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Wedding Paella Catering for Mitcham events
Paella catering for weddings, from canapés to the wedding breakfast and evening food in Mitcham: paella made from scratch in big, shallow pans, in full view of your guests, with tapas, desserts and drinks if you want them.
- Evening food for extra guests
- Receptions after an intimate ceremony
- Farm and barn venues
Wedding paella catering in Mitcham
What affects the price in Mitcham
These are the factors that matter most:
- How many staff you need
- Plates, cutlery and glassware
- How long we are needed on site
- Parking and unloading
Compared with a plated meal, live paella is often good value, because it needs no kitchen and fewer staff. We will send you a quote.
Getting an accurate quote
When you get in touch, it helps to tell us:
- Diets and allergies you know about
- The date and rough timings
- Anything your venue supplies
- A picture of where we’d cook
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many guests, plus any dietary needs, and you’ll get a menu idea and a price. To get started, fill in our quote form.
Wedding paella catering for your wedding in Mitcham
Mixed diets are easy at a paella wedding: every paella is cooked separately, so vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal guests eat the same kind of meal as everyone else. We’re frequently asked to cater rustic barn weddings and big weddings with every diet, serving Spanish desserts, canapé tapas and evening paella.
In Mitcham, getting guests from ceremony to reception is part of the plan. Paella can be cooking while they’re on the move, so it is ready when they arrive. We serve straight from the pan, so every plate is hot, and service is quick once it’s ready.
- Area
- Mitcham (CR4, SW16, SM4)
- Region
- Greater London
- Diets
- Gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, halal
- Extras
- Canapés, desserts, sangria and staff
- Price
- Ask us for a quote
- Updated
- 23 October 2026
Your questions about wedding paella catering in Mitcham
Could we have live paella in Cranmer Green?
Only with permission from the park’s owner, normally the council. Check with them, and we’ll provide our paperwork.
Can you cater a reception after a service at St. Mark's Church?
Yes, at a nearby garden, marquee or hall where we can cook. Churches rarely have space for live cooking, so the meal is generally elsewhere. Tell us where the reception will be.
Will you talk to our venue?
Yes, and it saves you passing messages. Introduce us and we’ll sort the details.
Do you take everything away?
Our cooking area is packed away and left clean. Ask us about table clearing if you need it.
How much is live paella catering?
The price depends on numbers, menu, courses, staff and travel. Tell us about your event and we’ll send a quote.
Is halal food available?
Yes, we do. We use halal chicken and leave out pork and alcohol, in its own pan.
Do you cater for coeliacs?
Yes, on request. Rice is naturally gluten-free, but stock and some ingredients may not be, so we cook a gluten-free paella separately.
Do you offer tastings?
Mention a tasting in your enquiry, and we’ll talk you through it.
Why choose wedding paella catering in Mitcham?
Couples choose paella because it feels relaxed and generous, and because guests remember it.
Here are some of the events we cook for in Mitcham and Greater London:
- Parties after a register office wedding
- Sharing-style wedding meals
- Weddings in a marquee or garden
- Barn and farm weddings
Historic houses near Mitcham include Southside House (3.6 miles west) and Kingswood House (3.6 miles north-east). Historic houses and estates often have their own rules on caterers and cooking, so check early if that is your venue.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether crockery, cutlery and napkins are included
- A clear list of what’s included
- Staff numbers and hours
- Any travel, parking or access charges
A closer look at the menu
Evening paella
Paella makes great evening food.
Canapé tapas
Canapé tapas fill the gap before the meal.
Step by step
Serving is fast: the paella goes straight from the pan to the plate, so large groups are fed quickly. When service is finished, we pack down. At midsummer, sunset in Mitcham is about 9:20pm, which helps us time evening food around your photos. In late May, sunset is about 8:50pm, and in late September about 7:05pm.
- 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 clear our area; staff stay as booked.
Getting ready for the day
- Check the venue allows live cooking
- Leave space around the cooking area
- Name one person we can ask on the day
Getting a price
Planning wedding paella catering in Mitcham? Send us the details and we’ll come back with ideas and a quote. Just use our quote form.
Planning help
Can I cook paella for a crowd myself?
Some hosts like to cook themselves. Common mistakes are mismatched pans and burners, overfilling and stirring. If you’d rather be with your guests, we will do the cooking.
Hiring a pan and burner is one option, but there’s shopping, prep and hours of cooking. A caterer handles all of that.
Why live cooking beats a buffet
Buffets can mean food sitting for a while. Paella is served hot from the pan when guests are ready. The cost per head generally falls as numbers rise, because the cooking set-up is similar for different sizes of event. Give us your numbers and we will quote.
Why us?
- Events in Mitcham and across Greater London
- Real theatre, not just catering
- Paella cooked from scratch on site
- Fast service from the pan
Read How we price Or The cost guide.
Nearby places to Mitcham
What else we do in Mitcham
Planners, venues and businesses
Wedding planners and venue coordinators are welcome to contact us directly, and we will keep you updated on timings and set-up.
Throwing a party at home? Send us a photo of the garden and tell us about access, and we’ll let you know if live paella is a good fit.
Before you choose a spot
Before the day, we will agree where we cook. It needs to meet a few simple requirements:
- A separate open-sided gazebo if the meal is in a marquee
- A safe distance from anything that could catch
- Parking close enough to carry equipment
As a London location, Mitcham is inside the Ultra Low Emission Zone, and parking takes planning: tell us about parking bays, permits or a driveway.
If you’re unsure, send a photo of the space and we will say what we think.
Menu ideas
- Canapé tapas
- Paella wedding breakfast
- Table tapas
- Dessert
- Evening paella
- Sangria & bar staff
Getting married in Mitcham?
Mitcham is about 2 miles west of Thornton Heath, in Greater London. For wedding paella catering in Mitcham, we cater in back gardens, halls with outdoor space, barns, marquees and offices. Mitcham is one of 764 places in Greater London where we cook. Our events stretch from Mitcham to London (7 miles away).
Couples marrying at local churches such as St. Mark's Church often hold the reception nearby: we can be cooking during the photos, so the meal is ready when you arrive. For outdoor photos, Cranmer Green is close by.
Wherever your wedding is in CR4, SW16 and SM4, we can cook for your guests, from busy streets to quiet lanes. From Kings Road, Baker Lane and Manor Road or anywhere nearby, we will bring the pans to you. Neighbouring places where we cater weddings include Hackbridge (1 mile north), Eastfields (1 mile north), Colliers Wood (1 mile north-west), Merton Abbey (2 miles north-west) and Furzedown (2 miles north). Larger places within reach include London (7 miles north), City of Westminster (8 miles north), Marylebone (8 miles north), Kensington (7 miles north), St Pancras (9 miles north) and Shoreditch (9 miles north).
Other landmarks nearby include Wandle Industrial Museum (0.7 miles west) and Wilson Hospital (0.5 miles south-west). Not far away are Duppas Hill and Cranmer Green.
- Nearby schools include St Mark's Church of England Academy (0.5 miles north) and The Archbishop Lanfranc School (1.1 miles south-east)
- Local pubs include The White Lion of Mortimer pub (0.7 miles north-west)
- Parks and local facilities nearby include St Leonard's (2.1 miles north-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