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Hog Roast for Care Homes in Bowes Park, Greater London
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 Bowes Park.
- Themed days
- Day centre get-togethers
- Thank-you meals for staff
Book a hog roast in Bowes Park
The process
The secret is time: the meat cooks gently until it is tender while the skin crisps into crackling. It rests for a short while before carving. In late May, sunset in Bowes Park is about 8:55pm, so residents and families can stay outside late.
- The home tells us the date and numbers.
- We check the grounds and send a price.
- We roast through the morning.
- We serve inside or out.
- We pack up calmly.
Preparing for the day
- Tell us about narrow gates or side passages
- Plan somewhere sheltered for people to eat if it rains
- Gather dietary requirements early
Get a quote
We need a few details to quote: the date and serving time, the venue or N22 postcode, rough numbers and which extras you’d like. Send us your details through our quote form.
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How our care home hog roast works in Bowes Park
For care homes in Bowes Park, a hog roast day is a real occasion. Residents can watch the carving and share the meal with family and staff. For day centre get-togethers and thank-you meals for staff, we can cook new potatoes, rotisserie chicken and roast potatoes.
Around Bowes Park, getting equipment to a care home garden can mean a side gate or a rear entrance, so we check the route in with the manager beforehand. Our chef carves in front of your residents, so the pork is hot and the crackling is crisp, and nothing sits in a hot cabinet.
- Location
- Bowes Park (N22, N11, N8)
- Area hub
- Greater London
- Menu
- Roast pork rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Also available
- Lamb, chicken, halloumi skewers (V), vegan option (Ve)
- Price
- Ask us for a quote
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
Is a hog roast right for your care home event?
Where residents need modified meals, the kitchen prepares their portions while others enjoy the roast. What you pay covers the meat, the chef and staff, and hours of roasting. A long, slow roast means an early start, and the quote reflects that.
Why Bowes Park hosts choose us
- Choices for people who do not eat pork
- Roasted on site, slowly, for hours
- Serving and clearing done for you
- Self-contained: roaster, cover and serving kit
Read our pricing and our hog roast cost guide.
Perfect for your care home event in Bowes Park
The sights and smells are part of the experience.
Whatever the occasion in Bowes Park, a hog roast feeds a crowd well. Bookings frequently include:
- Staff thank-you lunches
- Home anniversaries
- Families’ days
- Open days
If your residents have links with St Mary's Greek Orthodox Church, a fête or open day together is a nice moment for a hog roast.
What to look for in a quote
- How they handle allergens and dietary needs
- What the price includes, item by item
- The space, cover and access they need
- Travel and any London charges
Where the roaster can go in Bowes Park
Before the day, it helps to think about where the roaster will go. We look for:
- A dining room, lounge or shaded garden
- A level outdoor area
- Away from emergency routes
As a London location, Bowes Park is inside the Ultra Low Emission Zone, and access takes planning: tell us about side or rear access, steps and parking for our vehicle.
If you are unsure, send a picture of the space and the way in, and we’ll say what we think.
From the roaster
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Salads
- Roast potatoes
- New potatoes
- Rotisserie chicken
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Roast pork, carved
- Stuffing and apple sauce
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A closer look at the menu
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Coleslaw is the natural partner for a pork roll, and salads and new potatoes work well on a plate.
Rotisserie chicken
For residents who don’t eat pork, rotisserie chicken is the easy answer, and it suits fussy eaters.
Your questions about a hog roast day in Bowes Park
Which station is closest to Bowes Park?
Alexandra Palace station, in Bowes Park itself.
Can you do a hog roast in Woodside Park?
Only with permission from the park’s owner, usually the council, and many parks don’t allow cooking. Check with them first, and tell us what they say.
What happens in bad weather?
Rain does not stop the cooking. Somewhere covered for people to eat helps.
Can you serve on plates?
Plates with thin slices are easy to arrange.
What about texture-modified diets?
Texture-modified meals should be prepared by the home’s kitchen to each resident’s plan. We’ll give your team the information they need.
Do you provide china?
We bring plates as standard. China crockery is available on request and quoted separately.
Where does the hog roast go?
A level, open area outdoors with room for the roaster, a gazebo and a carving table, away from buildings, marquee walls and overhanging trees. We’ll check it with you before booking.
Do we need to provide electricity?
Not to cook, because the roaster is gas-fired. Tell us what’s available and we will plan around it.
Prices and what affects them
Your quote depends on:
- Menu choices and extras
- Season and day of the week
- Plates or china
- How many people are eating
UK price guides vary widely: roughly £10 a head for a simple roll, rising past £20 with more included. We quote every event individually, with everything listed.
Details that help
To check availability and the cooking area, we’ll need:
- Any venue rules
- The date and time of the event
- Where the event is
- Any extras, such as lamb, chicken or china
Busy weekends book up early, so ask early for summer Saturdays and December. Send us your date for a quote: send us your details through our quote form.
Working with your venue
If the event is on someone else’s land, you will need the landowner’s permission for cooking and vehicles. Sort that first.
Organisers may ask for documents such as a risk assessment or gas safety information. Tell us what you need and we’ll tell you what we can send.
Looking after everyone
You will get allergen information for everything we serve. To make the most of it:
- Request gluten-free rolls
- Ask us to carve thinly for residents
- Share residents’ dietary needs with us in good time
- Include staff and visitors in your numbers
A named contact in the home helps on the day.
Gluten-free rolls are available on request.
Bowes Park: care homes and access
Bowes Park is about 3 miles south-west of Edmonton, in Greater London. We cover care home events in Bowes Park, along with the towns and villages around it. Bowes Park is one of 764 towns and villages in Greater London we cover. We cater events right across the region, from Bowes Park to London (about 7 miles away).
Residents who remember days out at Railway Fields may enjoy talking about them over lunch. Families coming by rail can use the station: Alexandra Palace station serves Bowes Park directly.
For care home events in N22, N11 and N8, we just need to know where the roaster can cook and roughly how many residents. We can cater a care home event on streets such as High Road, Park Road and Edith Road or the roads around them, wherever there’s an outdoor spot for the roaster. We also bring hog roasts to care home events in Bounds Green (1 mile north-west), Oakthorpe Park (1 mile north), Palmers Green (1 mile north), Arnos Grove (1 mile north-west) and New Southgate (1 mile north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover London (7 miles south), City of Westminster (6 miles south), Marylebone (6 miles south), Kensington (8 miles south-west), St Pancras (5 miles south) and Shoreditch (5 miles south).
A little further out are Greentrees Hospital (0.9 miles north-east) and Broomfield House Museum (1.1 miles north). Open spaces near Bowes Park include Highgate Hill and Railway Fields.
- Nearby schools include Greek Secondary School of London (less than half a mile south-west) and St Thomas More Catholic School (less than half a mile north-east)
- Local pubs include The Prince pub (less than half a mile west)
- Local facilities include Municipal Borough of Wood Green (less than half a mile south-west)
- Roasted slowly at your venue, outdoors and under cover
- Carved by our chef into rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Not just pork: spit-roast lamb, chicken and vegetarian choices
- Our team serves at your chosen time and clears up afterwards