

ABOUT US
Pura Vida Pans is a professional mobile catering company offering high quality food and service throughout the eastern region - Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, South Lincs, and North Essex.
Listening to our clients and understanding their requirements from initial enquiry helps us to deliver a truly memorable food service.
Specialising in the big flavours of big pan paella we also offer a wide range of catering options for all types of events and celebrations.
From tartiflette to gourmet mac & cheese, chilli to stir frys, cassoulet to stroganoff.
Our eye-catching dishes (and pans) are packed full of big flavours, and are the perfect way to add a special food experience to your event.
We take pride in only using the best ingredients to produce the best dishes.5* Food Hygiene - Royal Marines Commando veteran owned
NEW for 2025 - Mediterranean styled buffet and grazing boards of tapas, pinchos, and cicchetti.
Feedback from some of our customers and clients -
'PuraVida did an amazing job at our party. Recommendation 100%. Tasty, great value and an excellent experience'
'I always enjoy a paella and the one served up by Pura Vida Pans ticked all the boxes, perfect consistency, great ingredients and super tasty'
'We had a delicious tapas buffet that tasted as great as it looked. It far exceeded your average buffet fayre. There was plenty of choice and it was topped up throughout the evening. All the guests enjoyed the food and I can highly recommend Pura Vida Pans for your event. Amazing food, friendly service and reasonable prices too. Thank you'
'I just wanted to say thanks for your food the other day, everyone had great reviews! Would be great to have you back on site...
Thanks again and see you soon!'
'Pura Vida Pans catered for our Norfolk wedding, and were superb. We needed a gluten free wedding, and they were extremely flexible with their approach, and cooked the most delicious meat and vegan paellas that catered to everyone's dietary needs. They are superb value for money, and extremely friendly and able to make your day as easy as possible. Thank you again so much!'
PAELLA SPECIALISTS
Meat, mixed, seafood, and vegan
Choose your own paella
Every pan is made fresh - every single time!
Meat (chicken & chorizo) GF/DF
Lots of smokey paprika from the chorizo helps to give this paella a wonderful depth of flavour.
Cooked using succulent diced chicken thighs.
Served with fresh lemon.
Sauces - spicy bravas, garlic mayo.
Optional extras - Rocket salad, sliced French bread
Seafood (King prawns, squid, mussels, clams) GF/DF
Think of paella, think of incredible prawns, squid, and shellfish.
Add monk fish for an extra special meal - POA.
Served with fresh lemon.
Sauces - spicy bravas, garlic mayo.
Optional extras - Rocket salad, sliced French bread
Mixed (chicken, chorizo & prawns) GF/DF
Ideal for those who can't quite decide which paella to choose from.
Cooked using succulent diced chicken thighs to accompany King prawns.
Served with fresh lemon.
Sauces - spicy bravas, garlic mayo.
Optional extras - Rocket salad, sliced French bread
Vegan (mushrooms, courgette, red onion, green beans, mixed peppers) GF
Using fresh vegetables and cooking them with respect brings out the very best in their flavours.
An ideal option to be served alongside another paella for large events.
Served with fresh lemon.
Sauces - spicy bravas, garlic mayo.
Optional extras - Rocket salad, sliced French bread
Salads & Buffets
All Paella are available with salad.
We also offer a range of pinchos style dishes for hot & cold buffets -
Mallorcan Sobrasada
Spanish Tortilla
Pan con Tomate (available with aged Manchego)
Guindilla
King prawn skewers with vinaigrette
More options available - please ask for details
Tapas
Traditional Spanish tapas are ideal as a starter or for smaller events.
Choose from a range of hot/cold options -
Chorizo (mild or spicy) in red wine
Roasted padron peppers with rock salt
Croquettas - ham, baccala (salt cod), mushroom, chicken, cheese
Albondigas (meatballs) in rich tomato sauce
Garlic prawns
Garlic mushrooms
Corporate catering
Pura Vida Pans is perfectly suited to provide professional catering services for all types of corporate events.
Contact us directly to dicuss your requirements.
Our clients have included -
Fairfax & Favor
Savills
AF Group Ltd
Blakeney Sailing Club
Yare Boat ClubBig Pan Dishes
PVP offer a number of other big pan menu options
Tartiflette
An Alpine favourite for those colder months.
Bacon & potatoes in a rich cheese sauce for when you need something warm and satisfying.
Also available with mushrooms as a vegetarian dish.
Chilli
A firm favourite available as either mild or hot.
Minced beef in a rich onion & tomato based sauce cooked with chilli powder, cumin, and paprika.
Served with rice or nacho chips.
Range of additional toppings include cheese, jalapenos, crispy onions.
Vegetarian option also available.
Shakshuka
A dish originating from North Africa, shakshuka is a wonderful stew of tomatoes, peppers, onions together with the wonderful rich tones of Harrisa; a smokey paste made from overn roasted chillis.
Primarily a vegetarian dish topped with feta cheese and pickled onions, we also offer the addition of lamb at extra cost.
Served with fresh bread.
Pasta dishes
Gourmet Mac & Cheese
Meatballs
Risotto
Stroganoff
TBC
Vegetarian dishes
PVP offers a number of vegetarian options to suit your needs. Choose from -
Gourmet Mac & Cheese
Shakshuka
Tagine
Risotto
Paella
Stroganoff
Gourmet Mac & Cheese
PVP offers gourmet Mac & Cheese
with a variety of mouthwatering toppings -
Slow-cooked pulled pork, BBQ sauce & pickled red onions
Homeade chilli, jalapenos, sour cream, smashed Doritos
Garlic mushrooms, brie & parsley
Chorizo, spicy bravas sauce, crispy onions
Sundried tomatoes, mozzarella balls & pesto
Local butchers pork sausage, Broadland Hams smoked bacon bits & crumbled stilton
And more besides...
DESSERTS
Eat and dream.
CRUMBLE
Try a seriously tasty crumble from our sister business Norfolk Crumble.
PANNA COTTA
Milk, powdered gelatin, whipping cream, honey, sugar, salt, fresh berries
TIRAMISU
Egg yolks, sugar, milk, mascarpone cheese, coffee, brandy, cocoa powder, chocolate.
Further client feedback -
'Pura Vida Pans catered for our Norfolk wedding, and were superb. We needed a gluten free wedding, and they were extremely flexible with their approach, and cooked the most delicious meat and vegan paellas that catered to everyone's dietary needs. They are superb value for money, and extremely friendly and able to make your day as easy as possible. Thank you again so much!'
'Pura Vida (Duncan and Shelly) catered for our wedding, and it was brilliant!! We had tartiflette for the meat eaters and paella for the veggies, both dishes were super tasty! Duncan was really friendly and helpful in the lead up, they turned up on time and were really efficient which is all we can ask for when there is a thousand other things going on. We couldn't have asked for more and can't wait to eat with them again, thanks so much guys!'
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