Hampshire · England
Care Home Hog Roast for Red Post Bridge
Care home hog roast in Red Post Bridge: pork roasted slowly for hours at your venue, carved to order and served in soft rolls with crackling.
- Open days
- Staff appreciation days
- Days for relatives
Care home hog roast in Red Post Bridge
Care home hog roast in Red Post Bridge, carved to order
We roast through the morning and serve at the time that suits the home’s routine, lunch or mid-afternoon. We’re frequently asked to cater open afternoons and sheltered housing gatherings, with new potatoes, apple sauce and rotisserie chicken.
At a rural home near Red Post Bridge, access matters. Everything is cooked on the day, at your venue, low and slow, for hours, and carved only when you are ready to eat.
For planners, venues and organisers
Venues often have rules for outside caterers, from approved lists to where a gas roaster can go. Check early, and tell us what they ask for.
If you’re booking for a workplace, ask your facilities team about outside caterers and gas cooking. We will fit in with site rules.
Space, access and the venue
The cooking area is the main thing to plan. A quick checklist:
- A dining room, lounge or shaded garden
- Approval from the home
- An activities lead or manager as contact
Not sure about the cooking spot? Send us a photo and we will tell you honestly.
On the menu in Red Post Bridge
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Rotisserie chicken
- Roast potatoes
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Salads
- New potatoes
- Roast pork, carved
Nearby places to Red Post Bridge
Other occasions in Red Post Bridge
How the day works
On the day, we set up the roaster on the agreed spot, put the cover up and start the roast. From there it cooks low and slow for hours, worked back from your serving time. In summer, Red Post Bridge has daylight until about 9:25pm, which makes garden events easy. In winter, dark by about 4:00pm, a lunchtime event is better.
- We talk through residents’ needs with your team.
- You get a clear price.
- We set up outdoors, clear of access routes.
- We carve thinly and serve on plates.
- We tidy up and go.
Before we arrive
- Collect dietary needs and allergies in advance
- Choose someone to meet us on arrival
- Think about shelter for your residents
Getting a price
We price every booking individually, based on numbers, menu, timings and distance. Tell us about your care home event for a quote: fill in our quote form.
Planning help
A hog roast or other catering?
Next to staff cooking, your staff can focus on residents. Extras such as lamb, chicken, more sides or china crockery add to the cost, so we list each one in the quote. Keeping it simple keeps it affordable.
What you get with us
- Staff to serve, so you don’t have to
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside
- We bring everything to cook and serve
- An itemised quote
See our pricing and what a hog roast costs.
Your questions about a hog roast day in Red Post Bridge
Is Red Post Bridge too small for a hog roast?
No, we come to small places too. Let us know about access and the cooking spot.
How far is Red Post Bridge from London?
Roughly 65 miles from the centre of London.
Do you bring plates?
We supply plates as standard. China is available at an extra cost.
Can you roast in the rain?
Rain does not stop the cooking. Somewhere covered for people to eat helps.
Can you serve at lunch?
Choose the time, and we’ll be ready.
How long does the roast need?
A whole hog roasts for several hours, which is why we arrive hours ahead. We work back from your serving time.
Does the roaster have to be outside?
The roaster always stays outside, under cover, at a safe distance from walls and tents. We can often serve indoors if the venue agrees.
Do you come to Red Post Bridge?
Yes. We cover London and the South East, Red Post Bridge and the rest of Hampshire included. Tell us the venue and we’ll quote.
A closer look at the menu
Rotisserie chicken
Chicken off the rotisserie, carved or jointed goes into rolls or onto plates alongside the pork.
Stuffing and apple sauce
Sage and onion stuffing and apple sauce are the classic partners, cutting through the richness of the pork.
How we price a hog roast day
A few things make the biggest difference to the price:
- Whether you want china
- Distance from us
- How long the roast and service take
- The date and time of year
Numbers make the biggest difference: bigger groups generally cost less per head, since much of the cost is fixed.
What we need to know
When you enquire, please mention:
- Any venue rules
- The date and time of the event
- The venue or postcode
- An estimate of numbers
The quickest way to get a price is to tell us the date, where the care home event is and roughly how many. A picture of where the roaster could go helps us check the space. Use our quote form.
Care home hog roasts in Red Post Bridge
Red Post Bridge is about 2 miles west of Andover, in Hampshire. We cover care home events in Red Post Bridge, along with the towns and villages around it. We bring hog roasts to all 683 towns and villages across Hampshire, from the larger towns to small villages. We cater events right across the region, from Red Post Bridge to Southampton (21 miles away).
A care home summer fair, perhaps with a church like Church of St Mary, is a good occasion for a hog roast. For families visiting by train, the nearest station is Andover station, about 1.9 miles east.
This part of Hampshire takes in SP11. That could mean a care home event in a garden on Newall Road, Andover Road and Red Post Lane, wherever there is an outdoor spot for the roaster. Neighbouring places where we cater care home events include Penton Corner (1 mile north), Weyhill (1 mile north-west), Penton Grafton (1 mile north), Penton Mewsey (2 miles north) and East Cholderton (2 miles west). Within a short drive, we also cover Winchester (14 miles south-east), Romsey (15 miles south), Hyde (13 miles south-east), Tidworth (6 miles north-west), Weeke (13 miles south-east) and Stanmore (14 miles south-east).
Well-known places in the area include Andover Museum (2.6 miles east) and Andover War Memorial Hospital (2 miles north-east). The countryside around Red Post Bridge includes Mill Lake and Anton Lakes.
- Local pubs include The Black Swan Public House (0.8 miles south-west)
Allergies and dietary needs
Most people love a hog roast, but it’s pork. Here’s how to cover everyone:
- Tell us who doesn’t eat pork
- Ask us to carve thinly for residents
- Stuffing generally contains gluten
- Ask for gluten-free rolls if needed
Afterwards we tidy up calmly.
Serving on plates is frequently easier.
Why choose care home hog roast in Red Post Bridge?
Food can be carved thinly and served on plates.
We are booked for all kinds of occasions in Red Post Bridge and nearby. Some of the most common are:
- Retirement community days
- Open days
- Milestone days for the home
- Staff appreciation days
Residents who remember days out at Mill Lake may enjoy talking about them over lunch.
Questions to ask before you book
- What the cooking area needs: space, cover and access
- Which meats, sides and extras are included
- Staffing on the day
- If the price includes VAT
- Roasted on site for several hours, outdoors under cover
- Our chef carves the pork, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling on the side
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside the pork
- Served by our staff at the time you choose, then cleared away