Our new series, ‘Success Stories’ aims to highlight the subsequent success of various companies since becoming a Member of the Spanish Chamber through a number of interviews. To kick of the series, we were thrilled to interview Chamber Member Paella Fella to learn more about the thriving catering business.
1. Could you briefly describe Paella Fella and what sparked your initial interest in making the company a Member of the Spanish Chamber?
Paella Fella is a specialist event caterer providing premium quality paella and tapas for a variety of events from landmark birthdays and weddings to corporate functions – all on a scale for gatherings of 50 to 350 people or even more.
Ever keen to share our love and passion for entertaining with paella, tapas and all things Iberian, we approached the Spanish Chamber of Commerce and found they offered a unique proposition for networking opportunities as well as developing useful new business contacts across and throughout the Chamber members.
2. How has Paella Fella changed and advanced since joining the Chamber?
Our membership of the Chamber has had and continues to have a very positive significant impact on Paella Fella’s business. It has opened up to us a range of new corporate customers from across the membership which has helped us shape and refine both our onsite catering and large scale delivery based services.
3. Has joining the Spanish Chamber given your business access to new clientele, or do you have any success stories that you can share?
Joining the Chamber has opened up a range of different opportunities for Paella Fella to cater for new clientele. This has included sponsoring a tapas/food station at the Spanish Chamber of Commerce’s Copa del Rey de Golf Tournament in 2018 and catering for both Ferrovial SA/Laing Construction’s Thames Tideway Project Inauguration and Tunnel Completion phases on two separate occasions. I do not believe these unique opportunities would have been open to us without being part of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce.
4. Could you highlight some of the main factors that you would attribute to the success of your company?
Creating a unique happy and hassle-free catering experience end to end for our customers I would say is key to the success of Paella Fella. The difference comes from having a fun-loving dedicated team of staff serving up a blend of premium quality paellas and tapas both traditional and fusion based, that brings sunshine and happiness to every event.
5. Finally, what would you say to somebody who’s on the fence about signing up to become a Member of the Chamber?
I would say: go ahead and join because the combination of benefits available are significant i.e. the different networking opportunities offered, together with the contacts, reach and sphere of influence that the Spanish Chamber has, far outweighs not being part of the family.