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Care Home Hog Roast in Frittenden
Looking for a hog roast day in Frittenden? The roaster comes to your venue, home or workplace and cooks under cover and carve when you are ready to eat.
- Care home summer fairs
- Day centre get-togethers
- Family days with visitors
Care home hog roast in Frittenden
About our care home hog roast in Frittenden
Day centres and retirement housing near Frittenden also book us, for themed days and gatherings. We serve rotisserie chicken, halloumi skewers and new potatoes, and typical bookings are for thank-you meals for staff and sheltered housing gatherings.
Near Frittenden, residents may not get out much, 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, then carved fresh for your residents.
How we price a hog roast day
We work out each quote from:
- The journey to the venue
- The date and time of year
- Menu choices and extras
- Site access
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.
Getting an accurate quote
When you enquire, please mention:
- Allergies we should know about
- Where the event is
- Your date and serving time
- A picture of the cooking area
For a quote, send us a few details: the date and serving time, the venue or TN17 postcode, rough numbers and which extras you’d like. Send us your details through our quote form.
Frittenden questions
Can you do a hog roast at a venue in the High Weald National Landscape?
Yes, though some venues in protected landscapes have extra rules for caterers; ask your venue. We’ll follow the site rules.
Is Frittenden close to London?
About 39 miles from central London.
When do you start roasting?
A whole hog roasts for several hours, so we arrive well before you want to eat. We plan the timings from when you want to eat.
How do you handle allergies?
We provide full allergen information for every dish. Stuffing typically contains gluten, and gluten-free rolls are available.
Do you need power or water?
No, the roast is cooked on gas. Tell us what’s available and we will plan around it.
Can you roast in the rain?
We roast under cover, so the food is not affected. Plan somewhere sheltered for eating.
Do you cook in the kitchen?
Always outside, in a spot you approve.
Can relatives eat with residents?
It works well as a day with families; just tell us total numbers.
What the cooking area needs
The cooking area is the main thing to plan. A quick checklist:
- Sign-off from management
- Away from windows that open and residents’ rooms
- Someone to meet us
If you are unsure, send a picture of the space and the way in, and we’ll say what we think before booking.
On the menu in Frittenden
- Salads
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Roast pork, carved
- New potatoes
- Roast potatoes
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Rotisserie chicken
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Allergies and dietary needs
Tell us about dietary needs early and we’ll help. Some ideas:
- Ask us to carve thinly for residents
- Plan separately for halal if needed
- Count residents who need an alternative
- Count families and staff too
We arrive early and set up outdoors, following your sign-in and safety rules.
Plates rather than rolls suit many residents.
Who books care home hog roast in Frittenden?
Residents can watch the carving and enjoy the smell.
Our roaster has been booked for a wide mix of occasions near Frittenden, including:
- Retirement housing events
- Open days
- Anniversaries of the home
- Themed days
For families visiting by train, Headcorn station is about 2.5 miles away.
Questions to ask before you book
- Allergen information for every dish
- Where the roaster goes and what it needs
- Plates, china and cutlery
- What the price includes, item by item
A hog roast compared with other options
Where residents need modified meals, your kitchen looks after those portions. 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.
What you get with us
- Carved to order by a chef
- Slow-roasted at your venue, not reheated
- Sides to make it a full meal
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside
See our prices page and the cost guide.
What happens on the day
We work to your timings. If things run late, we can hold the cooked roast for a while before carving, so keep us posted on the day. For a summer hog roast day in Frittenden, residents can enjoy the garden in daylight until about 9:15pm, which makes garden events easy. In winter, dark by about 3:50pm, a lunchtime event is better.
- We talk through residents’ needs with your team.
- We send a quote.
- We set up outdoors, clear of access routes.
- Food goes out on plates.
- We tidy up and go.
How to prepare
- Send final numbers in good time
- Plan somewhere sheltered for people to eat if it rains
- Keep the spot clear of buildings, marquee walls and overhanging branches
How to get a price
We price every booking individually, based on numbers, menu, timings and distance. Ask us for a quote for your care home event: send us your details through our quote form.
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Frittenden: care homes and access
Frittenden is about 9 miles south of Maidstone, in Kent. We bring a hog roast day to care home events anywhere in Frittenden, given a suitable outdoor cooking area. We bring hog roasts to all 922 towns and villages in Kent, from the larger towns to small villages. Our bookings stretch from Frittenden to Canterbury (23 miles away).
If your residents have links with Church of St Mary, a fête or open day together is a nice moment for a hog roast. Frittenden is within about 4 miles of the High Weald National Landscape, a nice prompt for residents’ memories of days out.
Anywhere in TN17, we can bring the roaster to you, from busy streets to quiet lanes. Whether your care home event is on The Street, Inglis Close and Parish Avenue or a nearby road, we’ll bring the roaster to you. If your venue is just outside Frittenden, we also cover Sinkhurst Green (1 mile north), Knox Bridge (1 mile west), Cranbrook Common (2 miles south-west), Sissinghurst (2 miles south-west) and Staplehurst (2 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include Maidstone (9 miles north), Ashford (12 miles east), Sittingbourne (15 miles north-east), Royal Tunbridge Wells (14 miles west), Tonbridge (14 miles west) and Kings Hill (12 miles north-west).
Nearby you will also find Sissinghurst Castle (1.7 miles south) and Benenden Hospital (3.8 miles south).
- Nearby, you will find Bell And Jorrocks Public House (under half a mile north-east)
For planners, venues and organisers
For events on land you don’t own, such as a park or field, you’ll need the landowner’s permission for cooking and vehicles. Sort that first.
Many venues set rules for outside caterers, including where gas cooking is allowed. Ask early, and pass on anything they need from us.
What we serve, dish by dish
Stuffing and apple sauce
No hog roast roll is complete without sage and onion stuffing and apple sauce, balancing the rich, salty pork.
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Sides include salads, coleslaw, new potatoes and roast or jacket potatoes, depending on the season and the occasion.
- Cooked where you are, slowly, over several hours outdoors
- Carved by our chef into rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Vegetarian and vegan choices, plus lamb or chicken if you like
- Served when you’re ready, and we tidy the serving area afterwards