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Care Home Hog Roast for Kingwood Common
We bring a hog roast day across Kingwood Common and Oxfordshire, roasting on site and carving to order.
- Themed days
- Home anniversaries
- Open afternoons
Planning an event in Kingwood Common?
Is a hog roast right for your care home event?
Instead of organising a trip, it is easier for everyone to enjoy. Adding lamb, chicken, extra sides or china changes the price, so we list each one in the quote. Keeping it simple keeps it affordable.
Why book our hog roast in Kingwood Common
- No surprises: everything in writing
- Halloumi skewers and a vegan option too
- Carved to order by a chef
- Serving and clearing done for you
Take a look at our pricing and what a hog roast costs.
About our care home hog roast in Kingwood Common
Your team knows each resident’s needs, so we provide full allergen information and work to your plan. We are frequently asked to cater families’ days and sheltered housing gatherings, with new potatoes, thinly carved roast pork and apple sauce.
Near Kingwood Common, residents may not get out much, so a hog roast day is a big event. Your quote spells out what’s included: serving times, the menu, staff and anything else agreed.
- Location
- Kingwood Common (RG9)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- From the roaster
- Roast pork rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Alongside
- Spit-roast lamb, rotisserie chicken, vegetarian and vegan options
- Price
- Contact us for a quote
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
Looking after everyone
Not everyone eats pork, so plan an alternative. A few pointers:
- Request gluten-free rolls
- Modified diets should come from the home’s kitchen
- Share residents’ dietary needs with us in good time
- Remember stuffing normally contains gluten
Give us a contact, such as the activities lead.
Plates rather than rolls suit many residents.
Common questions in Kingwood Common
How far is Kingwood Common from London?
Roughly 39 miles from the centre of London.
Can you do a hog roast at a venue in the Chilterns National Landscape?
Yes, though some venues in protected landscapes have extra rules for caterers; ask your venue. We’ll follow the site rules.
How much room do you need?
Enough level ground outdoors for the roaster and a serving table under cover, and a way to wheel everything in. A photo helps.
Can we hire the machine and cook it ourselves?
Yes, for confident cooks. We will explain the details with your quote.
What’s included?
The classic: pork in rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling. Sides and extra meats are listed in your quote.
Can you be flexible on serving time?
We work back from when you want to eat, and a cooked roast can be held for a while if things run late.
Who serves?
Our chef carves and our staff serve, and we clear up when service is finished.
What do you need from us on the day?
Only the space and a contact number. Everything for roasting and serving comes with us.
Also near Kingwood Common
Also in Kingwood Common
Organising for someone else?
Marquee hire companies often have rules about cooking near their tents, so tell them a hog roast is coming. We will keep the roaster well clear of the marquee.
If you are booking for a workplace, ask your facilities team about outside caterers and gas cooking. We work to the site’s rules.
Perfect for your care home event in Kingwood Common
Food can be carved thinly and served on plates.
We are regularly asked to cater a wide mix of occasions near Kingwood Common, such as:
- Staff thank-you lunches
- Open days
- Day centre lunches
- Days for relatives
Residents who remember days out at Warburg Nature Reserve may enjoy talking about them over lunch.
What your quote should include
- Any travel or access charges
- Who carves and who serves
- Where the roaster goes and what it needs
- Whether VAT is included
Hog roast days near Kingwood Common
Kingwood Common is about 4 miles north of Caversham, in Oxfordshire. From village halls to gardens and fields, care home events around Kingwood Common suit a hog roast. Kingwood Common is one of 443 places in Oxfordshire where we cater. Our bookings stretch from Kingwood Common to Reading (6 miles away).
Visitors arriving by train should know that Henley-On-Thames station, about 4.1 miles east, is the nearest station. For homes that welcome visitors from a church like The Church of Christ the King, a hog roast lunch is an easy way to say thank you. Kingwood Common is within about 8 miles of the Chilterns National Landscape, a nice prompt for residents’ memories of days out.
Here we cover the RG9 postcode area, so your care home event can be anywhere in it. Streets in the area include Stevens Lane, Stoke Row Road and Dove Lane, and a care home event on any of them works with a garden, drive or yard for the roaster. If your venue is just outside Kingwood Common, we also cover Peppard Hill (1 mile south-east), Rotherfield Peppard (1 mile east), Sonning Common (1 mile south-east), Shepherd's Green (1 mile north-east) and Highmoor Cross (1 mile north). Further out, we also cater in Didcot (12 miles north-west), Thame (15 miles north), Henley-on-Thames (4 miles east), Benson (8 miles north-west), Chinnor (12 miles north) and Tilehurst (5 miles south).
A little further out are Battle Hospital (5.1 miles south). Open spaces near Kingwood Common include Warburg Nature Reserve.
- Schools near Kingwood Common include Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge (1.3 miles south) and The Warwick School (1.3 miles south)
- Pubs nearby include The Unicorn pub (within half a mile south-east)
Before you choose a spot
Planning the cooking spot is the key. A quick checklist:
- Clear of ambulance and delivery access
- Flat ground in the grounds
- Seating for residents
Not sure about the cooking spot? Send us a picture and we will tell you honestly before booking.
From the roaster
- Salads
- Roast potatoes
- Rotisserie chicken
- Roast pork, carved
- Vegan option (Ve)
- New potatoes
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Halloumi skewers (V)
A closer look at the menu
Roast pork
The hog roasts slowly for hours, so the meat is tender and juicy, and it’s carved fresh as people come up.
Rotisserie chicken
Chicken from the rotisserie gives people a non-pork choice, turned until the skin is golden.
What affects the price in Kingwood Common
Here’s what affects the price:
- Travel to Kingwood Common
- How easy it is to reach the spot
- Crockery choices
- How long the roast and service take
Published UK guides give a wide range for hog roast catering, from around £10 a head for a basic roll to £20 or more with sides and service. Every event gets its own quote, so you know exactly what you are paying for.
What to tell us
These are the details we need:
- Which meats and sides you’d like
- Roughly how many people
- The date and when you’d like to eat
- Where the roaster could go, ideally with a photo
We need a few details to quote: the date and serving time, the venue or RG9 postcode, rough numbers and which extras you’d like. Fill in our quote form.
How the day works
It’s a relaxed, well-organised set-up. Arrival and serving times are agreed beforehand, set up where we have agreed, and roast, carve and serve without fuss. Late May in Kingwood Common has light until about 8:55pm, so residents and families can stay outside late.
- We plan with your manager and kitchen.
- We send a quote.
- We set up outdoors, clear of access routes.
- We carve thinly and serve on plates.
- We leave the grounds tidy.
Before we arrive
- Have a covered area for eating in case of rain
- Choose a level, open spot outdoors for the roaster
- Keep the spot clear of buildings, marquee walls and overhanging branches
Getting a price
When you’re weighing up caterers, check what each quote actually includes. Ours lists it clearly. For a quote, fill in our quote form.
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- Slow-roasted on site for hours, outdoors at your event
- Carved to order by our chef, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Not just pork: spit-roast lamb, chicken and vegetarian choices
- Staff to serve at the agreed time, then clear away