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Hog Roast for Care Homes in East Boldre, Hampshire
Plenty of choice: hog roast rolls, lamb, rotisserie chicken, halloumi skewers and a vegan option, plus salads, coleslaw and potatoes. Care home hog roast in East Boldre.
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About our care home hog roast in East Boldre
For care homes in East Boldre, a hog roast day is a real occasion. The smell drifts through the home, residents can watch the carving, and families can join in. Typical bookings include family days with visitors and thank-you meals for staff, with roast potatoes, new potatoes and thinly carved roast pork.
Rural care homes near East Boldre can feel a long way from the bustle of town, so a hog roast day is a big event. The hog is roasted on site at your care home event, low and slow, for hours.
Your questions about a hog roast day in East Boldre
What’s the nearest station to East Boldre?
The closest is Beaulieu Road station, roughly 3.8 miles away.
Do you come out to small places like East Boldre?
No, we come to small places too. Let us know about access and the cooking spot.
How long does a hog roast take to cook?
Several hours, depending on the size and the weather, so we arrive well before you want to eat. We plan the timings from when you want to eat.
How soon do you get booked up?
Popular dates go early. But do ask even at short notice: send us your details through our quote form.
What happens after service?
We clear the serving area and pack away, and leave the area tidy.
What if it rains?
We roast under cover, so the food is not affected. Plan somewhere sheltered for eating.
Who serves?
No need for your own staff: we carve, serve and tidy up.
Can we hire the machine and cook it ourselves?
We do, if you’re happy to roast and carve yourself. Ask and we’ll talk you through it.
Diets, allergies and alternatives
You’ll get allergen information for everything we serve. To help:
- Ask the kitchen to prepare texture-modified portions
- Plan separately for halal if needed
- Count residents who need an alternative
- Ask for gluten-free rolls if needed
We arrive early and set up outdoors, following your sign-in and safety rules.
Gluten-free rolls are available on request.
How it works
It’s a relaxed, well-organised set-up. Arrival and serving times are agreed beforehand, use the cooking spot you’ve chosen, and get on with roasting and serving. Late-September sunset in East Boldre is about 7:10pm, so autumn events are best at lunchtime.
- Your activities lead or manager gets in touch with a date.
- Photos of the grounds help us choose a safe spot.
- Your kitchen team tells us about diets and textures.
- On the day the hog roasts outside while residents watch from the lounge or garden.
- After serving, we clear away without disturbing the home.
Getting ready for the day
- Ensure the cooking area is away from walls, tents and trees
- Measure the narrowest gate or passage
- Give us final numbers a week or so before
Ask for a quote
When you are weighing up caterers, ask each one exactly what’s included. Ours lists it clearly. For a quote, send us your details through our quote form.
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Where the roaster can go in East Boldre
Most gardens, car parks, yards and fields work if a few things are right. Here’s what helps:
- Clear of ambulance and delivery access
- The manager’s agreement to a gas-fired roaster
- A named contact on the day
Not sure about the cooking spot? Send us a picture and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
What we serve
- Salads
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Roast potatoes
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Roast pork, carved
- Rotisserie chicken
- New potatoes
A hog roast compared with other options
For residents who need modified textures, your kitchen looks after those portions. 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 East Boldre hosts choose us
- Rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Choices for people who don’t eat pork
- Serving and clearing done for you
- Self-contained: roaster, cover and serving kit
Read our prices page and what a hog roast costs.
Organising for someone else?
If the event is on someone else’s land, the landowner needs to agree to cooking and vehicles. Sort that first.
Marquee hire companies frequently have rules about cooking near their tents, so let them know about the roaster. The roaster stays a safe distance from the marquee.
Occasions we serve in East Boldre
It brings a sense of occasion to an ordinary day.
A hog roast suits a wide range of occasions in East Boldre. Typical bookings include:
- Anniversaries of the home
- Day centre lunches
- Open afternoons
- Days for relatives
Families coming by rail can use the station: the closest railway station is Beaulieu Road station, roughly 3.8 miles north-west of the centre.
Before booking anyone
- How dietary needs are handled
- Which meats, sides and extras are included
- A clear list of what’s included
- VAT, if it applies
A closer look at the menu
Stuffing and apple sauce
A spoonful of apple sauce and a slice of stuffing turn a pork roll into a hog roast roll.
Roast pork
We carve as we serve, which keeps it hot and moist.
What a hog roast costs
Each price is built from:
- Whether you want china
- The number of people
- The serving time and how long we are on site
- Site access
UK price guides vary widely: roughly £10 a head for a simple roll, rising past £20 with more included. Every event gets its own quote, with everything listed.
What to tell us
When you contact us, please mention:
- The venue or postcode
- Rough numbers
- Anything the venue has asked for
- What the outdoor space is like
For a quote, send us a few details: 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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Hog roast days near East Boldre
East Boldre is about 5 miles north-east of Lymington, in Hampshire. We take a hog roast day to gardens, car parks, yards and venues around East Boldre. We bring hog roasts to 683 places in Hampshire, from the larger towns to small villages. You can also see our page for Southampton, about 8 miles away.
If your residents have links with Church of St Paul, a fête or open day together is a nice moment for a hog roast. Boldre Foreshore is close by, a good starting point for a chat about days out. East Boldre is within about 2 miles of the New Forest National Park, a nice prompt for residents’ memories of days out. With the sea within about 5 miles, many residents will have memories of the seaside.
This part of Hampshire takes in SO42, so your care home event can be anywhere in it. Streets in the area include Sweyns Lease, Chapel Lane and Warton Close, 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 East Boldre, we also cover Furzey Lodge (1 mile north), Beaulieu (1 mile north-east), Bailey's Hard (1 mile east), The Hummicks (2 miles east) and Dibden Purlieu (4 miles north-east). Larger places within reach include Gosport (14 miles east), Eastleigh (12 miles north-east), Fareham (12 miles east), Totton (8 miles north), Chandler's Ford (13 miles north) and Hedge End (11 miles north-east).
A little further out are Lymington New Forest Hospital (4.1 miles south-west) and Beaulieu Abbey And Display Of Monastic Life (1.4 miles north-east). Within reach you will find Boldre Foreshore.
- Local pubs include Turfcutters Arms (less than half a mile south)
- Roasted slowly at your venue, outdoors and under cover
- Carved to order by our chef, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Vegetarian and vegan choices, plus lamb or chicken if you like
- Served by our staff at the time you choose, then cleared away