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    Canapés & Street Food Stalls

    Live Indian street food catering.

    • Catering since 2008
    • Food Hygiene Rating 5
    • Halal-sourced
    • Richmond upon Thames

    Jaflong Team4 min read

    Jaflong buffet line set up with covered trays ready for guests to serve themselves
    Buffet lines set up and ready to serve
    Copper chafing units keeping Indian curries hot at a Jaflong event service
    Copper chafing units keep every dish hot
    Jaflong catering staff serving guests from a buffet at an event
    Our own team serving on the day

    Canapés & Street Food Stalls — Live Indian Stations for London Events

    freshly prepared cooking makes a room. A canapé reception with hand‑passed bites, or a wedding with a tandoor firing at the back of the marquee, or a corporate event with a chaat stall in the atrium — that's what guests remember. Jaflong Tandoori runs canapés and live stalls across London for corporate hospitality, weddings, product launches, film wrap parties, and private events.

    Canapé formats

    Hand‑passed canapés — from £25 per head (6 pieces)

    Six bites per guest, three savoury / three sweet options. Halal, vegetarian, and vegan choices in every menu.

    Substantial canapés — from £25 per head (10 pieces)

    Ten pieces per guest, mix of hot and cold. Replaces a light meal.

    Reception canapés — from £25 per head (12 pieces + dessert)

    Twelve savoury bites plus a hand‑passed dessert selection.

    Live street food stalls

    • Tandoor stall — chicken tikka, seekh kebabs, tandoori paneer, live naan. £900 (up to 100 covers).
    • Chaat stall — pani puri, bhel puri, dahi vada, samosa chaat. £700 (up to 100 covers).
    • Dosa / uthappam stall — freshly made to order with chutneys and sambar. £800 (up to 100 covers).
    • Kathi roll stall — chicken tikka, paneer, or lamb kathi rolls. £750 (up to 100 covers).
    • Mithai counter — traditional sweets, hand‑served with chai. £600.

    Book two stalls for a corporate reception, three for a wedding. Each stall comes with a chef and full service kit.

    Staff & service kit

    Every canapé booking includes hand‑pass service staff (ratio 1 : 25 guests). Every live stall includes a chef plus setup, service, and breakdown. China crockery available on request; biodegradable disposables standard.

    Space & setup requirements

    • Per stall footprint: 2.5m × 2m minimum.
    • Access: vehicle drop‑off within 50m of setup preferred.
    • Power: tandoor is self‑contained; dosa griddle needs a 13A socket.
    • Ventilation: tandoor and dosa stalls need outdoor placement or extraction.

    Dietary coverage

    Halal by default across all savoury items. Vegetarian and vegan options on every stall. Gluten‑free and nut‑free flagged per canapé. Full allergen matrix per booking.

    Where we cater

    Corporate events across Central London, City, and Canary Wharf. Weddings across Richmond, Kingston, Wimbledon, and Home Counties. Film wrap parties at London studios. See full service areas.

    What clients say

    "We booked a tandoor stall and a chaat stall for a product launch — 300 guests, the stalls were the centrepiece. Photos went straight onto the client's social."
    — Events Manager, London PR agency

    "Wedding reception canapés for 180 — hand‑passed, halal, and beautifully presented. The dessert canapés were unexpected and brilliant."
    — Rachel, Richmond

    Frequently asked questions

    What's the minimum booking?

    50 guests for canapé service; 80 guests for a live stall.

    How many pieces per guest for canapés?

    6 pieces for a drinks reception (1 hour); 10 for a substantial reception replacing a light meal; 12 plus dessert for a full canapé‑only evening.

    How much notice do you need?

    Three to four weeks for canapé service; four to six weeks for live stalls in peak season.

    Can we mix canapés and stalls?

    Yes — hand‑passed canapés for the arrival, live stalls for the main service is a popular format.

    Do you provide staff?

    Hand‑pass staff for canapés (1:25 ratio) and a dedicated chef per stall included.

    Do you handle wet weather for outdoor stalls?

    Yes — gazebo included on every outdoor stall booking.

    Book canapés or a live stall

    Call 020 8332 1339, WhatsApp +44 7436 026277, or use our quote builder and select "Canapés" or "speciality dish counter".

    Related services: corporate catering · wedding catering · Hindu weddings · festival & outdoor catering · film set catering.

    Talk to us about your event

    Tell us the date, guest count and venue — we reply with a tailored quote, usually the same day.

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    Why Choose Jaflong?

    • Catering since 2008
    • Around 500 events catered
    • Halal-Sourced
    • Food Hygiene Rating 5
    • 4.7★ on Google Reviews

    How the service runs

    Four steps, from our kitchen to your guests' plates

    Tap through each stage to see exactly what we handle on the day.

    Copper chafing dishes being loaded in the Jaflong Richmond kitchen on the morning of an event

    Morning of your event

    Cooked fresh in our Richmond kitchen

    Curries, biryani and sides are cooked from scratch on the day in our Food Hygiene Rating 5 kitchen. Halal-sourced meat, and vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free dishes prepared separately.

    • Fresh on the day, never reheated stock
    • Halal-sourced meat
    • Separate prep for dietary dishes
    Plan your buffet

    Our set-up, photographed

    Copper chafers, brass burners, porcelain plates and labelled dish cards — the same service kit we bring to garden parties, community halls and outdoor events across Richmond upon Thames.

    How outdoor catering works

    Cooked in Richmond, delivered hot, served the way your day runs

    Outdoor events live or die on logistics. This is exactly what a Jaflong drop-off and self-serve buffet looks like from kitchen to last plate — photographed at real events across Richmond upon Thames and south-west London.

    1. Polished copper chafing dishes loaded with hot food in the Jaflong Richmond kitchen before an outdoor event01

      We cook in our Richmond kitchen

      Every curry, biryani and street-food item is prepared in our Food Hygiene Rating 5 kitchen on the morning of your event, then packed hot into sealed copper chafers and insulated boxes.

    2. A long dressed buffet line of stainless chafing dishes set up and labelled by Jaflong Catering at a community hall event02

      We deliver, set up and hold it hot

      Our team arrives 3–4 hours before service, dresses the tables, sets the chafers and fuel, labels every dish and checks holding temperatures — then clears down afterwards.

    3. A guest holding a freshly served chaat cup at Ham Fair, with chickpeas, chutneys and toppings laid out behind03

      Your guests help themselves

      A self-serve buffet keeps queues moving at outdoor parties and fairs — guests take what they want, go back for seconds, and you stay with your guests instead of running the food.

    Vegan and dairy-free Indian canapés, samosas, pakoras and pani puri arranged on wooden boards at a Jaflong event

    Every guest catered for, on the same table

    Vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free dishes are prepared separately and set out in their own labelled section of the buffet, so nobody has to ask. All meat is halal-sourced.

    Outdoor events we've catered

    Proof from the field, not the brochure

    • Chaat cup with chickpeas and toppings served from the Jaflong stall at Ham Fair

      Ham Fair, Richmond

      Community fair · street-food stall

      A full day of high-volume street-food service on the green — chicken tikka wraps, chaat cups and samosas served from our stall with queue flow planned around the organiser's site layout.

      Quote a festival stall
    • Copper chafing dishes set on a dressed table with printed dish cards at a corporate summer party

      Corporate summer party, Richmond upon Thames

      120 guests · drop-off buffet

      Cooked in the morning, delivered and set up in the marquee for a 1pm service. Vegan and gluten-free dishes labelled in their own section, cleared down the same evening.

      Quote a corporate party
    • Long self-serve buffet line set up for a Kingston community event

      Hollyfield community event, Kingston

      Community partnership · outdoor buffet

      Self-serve buffet for a mixed-age community crowd, sized so late arrivals still ate well, with all-halal meat and clear allergen cards on every dish.

      Quote a community event
    • Buffet service table with stacked plates, cutlery and copper chafers ready for guests

      Richmond Park area team day

      60 guests · drop-off with equipment

      A lunchtime drop-off for an outdoor team day: hot mains held in copper chafers, plates, cutlery and napkins supplied, collection arranged for the following morning.

      Quote a team day
    • Large service pot of pilau rice topped with fried onions ready for a school fair

      School summer fair, Surbiton

      PTA fundraiser · high-volume service

      Biryani and pilau served in volume through a two-hour peak, priced per head so the PTA could forecast the fundraising margin before the day.

      Quote a school fair
    • The food arrived hot, the buffet looked beautiful and the team set everything up without us lifting a finger. Guests were still talking about the biryani weeks later.

      Jennifer Scott

      Corporate summer party, Richmond

    • We've used Jaflong for our outdoor events three years running. Their ability to manage huge queues without losing quality is unmatched.

      Mark Thompson

      Community event organiser, Kingston

    • 4.7★ Google rating

      Reviews from Richmond, Kingston & Twickenham clients

    • Food Hygiene Rating 5

      FSA-inspected Richmond kitchen, TW10 7NF

    • Halal-sourced & allergen-labelled

      Every dish labelled, allergens listed on the day

    • Written quote within 4 hours

      Weekdays 9am–6pm, same-day on most enquiries

    Hot on arrival, beautifully set up and cleared down without us asking. Easily the most professional caterer we've booked in Richmond.
    Jennifer ScottCorporate summer party, Richmond
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    Food stalls vs live cooking stations

    These two formats are often described interchangeably online, and they are not the same thing. Jaflong runs served food stalls at festivals and outdoor events. We do not run live cooking stations, so it is worth knowing exactly what arrives on the day before you book.

    What we do provide — served food stalls

    • Branded gazebo stalls with curry pots, biryani boxes and wrap counters
    • Food cooked in our Richmond kitchen, held hot and served to order at the stall
    • High throughput queues — designed for 500 to 3,000+ covers across a festival day
    • Trestle tables, covers, chafing units, fuel, utensils, setup and clear-down included
    • Serving staff can be arranged on request — please ask when you enquire

    What we do not provide

    • Live cooking stations or chef theatre in front of guests
    • Live tandoor, tawa or grill stations on the pitch
    • Plated fine-dining or silver service
    • Bar or bartender service

    If your brief genuinely needs cooking performed in front of guests, tell us at enquiry stage — we would rather say so upfront than under-deliver on the day.

    Canapés & Street Food Stalls — frequently asked questions

    Why organisers trust us

    A caterer Richmond already knows

    Food Hygiene Rating
    5
    Catering since
    2008
    Events catered
    ~500
    Google rating
    4.7★
    • Ham Fair stallholder
    • Hollyfest partner
    • Richmond Park events
    • Corporate & private clients

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