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Hog Roast for Care Homes in Headley, Surrey
From the first smell of roasting pork to the last piece of crackling, a hog roast day makes the food part of your care home event in Headley.
- Home anniversaries
- Retirement housing events
- Day centre get-togethers
A hog roast near Headley
Step by step
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 summer, Headley has daylight until about 9:20pm, which makes garden events easy. In December, with dark by about 3:55pm, lunchtime is best.
- We start with the date and numbers.
- We agree the cooking spot and quote.
- We roast through the morning.
- We serve inside or out.
- We pack up calmly.
How to prepare
- Give us a contact number for the day
- Think about shelter for your residents
- Check there’s nothing overhead or close by that could catch the heat
How to get a price
To get a quote, just tell us the date, where the care home event is and roughly how many. A photo of the cooking area helps. Use our quote form.
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Care home hog roast in Headley, carved to order
In Headley, care homes book us for fêtes, open days and family days, with residents, staff and visitors eating together. Whether it is families’ days and sheltered housing gatherings, we’ll put together a menu of rotisserie chicken, roast potatoes and halloumi skewers.
Near Headley, residents may not get out much, so a hog roast day is a special occasion. Everything we need to roast, carve and serve comes with us, and we pack away and leave the area as we found it.
Care home hog roasts in Headley
Headley is about 2 miles south-east of Ashtead, in Surrey. Planning a hog roast day in Headley? We cover the whole area. We bring hog roasts to 395 places across Surrey, from the larger towns to small villages. You can also see our page for Guildford, about 13 miles away.
A care home summer fair, perhaps with a church like Church of St Mary the Virgin, is a good occasion for a hog roast. For families visiting by train, the closest railway station is Tadworth station, roughly 1.9 miles east of the centre. The Surrey Hills National Landscape is within about 3 miles of Headley, a nice prompt for residents’ memories of days out.
This part of Surrey takes in KT18, so your care home event can be anywhere in it. Whether your care home event is on Tilley Lane, Cunliffe Close and Lee Green or anywhere nearby, we can set up and roast there. For care home events just outside Headley, we cover Walton on the Hill (2 miles east), Tadworth (2 miles north-east), Box Hill (2 miles south), Lower Kingswood (3 miles east) and Kingswood (3 miles east). We also serve nearby towns such as Guildford (13 miles west), Woking (13 miles west), Epsom (4 miles north), Horley (9 miles south-east), Redhill (6 miles south-east) and Ewell (5 miles north).
A little further out are Headley Court (0.5 miles north) and The Ashley Centre (3.3 miles north). Open spaces near Headley include Box Hill and Reigate Heath.
Nearby places to Headley
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Who books care home hog roast in Headley?
It brings a sense of occasion to an ordinary day.
A hog roast suits a wide range of occasions in Headley. Typical bookings include:
- Residents’ themed days
- Open days
- Anniversaries of the home
- Family days with visitors
Old photos of Box Hill can spark conversation during a hog roast day.
What your quote should include
- Arrival time and how long the roast needs
- Travel and any London charges
- The full menu and the sides
- Whether plates or china are included
Headley: your questions answered
Do you come out to small places like Headley?
Not at all. We cater in villages and hamlets as well as towns. Tell us about lanes, gates and the ground.
What’s the nearest station to Headley?
The closest is Tadworth station, roughly 1.9 miles away.
Can you do soft food?
Texture-modified meals should be prepared by the home’s kitchen to each resident’s plan. We will share allergen and menu details.
Can you roast in the rain?
We cook under a gazebo, so rain is not a problem for the roast. Somewhere covered for people to eat helps.
Do you cook in the kitchen?
Outdoors under cover, on a level spot clear of emergency access.
Can you work around our timings?
Because the roast takes hours, we plan from your serving time, and a cooked roast can be held for a while if things run late.
What allergens are in the food?
Every dish comes with allergen information.
Can relatives eat with residents?
It works well as a day with families; just tell us total numbers.
What a hog roast costs
Each price is built from:
- Busy dates such as summer Saturdays
- The serving time and how long we’re on site
- Access to the cooking area
- Crockery choices
Cost depends on numbers, menu choices and service time, plus travel and access. There’s no one-size price, so we quote each one individually.
What we need to know
To check availability and the cooking area, tell us:
- Allergies we should know about
- Where the roaster could go, ideally with a photo
- Anything the venue has asked for
- Roughly how many people
Every care home event is quoted on its own, because numbers, menu, serving time and travel vary. Tell us about your care home event for a quote: send us your details through our quote form.
Before you choose a spot
Before the day, it helps to think about where the roaster will go. We look for:
- Sign-off from management
- A spot that keeps access clear
- Seating for residents
Not sure about the cooking spot? Send us a picture and we will tell you honestly.
From the roaster
- Roast pork, carved
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Rotisserie chicken
- Salads
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Roast potatoes
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- New potatoes
Working with your venue
For workplace bookings, ask your facilities team about outside caterers and gas cooking. We work to the site’s rules.
Booking for a club or group? One clear contact makes everything easier, particularly when timings shift.
What we serve, dish by dish
Roast pork
Everything starts with the slow-roasted pork: carved in front of you, a mix of shoulder and leg, and served hot.
Stuffing and apple sauce
Sharp, sweet apple sauce and savoury sage and onion stuffing are the traditional pairing. Note that stuffing normally contains gluten.
Why a carved hog roast beats a buffet
Compared with a normal lunch from the kitchen, a hog roast day feels like an outing without leaving home. Extras such as lamb, chicken, more sides or china crockery add to the cost, so each one is itemised. Keeping it simple keeps it affordable.
Why Headley hosts choose us
- Salads, potatoes and coleslaw to go with it
- Carved to order by a chef
- Cooked on the day, low and slow
- Choices for people who do not eat pork
Read our pricing and our hog roast cost guide.
Planning for dietary needs
Not everyone eats pork, so plan an alternative. A few pointers:
- Request gluten-free rolls
- Tell us about dietary needs in advance
- Remember stuffing normally contains gluten
- Ask the kitchen to prepare texture-modified portions
A named contact in the home helps on the day.
Add potatoes and apple sauce.
- Roasted on site for several hours, outdoors under cover
- Freshly carved pork with crackling, stuffing and apple sauce
- Options beyond pork, including lamb, chicken and vegetarian dishes
- Staff to serve at the agreed time, then clear away