Buckinghamshire · England
Hog Roast for Care Homes in Oving, Buckinghamshire
Plenty of choice: hog roast rolls, lamb, rotisserie chicken, halloumi skewers and a vegan option, plus salads, coleslaw and potatoes. Care home hog roast in Oving.
- Family days with visitors
- Community open days
- Home anniversaries
Care home hog roast for Oving
About our care home hog roast in Oving
A hog roast day gives residents something to look forward to. Residents can watch the carving and share the meal with family and staff. We serve roast potatoes, halloumi skewers and apple sauce, and we’re regularly asked to cater open afternoons and care home summer fairs.
Near Oving, residents may not get out much, so a hog roast day is a big event. Timings are planned around your care home event, working back from when you want to eat.
- Area
- Oving (HP22)
- Region
- Buckinghamshire
- From the roaster
- Pork, crackling, stuffing and apple sauce in rolls
- Extras
- Spit-roast lamb, rotisserie chicken, vegetarian and vegan options
- Quote
- Contact us for a quote
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
A hog roast compared with other options
Instead of organising a trip, a hog roast at the home is easier for residents with mobility needs. Travel matters for the price: we include travel in the quote, with any London charges listed. Give us the address so the quote is accurate.
Why book our hog roast in Oving
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside
- Self-contained: roaster, cover and serving kit
- A clear quote with everything listed
- The classics: stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
See our pricing or our hog roast cost guide.
Other occasions in Oving
Events we cater in Oving
We fit in with your day.
In Oving and nearby, we cater for all sorts of events. Some of the most common are:
- Seasonal events
- Anniversaries of the home
- Day centre events
- Family days with visitors
Some homes in Oving have links with a local church such as Church of All Saints, and a hog roast can be part of a summer fête.
Questions to ask before you book
- How they handle allergens and dietary needs
- Any travel or access charges
- Whether plates or china are included
- Where the roaster goes and what it needs
How we price a hog roast day
Each price is built from:
- The number of people
- Access to the cooking area
- Season and day of the week
- How long the roast and service take
Weekday and off-season dates can be easier to book, and the menu you choose matters too. Tell us your budget and we’ll suggest what works.
What we need to know
To check the date and the space, we will need:
- Anything the venue has asked for
- The address or postcode
- Rough numbers
- Any dietary needs or allergies
It is easy to get a price: tell us when, where, how many and what time you’d like to eat. You’ll get a clear quote listing what’s included. Use our quote form.
Organising for someone else?
For workplace bookings, ask your facilities team about outside caterers and gas cooking. We will fit in with site rules.
Event organisers often ask caterers for paperwork such as a risk assessment. Tell us what you need and we will tell you what we can send.
The process
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. By late September, the light in Oving goes at about 7:05pm, so we suggest a lunchtime serving in autumn.
- Your activities lead or manager gets in touch with a date.
- We look at photos of the garden or car park and suggest a cooking spot.
- Your kitchen team tells us about diets and textures.
- Residents can see and smell the roast from the morning.
- Lunch is carved and served, and we pack away quietly afterwards.
How to prepare
- Have a level outdoor spot ready
- Plan a step-free way in for the equipment
- Give us a contact number for the day
How to get a price
Send us the date, the address or HP22 postcode and rough numbers, along with your serving time. We’ll check the date and send a quote. Send us your details through our quote form.
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Allergies and dietary needs
Not everyone eats pork, so plan an alternative. Helpful tips:
- Include staff and visitors in your numbers
- Stuffing typically contains gluten
- Plan separately for halal if needed
- Modified diets should come from the home’s kitchen
Afterwards we tidy up calmly.
China crockery is available on request, quoted separately.
Common questions in Oving
Is Oving too small for a hog roast?
Not at all. We cater in villages and hamlets as well as towns. Tell us about lanes, gates and the ground.
What’s the nearest station to Oving?
Aylesbury Vale Parkway station, about 3.8 miles south of the centre.
Can you cater for vegetarians?
The menu has lamb, chicken, vegetarian and vegan options. Halal meat isn’t something we offer.
What should we sort out beforehand?
The agreed cooking area, access for our equipment and someone to meet us. We bring everything else.
What about texture-modified diets?
We do not prepare texture-modified meals; we will work alongside your kitchen.
How do you work out quantities?
Quantities are based on your numbers, and we’ll talk it through when we quote.
Do you provide allergen information?
You will get allergen details for everything. Gluten-free rolls can be provided.
Do you clear up?
Our staff clear the serving area, and we take our equipment with us.
Hog roast days near Oving
Oving is about 5 miles north of Aylesbury, in Buckinghamshire. Care home events in Oving are part of our patch, as well as the surrounding area. We bring hog roasts to 263 places in Buckinghamshire, from the larger towns to small villages. Our bookings stretch from Oving to Milton Keynes (11 miles away).
For families visiting by train, Aylesbury Vale Parkway station is about 3.8 miles away.
Here we cover the HP22 postcode area, so your care home event can be anywhere in it. That could mean a care home event in a garden on Bowling Alley, The Pightle and Stone View or the roads around them, as long as there is somewhere outside to cook. Other places close to Oving we cover include Pitchcott (1 mile south-west), Whitchurch (1 mile east), North Marston (1 mile north-west), Hardwick (2 miles south-east) and Weedon (3 miles south-east). Larger places within reach include Aylesbury (5 miles south), Buckingham (9 miles north-west), Elmhurst (5 miles south-east), Southcourt (6 miles south), Princes Risborough (11 miles south) and Haydon Hill (4 miles south).
A little further out are Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital (4.8 miles south) and Bolbec Castle (0.9 miles south-east).
- Nearby, you’ll find The Black Boy pub (within half a mile west)
What the cooking area needs
It’s worth planning the cooking area in advance. We look for:
- Away from windows that open and residents’ rooms
- Sign-off from management
- Someone to meet us
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we will advise.
What we serve
- Salads
- Roast pork, carved
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- New potatoes
- Roast potatoes
- Rotisserie chicken
- Vegan option (Ve)
What we serve, dish by dish
Stuffing and apple sauce
Apple sauce brings sweetness and sharpness are the traditional pairing. Stuffing normally contains gluten.
Halloumi and vegetable skewers (V)
Halloumi and vegetable skewers are the vegetarian choice: squeaky, salty cheese with colourful veg, in a roll or on a plate.
- Roasted slowly at your venue, outdoors and under cover
- Carved by our chef into rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Options beyond pork, including lamb, chicken and vegetarian dishes
- Served by our staff at the time you choose, then cleared away