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Care Home Hog Roast for Hamstreet
Care home hog roast in Hamstreet: a whole hog slow-roasted on site, carved to order and served in soft rolls with crackling.
- Seasonal events
- Staff thank-you lunches
- Anniversaries of the home
Care home hog roast in Hamstreet
How our care home hog roast works in Hamstreet
A hog roast day gives residents something to look forward to. Residents can watch the carving and share the meal with family and staff. Popular choices include thinly carved roast pork, rotisserie chicken and new potatoes, and typical bookings are for day centre events and thank-you meals for staff.
At a rural home near Hamstreet, access matters so we can plan our route. Everything is cooked on the day, at your venue, slowly, over several hours.
The process
A typical booking goes like this: we arrive, set up under cover and start roasting, the roast cooks gently through the day, and we carve and serve at the agreed time. In Hamstreet, December daylight ends around 3:50pm, so a lunchtime serving suits winter.
- We plan with your manager and kitchen.
- You get a clear price.
- We cook in the grounds.
- Food goes out on plates.
- We leave the grounds tidy.
Getting ready for the day
- Have a covered area for eating in case of rain
- Check there is nothing overhead or close by that could catch the heat
- Give us final numbers a week or so before
Getting a price
When you’re weighing up caterers, check what each quote actually includes. We spell it out in ours. For a quote, send us your details through our quote form.
Planning help
Nearby places to Hamstreet
Also in Hamstreet
Working with your venue
If the event is on someone else’s land, you will need the landowner’s permission for cooking and vehicles. Sort that first.
Marquee hire companies often have rules about cooking near their tents, so let them know about the roaster. The roaster stays a safe distance from the marquee.
Planning for dietary needs
We give full allergen information for every dish. To help:
- Plan separately for halal if needed
- Ask for gluten-free rolls if needed
- Remember stuffing normally contains gluten
- Modified diets should come from the home’s kitchen
Carers can help residents choose and carry plates, while we serve.
Rotisserie chicken is an alternative to pork.
Events we cater in Hamstreet
Families and staff can join in.
We are regularly asked to cater all sorts of events around Hamstreet, including:
- Thank-you meals for staff
- Day centre get-togethers
- Families’ days
- Garden fêtes
Visitors arriving by train should know that Ham Street station is in Hamstreet itself.
What your quote should include
- What crockery is supplied
- Payment terms and cancellation policy
- Travel and any London charges
- How dietary needs are handled
Space, access and the venue
We need room to cook safely and under cover. Things to check:
- Approval from the home
- A named contact on the day
- A level spot in the garden or car park
Not sure about the cooking spot? Send us a picture and we will tell you honestly before booking.
From the roaster
- Roast pork, carved
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Rotisserie chicken
- New potatoes
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Roast potatoes
- Salads
What a hog roast costs
Things that change the price:
- Numbers
- Whether you want china
- Access to the cooking area
- The date and time of year
Weekday and off-season dates can be easier to book, and the menu you choose makes a difference too. Tell us your budget and we will suggest what works.
Details that help
Here’s what we will ask:
- Allergies we should know about
- Where the event is
- An estimate of numbers
- Any extras, such as lamb, chicken or china
Every quote lists the menu, the serving time, staff and plates, so you can compare caterers fairly. Fill in our quote form.
Is a hog roast right for your care home event?
Compared with 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.
What you get with us
- Staff to serve, so you don’t have to
- Self-contained: roaster, cover and serving kit
- Choices for people who do not eat pork
- An itemised quote
Read how we price or the cost guide.
Hamstreet: your questions answered
Do you come out to small places like Hamstreet?
Not at all. We cater in villages and hamlets as well as towns. Tell us about lanes, gates and the ground.
Is Hamstreet close to London?
Roughly 51 miles from the centre of London, and well within our area.
Will there be enough to go round?
Quantities are based on your numbers, and we’ll talk it through when we quote.
What happens after service?
We clear the serving area and pack away, and leave the area tidy.
What happens in bad weather?
Rain doesn’t stop the cooking. A marquee, hall or barn for eating makes all the difference.
What do you need from us on the day?
A clear, level cooking spot, a route to wheel the equipment in and a contact for the day. We bring everything else.
Do residents have to eat rolls?
We’ll serve however suits your residents.
Do you serve the food?
No need for your own staff: our chef carves and our team serves and clears.
A closer look at the menu
Rotisserie chicken
Rotisserie chicken is a simple, popular alternative to pork, turned until the skin is golden.
Roast pork
Our chef carves the pork as it is needed, which keeps it hot and moist right to the last roll.
Hamstreet: care homes and access
Hamstreet is about 5 miles south of Ashford, in Kent. We bring a hog roast day to care home events anywhere in Hamstreet, given a suitable outdoor cooking area. Hamstreet is one of 922 places in Kent where we cater. Our nearest city page is Canterbury, about 18 miles away.
A care home summer fair, perhaps with a church like Church of the Good Shepherd, is a good occasion for a hog roast. Orlestone Forest is close by, a good starting point for a chat about days out.
We cater care home events across the TN26 postcode area. That could mean a care home event in a garden on The Street, Dukes Meadow and Rectory Walk or the roads around them, wherever there’s an outdoor spot for the roaster. Nearby, we also cater care home events in Orlestone (1 mile north-west), Ruckinge (1 mile east), Kenardington (2 miles west), Bromley Green (2 miles north) and Stone Cross (2 miles north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Ashford (5 miles north), Folkestone (14 miles east), Hythe (10 miles east), Hawkinge (14 miles east), Tenterden (7 miles west) and Cheriton (13 miles east).
A little further out are Brenzett Aeronautical Museum (3.9 miles south) and William Harvey Hospital (5.8 miles north-east). The countryside around Hamstreet includes Orlestone Forest.
- Nearby, you will find The Dukes Head pub (less than half a mile west)
- Slow-roasted on site for hours, outdoors at your event
- 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