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Paella pans with rice and seafood in a cooking area

Giant paella

Giant paella for fiestas and events

A community paella brings everyone together around the table. We cook for your committee, association or company and organise how the rice is served, so you can all enjoy it together.

Kit for a meal for 40 or for 500

We have the kit to cook for 40 or for 500 guests. Tell us how many of you there’ll be, what time you want to eat and how the portions will be served.

A neighbourhood fiesta and a company day out run at different paces. We set up the kitchen to suit the venue and the sittings.

You can book just the cooking of the rice, or add plating, tableware, service and clear-away. The proposal covers whichever tasks you choose.

Paella cooking in a cloud of steam on a burner

One recipe or several rice dishes to share

We can cook in one paella pan or share the cooking between several. With several burners, there’s room for different recipes and for staggering when the dishes go out.

We choose the set-up according to the number of portions, the cooking area and the route to the tables. Arroz a banda, rice with rabbit and chicken-and-vegetable rice are some of our house options.

Cooked rice in a paella pan seen from above

Get the venue ready for mealtime

We need access for unloading and a cooking area with room to work. We agree the serving point so your guests can collect their plates in an orderly fashion.

Tell us what side tables and equipment you have. With the venue’s address, we can plan the journey from Aspe and list what we’ll bring.

What’s included in a giant paella

With cooking on site: cook, paella pans, burners, ingredients and cooking the rice. You provide the space, the table set-up and the service, if you’ve already got that covered.

You can add plating, disposable tableware or crockery, waiting staff and clear-away. Waiting staff and tableware are itemised in the proposal. Travel from Aspe is confirmed once we know the location.

The price is not fixed per person: the quote depends on guest numbers, format, service level and travel. We issue an invoice.

Before you gather everyone around the rice

How much does paella cost per person for an event?

The quote depends on the number of guests, the format, the level of service and travel. With cooking on site, we provide the cook, the kit and the food; you provide the space, the set-up and the serving. The informal format adds a simple set-up and disposable tableware, with service if you ask for it. The full-service format includes the complete set-up, crockery, glassware, table linen, waiting staff and clear-away. Waiting staff and tableware are itemised separately in the proposal, depending on the option you choose. Travel is confirmed once we know the location, and we issue an invoice.

How do we organise serving the portions?

We decide with you where the plates are dished up and how your guests will come up to collect them. Tell us whether everyone will eat at once or in sittings, and who’ll help serve, and we’ll set up the serving points to match.

What’s the difference between catering and a buffet?

Catering covers the cooking and the service tasks you book. A buffet is a way of presenting the food so guests come up and help themselves. For your paella, you can choose that style of serving or table service.

Is a giant paella cooked in a single pan?

We can use one or several. The space for the burners, the recipes you choose and the sittings help us decide on the most practical set-up.

Can you plan a paella for 500 people?

Yes, our kit can cater for five hundred guests. Send us the access details, the cooking area and the mealtime, and we’ll plan the set-up and how the portions are served.

How do we agree the set-up time?

We start from the time you want to serve. We check the unloading access and the preparation space so we can coordinate arrival, cooking and serving with the organisers.

Your venue and our journey

We travel from Aspe to these areas. The address and access details let us plan how to transport the paella pans, burners and kit.

See how we arrange the burners and paella pans in a marquee.

You’ll find more recipes on our paella and live-cooked rice page. For a get-together at home, there’s paella delivery.

Organise the paella for my event

Send us the location, the portions you expect and the mealtime. We’ll plan the cooking and the serving with you.

Organise the paella for my event

Resources

Event planning guides

Glossary terms

Paella pan

A paella pan (paellera) is the round, wide, shallow metal pan with two handles that paella is cooked in.

Rice

Recipes