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Care Home Hog Roast for Thorncombe Street
From the first smell of roasting pork to the last piece of crackling, a hog roast day makes the food part of your care home event in Thorncombe Street.
- Retirement community days
- Care home summer fairs
- Milestone days for the home
Planning an event in Thorncombe Street?
Care homes around Thorncombe Street
Thorncombe Street is about 5 miles south of Guildford, in Surrey. We cater care home events across Thorncombe Street and nearby, from gardens to fields. Thorncombe Street is one of 395 places in Surrey we cover.
Lower Lake is close by, a good starting point for a chat about days out. Thorncombe Street is within about 6 miles of the Surrey Hills National Landscape.
Wherever your care home event is in GU5, we can roast on site for your residents. That could mean a care home event in a garden on Thorncombe Street and Alldens Hill or the roads around them, as long as there is somewhere outside to cook. Neighbouring places where we cater care home events include Munstead Heath (1 mile west), Birtley Green (1 mile north-east), Grafham (1 mile east), Hascombe (1 mile south) and Bramley (2 miles north-east). Larger places within reach include Guildford (5 miles north), Woking (10 miles north), Camberley (13 miles north-west), Farnham (10 miles west), Dorking (11 miles east) and Frimley (12 miles north-west).
Nearby you will also find Milford Hospital (2.4 miles west) and Godalming Museum (2.2 miles north-west). Green spaces nearby include Farncombe Wood and Hydon's Ball.
About our care home hog roast in Thorncombe Street
Serving times fit around the home’s day, lunch or mid-afternoon. We serve thinly carved roast pork, rotisserie chicken and halloumi skewers, and we’re regularly asked to cater milestone days for the home and open afternoons.
Rural care homes near Thorncombe Street can feel a long way from the bustle of town, so a hog roast day is a special occasion. Everything we need to roast, carve and serve comes with us, and we pack away and leave the area as we found it.
What we serve, dish by dish
Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
Our vegan option is a vegan burger or sausage, served in a roll with salads.
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Salads, new potatoes, coleslaw and roast or jacket potatoes turn rolls into a full meal, especially at a sit-down event.
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Thorncombe Street: your questions answered
Which station is closest to Thorncombe Street?
The closest is Godalming station, roughly 2.3 miles away.
Can you do a hog roast at a venue in the Surrey Hills National Landscape?
Yes, though some venues in protected landscapes have extra rules for caterers; ask your venue. We will work to whatever the site needs.
Does the roaster have to be outside?
No, the roast is always cooked outdoors under cover, at a safe distance from walls and tents. We can frequently serve indoors if the venue agrees.
Who serves?
You don’t need anyone else: our chef carves and our team serves and clears.
How do we prepare?
Just the agreed spot and a contact on the day. Everything for roasting and serving comes with us.
What’s the price?
Every booking is quoted individually, depending on numbers, menu, timings and travel. Tell us about your care home event for a quote.
Where do you cook at a care home?
Outdoors under cover, on a level spot clear of emergency access and away from opening windows.
Can you carve thinly?
We can carve thinly and serve on plates with potatoes and apple sauce.
Diets, allergies and alternatives
With a bit of planning, dietary needs are easier to handle. A few tips:
- Ask us to carve thinly for residents
- Halal isn’t offered
- Stuffing usually contains gluten
- Ask the kitchen to prepare texture-modified portions
Afterwards we tidy up calmly.
Serving on plates is frequently easier.
For event organisers in Thorncombe Street
If the event is on someone else’s land, you will need the landowner’s permission for cooking and vehicles. Get that agreed before booking.
If you’re a venue or event planner, we can fit around your other suppliers.
What affects the price in Thorncombe Street
Every booking is priced individually, and the price depends on a few things:
- Which meats and sides you choose
- How many people are eating
- Busy dates such as summer Saturdays
- How long the roast and service take
A hog roast is often good value for a crowd, since one roast goes a long way. Extras, china and longer service add to it.
What to tell us
To get the best quote, send us:
- Which meats and sides you’d like
- The venue or postcode
- Rough numbers
- Your date and serving time
We need a few details to quote: the date and serving time, the venue or GU5 postcode, rough numbers and which extras you’d like. Use our quote form.
Events we cater in Thorncombe Street
The home’s kitchen gets a break for the day.
We’re booked for all kinds of occasions in Thorncombe Street and nearby. Some of the most common are:
- Open days
- Days for relatives
- Summer fêtes
- Staff appreciation days
Visitors arriving by train should know that the closest railway station is Godalming station, roughly 2.3 miles north-west of the centre.
Before booking anyone
- When they arrive and when the food will be ready
- When payments are due and what happens if plans change
- Who carves and who serves
- The full menu and the sides
Planning the cooking spot
The roaster needs space, cover and a safe distance from anything that could catch the heat. Things to check:
- Somewhere for residents to eat comfortably
- Sign-off from management
- Clear of ambulance and delivery access
If you’re unsure, send a picture of the space and the way in, and we will say what we think.
Popular choices
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Salads
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Roast potatoes
- New potatoes
- Rotisserie chicken
- Roast pork, carved
Step by step
We get there well ahead of service, since slow roasting can’t be rushed. The smell usually brings people over long before we carve. Late-September sunset in Thorncombe Street is about 7:05pm, so autumn events are best at lunchtime.
- We start with the date and numbers.
- We agree the cooking spot and quote.
- We roast through the morning.
- We serve inside or out.
- We clear away quietly.
Getting ready for the day
- Gather dietary requirements early
- Name a contact for the day
- Plan a step-free way in for the equipment
Get a quote
The quickest way to get a price is to send us your date, venue and numbers. A photo of the cooking area helps. Use our quote form.
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A hog roast compared with other options
A hog roast can be part of a wider event. Travel matters for the price: travel is included in your quote. Tell us the exact address so the quote is accurate.
Why Thorncombe Street hosts choose us
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside
- Carved to order by a chef
- Roasted on site, slowly, for hours
- Self-contained: roaster, cover and serving kit
See our pricing or what a hog roast costs.
- Cooked where you are, slowly, over several hours outdoors
- Our chef carves the pork, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling on the side
- Options beyond pork, including lamb, chicken and vegetarian dishes
- Served when you’re ready, and we tidy the serving area afterwards