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Wedding paella catering in Kennington, Greater London
Hot, generous and cooked in front of everyone: paella catering for weddings, from canapés to the wedding breakfast and evening food in Kennington and the surrounding area.
- Receptions after an intimate ceremony
- Garden and marquee weddings
- Weddings with mixed diets
Planning an event in Kennington?
Perfect for your wedding in Kennington
Sharing food gets tables chatting, which suits a relaxed wedding.
These are some of the occasions we cater around Kennington:
- Weddings in a marquee or garden
- Big weddings with every diet
- Informal wedding breakfasts
- Blessings and vow renewals
Put the station on your invitation: Kennington has its own station, Vauxhall station.
Before booking anyone
- How late numbers can change
- Travel and parking costs
- A clear list of what’s included
- Staff numbers and hours
About our wedding paella catering in Kennington
We can do the whole day or just one part: canapés, a tapas starter, a paella wedding breakfast, evening food and dessert. Typical bookings include evening food for extra guests and garden and marquee weddings, serving canapé tapas, Spanish desserts and evening paella.
Couples in Kennington frequently marry locally and hold the reception at a venue or garden nearby. Paella suits either, given a ventilated cooking spot. Plan parking and loading early. Every guest is catered for, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal included, each in a separate pan and clearly labelled.
- Where
- Kennington (SW8, SW1P, SE11)
- Area hub
- Greater London
- Diets
- Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal
- Add-ons
- Tapas, desserts, sangria, staff
- Quotes
- Quoted for your event
- Updated
- 23 October 2026
FAQs for Kennington
Which station should guests use for Kennington?
Kennington has its own station: Vauxhall station.
We are having a ceremony at Calvary Church of God in Christ: 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 usually elsewhere. Tell us where the reception will be.
Do you work with our venue?
Yes. We’ll speak to your venue about access and timings.
Do you do canapés and evening food too?
We can cater as much or as little of the day as you like, from canapés to evening food.
Can you feed our photographer and band?
Yes. Include suppliers in your numbers and we’ll plan for them.
Can we have a tasting?
Tell us you’d like a tasting when you enquire, and we’ll talk you through it.
Do you cater for vegetarian guests?
Yes. Vegetarian and vegan paellas are cooked in separate pans.
How long do you need on site?
It depends on the menu and numbers. We’ll agree arrival, cooking and serving times with you.
Getting married in Kennington?
Kennington is about 2 miles south-west of London, in Greater London. Give us the address of your wedding in Kennington, and we’ll plan access and set-up. Kennington is one of 764 towns and villages in Greater London we cover.
For outdoor photos, Battersea Park Lake is close by, and the countryside around Kennington suits an outdoor reception. Couples marrying at local churches such as Calvary Church of God in Christ frequently hold the reception nearby: the paella can be cooking while you have photos taken, so it’s ready as guests arrive.
Wedding paella catering in SW8, SW1P and SE11 is planned around your venue and your guests. That could mean a wedding in a garden on Kay Road, Lett Road and Rita Road or the roads around them. Kennington is on the A203 and A3204, which makes it straightforward to bring the equipment. Neighbouring places where we cater weddings include Oval (1 mile north), South Lambeth (1 mile south-west), Little Portugal (1 mile south), North Brixton (1 mile south-east) and Vauxhall (1 mile north). Further out, we also cater in City of Westminster (3 miles north-west), Marylebone (3 miles north-west), Kensington (4 miles west), St Pancras (3 miles north), Shoreditch (4 miles north-east) and Walthamstow (8 miles north-east).
Nearby you’ll also find Type Museum (0.5 miles south) and The Gordon Hospital (1 mile north-west). Not far away are Bellenden Road Nature Garden and Ludgate Hill.
- Local schools include Archbishop Tenison's Church of England School (under half a mile north-east) and St Peter's School (within half a mile north)
- Local pubs include Crown and Thistle pub (less than half a mile south-west)
- Local facilities include Lambeth Palace Library (1.1 miles north) and City and Liberty of Westminster (1.3 miles north)
Step by step
From set-up to serving, we look after the food, so you’re free to enjoy your wedding. Any tapas or canapés are served first as the rice is cooking. For a summer wedding in Kennington, the sun sets at about 9:20pm in late June and about 7:05pm in late September, so an evening paella for evening guests is typically served in daylight in high summer. Later in the year, plan lighting: in December it’s dark by about 3:55pm.
- We check availability for 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, then pack down.
Getting ready for the day
- Plan cover in case of rain
- Ensure the spot is clear of anything flammable
- Give us your final numbers and diets
How to get a price
It’s easy to get a price: share your date, venue, numbers and diets. We will send a clear, itemised quote and a suggested menu.
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Why live cooking beats a buffet
A hog roast is popular at weddings, but harder for vegetarian, vegan and halal guests. Separate paella pans cover every diet. 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.
What you get with us
- Events in Kennington and across Greater London
- Food that becomes part of the entertainment
- Crockery and waiting staff if you need them
- Separate pans for vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests
See How we price And Our guide to catering costs.
Space, weather and the venue
We’ll agree the cooking spot with you before the day. It needs to meet a few simple requirements:
- Agreement from the venue or landowner to cook on site
- Parking close enough to carry equipment
- Space well away from trees, fences and gazebo walls
As a London location, Kennington is inside the Ultra Low Emission Zone, and parking takes planning: tell us about parking bays, permits or a driveway.
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we’ll advise.
On the menu in Kennington
- Sangria & bar staff
- Dessert
- Canapé tapas
- Paella wedding breakfast
- Table tapas
- Evening paella
Working with your venue
Planners and coordinators can contact us directly, and we will keep everyone informed on the day.
If you’re 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.
Catering for every guest
With a little notice, every diet is easy. Our advice:
- Count day and evening guests separately
- Send us the running order and speech times
- Tell us about suppliers who need feeding
- Ask about your date as soon as you have one
Evening guests can be served from fresh pans later on, timed for after the first dance.
Canapé tapas with the drinks reception keep guests going during photos.
The menu, dish by dish
Table tapas
Tapas set out on every table to share, from bravas to croquetas and Manchego.
Desserts
Churros with chocolate, crema catalana or tarta de Santiago, or your cake as dessert.
Can I cook paella for a crowd myself?
You can hire equipment and do it yourself, but you will still need to source ingredients, prep and cook for hours. We take care of all of it.
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.
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What else we do in Kennington
- 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