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Wedding paella catering in Manor Park, Greater London
Treat your guests to live paella at your wedding in Manor Park. Everything is cooked fresh on the day, then served hot from the pan.
- Relaxed sharing-style wedding breakfasts
- Vow renewals and civil ceremonies
- Spanish-themed and destination-style weddings
Planning an event in Manor Park?
Wedding paella catering for your wedding in Manor Park
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 marquee and garden weddings and evening food for extra guests, we can cook canapé tapas, table tapas and evening paella.
For a wedding in Manor Park, think about how guests travel between ceremony and reception. Paella can be cooking while they’re on the move, so it is ready when they arrive. Timings are planned around your event, whether that is speeches, a lunch break or a festival schedule.
- Where
- Manor Park (E12, IG1, E7)
- County
- Greater London
- Special diets
- Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and halal
- Also available
- Tapas, churros, sangria, crockery
- Quotes
- Contact us for a quote
- Page updated
- 23 October 2026
Space, weather and the venue
Most gardens and venues can host live paella, but there are a few things to check:
- Good ventilation: outdoors, or an open-sided cover
- Confirmation that open cooking is allowed
- An open-sided catering gazebo next to the marquee
As a London location, Manor Park 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 will advise.
On the menu in Manor Park
- Dessert
- Evening paella
- Table tapas
- Paella wedding breakfast
- Sangria & bar staff
- Canapé tapas
For planners, venues and organisers
If you’re planning an event on someone’s behalf, whether you’re a planner, an office manager or an event organiser, we are happy to deal with you and the venue directly. It saves passing messages back and forth.
If you run the same event each year, tell us your dates early, so we can hold the date.
Nearby places to Manor Park
What else we do in Manor Park
Can I cook paella for a crowd myself?
A DIY paella party works for small groups. For big numbers or lots of diets, a caterer makes life easier, and handles separate pans for each diet.
If you do cook yourself, test the pan and burner together beforehand, have hot stock ready, and do not stir once the rice goes in. Keep a clear zone around the burner.
Is live paella right for your wedding?
A buffet can leave food sitting out. Paella goes straight from pan to plate. Comparing caterers? Look at what each quote includes: staff, crockery, bread and salads, travel and VAT. Our quotes spell it all out.
Why us?
- A clear, itemised quote
- Fast service from the pan
- Every diet catered for, pan by pan
- Drinks service on request
See How we price And The cost guide.
Prices and what affects them
We’ll give you a clear, itemised quote. The main things that affect it are:
- Parking and unloading
- Waiting and bar staff
- Chicken, vegetable or premium seafood
- Crockery and cutlery, or disposables
Seafood and premium ingredients cost more than chicken or vegetable paellas, so your choice of paellas affects the total. We’ll suggest options to suit your budget.
What to tell us
These details help us quote quickly:
- Which courses you have in mind
- The date and rough timings
- The venue or postcode
- Whether the venue has crockery or staff
Send us the date, your venue or E12 postcode and guest numbers, plus any dietary needs, and you’ll get a menu idea and a price. Just fill in our quote form.
The process
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 the timing is planned around your event. For a summer wedding in Manor Park, the sun sets at about 9:20pm in late June and about 7:05pm in late September, which means evening paella is typically served in daylight in June and July. For autumn and winter weddings, when it’s dark by about 3:50pm in December, plan lighting for the cooking area.
- Tell us your date, venue and numbers.
- We plan your menu course by course.
- We agree timings with you and your venue.
- On the day, we cook and serve each course.
- We pack down, and staff stay as agreed.
Before we arrive
- Get the venue’s permission for cooking
- Pick a flat, firm spot for us to cook
- Let us know who to talk to on the day
Ask for a quote
Getting a quote is simple: tell us the date, place, numbers and any dietary needs. We will send a clear, itemised quote.
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Weddings in Manor Park: venues, ceremonies and travel
Manor Park is about 2 miles north-west of Barking, in Greater London. Anywhere in E12, we will come to your venue or garden. Manor Park is one of 764 places in Greater London where we cook. Our nearest city page is London, about 7 miles away.
If you are hoping for photos in Loxford Park, check whether the park needs permission for photography or gatherings. Put the station on your invitation: Manor Park station is about 0.5 miles away.
For wedding paella catering in E12, IG1 and E7, we plan around your venue. Local streets include Essex Road, Albany Road and Church Road; a wedding at home on any of them works well with live paella. Close by, we cover weddings in Little Ilford (1 mile north-west), Plashet (1 mile south-west), Cranbrook (1 mile north), Loxford (1 mile east) and Ilford (1 mile north-east). Further out, we also cater in London (7 miles south-west), City of Westminster (9 miles west), Marylebone (9 miles west), Kensington (12 miles west), St Pancras (8 miles west) and Shoreditch (6 miles west).
Nearby you will also find Barking Community Hospital (2 miles south-east) and Redbridge Museum (1 mile north-east). Not far away are Hollow Pond and Ripple Nature Reserve.
- Schools near Manor Park include Little Ilford School (within half a mile south) and Tyndale Academy (0.9 miles south-west)
- Nearby, you’ll find Earl of Essex pub (less than half a mile west)
- Other local spots include East Ham (1.2 miles south)
About the dishes
Desserts
Spanish desserts from churros to crema catalana.
Table tapas
A tapas starter gets tables talking before the paella arrives.
Manor Park questions
Is parking a problem for events in Manor Park?
London parking needs planning: let us know about permits or off-street space. We will work around it.
Can you cook in Loxford Park?
Only with permission from the park’s owner, usually the council. Check with them, and we will provide our paperwork.
Can you cater for vegetarians and vegans?
Yes, and they’re popular with everyone. They have their own pans, stock and spoons.
Is paella too casual for a wedding?
Served well, it feels generous and special: canapés, table tapas, good crockery and staff serving the tables.
Do you cater for suppliers?
Yes, include them in your numbers. Let us know when they need feeding.
What if the timings change?
We plan for it. The rice goes in at the last sensible moment, so it is ready when you are.
Do you cook it at the event?
Yes, always. We cook from scratch in large pans at your venue, where your guests can watch.
Which areas do you serve?
London and the South East: Kent, Surrey, East and West Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Bucks, Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight.
Events we cater in Manor Park
It suits outdoor and rustic venues particularly well, where plated meals are harder.
Here are some of the events we cook for in Manor Park and Greater London:
- Civil partnerships and vow renewals
- Receptions after an intimate ceremony
- Evening food for extra guests
- Spanish-themed and destination-style weddings
Nearby historic houses include Valentines Mansion (1.6 miles north) and Eastbury Manor House (2.2 miles south-east). Historic houses and estates frequently have their own rules on caterers and cooking, so check early if that is your venue.
Comparing caterers
- How dietary needs and allergies are handled
- If the price includes VAT
- The deposit and payment dates
- Who provides the crockery
- 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