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Hog Roast for Care Homes in Norcot, Reading
From the hours of slow roasting to the last roll, a hog roast day turns the food into a centrepiece of your care home event in Norcot.
- Garden fêtes
- Open afternoons
- Day centre events
Planning an event in Norcot?
Planning the cooking spot
We need room to cook safely and under cover. Before booking, check:
- Clear of ambulance and delivery access
- Somewhere for residents to eat comfortably
- A level spot in the garden or car park
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we’ll advise before booking.
From the roaster
- New potatoes
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Salads
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Rotisserie chicken
- Roast potatoes
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Roast pork, carved
Care home hog roast in Norcot, carved to order
Your team knows each resident’s needs, so we provide full allergen information and work to your plan. Popular choices include rotisserie chicken, halloumi skewers and new potatoes, and we’re regularly asked to cater garden fêtes and retirement housing events.
Around Norcot, homes frequently have a garden and drive. Tell us about access. The hog is roasted on site at your care home event, low and slow, for hours, and carved only when you are ready to eat.
What comes off the roaster
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Add salads, coleslaw and potatoes to make it a proper meal.
Stuffing and apple sauce
No hog roast roll is complete without sage and onion stuffing and apple sauce, balancing the rich, salty pork.
Looking after everyone
Some residents will not eat pork, so plan an alternative. A few pointers:
- Count families and staff too
- Tell us about dietary needs in advance
- Plan separately for halal if needed
- Ask us to carve thinly for residents
We clear away quietly.
Rotisserie chicken is an alternative to pork.
How the day works
A typical booking goes like this: we arrive, set up under cover and start roasting, the pork cooks slowly for hours, and our chef carves it when you are ready. By late September, the light in Norcot goes at about 7:10pm, so we suggest a lunchtime serving in autumn.
- The home tells us the date and numbers.
- We check the grounds and send a price.
- The roast starts early.
- We serve inside or out.
- We clear away quietly.
Before we arrive
- Gather dietary requirements early
- Pick a flat, open area outside for cooking
- Plan somewhere sheltered for people to eat if it rains
Ask for a quote
Not sure how many to cater for? Give us your best estimate and we will quote on that, then confirm closer to the date. Send us your details through our quote form.
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Prices and what affects them
Each booking is quoted on its own, based on a few main things:
- The journey to the venue
- Site access
- Busy dates such as summer Saturdays
- The serving time and how long we’re on site
Adding lamb, chicken, extra sides or china changes the price, so each one is itemised. Keeping it simple keeps it affordable.
Getting an accurate quote
Here’s what we will ask:
- The date and time of the event
- Rules from the venue or landowner
- The venue or postcode
- Which meats and sides you’d like
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.
For event organisers in Norcot
For venues and planners, we’re happy to work alongside your team, sharing timings and a site plan.
If you’re booking for a workplace, check with facilities about gas equipment and vehicle access. We’ll fit in with site rules.
Is a hog roast right for your care home event?
Compared with a trip out, it’s easier for everyone to enjoy. Distance is part of the price: we include travel in the quote, with any London charges listed. Tell us the exact address for an accurate figure.
Why us?
- Our staff serve and clear
- Served at the time you choose
- Fresh carving at the serving station
- Sides to make it a full meal
Read our pricing and our hog roast cost guide.
Care home hog roasts in Norcot
Norcot is about 2 miles west of Reading, in Reading. We bring a hog roast day to care home events anywhere in Norcot, given a suitable outdoor cooking area. Norcot is one of 34 places in Reading where we cater.
Visitors arriving by train should know that the closest railway station is Tilehurst station, roughly 0.8 miles north of the centre. A care home summer fair, perhaps with a church like Tilehurst Methodist Church, is a good occasion for a hog roast.
Care home events anywhere in RG30 and RG31 start with an outdoor spot for the roaster. From Ash Road, Tay Road and Tyle Road or a nearby road, we can set up and roast there. If your venue is just outside Norcot, we also cover Tilehurst Within (1 mile south-west), Tilehurst (1 mile west), Horncastle (1 mile south), Little Heath (1 mile west) and Fords Farm (1 mile south). Larger places within reach include Caversham (3 miles north-east), Shinfield (5 miles south-east), Arborfield Garrison (8 miles south-east), Whitley Wood (4 miles south-east), Sonning Common (4 miles north-east) and Whitley (4 miles south-east). As one of the bigger places in Reading, Norcot has plenty of venues, halls and workplaces.
Nearby you will also find Battle Hospital (1.3 miles east) and Royal Berkshire Regiment Museum (1 mile east). Within reach you will find South Lake and Moor Copse Nature Reserve.
- Schools near Norcot include Prospect School (1 mile south) and Battle School (1.3 miles east)
- Pubs nearby include The Butchers Arms (0.6 miles north-west)
Norcot: your questions answered
Could you cook in Round Copse?
Only if the landowner, usually the council, allows it. Check with them first.
How far is Norcot from London?
Roughly 40 miles from the centre of London.
Do residents have to eat rolls?
We can carve thinly and serve on plates with potatoes and apple sauce.
Will there be enough to go round?
The roast is chosen to suit how many you’re feeding, so tell us your best estimate. The quote sets it out.
When do you start roasting?
A whole hog roasts for several hours, so we arrive well before you want to eat. We work back from your serving time.
Do you leave the area tidy?
We clear the serving area and pack away, leaving the spot as we found it.
How much does a hog roast cost?
It depends on numbers, the menu and how long we are on site. Tell us your date and we will send a price.
Where do you cook at a care home?
In the grounds, never in the kitchen.
Events we cater in Norcot
It gives the kitchen team a day off from cooking, while still preparing any modified meals.
However big or small the event in Norcot, a hog roast feeds a crowd well. Bookings often include:
- Family days with visitors
- Seasonal events
- Summer fêtes
- Home anniversaries
Old photos of Moor Copse Nature Reserve can spark conversation during a hog roast day.
Comparing caterers
- Whether VAT is included
- How dietary needs are handled
- Plates, china and cutlery
- What the price includes, item by item
- Cooked where you are, slowly, over several hours outdoors
- Our chef carves the pork, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling on the side
- Vegetarian and vegan choices, plus lamb or chicken if you like
- Staff to serve at the agreed time, then clear away