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Wedding Paella Catering in Staples Corner
Cooked live, served hot and made to share: paella catering for weddings, from canapés to the wedding breakfast and evening food for events in Staples Corner and across Greater London.
- Farm and barn venues
- Weddings in a marquee or garden
- Weddings with lots of dietary needs
Wedding paella catering in Staples Corner
DIY paella versus live catering
Some hosts like to cook themselves. The usual problems are a pan too big for the burner, too much rice and stirring once the rice is in. If you’d rather enjoy the party, let us cook.
You can cook paella for a crowd yourself, but it takes practice. Large pans need the right burners, and getting the rice right for dozens of people takes experience. Read how to cook paella for a crowd.
Wedding paella catering in Staples Corner, made fresh on the day
Sharing from big pans suits relaxed weddings, long tables and garden or barn venues. It feels generous without being stuffy. On the menu are canapé tapas, evening paella and a paella wedding breakfast, and typical bookings are for destination-style celebrations at home and parties after a register office wedding.
London weddings around Staples Corner frequently mean a ceremony at a church or register office, then a reception at a hired venue or a family garden. Live paella works well at both, as long as there’s a ventilated spot to cook. In London, parking and loading need planning early. We bring everything we need to cook, and pack down our cooking area when service is finished.
- Area
- Staples Corner (NW2, NW4, NW9)
- County
- Greater London
- Diets
- Gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, halal
- Also available
- Canapés, desserts, sangria and staff
- Price
- Contact us for a quote
- Page updated
- 23 October 2026
About the dishes
Table tapas
Sharing tapas breaks the ice before the paella arrives.
Paella wedding breakfast
A choice of paellas, served at the pans or to the tables.
Weddings in Staples Corner: venues, ceremonies and travel
Staples Corner is about 1 mile south of Hendon, in Greater London. Wherever your wedding is in the NW2 area, we will come to your venue or garden. Staples Corner is one of 764 towns and villages in Greater London where we cook. You can also see our page for London, about 8 miles away.
Couples marrying at local churches such as Church of St John frequently hold the reception nearby: the paella can be cooking while you have photos taken, so the meal is ready when you arrive. For outdoor photos, Westbere Copse is close by.
Anywhere in NW2, NW4 and NW9, we can cook for your guests. Local streets include Park Road, Humber Road and Oxgate Lane; a wedding at home on any of them works well with live paella. If your venue is just outside Staples Corner, we also cover Brent Cross (1 mile north-east), Dollis Hill (1 mile south-west), Hendon (1 mile north), The Hyde (1 mile north-west) and West Hendon (1 mile north-west). Further out, we also cater in London (8 miles south-east), City of Westminster (5 miles south-east), Marylebone (5 miles south-east), Kensington (5 miles south), St Pancras (6 miles south-east) and Shoreditch (7 miles south-east).
Nearby you’ll also find Brent Cross Shopping Centre (under half a mile north-east) and St Andrew's Hospital (0.7 miles south). The countryside around Staples Corner includes Westbere Copse and Darland's Lake.
- Schools near Staples Corner include Clarion (within half a mile east) and Woodfield School (1.1 miles west)
- Parks and local facilities nearby include Municipal Borough of Hendon (1.1 miles north)
Before you choose a spot
Before the day, we’ll agree where we cook. It needs to meet a few simple requirements:
- Flat, firm ground for the cooking area
- Access for unloading near the cooking spot
- Open air or a well-ventilated covered spot
As a London location, Staples Corner is inside the Ultra Low Emission Zone, and parking takes planning: let us know about permits, bays or off-street parking.
Not sure about your space? Send us a photo and we will tell you honestly.
On the menu in Staples Corner
- Sangria & bar staff
- Evening paella
- Table tapas
- Paella wedding breakfast
- Dessert
- Canapé tapas
The process
Your timings come first. If speeches run late or the photos take longer, we hold the paella at the right stage so it is served at its best. For a summer wedding in Staples Corner, 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 generally served in daylight in high summer. Later in the year, plan lighting: in December it is dark by about 3:55pm.
- Send us your wedding date, venue and numbers.
- We plan your menu course by course.
- Timings are agreed with your venue.
- We cook live on the day and serve each course.
- We pack down, and staff stay as agreed.
Before we arrive
- Check the venue allows live cooking
- Let us know the timings for the day
- Tell us where to park and unload
Getting a price
It’s easy to get a price: share your date, venue, numbers and diets. We will come back with a clear quote.
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Paella compared with other options
Compared with formal catering, live paella is relaxed and sociable, but with the right extras it feels just as special. 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
- Paella cooked from scratch on site
- Fast service from the pan
- A clear, itemised quote
- Every diet catered for, pan by pan
Take a look at Our pricing Or The cost guide.
Planning for every diet
Paella is one of the easiest dishes for mixed diets, because every paella has its own pan. A few tips:
- Connect us with your coordinator
- Collect dietary needs on the RSVP
- Confirm the venue’s catering rules early
- Let us know about meals for your band or photographer
If speeches or photos run over, tell us, and we’ll adjust the cooking so the paella is served at its best.
Finish with Spanish desserts or your cake.
Nearby places to Staples Corner
What else we do in Staples Corner
What affects the price in Staples Corner
Live paella pricing is straightforward once we know the basics:
- Distance and access to the venue
- Starters, canapés and desserts
- How many guests are eating
- Plates, cutlery and glassware
Live paella pricing depends on the event. A garden party lunch and a full wedding menu are very different jobs. Your quote spells it all out.
What to tell us
To check availability and price, we need:
- A photo of the space, if you can
- Which courses you have in mind
- Approximate guest numbers, including children
- Diets and allergies you know about
Send us the date, your venue or NW2 postcode and guest numbers, along with any dietary needs, and we’ll reply with a menu suggestion and a quote. To get started, fill in our quote form.
Staples Corner questions
Can you cater a reception after a service at Church of St John?
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 generally elsewhere. Send us the reception address.
Which station should guests use for Staples Corner?
Brent Cross West station, in Staples Corner itself.
Do you do vegan paella?
Yes, and they’re popular with everyone. They have their own pans, stock and spoons.
Can we try the food first?
Mention a tasting in your enquiry, and we’ll talk you through it.
Do you offer halal options?
Yes. We use halal chicken and leave out pork and alcohol, in a separate pan.
Should we have more than one paella?
Two or three is usual: meat or mixed, seafood, and vegetable or vegan. We will suggest a split based on your guests.
Do you cater for suppliers?
Yes. Add your suppliers to the final numbers.
Is the paella gluten-free?
We can cook a gluten-free paella in its own pan. Tell us about any coeliac guests when you book so we take the right care.
Organising for someone else?
Venues often have their own rules about outside caterers: where cooking is allowed, access times and the paperwork they need. Tell us what your venue needs and we will work to it.
For larger events, we plan the number of pans and serving points around your timings, so guests are fed quickly. Let us know how long the food break is.
- 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