Kent · England
Care Home Hog Roast for Fant
We bring a hog roast day to Fant and nearby, cooking slowly at your venue and serving it hot, with our staff looking after the serving.
- Care home summer fairs
- Thank-you meals for staff
- Open afternoons
Care home hog roast in Fant
Questions from Fant
How far is Fant from London?
Roughly 30 miles from the centre of London, and well within our area.
Could you cook in Whatman 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.
How far ahead should we book?
Summer Saturdays and December book up first. For other dates, a few weeks can be enough. Send your date and we’ll check.
Can visitors eat too?
Of course: include them in your numbers.
What happens after service?
We pack everything away after service, so you’re not left with the mess.
Where will the roaster go?
In the grounds, never in the kitchen.
How big a hog will we need?
We plan quantities from the numbers you give us, and we’ll talk it through when we quote.
Can you carve thinly?
Plates with thin slices are easy to arrange.
Care home hog roast in Fant, carved to order
In Fant, care homes book us for fêtes, open days and family days, bringing everyone together over a meal. Whether it is thank-you meals for staff and retirement housing events, we can cook rotisserie chicken, new potatoes and thinly carved roast pork.
In Fant, care homes, a hog roast day brings a sense of occasion. Plates come as standard, with china available if you’d like it, at an extra cost.
Also in Fant
Why choose a hog roast in Fant?
Next to a buffet, a plated hot meal suits residents better. What you pay covers the meat, the chef and staff, and hours of roasting. A long, slow roast means an early start, which is built into the price.
Why book our hog roast in Fant
- Carved by our chef in front of your residents
- Roasted on site, slowly, for hours
- Planned to your running order
- Serving and clearing done for you
Read how we price or what a hog roast costs.
What comes off the roaster
Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
Our vegan option is a vegan burger or sausage, served in a roll with salads.
Roast pork
Slow-roasted pork is the heart of the menu: carved thick or thin, as people like it, straight from the roaster.
Allergies and dietary needs
Most people love a hog roast, but it’s pork. Some ways to look after everyone:
- Include staff and visitors in your numbers
- Share residents’ dietary needs with us in good time
- Ask us to carve thinly for residents
- Plan separately for halal if needed
We clear away quietly.
Ask about china.
Hog roast days near Fant
Fant is about 2 miles west of Maidstone, in Kent. We cover care home events in Fant, as well as the surrounding area. We cover 922 places across Kent. We cater events right across the region, from Fant to Canterbury (about 26 miles away).
Fant is on or near the A26, so access for our equipment is simple. For families visiting by train, East Farleigh station is about 0.8 miles away. The Kent Downs National Landscape is within about 7 miles of Fant.
This part of Kent takes in ME16 and ME15, so your care home event can be anywhere in it. Streets in the area include Fant Lane, Glebe Lane and Burns Road, and a care home event on any of them works with a garden, drive or yard for the roaster. Being close to the A26, Fant is simple for us to get to for your care home event. If your venue is just outside Fant, we also cover East Farleigh (1 mile south), Kettle Corner (1 mile south-west), Dean Street (1 mile south), Barming Heath (1 mile west) and Hoppers Corner (1 mile south-west). We also serve nearby towns such as Sittingbourne (12 miles north-east), Sevenoaks (13 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (13 miles south-west), Gravesend (12 miles north-west), Tonbridge (10 miles south-west) and Northfleet (13 miles north-west).
Nearby you’ll also find Kent Fire Brigade Museum (1.2 miles south-east) and Fremlin Walk (1.4 miles north-east). The countryside around Fant includes Boxley Hills and Burham Down.
- Nearby schools include Oakwood Park Grammar School (0.5 miles north-east) and St Augustine Academy (0.5 miles north-east)
- Local pubs include The Bull Inn (0.9 miles west)
Working with your venue
If the event is on someone else’s land, the landowner needs to agree to cooking and vehicles. Get that agreed before booking.
Booking for a club or group? One clear contact makes everything easier, especially on the day.
How we price a hog roast day
Each price is built from:
- The date and time of year
- Crockery choices
- How long the roast and service take
- Site access
Travel matters for the price: we include travel in the quote. Tell us the exact address for an accurate figure.
What to tell us
For a quick, accurate price, send us:
- Your menu choices
- Rough numbers
- The date and when you’d like to eat
- Any venue rules
We need a few details to quote: the date and serving time, the venue or ME16 postcode, rough numbers and which extras you’d like. Fill in our quote form.
Events we cater in Fant
It gives the kitchen team a day off from cooking.
However big or small the event in Fant, a hog roast feeds a crowd well. Bookings frequently include:
- Day centre lunches
- Staff appreciation days
- Care home summer fairs
- Milestone days for the home
For homes that welcome visitors from a church like Parish Church of St Andrew, a hog roast lunch is an easy way to say thank you.
What to look for in a quote
- Allergen information for every dish
- What the cooking area needs: space, cover and access
- VAT, if it applies
- Staffing on the day
How the day works
Service is quick once we start carving: the chef carves and the team serves, and sides go out at the same time. Afterwards we clear the serving area and pack away. By late September, the light in Fant goes at about 7:00pm, so we suggest a lunchtime serving in autumn.
- Your activities lead or manager gets in touch with a date.
- We look at photos of the garden or car park and suggest a cooking spot.
- The kitchen shares residents’ dietary needs with us.
- Residents can see and smell the roast from the morning.
- After serving, we clear away without disturbing the home.
How to prepare
- Give us final numbers a week or so before
- Ensure the cooking area is away from walls, tents and trees
- Check there’s a route to wheel the equipment in, without steps
Getting a price
A quote from us sets out the menu, timings, staffing and what’s included, so you can compare caterers fairly. Fill in our quote form.
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Where the roaster can go in Fant
A good cooking spot makes the day run smoothly. Ideally:
- The manager’s agreement to a gas-fired roaster
- A level spot in the garden or car park
- Clear of bedroom windows
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we will advise.
What we serve
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Roast potatoes
- Roast pork, carved
- Rotisserie chicken
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Vegan option (Ve)
- New potatoes
- Salads
- Cooked where you are, slowly, over several hours outdoors
- Our chef carves the pork, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling on the side
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside the pork
- Served by our staff at the time you choose, then cleared away