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Care Home Hog Roast for Kilnwood Vale
Planning a hog roast day in Kilnwood Vale? The roaster comes to your venue, home or workplace and cooks under cover and our staff serve at the time you choose.
- Retirement community days
- Family days with visitors
- Summer fêtes
Planning an event in Kilnwood Vale?
Organising for someone else?
For venues and planners, we can fit around your other suppliers, sharing timings and a site plan.
Venues often have rules for outside caterers, including where gas cooking is allowed. Check early, and tell us what they ask for.
Care home hog roast for your care home event in Kilnwood Vale
We plan the day with your manager and kitchen team: where the roaster goes, who is eating and how food is served. Popular choices include thinly carved roast pork, halloumi skewers and rotisserie chicken, and typical bookings are for care home summer fairs and staff appreciation days.
Rural care homes near Kilnwood Vale can feel a long way from the bustle of town, so a hog roast day is a special occasion. We bring plates as standard, and china crockery is available on request, quoted separately.
- Location
- Kilnwood Vale (RH12, RH11)
- County
- West Sussex
- From the roaster
- Roast pork rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Alongside
- Chicken, lamb, halloumi skewers and a vegan option
- Quote
- Contact us for a quote
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
What affects the price in Kilnwood Vale
Every booking is priced individually, and the price depends on a few things:
- Numbers
- Season and day of the week
- Site access
- Distance from us
Most of the cost is the meat, the staff and the time on site. A long, slow roast means an early start, and the quote reflects that.
Getting an accurate quote
Good details mean a good quote. Useful details:
- Your date and serving time
- Which meats and sides you’d like
- The address or postcode
- Any venue rules
It is easy to get a price: date, place, numbers and serving time. You will get a clear quote listing what’s included. Send us your details through our quote form.
Step by step
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. By late September, the light in Kilnwood Vale goes at about 7:05pm, so we suggest a lunchtime serving in autumn.
- Your activities lead or manager gets in touch with a date.
- Photos of the grounds help us choose a safe spot.
- The kitchen shares residents’ dietary needs with us.
- 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.
Getting ready for the day
- Confirm numbers ahead of the day
- Check there’s a route to wheel the equipment in, without steps
- Name a contact for the day
Getting a price
When you are weighing up caterers, ask each one exactly what’s included. Ours lists it clearly. To get yours, send us your details through our quote form.
Planning help
A closer look at the menu
Stuffing and apple sauce
No hog roast roll is complete without sage and onion stuffing and apple sauce, cutting through the richness of the pork.
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Coleslaw is the natural partner for a pork roll, while salads and potatoes make a plated meal.
Care home hog roasts in Kilnwood Vale
Kilnwood Vale is about 1 mile south-west of Bewbush, in West Sussex. We set up the roaster at homes, halls, workplaces and venues in Kilnwood Vale and the surrounding area. Kilnwood Vale is one of 371 towns and villages in West Sussex we cover. Our bookings stretch from Kilnwood Vale to Guildford (about 18 miles away).
Visitors arriving by train should know that Faygate station is about 0.9 miles away. Tilgate Lake is close by, a good starting point for a chat about days out. The Surrey Hills National Landscape is within about 8 miles of Kilnwood Vale, a nice prompt for residents’ memories of days out.
We bring hog roasts to care home events all over RH12 and RH11. Whether your care home event is on Turnpike Lane, Crusades Road and Rookfield Road or anywhere nearby, we’ll bring the roaster to you. With the A264 close by, Kilnwood Vale is easy for us to reach with the roaster. Neighbouring places where we cater care home events include Faygate (1 mile west), Colgate (1 mile south), Broadfield (2 miles east), Roffey (3 miles south-west) and Handcross (3 miles south-east). We also serve nearby towns such as Crawley (3 miles east), Horsham (4 miles south-west), Haywards Heath (9 miles south-east), Burgess Hill (11 miles south-east), East Grinstead (10 miles east) and Storrington (15 miles south-west).
Nearby you will also find County Mall (2.7 miles north-east) and Crawley Museum (2.7 miles north-east). Open spaces near Kilnwood Vale include Warnham LNR and Tilgate Lake.
- Schools near Kilnwood Vale include Cottesmore School (1.4 miles south-east) and Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School (1.5 miles east)
- Nearby, you will find The Holmbush Inn (0.9 miles west)
Before you choose a spot
A hog roast cooks outdoors for hours, so the spot matters, and a little planning goes a long way:
- A dining room, lounge or shaded garden
- The manager’s agreement to a gas-fired roaster
- A named contact on the day
Not sure about the cooking spot? Send us a picture and we will tell you honestly before you book.
On the menu in Kilnwood Vale
- Rotisserie chicken
- New potatoes
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Salads
- Roast potatoes
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Roast pork, carved
Who books care home hog roast in Kilnwood Vale?
The home’s kitchen gets a break for the day, while still preparing any modified meals.
A hog roast suits a wide range of occasions. Typical bookings include:
- Retirement housing events
- Residents’ themed days
- Summer fêtes
- Family days with visitors
Kilnwood Vale is on or near the A264, so access for our equipment is simple.
Questions to ask before booking
- How dietary needs are handled
- How long the roast takes and when they’ll arrive
- Which meats, sides and extras are included
- The deposit, balance and cancellation terms
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Questions from Kilnwood Vale
Do you cater at venues in the Surrey Hills National Landscape?
Yes, though some venues in protected landscapes have extra rules for caterers; ask your venue. We’ll work to whatever the site needs.
Is Kilnwood Vale close to London?
Roughly 28 miles from the centre of London.
What space does the roaster need?
Roughly the footprint of a gazebo or two, on level ground, well clear of walls, tents and branches. We will confirm the space with your quote.
What time do you serve?
We fit around the home’s routine, whether lunch or later.
How long does a hog roast take to cook?
A whole hog roasts for several hours, which is why we arrive hours ahead. We work back from your serving time.
Do you provide china?
We supply plates as standard. You can upgrade to china if you prefer.
How do we prepare?
A clear, level cooking spot, a route to wheel the equipment in and a contact for the day. We bring everything else.
Do you cook in the kitchen?
Outdoors under cover, on a level spot clear of emergency access.
Why choose a hog roast in Kilnwood Vale?
A hog roast can be part of a wider event. Compare like for like: menu, sides, serving time, staff, plates and travel. A cheaper headline price can leave things out.
Why book our hog roast in Kilnwood Vale
- Rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Carved by our chef in front of your residents
- Slow-roasted at your venue, not reheated
- All the equipment comes with us
Read our pricing and what a hog roast costs.
Allergies and dietary needs
Most people love a hog roast, but it’s pork. Some ways to look after everyone:
- Count families and staff too
- Modified diets should come from the home’s kitchen
- Plan separately for halal if needed
- Request gluten-free rolls
Afterwards we tidy up calmly.
Ask about gluten-free rolls.
- Roasted slowly at your venue, outdoors and under cover
- 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