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Care Home Hog Roast for Oakleigh Park
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 Oakleigh Park.
- Residents’ themed days
- Staff appreciation days
- Care home summer fairs
Planning an event in Oakleigh Park?
The menu, dish by dish
Rotisserie chicken
Golden rotisserie chicken goes into rolls or onto plates.
Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
For vegans, there’s a vegan burger or sausage in a roll, so everyone has something hot.
Care home hog roast in Oakleigh Park, slow-roasted on site
For care homes in Oakleigh Park, a hog roast day is a real occasion. Residents can watch the carving and share the meal with family and staff. We are frequently asked to cater themed days and day centre events, serving halloumi skewers, new potatoes and apple sauce.
Care homes in Oakleigh Park frequently have a small garden or car park, so we agree a cooking spot clear of ambulance access and windows. Everything is cooked on the day, at your venue, slowly, over several hours.
- Where
- Oakleigh Park (N20, N12, EN4)
- Area hub
- Greater London
- Menu
- Pork, crackling, stuffing and apple sauce in rolls
- Also available
- Lamb, chicken, halloumi skewers (V), vegan option (Ve)
- Quotes
- Ask us for a quote
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Common questions in Oakleigh Park
Can you do a hog roast in Swan Lane Open Space?
Only with permission from the park’s owner, typically the council, and many parks do not allow cooking. Check with them first, and tell us what they say.
Which station is closest to Oakleigh Park?
Oakleigh Park station, about 0.8 miles north of the centre.
How big a hog will we need?
We plan quantities from the numbers you give us, and we’ll confirm everything in writing.
Where does the hog roast go?
A flat, open spot outside, and a way to wheel everything in. Send us a photo if you’re unsure.
Can we hire the machine and cook it ourselves?
Yes, we hire out the hog roast machine. We will explain what’s supplied and how it works when we quote.
Do you provide allergen information?
We provide full allergen information for every dish. Stuffing generally contains gluten, and gluten-free rolls are available.
Where do you cook at a care home?
Outdoors under cover, on a level spot clear of emergency access.
Do you serve the food?
Our chef carves and our staff serve, and we clear up when service is finished.
For planners, venues and organisers
For workplace bookings, ask your facilities team about outside caterers and gas cooking. We will fit in with site rules.
Venues frequently have rules for outside caterers, from approved lists to where a gas roaster can go. Check early, and pass on anything they need from us.
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Planning for dietary needs
You will get allergen information for everything we serve. To make the most of it:
- Tell us who doesn’t eat pork
- Remember stuffing normally contains gluten
- Share residents’ dietary needs with us in good time
- Plan separately for halal if needed
We keep the cooking area away from residents’ windows and paths.
Ask about gluten-free rolls.
Prices and what affects them
There is no fixed price list, because every care home event is different. What matters most:
- Access to the cooking area
- How long the roast and service take
- Numbers
- Busy dates such as summer Saturdays
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. We quote every event individually, so you know exactly what you’re paying for.
What to tell us
A few details help us give you an accurate quote. Here’s what’s useful:
- The address or postcode
- Roughly how many people
- Allergies we should know about
- Where the roaster could go, ideally with a photo
When you’re weighing up caterers, ask each one exactly what’s included. Ours lists it clearly. For a quote, fill in our quote form.
A hog roast or other catering?
Compared with a normal lunch from the kitchen, a hog roast brings the event to residents. A hog roast is frequently good value for a crowd, because one whole roast feeds plenty of people. Extras, china and longer service add to it.
What you get with us
- The classics: stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Halloumi skewers and a vegan option too
- A choice of salads and potatoes
- Roasted on site, slowly, for hours
See how we price or the cost guide.
What happens on the day
Carving is part of the show: the hog is carved in front of your residents, and the crackling is shared out so everyone gets some. In summer, Oakleigh Park has daylight until about 9:20pm, so an afternoon in the garden works well. In winter, dark by about 3:55pm, a lunchtime event is better.
- The home tells us the date, numbers and serving time.
- We confirm the spot with your manager and quote.
- On the day we set up outdoors and roast through the morning.
- We serve in the dining room or garden, as you prefer.
- We tidy up and leave calmly.
Before we arrive
- Think about shelter for your residents
- Have a level outdoor spot ready
- Measure the narrowest gate or passage
Get a quote
The quickest way to get a price is to send us your date, venue and numbers. A picture of where the roaster could go helps us check the space. Send us your details through our quote form.
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Events we cater in Oakleigh Park
The home’s kitchen gets a break for the day, while still preparing any modified meals.
However big or small the event in Oakleigh Park, a slow roast goes a long way. Bookings often include:
- Open days
- Home anniversaries
- Seasonal events
- Retirement housing events
Old photos of Barfield Allotments Nature Park can spark conversation during a hog roast day.
Questions to ask before you book
- When payments are due and what happens if plans change
- Travel and any London charges
- How many staff will carve and serve
- Which meats, sides and extras are included
Before you choose a spot
It is worth planning the cooking area in advance. We look for:
- Sign-off from management
- An activities lead or manager as contact
- Clear of bedroom windows
As a London location, Oakleigh Park is inside the Ultra Low Emission Zone, and access takes planning: let us know how we reach the cooking spot and where we can park.
Not sure about the cooking spot? Send us a picture and we will tell you honestly.
On the menu in Oakleigh Park
- Roast potatoes
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- New potatoes
- Rotisserie chicken
- Salads
- Roast pork, carved
Planning a hog roast day in Oakleigh Park
Oakleigh Park is about 2 miles south-east of Barnet, in Greater London. We cover care home events in Oakleigh Park, as well as the surrounding area. Oakleigh Park is one of 764 towns and villages in Greater London where we cater. Our bookings stretch from Oakleigh Park to London (9 miles away).
Oakleigh Park is on or near the A1000, so access for our equipment is simple. For homes that welcome visitors from a church like Church of St John, a hog roast lunch is an easy way to say thank you.
For care home events in N20, N12 and EN4, we just need to know where the roaster can cook. Local streets include High Road, Swan Lane and Green Road; a care home event on any of them works well with outdoor space and a way in. Being close to the A1000, Oakleigh Park is simple for us to get to for your care home event. For care home events just outside Oakleigh Park, we cover Whetstone (1 mile east), North Finchley (1 mile south), Woodside Park (1 mile south-west), East Barnet (1 mile north-east) and Brunswick Park (1 mile east). Further out, we also cater in London (9 miles south), City of Westminster (8 miles south), Marylebone (8 miles south), Kensington (9 miles south), St Pancras (7 miles south) and Shoreditch (8 miles south-east).
Well-known places in the area include Grand Arcade (0.9 miles south) and Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum (0.9 miles south-west). Open spaces near Oakleigh Park include Barfield Allotments Nature Park and Highgate Hill.
- Nearby schools include Finchley Catholic High School (0.5 miles south-west) and Woodhouse College (1 mile south)
- Nearby, you’ll find Three Horseshoes pub (less than half a mile north-west)
- Parks and local facilities nearby include East Barnet Urban District (1.3 miles north)
- Roasted on site for several hours, outdoors under cover
- Carved to order by our chef, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside the pork
- Our team serves at your chosen time and clears up afterwards