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Hog Roast for Care Homes in Mill Lane, Surrey
Slow-roasted, carved in front of you and served hot: a hog roast day in Mill Lane and the surrounding area.
- Day centre get-togethers
- Anniversaries of the home
- Family days with visitors
Planning an event in Mill Lane?
How we price a hog roast day
Each price is built from:
- Site access
- Busy dates such as summer Saturdays
- Travel to Mill Lane
- The menu and extras such as lamb or chicken
What you pay covers the meat, the chef and staff, and hours of roasting. Slow roasting means we’re on site for much of the day, and the quote reflects that.
Details that help
Good details mean a good quote. Useful details:
- Anything the venue has asked for
- An estimate of numbers
- Any extras, such as lamb, chicken or china
- The address or postcode
For a quote, send us a few details: the date and serving time, the venue or GU10 postcode, rough numbers and which extras you’d like. Use our quote form.
Care home hog roast in Mill Lane, carved to order
Some homes book a hog roast to thank their staff, served between shifts. Popular choices include roast potatoes, rotisserie chicken and new potatoes, and typical bookings are for community open days and retirement housing events.
Rural care homes near Mill Lane can feel a long way from the bustle of town, so a hog roast day is a special occasion. Our chef carves in front of your residents, so the pork is hot and the crackling is crisp.
Planning for dietary needs
A little planning helps everyone eat safely. Here are a few tips:
- Share residents’ dietary needs with us in good time
- Count residents who need an alternative
- Request thin slices
- Count families and staff too
We can serve inside or out, as you prefer.
Ask about china, quoted separately.
Care homes around Mill Lane
Mill Lane is about 2 miles south-west of Fleet, in Surrey. Mill Lane is well within our area for care home events. Mill Lane is one of 395 towns and villages in Surrey where we cater. Our nearest city page is Guildford, about 13 miles away.
For homes that welcome visitors from a church like Old Church of All Saints, a hog roast lunch is an easy way to say thank you. Tundry Hill is close by, a good starting point for a chat about days out.
Care home events anywhere in GU10 start with an outdoor spot for the roaster. Your care home event could be at a house on Bowenhurst Lane and Aquarius Close or the roads around them, wherever there is an outdoor spot for the roaster. For care home events just outside Mill Lane, we cover Bowling Alley (1 mile south-east), Crondall (1 mile south), Redlands (1 mile south-east), Dogmersfield (1 mile north) and Crookham Village (2 miles north). Larger places within reach include Guildford (13 miles east), Woking (14 miles east), Camberley (9 miles north-east), Farnham (4 miles south-east), Frimley (8 miles north-east) and Haslemere (13 miles south-east).
Other landmarks nearby include Museum of Farnham (3.8 miles south-east) and Powderham Castle (2.4 miles south). The countryside around Mill Lane includes Tundry Hill and Dogmersfield Lake.
- Local schools include Court Moor School (1.9 miles north-east)
- Pubs nearby include The Exchequer pub (0.9 miles north)
What happens on the day
Service is quick once we start carving: the chef carves and the team serves, and sides go out at the same time. When everyone has eaten, we clear up and leave the spot tidy. In summer, Mill Lane has daylight until about 9:25pm, which makes garden events easy. In winter, dark by about 3:55pm, a lunchtime event is better.
- We start with the date and numbers.
- We check the grounds and send a price.
- We roast through the morning.
- We carve and serve where you choose.
- We pack up calmly.
Preparing for the day
- Send final numbers in good time
- Choose someone to meet us on arrival
- Check there is a route to wheel the equipment in, without steps
Get a quote
Every quote lists the menu, the serving time, staff and plates, so you can compare caterers fairly. Fill in our quote form.
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Space, access and the venue
Most gardens, car parks, yards and fields work with a little planning. Here’s what we look for:
- The manager’s agreement to a gas-fired roaster
- Seating for residents
- Clear of ambulance and delivery access
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we will advise.
What we serve
- Salads
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Roast potatoes
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Rotisserie chicken
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Roast pork, carved
- New potatoes
FAQs for Mill Lane
Could you cook in Basingbourne Park?
Only with permission from the park’s owner, usually the council, and many parks do not allow cooking. Ask them first, and tell us what they say.
How far is Mill Lane from London?
Roughly 38 miles from the centre of London, and well within our area.
Can visitors eat too?
Of course: include them in your numbers.
Do you leave the area tidy?
Our staff clear the serving area, and we take our equipment with us.
Do you cover Mill Lane?
Yes. We cater across London and the South East, Mill Lane and the rest of Surrey included. Send us the address for a quote.
Can residents with swallowing difficulties have the hog roast?
We don’t prepare texture-modified meals; we’ll work alongside your kitchen.
Can you work around our timings?
We work back from when you want to eat, and a cooked roast can be held for a while if things run late.
Do we need our own staff?
No need for your own staff: our chef carves and our team serves and clears.
Why a carved hog roast beats a buffet
Next to staff cooking, we take the cooking off your team. Travel matters for the price: travel is included in your quote, with any London charges listed. Tell us the exact address so the quote is accurate.
Why Mill Lane hosts choose us
- An itemised quote
- Choices for people who don’t eat pork
- The classics: stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Planned to your running order
Read our prices page or our hog roast cost guide.
For event organisers in Mill Lane
For events on land you do not own, such as a park or field, the landowner needs to agree to cooking and vehicles. Get that agreed before booking.
If you are booking for a workplace, ask your facilities team about outside caterers and gas cooking. We will fit in with site rules.
Nearby places to Mill Lane
Other occasions in Mill Lane
Events we cater in Mill Lane
It brings a sense of occasion to an ordinary day.
People around Mill Lane book us for everything from small get-togethers to big outdoor events. Popular choices:
- Summer fêtes
- Staff appreciation days
- Retirement housing events
- Home anniversaries
Visitors arriving by train should know that the nearest station is Winchfield station, about 3 miles north-west.
What to look for in a quote
- Arrival time and how long the roast needs
- If the price includes VAT
- Exactly what’s included in the price
- How they handle allergens and dietary needs
About the food
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Choose from salads, new potatoes, coleslaw and roast or jacket potatoes, depending on the season and the occasion.
Roast pork
Hours of slow roasting make the pork soft and full of flavour, and our chef carves it to order.
- 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