanish desserts and a paella wedding breakfast for your guests.
Rural weddings around Herne Common have a magic of their own, and paella cooking in the open air adds to it. Plan for access and a wet-weather cover. You can add tapas, desserts, sangria, bar staff and waiting staff, so the whole menu comes from one caterer.
Prices and what affects them
These are the factors that matter most:
- The number of people
- Starters, canapés and desserts
- How many staff you need
- Parking and unloading
Live paella frequently compares well with a sit-down meal, as there’s no kitchen to hire and fewer staff to pay. We’ll send you a quote.
What we need to know
We can quote more accurately with a few details. Here’s what to include:
- Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal and allergy numbers
- The address or venue name
- Approximate guest numbers, including children
- The date and time of the event
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many guests, along with any dietary needs, and we will reply with a menu suggestion and a quote. To get started, send us your details through our quote form.
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Planning for every diet
We cater for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests. To get it right:
- Introduce us to your venue coordinator
- Add a dietary question to your RSVP cards
- Decide whether guests queue at the pans or are served at the tables
- Ask about your date as soon as you have one
Guests can queue at the pans, or staff can serve the tables, whichever suits your day.
We can provide crockery and waiting staff if your venue does not.
Cook it yourself or book a caterer?
You can hire equipment and do it yourself, but there’s shopping, prep and hours of cooking. We take care of all of it.
Doing it yourself saves money, but the host ends up stuck at the stove. With live paella catering, you get the theatre without the work.
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. Golden-hour photos in Herne Common at midsummer come around 9:15pm, so we can time the evening paella around your photos. Sunset is around 8:45pm in late May and 7:00pm in late September.
- You tell us your date, venue, guest numbers and how you picture the day.
- Together we plan each course and confirm the price.
- Timings are agreed with you and the venue, around speeches and photos.
- On the day we set up, cook live and serve each course as planned.
- We pack down our cooking area, with staff staying as long as agreed.
Before we arrive
- Make sure we can park close by to unload
- Give us your final numbers and diets
- Leave space around the cooking area
Getting a price
Still deciding on the menu? That is fine: tell us about the occasion and the guests, and we’ll make suggestions. To start, send us your details through our quote form.
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Dishes our guests love
Table tapas
Tapas set out on every table to share, from bravas to croquetas and Manchego.
Desserts
A sweet finish: churros, crema catalana or your wedding cake.
Events we cater in Herne Common
A sharing-style meal gets guests talking across the tables, which suits a relaxed wedding.
In Herne Common and nearby, we cater all sorts of events. Popular bookings include:
- Civil partnerships and vow renewals
- Farm and barn venues
- Marquee and garden weddings
- Weddings with mixed diets
If you’re hoping for photos in Curtis Wood, check whether the park needs permission for photography or gatherings.
What your quote should include
- How many staff are coming, and for how long
- A clear list of what’s included
- Space, access and power needs
- What happens if it rains
Working with your venue
For repeat events, such as annual staff parties or seasonal fairs, let us know your dates early, so we can plan ahead.
If you are booking for a business, tell us how you’d like to handle the booking and payment, and we’ll talk you through the process. We can work with your facilities team on access and timings.
Weddings in Herne Common: venues, ceremonies and travel
Herne Common is about 2 miles south of Herne Bay, in Kent. For wedding paella catering in Herne Common, we cater in back gardens, halls with outdoor space, barns, marquees and offices in and around Herne Common. Herne Common is one of 922 places in Kent we cover.
If you are marrying at a church near Herne Common, such as Church of St Martin, 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, West Blean and Thornden Woods is close by, and the countryside around Herne Common suits an outdoor reception. The sea is within about 3 miles, perfect for a seafood paella wedding. Coastal wind needs a sheltered cooking spot.
This part of Kent takes in CT6, so your wedding can be anywhere in it. Streets in the area include Canterbury Road, Nightingale Road and Falcon Close, and we can cook for a wedding on any of them. If your venue is just outside Herne Common, we also cover Bullockstone (1 mile north-west), Herne (1 mile north-east), Hicks Forstal (1 mile south), Eddington (1 mile north) and Hunters Forstal (1 mile north-east). Larger places within reach include Canterbury (5 miles south), Margate (12 miles east), Ramsgate (12 miles east), Broadstairs (13 miles east), Whitstable (4 miles west) and Deal (15 miles south-east).
Well-known places in the area include Whitstable and Tankerton Hospital (3.4 miles west) and Tankerton Castle (4 miles west). Green spaces nearby include West Blean and Thornden Woods.
- Local schools include Herne Bay High School (1.3 miles north)
Why live cooking beats a buffet
A buffet can leave food sitting out. Paella goes straight from pan to plate when guests are ready. Comparing caterers? Look at what each quote includes: staff, crockery, sides, travel and VAT. We itemise ours.
Why book with us
- We cover Herne Common and the whole of Kent
- Add tapas, canapés and Spanish desserts
- Crockery and waiting staff if you need them
- Separate pans for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests
Take a look at Our pricing Or The cost guide.
FAQs for Herne Common
Can you cook near the sea around Herne Common?
Yes, as long as we can shelter from the wind. Wind is the main issue on the coast, so we plan shelter.
We are having a ceremony at Church of St Martin: 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 usually elsewhere. Tell us where the reception will be.
Do you do desserts?
Yes, Spanish desserts can be added. Tell us what you have in mind in your enquiry.
Can you cook indoors?
Indoors only where ventilation and the venue allow it. Courtyards, doorways and terraces often work.
What if the weather’s bad?
We need a covered spot, such as a gazebo, marquee or open-sided barn with good ventilation. We’ll agree a wet-weather plan with you.
What if the timings change?
We plan for it. The rice goes in at the last sensible moment, so it’s served at its best.
Can you supply plates?
Yes, if you need them. Let us know what you have, and we’ll quote for the rest.
Do you offer halal options?
Yes, we do. Halal paella is cooked with halal chicken and no pork or alcohol, in its own pan.
- 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