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Hog Roast for Care Homes in Coldharbour, Surrey
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 Coldharbour.
- Families’ days
- Staff thank-you lunches
- Open afternoons
A hog roast near Coldharbour
For event organisers in Coldharbour
For venues and planners, we’re happy to work alongside your team, sharing timings and a site plan.
For workplace bookings, ask your facilities team about outside caterers and gas cooking. We’ll fit in with site rules.
About our care home hog roast in Coldharbour
We plan the day with your manager and kitchen team: where the roaster goes, who is eating and how food is served. We’re frequently asked to cater retirement community days and thank-you meals for staff, with apple sauce, roast potatoes and new potatoes.
Near Coldharbour, residents may not get out much, so a hog roast day is a special occasion. We bring plates as standard, and china crockery is available on request, quoted separately.
Coldharbour: your questions answered
Do you cater at venues in the Surrey Hills National Landscape?
Yes, though some venues in protected landscapes have extra rules for caterers; ask your venue. We will work to whatever the site needs.
Is Coldharbour close to London?
About 25 miles from central London, and well within our area.
How much room do you need?
A flat, open spot outside, plus a step-free route to wheel the equipment in. Send us a photo if you are unsure.
How soon do you get booked up?
Summer Saturdays and December book up first. For other dates, a few weeks can be enough. Send your date and we will check.
Can you serve at lunch?
We fit around the home’s routine, whether lunch or later.
Do you cover Coldharbour?
We do. Send us the address and we’ll check the date.
Can you do gluten-free?
We can supply gluten-free rolls on request. You will get allergen details for everything.
What’s the price?
It depends on numbers, the menu and how long we are on site. Send us the details and we’ll quote.
Why a carved hog roast beats a buffet
Next to the usual lunch, a hog roast day feels like an outing without leaving home. The main driver is numbers: bigger groups typically cost less per head, because the roaster, staff and travel cost much the same either way.
What you get with us
- Serving and clearing done for you
- Fresh carving at the serving station
- Salads, potatoes and coleslaw to go with it
- A clear quote with everything listed
Read our prices page and the cost guide.
The menu, dish by dish
Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
For vegans, there’s a vegan burger or sausage in a roll, so nobody misses out.
Halloumi and vegetable skewers (V)
For vegetarians, halloumi and vegetable skewers are cooked separately from the meat, a hot, filling option of their own.
Nearby places to Coldharbour
More for events in Coldharbour
Perfect for your care home event in Coldharbour
We adapt serving to suit residents.
Lots of different events suit a hog roast in Coldharbour. Here are some of the most popular:
- Milestone days for the home
- Staff appreciation days
- Retirement housing events
- Families’ days
For families visiting by train, the closest railway station is Holmwood station, roughly 1.6 miles east of the centre.
Before you book anyone
- Who carves and who serves
- Whether travel is included
- Where the roaster goes and what it needs
- Which meats, sides and extras are included
Before you choose a spot
Most gardens, car parks, yards and fields work with a little planning. Here’s what we look for:
- Sign-off from management
- Away from emergency routes
- Away from opening windows
If you are unsure, send a picture of the space and the way in, and we’ll say what we think before you book.
What we serve
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Salads
- Roast pork, carved
- New potatoes
- Roast potatoes
- Rotisserie chicken
Looking after everyone
Standard rolls and stuffing contain gluten, and gluten-free rolls are available on request. Other tips:
- Ask us to carve thinly for residents
- Ask the kitchen to prepare texture-modified portions
- Request gluten-free rolls
- Share residents’ dietary needs with us in good time
We can serve inside or out, as you prefer.
Gluten-free rolls are available on request.
Coldharbour: care homes and access
Coldharbour is about 4 miles south of Dorking, in Surrey. Care home events in Coldharbour are part of our patch, along with the towns and villages around it. Coldharbour is one of 395 places in Surrey we cover. We cater events right across the region, from Coldharbour to Guildford (about 10 miles away).
A care home summer fair, perhaps with a church like Christ Church, is a good occasion for a hog roast. Residents who remember days out at Leith Hill may enjoy talking about them over lunch. Coldharbour is within about a mile of the Surrey Hills National Landscape.
For care home events in RH5, we just need to know where the roaster can cook and roughly how many residents. Neighbouring places where we cater care home events include Abinger Bottom (2 miles north-west), South Holmwood (2 miles north-east), Holmwood Corner (2 miles east), Friday Street (2 miles north-west) and Beare Green (2 miles east). Further out, we also cater in Guildford (10 miles north-west), Woking (13 miles north-west), Epsom (11 miles north), Horley (8 miles east), Redhill (9 miles north-east) and Ewell (13 miles north).
Well-known places in the area include Mesolithic Museum (2.6 miles north-west) and Abinger Castle (2.6 miles north-west). The countryside around Coldharbour includes Vann Lake and Leith Hill.
- Nearby, you’ll find Plough Inn (less than half a mile north-east)
What a hog roast costs
Things that change the price:
- Travel to Coldharbour
- How easy it is to reach the spot
- How many people are eating
- How long the roast and service take
Cost depends on numbers, menu choices and service time, along with distance and how easy the site is. There’s no one-size price, so we quote each one individually.
What we need to know
The more we know, the more accurate the quote. Please include:
- Roughly how many people
- Your menu choices
- Rules from the venue or landowner
- The date and time of the event
Planning ahead? Popular dates fill 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.
How it works
The secret is time: hours of gentle heat make the pork soft and juicy while the skin turns into crackling. Then it rests briefly before our chef carves. In late May, sunset in Coldharbour is about 8:50pm, so a spring hog roast day can carry on into the evening.
- The home tells us the date and numbers.
- We agree the cooking spot and quote.
- We roast through the morning.
- We carve and serve where you choose.
- We clear away quietly.
Before we arrive
- Make sure the cooking area is away from walls, tents and trees
- Let us know about tight access
- Check there is a route to wheel the equipment in, without steps
Getting a price
If you’re comparing hog roast caterers for Coldharbour, check what each quote actually includes. We spell it out in ours. For a quote, use our quote form.
Planning help
- Cooked where you are, slowly, over several hours outdoors
- Our chef carves the pork, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling on the side
- Options beyond pork, including lamb, chicken and vegetarian dishes
- Served when you’re ready, and we tidy the serving area afterwards