Sensational Paella Catering is a professional caterer located in Medford, Massachusetts that specializes in authentic paella and other Spanish culinary delights. Their chefs provide a unique, entertaining, and unforgettable experience by cooking mouthwatering creations on-site in an outdoor kitchen on authentic paella grills. From elegant buffet tables to festive lighting and Spanish Flamenco music, Sensational Paella Catering offers a one-of-a-kind cooking show along with delicious food sure to delight your event guests.
Cuisine
Serving the greater New England area and headed by Chef Julian, this caterer provides authentic Spanish paella, tapas and charcuterie for rehearsal dinners, weddings, and other special events. Menu options pair perfectly with wine and chilled sangria, and include entrees such as paella mixta, seafood paella, paella campesina, Cuban-style paella, and vegan paella. If you’re feeling creative, you can also build your own unique paella from a wide selection of vegetables, meats, and seafood.
THE caterer to book if you want to wow your guests!
I can't say enough great things about Sensational Paella. From the start we knew we wanted our food to be different than the typical plated wedding meal. I work in the food industry, so it was really important to me that we WOW our 150+ guests with something truly special. When I stumbled across Sensational Paella, I knew we had found exactly that--something truly special. Julian, his wife, and the entire crew treated us like family from start to finish. They always seemed genuinely excited to be working with us, and truly committed to providing a great experience for our guests. On the day of, they did such a phenomenal job of getting everything set up and sticking to our timeline, and I've never seen a faster and more efficient event breakdown -- the hall looked pristine not even 20 minutes after all the guests left. Then, of course there was the food. FREAKING AMAZING. Our guests couldn't stop telling us how amazing the paella was; so many people told us it was the best food they ever had at a wedding, which meant the world to us. There was more than enough paella for all our guests to have as much as they wanted AND for us to still take home three big tray fulls of paella. We opted for four different paellas on our buffet: the paella mixta (meat and seafood), seafood paella, meat paella, and veg paella--which was an awesome selection that naturally catered to guests with food restrictions or allergies without compromising on a great meal. The whole team at Sensational Paella went above and beyond for us, making sure we got a sample of the charcuterie platter all to ourselves, and bringing us plates of food right at the beginning of dinner. They even brought in and stacked all the chairs from our outdoor ceremony during dinner, which was really kind and saved us so much time at the end of the night. I couldn't recommend Sensational Paella more. If you want something unique that will really wow your guests, you cannot possibly go wrong with Julian and his team. Great people and great food.
Sensational Paella Catering's reply:
Hi Lauren,
Thank you so much for such an amazing review! It was a delightful experience to have catered your amazing wedding at the Arlington Town Hall, what an awesome venue which made the whole experience that much better, we loved it! We are thrilled all of your guests loved the food/service and raved about our food being the best food they've at a wedding, we actually take a lot of pride in that and we all thrive to provide that experience at every wedding/event we cater.
We hope to see you and Rob once again in the near future!
Thank you, Lauren and Rob.
From all of us at Sensational Paella Catering
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Exceptionally delicious
Julian’s Team at Sensational Paella is Exceptional! The charcuterie and tapas table was too gorgeous to eat. My brother and cousin believed Julian got his hands on my mom’s recipes the cocktail hour was so delicious. My girlfriend ate twice and believed I should have reminded my guest dinner was to follow because she was full. We have pictures of guest having gone up for seconds! The most important piece to a bride is that the tasting turns out to be friends coming over for dinner. Julian does not cater wedding food. The Sensational Paella Team provides a 10 star food experience. His check in calls are never quick. He wants his couples to feel heard and your dream to come true for your Big day. My husband’s favorite was the hot churros with chocolate sauce and whip cream!!!! Yummmmmmmy!! Brides call Julian if you care about good food and great service.
Sensational Paella Catering's reply:
Dear Nancy, we are honored and grateful to have catered your beautiful wedding, it was amazing! Thank you so MUCH for such kind words and we are all so happy we helped make your special day as memorable as possible. I’m sure we will see you again very soon for some more paella and amazing conversation. Stay in touch, Nancy!
Danielle T. Married on 08/28/2021
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WOW! hire sensational paella ASAP
We hired Julian and his team for our wedding in Maine this past summer. WOW! I cannot recommend sensational paella enough.
We went for a tasting at his house and were blown away by the food. We did the charcuterie board spread for cocktail hour and WOAH it was unbelievable, it was all anyone could talk about! Everything on the board was tasty and the presentation was magazine worthy. We went with a variety of paella (seafood, vegan, meat, mixta) for dinner and everyone loved it! service was flawless, everyone enjoyed a warm,filling meal! All our guests were raving about how unique and delicious it was, I got a lot of "best meal I've had at a wedding!".
Leading up to our wedding Julian was SO helpful, he is very detailed oriented and organized. We were a COVID postponement and he was understanding and flexible to make the logistics of changing the date all work. He is really positive and just a wonderful person to work with.
Sensational Paella Catering's reply:
Danielle,
Thank you so much for such a wonderful review, you made our day! I still remember your wedding as if it was yesterday, we loved everything about it - music, venue, entertainment, decorations, just everything! I'm also thrilled to know your guests loved the charcuterie, tapas and paella and that the wedding meal experience was raved with a "best meal I've had at a wedding", what a wonderful compliment and that is exactly what we thrive to accomplish during every wedding/event, to make amazing food!
Much gratitude and thank you once again, Danielle!
