Giant pans cooked live — seafood, mixed, vegetarian, and Valenciana.
This is what we're known for. A pan the size of a tabletop, set up wherever your guests can watch — rice going golden, clams opening, shrimp and octopus arranged on top right before service. Our biggest pans feed 80 to 120 people from a single cook, which is why paella works so well for weddings, company parties, and the kind of family gathering where the headcount keeps climbing.
We bring our own burners and propane and cook in the open. Seafood is the crowd favorite, but the mixed paella with chicken and chorizo and a clean vegetarian version both hold their own. Tell us the crowd and we'll tell you the pan.
Every event is quoted to your guest count, menu and service style — there's no charge to get a custom quote, and you'll see everything in writing before anything is booked.
Searching for paella catering in Miami? A live paella pan is the heart of what we do — saffron rice cooked over open flame in a pan wide enough to feed a hundred-plus guests from one cook. La Peregrina Miami Catering is a Miami-Dade caterer led by Chef Reinaldo Lazo, and we serve the whole county — Miami, Miami Beach, Coral Gables, Doral, Kendall, Hialeah, Aventura, Homestead and everywhere between.
You can pick the seafood paella with shrimp, clams, mussels and calamari, a mixed meat-and-seafood pan, or an all-vegetable version, and for big crowds we run two pans side by side. Everything is prepared fresh for your event, and we accommodate vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, no-pork and shellfish-allergy needs when you book — not improvised on the day. We can also build the menu around a theme or color story, add a dessert or sweets display, and arrange rentals like tables, linens and serviceware on request, so the food and the look come together as one package.
It anchors weddings, milestone birthdays, backyard parties and corporate events where the cooking itself becomes the entertainment. Can you handle dietary needs for paella catering? Yes — vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, no-pork and shellfish-allergy options are built into the menu when you book, not improvised on the day.
To book paella catering, send your date, headcount and city through our contact form or message us on WhatsApp at 786-991-8740. We usually return a tailored menu and quote the same day, and two to three weeks' notice is ideal for weekend dates — though drop-off menus can often go out in 48 to 72 hours.
Every paella catering booking includes the chef and crew, the cooking equipment, setup and clean-up. We plan portions to your final headcount so there's plenty without waste, handle dietary requests quietly in the kitchen, and keep the service moving so no one waits long for a plate.
Tell us your date, headcount and city — we'll send a custom menu and quote, usually the same day.
Our pans run from roughly 40 servings up to 120 from a single cook. For bigger headcounts we set up two pans side by side — usually one seafood and one mixed or vegetarian — so the line moves and everyone gets a hot plate.
On-site, live, almost always. The show is half the point and the rice is better straight off the burner. We need a level outdoor or well-ventilated spot for the open flame; for indoor venues we'll talk through options.
For paella nights, weddings, and anything with a live station, two to three weeks gives us the best shot at your date — Miami weekends fill up fast, especially November through April. Drop-off and office lunches we can often turn around in 48 to 72 hours. If your date is tight, message us anyway; we keep a short waitlist and sometimes shuffle things.
Yes. Gluten-free, vegetarian, vegan, pescatarian, no-pork, nut allergies — tell us when you book and we build it into the menu instead of scrambling day-of. The pasta station and grazing tables are easy to adapt; the seafood paella we'll flag clearly for shellfish allergies.
We bring paella catering across Miami-Dade. A few popular areas:
Send a few details and Chef Reinaldo's team will put together a custom menu — usually the same day. No deposit to get a quote.