Wokingham · England
Care Home Hog Roast in Charvil
Looking for a hog roast day in Charvil? The roaster comes to your venue, home or workplace and cooks under cover and carve when you are ready to eat.
- Day centre events
- Milestone days for the home
- Summer fêtes
Book a hog roast in Charvil
Occasions we serve in Charvil
Residents can watch the carving and enjoy the smell.
Here’s what people in Charvil most often book a hog roast for:
- Home anniversaries
- Family days with visitors
- Staff thank-you lunches
- Retirement housing events
Residents who remember days out at Sonning Hill may enjoy talking about them over lunch.
What to look for in a quote
- How long the roast takes and when they’ll arrive
- Allergen information for every dish
- Where the roaster goes and what it needs
- The menu, including sides and any extras
Care home hog roast in Charvil, carved to order
Retirement housing and day centres around Charvil book hog roast days too, for summer get-togethers and themed days. Whether it’s community open days and families’ days, we can cook rotisserie chicken, apple sauce and thinly carved roast pork for your residents.
Care homes around Charvil are frequently in converted houses with gardens. Let us know about the way in. Tell us about dietary needs and allergies when you enquire, and we’ll give you the allergen information for every dish.
The menu, dish by dish
Stuffing and apple sauce
A spoonful of apple sauce and a slice of stuffing make the roll, just as they should.
Roast pork
Hours of slow roasting make the pork soft and full of flavour, and it is carved fresh as people come up.
Space, access and the venue
The right spot for the roaster makes everything easier. Ideally:
- Someone to meet us
- A spot that keeps access clear
- Approval from the home
If you’re unsure, send a picture of the space and the way in, and we’ll say what we think.
Popular choices
- Rotisserie chicken
- New potatoes
- Salads
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Roast potatoes
- Roast pork, carved
Diets, allergies and alternatives
You’ll get allergen information for everything we serve. To help:
- Ask us to carve thinly for residents
- Stuffing normally contains gluten
- Plan separately for halal if needed
- Modified diets should come from the home’s kitchen
We arrive early and set up outdoors, following the home’s procedures.
Gluten-free rolls are available on request.
A hog roast compared with other options
Compared with a buffet, a plated hot meal suits residents better. Adding lamb, chicken, extra sides or china changes the price, so we list each one in the quote. Keeping it simple keeps it affordable.
What you get with us
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside
- Slow-roasted at your venue, not reheated
- Staff to serve, so you do not have to
- Timed around your day
See our pricing or what a hog roast costs.
For planners, venues and organisers
If you’re a venue or event planner, we can fit around your other suppliers.
If the event is on someone else’s land, the landowner needs to agree to cooking and vehicles. Sort that first.
How the day works
We get there well ahead of service, since slow roasting can’t be rushed. The smell normally brings people over long before we carve. For a summer hog roast day in Charvil, residents can enjoy the garden in daylight until about 9:25pm, so an afternoon in the garden works well. In December, with dark by about 3:55pm, lunchtime is best.
- We plan with your manager and kitchen.
- You get a clear price.
- We set up outdoors, clear of access routes.
- We carve thinly and serve on plates.
- We tidy up and go.
Preparing for the day
- Let us know about tight access
- Make sure we can wheel the roaster to the spot
- Confirm numbers ahead of the day
Ask for a quote
If you’re comparing hog roast caterers for Charvil, check what each quote actually includes. We spell it out in ours. For a quote, send us your details through our quote form.
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What a hog roast costs
A few things make the biggest difference to the price:
- The date and time of year
- The number of people
- How long the roast and service take
- Site access
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
When you contact us, it helps to include:
- Your menu choices
- Anything the venue has asked for
- Where the event is
- Roughly how many people
To get a quote, just tell us the date, where the care home event is and roughly how many. A picture of where the roaster could go helps us check the space. Fill in our quote form.
What else we do in Charvil
Questions from Charvil
Could you cook in Loddon Nature Reserve?
Only if the landowner, typically the council, allows it. Check with them first, and tell us what they say.
Is Charvil close to London?
Roughly 34 miles from the centre of London.
What do people get?
Pork, stuffing, apple sauce and crackling in a soft roll. Sides and extra meats are listed in your quote.
Do we need our own staff?
No need for your own staff: our chef carves and our team serves and clears.
How do we prepare?
The agreed cooking area, access for our equipment and someone to meet us. We will bring the rest.
What about residents who do not eat pork?
The menu has lamb, chicken, vegetarian and vegan options. Halal meat is not something we offer.
Will there be enough to go round?
We plan quantities from the numbers you give us, and we will confirm everything in writing.
Can you serve on plates?
We can carve thinly and serve on plates with potatoes and apple sauce.
Care homes around Charvil
Charvil is about 2 miles north of Woodley, in Wokingham. We bring a hog roast day to care home events anywhere in Charvil, given a suitable outdoor cooking area. We cater 35 places in Wokingham.
For homes that welcome visitors from a church like St Patrick's Church, a hog roast lunch is an easy way to say thank you. Families coming by rail can use the station: Twyford station, about 0.9 miles east, is the nearest station.
For care home events in RG10, we just need to know where the roaster can cook and a serving time. Streets in the area include Old Bath Road, Wenlock Edge and Pipistrelle Way, and a care home event on any of them works with a garden, drive or yard for the roaster. If your venue is just outside Charvil, we also cover Twyford (1 mile east), Ruscombe (1 mile east), Whistley Green (1 mile south-east), Woodley (2 miles south) and Shiplake (2 miles north). We also serve nearby towns such as Reading (4 miles south-west), Wokingham (5 miles south), Earley (4 miles south-west), Crowthorne (8 miles south-east), Lower Earley (4 miles south-west) and Winnersh (3 miles south).
A little further out are Royal Berkshire Hospital (3.7 miles south-west) and Berkshire Medical Heritage Centre Museum (3.6 miles south-west). The countryside around Charvil includes Sonning Hill and South Lake.
- Schools near Charvil include Polehampton Church of England Infant School (0.9 miles east) and The Piggott School (1.1 miles north-east)
- Local pubs include The Wagon And Horses Public House (0.6 miles east)
- Roasted on site for several hours, outdoors under cover
- Freshly carved pork with crackling, stuffing and apple sauce
- Options beyond pork, including lamb, chicken and vegetarian dishes
- Our team serves at your chosen time and clears up afterwards