Hampshire · England
Wedding Paella Catering for Picket Twenty events
Paella catering for weddings, from canapés to the wedding breakfast and evening food in Picket Twenty: paella cooked from scratch in huge pans, right in front of your guests.
- Big weddings with every diet
- Sharing-style wedding meals
- Destination-style celebrations at home
Book wedding paella catering in Picket Twenty
Picket Twenty: your questions answered
Can you cater a reception after a service at United Reformed Church?
Yes, at a garden, marquee or venue nearby with a suitable spot to cook. Live cooking typically happens at the reception venue, not the church. Send us the reception address.
Is Picket Twenty close to London?
About 62 miles from central London, and we cover it as standard.
Do you clear up afterwards?
We clear our cooking area away when service is finished. Clearing guests’ plates and tables can be added with waiting staff.
Can you cook indoors?
Typically we cook outdoors or under a ventilated cover, since the burners are gas. We’ll check whether your venue has a suitable space.
What happens if it rains?
Rain does not stop us, as long as there is a ventilated cover. We will talk it through before the day.
Can you serve drinks?
We can make sangria, and we can staff a bar with your drinks.
How much is live paella catering?
We quote for each event, based on what you actually want. Tell us your date and numbers for a clear quote.
Can you bring crockery?
Yes, if you need them. Let us know what you have, and we’ll quote for the rest.
Wedding paella catering for your wedding in Picket Twenty
We can do the whole day or just one part: canapé tapas with the drinks, table tapas, paella for the wedding breakfast, evening food and desserts. We are frequently asked to cater civil partnerships and vow renewals and weddings with lots of dietary needs, serving Spanish desserts, a paella wedding breakfast and evening paella.
Near Picket Twenty, weddings are often in fields, barns or gardens. Live paella is made for that: no kitchen, just a level, sheltered spot. Tell us about lanes, gates and ground conditions. Every guest is catered for, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal included, each in a separate pan.
How we price wedding paella catering
There are no hidden charges: the quote reflects:
- Timings and hours
- Plates, cutlery and glassware
- Your choice of paellas
- 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. Ask us for a quote.
Details that help
To speed things up, tell us:
- The courses you’d like
- A picture of where we’d cook
- The address or venue name
- Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal and allergy numbers
A detailed enquiry gets a more accurate quote: the venue, the timings, the courses you’d like and any extras. When you are ready, use our quote form.
Can I cook paella for a crowd myself?
If you do cook yourself, test the pan and burner together beforehand, have hot stock ready, and leave the rice alone once it’s in. Keep a clear zone around the burner.
You can hire equipment and do it yourself, but there’s shopping, prep and hours of cooking. A caterer handles all of that.
Picket Twenty weddings: local tips
Picket Twenty is about 1 mile east of Andover, in Hampshire. Wherever your wedding is in the SP10 area, we will come to your venue or garden. We cover 683 places in Hampshire. Our nearest city page is Southampton, about 20 miles away.
If you are marrying at a church near Picket Twenty, such as United Reformed Church, a reception in a garden, marquee or hired venue nearby keeps the day flowing: we can be cooking during the photos, so it’s ready as guests arrive. Anton Lakes nearby makes a lovely backdrop for photos.
Wedding paella catering in SP10 and SP11 is planned around your venue. Whether your wedding is on Levy Road, London Road and Stalls Road or anywhere nearby, we’ll bring the pans to you. Being close to the A3093, Picket Twenty is simple for us to get to with everything for your wedding. For weddings just outside Picket Twenty, we cover Andover Down (1 mile north-east), Finkley Down (1 mile north), Picket Piece (1 mile north-east), Andover (1 mile west) and East Anton (1 mile north-west). Further out, we also cater in Winchester (12 miles south-east), Romsey (15 miles south), Hyde (11 miles south-east), Tidworth (9 miles west), Weeke (11 miles south-east) and Kempshott (14 miles east).
Well-known places in the area include Finkley Down Farm Museum (1 mile north) and Andover War Memorial Hospital (1.9 miles west). Green spaces nearby include Anton Lakes and Mill Lake.
- Schools near Picket Twenty include Winton Community Academy (0.6 miles west) and Winton Community Academy (0.6 miles west)
What we need at the venue
If a space isn’t suitable, we will tell you. The main points are:
- A separate open-sided gazebo if the meal is in a marquee
- Outdoor space or a ventilated gazebo
- Confirmation that open cooking is allowed
If you are unsure, send a picture of the space and we will say what we think before booking.
What we offer
- Dessert
- Canapé tapas
- Evening paella
- Table tapas
- Paella wedding breakfast
- Sangria & bar staff
Who books wedding paella catering in Picket Twenty?
It fills the gap between ceremony and meal: watch the pans.
Almost any gathering can work with live paella. In Picket Twenty, people book us for events such as:
- Barn and farm weddings
- Destination-style celebrations at home
- Receptions after an intimate ceremony
- Big weddings with every diet
For guests travelling by train, Andover station is about 1.8 miles away.
Comparing caterers
- Space, access and power needs
- How many staff are coming, and for how long
- What the price includes, item by item
- Whether VAT is included
For event organisers in Picket Twenty
For big numbers, we plan pans and serving points to keep queues short, so everyone eats promptly. Let us know how long the food break is.
Booking for a company? Tell us what your finance team needs, and we’ll explain how it works. We can work with your facilities team on access and timings.
The menu, dish by dish
Paella wedding breakfast
Two or three paellas, served from the pans or brought to the tables.
Evening paella
Evening paella is hot, filling and fun.
How it works
From set-up to serving, we look after the food, so you’re free to enjoy your wedding. If you’ve chosen tapas or canapés, they go out first while the paella cooks. Golden-hour photos in Picket Twenty at midsummer come around 9:25pm, which helps us time evening food around your photos. Sunset is around 8:55pm in late May and 7:10pm in late September.
- First, we check your date.
- You choose canapés, tapas, paellas and desserts.
- We confirm everything with your venue.
- Guests watch the paella cook during the reception.
- We serve, then pack down.
Preparing for the day
- Get the venue’s permission for cooking
- Let us know who to talk to on the day
- Leave space around the cooking area
Getting a price
Not sure what you need yet? That is fine: tell us about the occasion and the guests, and we’ll make suggestions. To start, fill in our quote form.
Planning help
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What else we do in Picket Twenty
Diets, allergies and planning
Most events have a mix of diets. To cater well for them:
- Send us the running order and speech times
- Ask about your date as soon as you have one
- Decide whether guests queue at the pans or are served at the tables
- Tell us how many evening guests to expect
If speeches or photos run over, tell us, and we’ll adapt the timing so the paella is served at its best.
Canapés during the photos keep hunger at bay.
- 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