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Care Home Hog Roast in Ashtead
From the hours of slow roasting to the last roll, a hog roast day turns the food into a centrepiece of your care home event in Ashtead.
- Home anniversaries
- Open afternoons
- Residents’ themed days
Planning an event in Ashtead?
Ashtead questions
How far is Ashtead from London?
About 16 miles from central London, and we cover it as standard.
Can you do a hog roast in Ashtead Park?
Only with permission from the park’s owner, generally the council, and many parks do not allow cooking. Check with them first, and tell us what they say.
How soon do you get booked up?
Summer Saturdays and December book up first. Quieter dates can often be booked at shorter notice. Ask and we’ll check.
Do you leave the area tidy?
Our staff clear the serving area, and we take our equipment with us.
Is mains power needed?
No, the roast is cooked on gas. Tell us what’s available and we will plan around it.
Can you roast in the rain?
We cook under a gazebo, so rain isn’t a problem for the roast. Somewhere covered for people to eat helps.
What’s included?
The classic: pork in rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling. Your quote lists any sides and extras.
Do you serve the food?
Our chef carves and our staff serve, and we clear up when service is finished.
Care home hog roast in Ashtead, carved to order
Pork can be carved thinly and served on plates with potatoes and apple sauce, which is easier for many people than a roll. Texture-modified meals should come from the home’s own kitchen. For care home summer fairs and community open days, we can cook roast potatoes, apple sauce and thinly carved roast pork.
In a town like Ashtead, care homes, sheltered housing and day centres all book hog roast days. The roaster goes in the grounds. Plates come as standard, with china available if you’d like it, at an extra cost.
Planning a hog roast day in Ashtead
Ashtead is about 2 miles south-west of Epsom, in Surrey. From village halls to gardens and fields, care home events around Ashtead suit a hog roast. Ashtead is one of 395 towns and villages in Surrey we cover. Our bookings stretch from Ashtead to Guildford (about 12 miles away).
Residents who remember days out at Jubilee Wood may enjoy talking about them over lunch. Some homes in Ashtead have links with a local church such as St George's Church, and a hog roast can be part of a summer fête. Ashtead is within about 4 miles of the Surrey Hills National Landscape.
Here we cover the KT21 and KT22 postcode area, so your care home event can be anywhere in it. Streets in the area include The Street, Church Road and Greville Park Road, and a care home event on any of them works with a garden, drive or yard for the roaster. Neighbouring places where we cater care home events include Pachesham Park (2 miles north-west), Malden Rushett (2 miles north), Oxshott (3 miles north-west), Barwell (3 miles north) and Stoke D'Abernon (4 miles west). Larger places within reach include Guildford (12 miles west), Woking (12 miles west), Horley (11 miles south-east), Redhill (8 miles south-east), Ewell (4 miles north-east) and Egham (13 miles north-west).
Other landmarks nearby include Headley Court (1.7 miles south-east) and Walton on the Hill (3.1 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Box Hill and The Lake.
- Local schools include Barnett Wood Infant School (within half a mile north-west) and St Andrew's Catholic School (0.7 miles south-west)
- Local pubs include The Leg Of Mutton And Cauliflower Public House (within half a mile east)
Who books care home hog roast in Ashtead?
It gives the kitchen team a day off from cooking.
These are some of the most popular hog roast bookings near Ashtead:
- Staff thank-you lunches
- Milestone days for the home
- Seasonal events
- Days for relatives
Visitors arriving by train should know that Ashtead station, about 0.6 miles north, is the nearest station.
What your quote should include
- When they arrive and when the food will be ready
- When payments are due and what happens if plans change
- Where the roaster goes and what it needs
- If the price includes VAT
Prices and what affects them
We do not use a fixed price list, since every event is different. The main factors are:
- How easy it is to reach the spot
- Plates or china
- Busy dates such as summer Saturdays
- How long the roast and service take
Cost depends on numbers, menu choices and service time, plus travel and access. Every booking is different, so we quote each one individually.
What we need to know
Good details mean a good quote. Useful details:
- Dietary requirements
- Which meats and sides you’d like
- Rough numbers
- Rules from the venue or landowner
We need a few details to quote: your date, your venue or postcode, how many people and any menu choices. Send us your details through our quote form.
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Working with your venue
Some venues add a fee for outside caterers, so it is worth asking first. We will liaise with them on access and set-up.
Marquee suppliers usually set distances for cooking equipment, so tell them a hog roast is coming. We’ll keep the roaster well clear of the marquee.
Allergies and dietary needs
You will get allergen information for everything we serve. To help:
- Include staff and visitors in your numbers
- Request gluten-free rolls
- Modified diets should come from the home’s kitchen
- Tell us about dietary needs in advance
We arrive early and set up outdoors, following the home’s procedures.
Roast or new potatoes and apple sauce make it a full meal.
Before you choose a spot
It’s worth planning the cooking area in advance. The ideal spot has:
- Flat ground in the grounds
- Seating for residents
- Clear of ambulance and delivery access
If you are unsure, send a picture of the space and the way in, and we will say what we think before booking.
From the roaster
- Salads
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- New potatoes
- Roast pork, carved
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Rotisserie chicken
- Roast potatoes
How the day works
It’s a relaxed, well-organised set-up. We agree arrival and serving times in advance, use the cooking spot you’ve chosen, and roast, carve and serve without fuss. For a summer hog roast day in Ashtead, residents can enjoy the garden in daylight until about 9:20pm, so an afternoon in the garden works well. In winter, dark by about 3:55pm, a lunchtime event is better.
- We plan with your manager and kitchen.
- We send a quote.
- We set up outdoors, clear of access routes.
- Food goes out on plates.
- We leave the grounds tidy.
Before we arrive
- Choose a level, open spot outdoors for the roaster
- Tell us about narrow gates or side passages
- Plan a step-free way in for the equipment
How to get a price
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many people, plus when you’d like to eat. We’ll check the date and send a quote. Use our quote form.
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What we serve, dish by dish
Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
Let us know numbers for the vegan option, and we’ll plan the vegan burgers or sausages.
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Coleslaw is the natural partner for a pork roll, and salads and new potatoes work well on a plate.
A hog roast compared with other options
A hog roast can be part of a wider event. Numbers make the biggest difference: the price per head usually falls as numbers rise, because the roaster, staff and travel cost much the same either way.
Why book with us
- Halloumi skewers and a vegan option too
- Crackling for everyone who wants it
- Staff to serve, so you don’t have to
- Timed around your day
See our pricing or the cost guide.
- Slow-roasted on site for hours, outdoors at your event
- Freshly carved pork with crackling, stuffing and apple sauce
- Vegetarian and vegan choices, plus lamb or chicken if you like
- Our team serves at your chosen time and clears up afterwards