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Care Home Hog Roast in Send
From the first smell of roasting pork to the last piece of crackling, a hog roast day turns the food into a centrepiece of your care home event in Send.
- Days for relatives
- Sheltered housing gatherings
- Milestone days for the home
Care home hog roast in Send
Organising for someone else?
Booking for a club or group? A single point of contact keeps things simple, especially on the day.
If you’re booking for a workplace, check with facilities about gas equipment and vehicle access. We work to the site’s rules.
Care home hog roast in Send, carved to order
Day centres and retirement housing near Send also book us, for themed days and gatherings. We serve thinly carved roast pork, apple sauce and halloumi skewers, and typical bookings are for day centre events and community open days.
Around Send, homes frequently have a garden and drive. Tell us about access. Our chef carves in front of your residents, so every roll gets hot pork and a piece of crackling, and nothing sits in a hot cabinet.
More for events in Send
Allergies and dietary needs
Some residents won’t eat pork, so plan an alternative. Helpful tips:
- Ask the kitchen to prepare texture-modified portions
- Remember stuffing normally contains gluten
- Halal is not offered
- Ask for gluten-free rolls if needed
Afterwards we tidy up calmly.
Rotisserie chicken is an alternative to pork.
Planning the cooking spot
A hog roast cooks outdoors for hours, so the spot matters, so a few things are worth checking:
- An activities lead or manager as contact
- A level outdoor area
- Away from windows that open and residents’ rooms
If you are unsure, send a picture of the space and the way in, and we’ll say what we think before booking.
From the roaster
- Rotisserie chicken
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Salads
- Roast pork, carved
- New potatoes
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Roast potatoes
Hog roast days near Send
Send is about 3 miles south-east of Woking, in Surrey. We cater care home events across Send and nearby. Send is one of 395 towns and villages in Surrey we cover.
Some homes in Send have links with a local church such as St William of York, and a hog roast can be part of a summer fête. For families visiting by train, Clandon station, about 2.2 miles south-east, is the nearest station. The Surrey Hills National Landscape is within about 6 miles of Send.
We cover care home events in every part of GU23. Local streets include Sandy Lane, Farm Lane and Sandfields; a care home event on any of them works well with outdoor space and a way in. For care home events just outside Send, we cover Send Marsh (1 mile east), Burntcommon (1 mile east), Sutton Green (1 mile south-west), Mayford (2 miles west) and Pyle Hill (2 miles west). We also serve nearby towns such as Guildford (3 miles south-west), Woking (3 miles north-west), Camberley (9 miles west), Epsom (12 miles east), Farnham (13 miles south-west) and Ewell (13 miles east).
Other landmarks nearby include Send and Ripley History Society Museum (1.8 miles east) and Woking Community Hospital (2.1 miles north-west). The countryside around Send includes Boldermere Lake and Papercourt Marshes.
- Schools near Send include St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School (1.5 miles north-west) and St John the Baptist School (1.5 miles north-west)
- Nearby, you will find The New Inn (0.5 miles north-west)
Step by step
Here’s how the day typically runs: we arrive, set up under cover and start roasting, the roast cooks gently through the day, and we carve and serve at the agreed time. For a summer hog roast day in Send, residents can enjoy the garden in daylight until about 9:20pm, which makes garden events easy. In winter, dark by about 3:55pm, a lunchtime event is better.
- A date and rough headcount from the home gets things started.
- Photos of the grounds help us choose a safe spot.
- The kitchen shares residents’ dietary needs with us.
- Residents can see and smell the roast from the morning.
- Lunch is carved and served, and we pack away quietly afterwards.
Before we arrive
- Gather dietary requirements early
- Think about shelter for your residents
- Confirm numbers ahead of the day
How to get a price
Getting a quote is simple: tell us when, where, how many and what time you’d like to eat. You will get a clear quote listing what’s included. Fill in our quote form.
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Perfect for your care home event in Send
Food can be carved thinly and served on plates.
However big or small the event in Send, a slow roast goes a long way. We’re often asked to cater:
- Retirement community days
- Days for relatives
- Garden fêtes
- Home anniversaries
Papercourt Marshes is close by, a good starting point for a chat about days out.
Comparing caterers
- What the price includes, item by item
- When they arrive and when the food will be ready
- VAT, if it applies
- When payments are due and what happens if plans change
Send: your questions answered
Could you cook in White Rose Lane?
Only with permission from the park’s owner, normally the council, and many parks don’t allow cooking. Ask them first, and tell us what they say.
Is Send close to London?
About 24 miles from central London.
How long does a hog roast take to cook?
Hours rather than minutes. We will confirm our arrival time when we quote.
Will there be enough to go round?
We size the roast to your numbers, so a good estimate matters. The quote sets it out.
What about coeliacs?
We can supply gluten-free rolls on request. You’ll get allergen details for everything.
Can you serve at lunch?
Choose the time, and we will be ready.
Do you provide china?
We bring plates as standard. If you’d like china, ask and we will add it to the quote.
How do we prepare?
The agreed cooking area, access for our equipment and someone to meet us. We will bring the rest.
About the food
Rotisserie chicken
Chicken from the rotisserie gives people a non-pork choice, turned until the skin is golden.
Stuffing and apple sauce
A spoonful of apple sauce and a slice of stuffing turn a pork roll into a hog roast roll, just as they should.
A hog roast or other catering?
Where residents need modified meals, your kitchen looks after those portions. What you pay covers the meat, the chef and staff, and hours of roasting. A long, slow roast means an early start, and the quote reflects that.
Why us?
- Cooked on the day, low and slow
- No surprises: everything in writing
- Sides to make it a full meal
- Halloumi skewers and a vegan option too
Take a look at how we price and the cost guide.
What a hog roast costs
The biggest factors are:
- Distance from us
- Menu choices and extras
- The number of people
- Site access
Compare like for like: menu, sides, serving time, staff, plates and travel. A cheaper headline price can leave things out.
Getting an accurate quote
A few details help us give you an accurate quote. Here’s what’s useful:
- Which meats and sides you’d like
- An estimate of numbers
- Any dietary needs or allergies
- Where the roaster could go, ideally with a picture
We need a few details to quote: your date, your venue or postcode, how many people and any menu choices. Use our quote form.
- Roasted slowly at your venue, outdoors and under cover
- Carved by our chef into rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Not just pork: spit-roast lamb, chicken and vegetarian choices
- Our team serves at your chosen time and clears up afterwards