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Care Home Hog Roast in Five Wents
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 Five Wents.
- Retirement housing events
- Open afternoons
- Residents’ themed days
Care home hog roast for Five Wents
About our care home hog roast in Five Wents
Retirement housing and day centres around Five Wents book hog roast days too, for summer get-togethers and themed days. Whether it’s families’ days and community open days, we will put together a menu of thinly carved roast pork, new potatoes and roast potatoes and more.
For a care home near Five Wents, tell us about lanes and the drive. The hog is roasted on site at your care home event, low and slow, for hours.
Five Wents: your questions answered
Which station is closest to Five Wents?
Hollingbourne station, about 3 miles north-east of the centre.
Is Five Wents close to London?
About 35 miles from central London, and we cover it as standard.
Where does the hog roast go?
A level, open area outdoors with room for the roaster, a gazebo and a carving table, away from buildings, marquee walls and overhanging trees. We will confirm the space with your quote.
Can you carve thinly?
Plates are frequently easier for residents.
Can you serve at lunch?
Choose the time, and we will plan the roast around it.
Who serves?
You do not need anyone else: we carve, serve and tidy up.
What’s the price?
Each event is priced on its own, based on numbers, menu, service time and distance. Tell us about your care home event for a quote.
Can you do gluten-free?
Ask for gluten-free rolls and we will bring them. You’ll get allergen details for everything.
Towns and villages near Five Wents
Also in Five Wents
What a hog roast costs
There’s no fixed price list, because every care home event is different. The main factors are:
- Menu choices and extras
- Time on site
- The number of people
- 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, so you know exactly what you’re paying for.
Getting an accurate quote
We can quote more accurately with a few details. Here’s what’s useful:
- The venue or postcode
- The date and when you’d like to eat
- Any venue rules
- Where the roaster could go, ideally with a photo
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many people, plus when you’d like to eat. We’ll check the date and send a quote. Use our quote form.
Planners, venues and businesses
Many venues set rules for outside caterers, including where gas cooking is allowed. Ask early, and pass on anything they need from us.
If you’re a venue or event planner, we are happy to work alongside your team.
Care homes around Five Wents
Five Wents is about 4 miles south-east of Maidstone, in Kent. Hosts in Five Wents book us for care home events of all sizes. We cover all 922 towns and villages in Kent. We cater events right across the region, from Five Wents to Canterbury (about 22 miles away).
Residents who remember days out at Detling Hill may enjoy talking about them over lunch. For families visiting by train, the nearest station is Hollingbourne station, about 3 miles north-east. Five Wents is within about 4 miles of the Kent Downs National Landscape, a nice prompt for residents’ memories of days out.
Here we cover the ME17 postcode area, so your care home event can be anywhere in it. From Leeds Road and Sutton Road or anywhere nearby, we can set up and roast there. We also bring hog roasts to care home events in Warmlake (1 mile south), Langley Heath (1 mile north-east), Langley (1 mile north-west), Chart Sutton (1 mile west) and Sutton Valence (1 mile south). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (4 miles north-west), Ashford (13 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (10 miles north-east), Royal Tunbridge Wells (15 miles south-west), Tonbridge (14 miles west) and Faversham (14 miles north-east).
Nearby you will also find KIMS hospital (4.2 miles north) and Sutton Valence Castle (1.2 miles south). Open spaces near Five Wents include Detling Hill.
- Pubs nearby include The Plough Inn (less than half a mile west)
Space, access and the venue
The roaster needs space, cover and a safe distance from anything that could catch the heat. Things to check:
- Flat ground in the grounds
- Seating for residents
- A named contact on the day
If you are unsure, send a photo of the space and the way in, and we will say what we think before you book.
Popular choices
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Rotisserie chicken
- Salads
- Vegan option (Ve)
- New potatoes
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Roast potatoes
- Roast pork, carved
Why choose a hog roast in Five Wents?
Where residents need modified meals, your kitchen looks after those portions. The main driver is numbers: the price per head usually falls as numbers rise, because the roaster, staff and travel cost much the same either way.
Why book our hog roast in Five Wents
- Timed around your day
- Salads, potatoes and coleslaw to go with it
- Slow-roasted at your venue, not reheated
- Staff to serve, so you do not have to
Read our prices page and our hog roast cost guide.
A closer look at the menu
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Coleslaw is the natural partner for a pork roll, while salads and potatoes make a plated meal.
Roast pork
Our chef carves the pork as it is needed, which keeps it hot and moist.
Occasions we serve in Five Wents
It gives the kitchen team a day off from cooking.
Our roaster has been booked for all sorts of events around Five Wents, including:
- Summer fêtes
- Staff thank-you lunches
- Home anniversaries
- Open days
A care home summer fair, perhaps with a church like Church of St Mary, is a good occasion for a hog roast.
Before you book anyone
- What crockery is supplied
- What the price includes, item by item
- The menu, including sides and any extras
- Where the roaster goes and what it needs
What happens on the day
Service is quick once we start carving: our chef carves and our staff fill the rolls or plates, with the sides served alongside. When everyone has eaten, we clear up and leave the spot tidy. In late May, sunset in Five Wents is about 8:50pm, so residents and families can stay outside late.
- 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.
- Your kitchen team tells us about diets and textures.
- On the day the hog roasts outside while residents watch from the lounge or garden.
- Lunch is carved and served, and we pack away quietly afterwards.
Preparing for the day
- Think about shelter for your residents
- Choose a level, open spot outdoors for the roaster
- Collect dietary needs and allergies in advance
Ask for a quote
To get a quote, just tell us the date, where the care home event is and roughly how many. A picture of the cooking area helps. Send us your details through our quote form.
Planning help
Diets, allergies and alternatives
Some residents won’t eat pork, so plan an alternative. A few pointers:
- Share residents’ dietary needs with us in good time
- Stuffing generally contains gluten
- Ask for gluten-free rolls if needed
- Ask the kitchen to prepare texture-modified portions
We keep the cooking area away from residents’ windows and paths.
Add potatoes and apple sauce.
- Slow-roasted on site for hours, outdoors at your event
- 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