Catering & private events since 2016 established in the San Juan Islands

     We specialize in Mediterranean & Spanish Cuisine, offering an extensive selection of traditional Spanish tapas and pintxos featuring local seafood, meat, or vegan dishes. Bridging the gap between typical catering and restaurant experiences, we cater to various formats such as buffet, seated dinner, activation stations, or customized combinations. 

   As a self-sufficient Catering Service, we bring all necessary cooking equipment and staff to your event, ensuring seamless service from formal dinners to casual gatherings. Committed to quality, we source the best products from local farmers. 

 Our hospitality fosters a virtuous cycle of generosity, where our dedication and expertise converge to create memorable dining experiences for you and your guests. A standout feature of our service is cooking paella onsite, allowing guests to gather, share drinks, tapas, pintxos, and laughter. Having catered over 370 events in the last 8 years across the San Juan Islands, Seattle, and Oregon. 

  The co-owner and creator of Paellas San Juan has worked for more than 25 years in the gastronomic sector throughout Spain in places like Minorca (her hometown), the Canary Islands, Cordoba and Barcelona, in this last city she led a team in a cutting-edge restaurant of exotic tapas. She has also assisted courses in the city of Barcelona that were presented by the Sous-chef of El Bulli, restaurant owned by Ferran Adrian. With her experience and her passion for gastronomy, she started this family business at the FridayHarbor farmers market in 2016 and it has continued to grow since then. 

Catering service include:

• The services include food and meal services outlined in the contract.
• All food prep, mobile kitchen and tables for buffet setup, cooking staff.
• We take care of all the appetizer stations, also the buffet tables.
• Salads, bread, olives and flavored butters for the guest tables.
• Providing excellent service since 2016.
• Live cooking stations.
• Consulting all the questions the costumer can have.
• Cooking staff with more than 25 years of experience in European restaurant industry. 

  Full Catering Service Package:

• Include everything described above in  Catering Service.
• Buffet / Family style services (inquire for plated service).
• Salads, bread, flavored  butter and olives for the guest tables.
• Bowls, tongs, platters services and equipment for each service style.
•  Kitchen and floor staff.
• Waiters for clearing, bussing and rinsing dishes, (excluding alcohol glassware, Bartenders normally do that, but we can do this for a fee).
• Live cooking stations.
• The staff at Paellas San Juan will handle the removal of all food and non-alcoholic beverage items throughout the event, ensuring adherence to the venue cleanup standards. 
• We include our stoneware and silverware. If you want something different you can rent from your local rental company, contact us for recommendations, we are going to do the rinsing/packing for the return to the rental company.
• Infused water station for a casual dinner, welcome or a casual rehearsal dinner.
• Water carafes on the guest tables and refills (if is needed).
• Palm plates for cocktail hour, late night snacks and dessert or for a casual rehearsal/ welcome dinner.
• High quality dinner paper napkins.
• Cut cake and man dessert table even if we have not supplied the desserts.
• Decorations, linens and flowers for all the food presentation tables.
• We are going to take care of the trash ( we don't take the trash with us, and the client need to rent the trash cans)
• For serving wine or champagne at the tables, you must contract this from the bartender, ask us for price and  availability for Bartending Services.
• We dont include glasses or cloth napkins at this moment, you can rent from your  local rental company.
• Set up the guests tables for an extra charge.
• Unique & Distinctive Catering for Weddings.

Bartender Service Package:

• Mast Certified Bartenders.
• Clearing, bussing and rinsing all the glassware.
• Clean/ wipe down all tables at the end of the evening.
• We provide1 to 4 portable wood bars.
• Cocktail consultations or wine pairing expertise.
• Ice.
• Coolers.
• Beer Bar/ Wine Bar.
• All the tools needed for cocktails.
• Cocktail Napkins and straws.
• Decorations for the drinks and for the bar tables.
• The client will only need to provide the alcohol and rent all the glassewere necessary for the event, we are going to assist you with this.
• We can provide the glassware for small events like under 40 guests.

   We always work with the best products and local farmers. Like Westcott Bay, where we buy all of our shellfish, North Sound Seafood, where we buy all of our spot prawns, Talking horse ranch, where we buy some of our meats, Auroras Farm, where we buy our pork. Sweet Earth Farm, where we buy some of our veggies.  

   We invite you to experience hospitality as a virtuous cycle of generosity - where all our effort, artistry, and expertise are devoted to one purpose: you and yours feeling celebrated and connecting over a great meal. What makes us a unique catering option is that we cook the paella in front of your guests as they gather around and experience the pleasure of the fabulous aromas, share drinks, tapas, pintxos and laughter.   

   We have catered over 370 events in the last 8 years, these events not only have been on the San Juan Islands but also in the Seattle area and Oregon. 

   The co-owner and creator of Paellas San Juan has worked for more than 25 years in the gastronomic sector throughout Spain in places like Minorca (her hometown), the Canary Islands, Cordoba and Barcelona, in this last city she led a team in a cutting-edge restaurant of exotic tapas. She has also assisted courses in the city of Barcelona that were presented by the Sous-chef of El Bulli, restaurant owned by Ferran Adrian. With her experience and her passion for gastronomy, she started this family business at the Friday Harbor farmers market in 2016 and it has continued to grow since then.

   If you are interested fill out the application below. If you want to contact us please send us an email at info@paellassanjuan.com or call  us at 360.830.8652  and we will get back to you as soon as possible! 

Zoraima & Ray