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Care Home Hog Roast for Nettlestead Green
We bring a hog roast day to Nettlestead Green and nearby, roasting on site and carving to order.
- Days for relatives
- Summer fêtes
- Home anniversaries
Planning an event in Nettlestead Green?
Care home hog roast in Nettlestead Green, carved to order
Your team knows each resident’s needs, so we follow your guidance and give you full allergen details. We serve roast potatoes, thinly carved roast pork and rotisserie chicken, and we are regularly asked to cater retirement housing events and residents’ themed days.
Rural care homes near Nettlestead Green can feel a long way from the bustle of town, so a hog roast day is a special occasion. Timings are planned around your care home event, working back from when you want to eat, so the food is ready at the right moment.
Planners, venues and businesses
If you’re booking for a workplace, ask your facilities team about outside caterers and gas cooking. We’ll fit in with site rules.
For events on land you do not own, such as a park or field, you will need the landowner’s permission for cooking and vehicles. Sort that first.
Allergies and dietary needs
Standard rolls and stuffing contain gluten, and gluten-free rolls are available on request. A few more tips:
- Ask for gluten-free rolls if needed
- Count families and staff too
- Tell us who doesn’t eat pork
- Ask us to carve thinly for residents
Carers can help residents choose and carry plates.
Serving on plates is often easier.
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What we serve, dish by dish
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Sides include salads, coleslaw, new potatoes and roast or jacket potatoes, to suit your event.
Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
Vegan residents can have a vegan burger or sausage, so everyone has something hot.
Common questions in Nettlestead Green
Is Nettlestead Green too small for a hog roast?
Not at all. We cater in villages and hamlets as well as towns. Let us know about access and the cooking spot.
How far is Nettlestead Green from London?
Roughly 28 miles from the centre of London.
What happens after service?
Our staff clear the serving area, so you are not left with the mess.
Can you serve on plates?
Plates with thin slices are easy to arrange.
Can you do soft food?
Modified textures are best done by the home; we’ll work alongside your kitchen.
What about residents who do not eat pork?
We can add lamb or chicken, plus halloumi skewers for vegetarians and a vegan burger or sausage. Halal meat is not something we offer.
Do you provide allergen information?
You will get allergen details for everything. Stuffing typically contains gluten, and gluten-free rolls are available.
When do you start roasting?
A whole hog roasts for several hours, which is why we arrive hours ahead. We work back from your serving time.
What the cooking area needs
The roaster needs space, cover and a safe distance from anything that could catch the heat. Before booking, check:
- Somewhere for residents to eat comfortably
- Clear of bedroom windows
- Sign-off from management
If you’re unsure, send a photo of the space and the way in, and we will say what we think before you book.
What we serve
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Rotisserie chicken
- New potatoes
- Roast potatoes
- Salads
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Roast pork, carved
How the day works
Expect a calm, organised set-up. We agree arrival and serving times in advance, set up where we have agreed, and get on with roasting and serving. In summer, Nettlestead Green has daylight until about 9:15pm, which makes garden events easy. In December, with dark by about 3:50pm, lunchtime is best.
- We talk through residents’ needs with your team.
- We send a quote.
- We cook in the grounds.
- Food goes out on plates.
- We tidy up and go.
Preparing for the day
- Choose someone to meet us on arrival
- Choose a level, open spot outdoors for the roaster
- Ask about allergies and dietary needs beforehand
Ask for a quote
Not sure how many to cater for? Give us your best estimate and we will quote on that, and you can confirm nearer the time. Use our quote form.
Related guides
Why choose care home hog roast in Nettlestead Green?
It turns a normal day into an event.
A hog roast suits a wide range of occasions. Typical bookings include:
- Milestone days for the home
- Staff appreciation days
- Retirement community days
- Days for relatives
Some homes in Nettlestead Green have links with a local church such as St Mary's Church, and a hog roast can be part of a summer fête.
What to look for in a quote
- Travel and any London charges
- How many staff will carve and serve
- Plates, china and cutlery
- Allergen information for every dish
A hog roast or other catering?
Instead of organising a trip, it is easier for everyone to enjoy. For larger numbers, a hog roast is normally good value, because one whole roast feeds plenty of people. Extras, china and longer service add to it.
Why Nettlestead Green hosts choose us
- Cooked on the day, low and slow
- All the equipment comes with us
- Planned to your running order
- The classics: stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
Read our pricing or our hog roast cost guide.
What affects the price in Nettlestead Green
The biggest factors are:
- How long the roast and service take
- Numbers
- Season and day of the week
- Which meats and sides you choose
Distance is part of the price: we include travel in the quote. Tell us the exact address for an accurate figure.
What to tell us
When you get in touch, it helps to include:
- Allergies we should know about
- Any venue rules
- Which meats and sides you’d like
- Where the roaster could go, ideally with a picture
Busy weekends book up early, especially summer Saturdays and December Fridays. Send us your date for a quote: use our quote form.
Hog roast days near Nettlestead Green
Nettlestead Green is about 6 miles south-west of Maidstone, in Kent. Hosts in Nettlestead Green book us for care home events of all sizes. Nettlestead Green is one of 922 places in Kent where we cater. You can also see our page for London, about 28 miles away.
Visitors arriving by train should know that Yalding station is about 0.5 miles away.
We cover care home events in every part of ME18. That could mean a care home event in a garden on Station Road, Maidstone Road and Hampstead Lane, as long as there’s somewhere outside to cook. Neighbouring places where we cater care home events include Nettlestead (1 mile north), Yalding (1 mile south-east), Congelow (1 mile south-east), Wateringbury (2 miles north-east) and Benover (2 miles south-east). Further out, we also cater in Maidstone (6 miles north-east), Sevenoaks (10 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (9 miles south-west), Gravesend (14 miles north), Tonbridge (6 miles south-west) and Northfleet (14 miles north).
Other landmarks nearby include Leybourne Castle (5 miles north) and Teapot Island (0.9 miles south-east).
- Roasted on site for several hours, outdoors under cover
- Carved by our chef into rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Not just pork: spit-roast lamb, chicken and vegetarian choices
- Served by our staff at the time you choose, then cleared away