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Care Home Hog Roast for Eyhorne Street
Roasted for hours, carved to order and served hot: a hog roast day in Eyhorne Street and the surrounding area.
- Care home summer fairs
- Families’ days
- Retirement community days
Care home hog roast for Eyhorne Street
Care home hog roasts in Eyhorne Street
Eyhorne Street is about 4 miles east of Maidstone, in Kent. We cover care home events in Eyhorne Street, as well as the surrounding area. Eyhorne Street is one of 922 towns and villages in Kent where we cater. Our nearest city page is Canterbury, about 20 miles away.
If your residents have links with All Saints Church, a fête or open day together is a nice moment for a hog roast. Old photos of Detling Hill can spark conversation during a hog roast day. Eyhorne Street is within about a mile of the Kent Downs National Landscape, a nice prompt for residents’ memories of days out.
Wherever your care home event is in ME17, we can bring the roaster to you, from busy streets to quiet lanes. Local streets include Eyhorne Street, Tile Fields and Tile Fields Close; a care home event on any of them works well with outdoor space and a way in. For care home events just outside Eyhorne Street, we cover Hollingbourne (1 mile north-east), Ashbank (1 mile south-west), Broomfield (1 mile south), Leeds (1 mile south-west) and Broad Street (1 mile north). We also serve nearby towns such as Maidstone (4 miles west), Ashford (13 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (7 miles north-east), Faversham (12 miles east), Minster (13 miles north-east) and Kings Hill (10 miles west).
Nearby you’ll also find KIMS hospital (3.6 miles north-west) and Leeds Castle (0.9 miles south). The countryside around Eyhorne Street includes Detling Hill.
- Pubs nearby include Glyder House Sugar Loaves Public House (within half a mile west)
Care home hog roast in Eyhorne Street, carved to order
Your team knows each resident’s needs, so we follow your guidance and give you full allergen details. For open afternoons and thank-you meals for staff, we can cook new potatoes, rotisserie chicken and halloumi skewers and more.
For a care home near Eyhorne Street, tell us about lanes and the drive so we can plan our route. Tell us about dietary needs and allergies when you enquire, and we’ll tell you exactly what’s in each dish.
Allergies and dietary needs
Allergies and dietary needs are easy to manage if we know in advance. Tips:
- Modified diets should come from the home’s kitchen
- Stuffing typically contains gluten
- Include staff and visitors in your numbers
- Plan separately for halal if needed
The roaster stays clear of busy paths and windows.
Gluten-free rolls are available on request.
Towns and villages near Eyhorne Street
What else we do in Eyhorne Street
What a hog roast costs
There’s no fixed price list, because every care home event is different. What matters most:
- Busy dates such as summer Saturdays
- How long the roast and service take
- The number of people
- Which meats and sides you choose
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, so you know exactly what you’re paying for.
Getting an accurate quote
To check availability and the cooking area, we will need:
- A photo of the cooking area
- Your menu choices
- Anything the venue has asked for
- The address or postcode
Planning ahead? Popular dates fill up early, so ask early for summer Saturdays and December. Send us your date for a quote: use our quote form.
Why a carved hog roast beats a buffet
Compared with a trip out, it is easier for everyone to enjoy. A hog roast is often good value for a crowd, since one roast goes a long way. The menu, extras such as china and the serving time all affect the final price.
Why us?
- Slow-roasted at your venue, not reheated
- The classics: stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- All the equipment comes with us
- Carved to order by a chef
Read our pricing and what a hog roast costs.
The menu, dish by dish
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Choose from salads, new potatoes, coleslaw and roast or jacket potatoes, to suit your event.
Stuffing and apple sauce
Sharp, sweet apple sauce and savoury sage and onion stuffing go with the pork perfectly. Stuffing normally contains gluten.
Before you choose a spot
It is worth planning the cooking area in advance. The ideal spot has:
- Somewhere for residents to eat comfortably
- Clear of ambulance and delivery access
- Approval from the home
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we will advise.
On the menu in Eyhorne Street
- Roast potatoes
- Salads
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Roast pork, carved
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Rotisserie chicken
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- New potatoes
The process
We cook on a gas-fired roaster, so we don’t need mains power to cook, though a socket nearby is handy for lighting. In Eyhorne Street, December daylight ends around 3:50pm, so a lunchtime serving suits winter.
- You tell us when, how many and where.
- We confirm the spot with your manager and quote.
- We arrive early and start the roast.
- We carve and serve where you choose: dining room, lounge or garden.
- Afterwards we pack up quietly.
Getting ready for the day
- Send final numbers in good time
- Plan somewhere sheltered for people to eat if it rains
- Name a contact for the day
How to get a price
If you are comparing hog roast caterers for Eyhorne Street, ask each one exactly what’s included. Ours lists it clearly. To get yours, send us your details through our quote form.
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Working with your venue
Event organisers frequently ask caterers for paperwork such as a risk assessment. Let us know what your event requires and we will confirm what we can provide.
If you are booking for a workplace, check with facilities about gas equipment and vehicle access. We work to the site’s rules.
Perfect for your care home event in Eyhorne Street
We adapt serving to suit residents.
In Eyhorne Street and nearby, we cater for all sorts of events. Popular bookings include:
- Themed days
- Day centre get-togethers
- Thank-you meals for staff
- Care home summer fairs
Visitors arriving by train should know that there’s a station right in Eyhorne Street: Hollingbourne station.
Questions to ask before you book
- Staffing on the day
- Whether travel is included
- A clear list of what’s included
- The full menu and the sides
Eyhorne Street questions
Do you come out to small places like Eyhorne Street?
No, we come to small places too. Let us know about access and the cooking spot.
Can you do a hog roast at a venue in the Kent Downs 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 mains power needed?
No, the roast is cooked on gas. Tell us what’s available and we’ll plan around it.
What if it rains?
The roaster is under cover, so a shower doesn’t stop us. Your residents will want somewhere dry to eat.
Do you offer gluten-free rolls?
Ask for gluten-free rolls and we’ll bring them. You will get allergen details for everything.
Can you cook inside a hall or marquee?
The roaster always stays outside, under cover, away from buildings and marquee walls. We can often serve indoors if the venue agrees.
What’s the price?
Numbers, menu and travel decide the price. Tell us your date and we will send a price.
Will there be enough to go round?
We plan quantities from the numbers you give us, and we will confirm everything in writing.
- Cooked where you are, slowly, over several hours outdoors
- Carved to order by our chef, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Options beyond pork, including lamb, chicken and vegetarian dishes
- Staff to serve at the agreed time, then clear away