Hampshire · England
Care Home Hog Roast in Winklebury
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 Winklebury.
- Retirement community days
- Residents’ themed days
- Staff appreciation days
Slow-roasted pork in Winklebury
Care home hog roast for your care home event in Winklebury
We plan the day with your manager and kitchen team: the cooking spot, numbers and serving arrangements. On the menu are halloumi skewers, roast potatoes and rotisserie chicken, and we’re regularly asked to cater community open days and day centre lunches.
Care homes around Winklebury are often in converted houses with gardens. Tell us about access. The hog is roasted on site at your care home event, low and slow, for hours, and carved only when you are ready to eat.
The menu, dish by dish
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.
Rotisserie chicken
Chicken from the rotisserie gives people a non-pork choice, turned until the skin is golden.
FAQs for Winklebury
How far is Winklebury from London?
Roughly 47 miles from the centre of London, and well within our area.
Which station is closest to Winklebury?
Basingstoke station, about 1.5 miles east of the centre.
Is crockery included?
Plates come as standard. If you’d like china, ask and we’ll add it to the quote.
Do residents have to eat rolls?
We’ll serve however suits your residents.
Who serves?
No need for your own staff: we carve, serve and tidy up.
How much will it be?
Numbers, menu and travel decide the price. Send us the details and we will quote.
How do you handle allergies?
Allergen details are provided for your team to check.
When do you start roasting?
A whole hog roasts for several hours, which is why we arrive hours ahead. We work back from your serving time.
What the cooking area needs
Most outdoor spaces can work with a little planning. Here’s what we look for:
- Clear of bedroom windows
- A level outdoor area
- A spot that keeps access clear
Not sure about the cooking spot? Send us a picture and we will tell you honestly before booking.
What we serve
- Salads
- Roast potatoes
- Rotisserie chicken
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Vegan option (Ve)
- New potatoes
- Roast pork, carved
- Halloumi skewers (V)
Who books care home hog roast in Winklebury?
It brings residents, families and staff together.
In Winklebury and nearby, we cater for all sorts of events. Some of the most common are:
- Seasonal events
- Anniversaries of the home
- Care home summer fairs
- Family days with visitors
Volunteers from churches such as The Good Shepherd sometimes help at care home events, and a hog roast day can bring everyone together.
What to look for in a quote
- Staffing on the day
- The menu, including sides and any extras
- The space, cover and access they need
- When they arrive and when the food will be ready
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What affects the price in Winklebury
Every booking is priced individually, and the price depends on a few things:
- Busy dates such as summer Saturdays
- The serving time and how long we’re on site
- Menu choices and extras
- Numbers
UK price guides vary widely: roughly £10 a head for a simple roll, rising past £20 with more included. We quote every event individually, with everything listed.
Getting an accurate quote
When you enquire, please mention:
- Any dietary needs or allergies
- Anything the venue has asked for
- Your date and serving time
- The venue or postcode
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many people, along with your serving time. We will confirm availability and send a price. Fill in our quote form.
Winklebury: care homes and access
Winklebury is about 1 mile west of Basingstoke, in Hampshire. From village halls to gardens and fields, care home events around Winklebury suit a hog roast. Winklebury is one of 683 towns and villages in Hampshire where we cater. Our bookings stretch from Winklebury to Reading (14 miles away).
The A340 make Winklebury a simple journey for us. Old photos of Daneshill Park Woods can spark conversation during a hog roast day.
This part of Hampshire takes in RG23, RG22 and RG24. Whether your care home event is on Roman Road, Wayside Road and Worting Road or anywhere nearby, we can set up and roast there. Being close to the A340, Winklebury is simple for us to get to. We also bring hog roasts to care home events in Worting (1 mile south-west), Buckskin (1 mile south-west), South Ham (1 mile south-east), Rooksdown (1 mile north) and Basingstoke (1 mile east). Further out, we also cater in Farnborough (15 miles east), Fleet (12 miles east), Alton (10 miles south-east), Yateley (13 miles east), Tadley (6 miles north) and Hook (7 miles east).
Nearby you’ll also find Willis Museum (1.6 miles east) and Basing House (3.1 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Daneshill Park Woods and Farleigh Hill.
- Schools near Winklebury include Fort Hill Community School (within half a mile north) and Coppice Spring School (1.4 miles south)
- Nearby, you will find The White Hart Inn (0.6 miles south-west)
A hog roast compared with other options
Compared with a barbecue run by staff, we take the cooking off your team. Adding lamb, chicken, extra sides or china changes the price, so we list each one in the quote. Keeping it simple keeps it affordable.
Why Winklebury hosts choose us
- Rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Staff to serve, so you do not have to
- Sides to make it a full meal
- Slow-roasted at your venue, not reheated
Take a look at our prices page or what a hog roast costs.
Allergies and dietary needs
We give full allergen information for every dish. To help:
- Ask the kitchen to prepare texture-modified portions
- Tell us who doesn’t eat pork
- Count families and staff too
- Share residents’ dietary needs with us in good time
The roaster stays clear of busy paths and windows.
Serving on plates is often easier.
Step by step
We roast under cover, so a shower won’t spoil the food. It is worth planning a sheltered place for people to eat, too. Winter afternoons in Winklebury are short, with sunset at about 4:00pm, so winter hog roast days are best kept to lunchtime.
- You tell us when, how many and where.
- We confirm the spot with your manager and quote.
- We arrive early and start the roast.
- We serve in the dining room or garden, as you prefer.
- Afterwards we pack up quietly.
How to prepare
- Collect dietary needs and allergies in advance
- Give us final numbers a week or so before
- Have a covered area for eating in case of rain
How to get a price
Numbers not final yet? Give us your best estimate and we’ll quote on that, and you can confirm nearer the time. Send us your details through our quote form.
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Planners, venues and businesses
Organisers may ask for documents such as a risk assessment or gas safety information. Let us know what your event requires and we will tell you what we can send.
If the event is on someone else’s land, the landowner needs to agree to cooking and vehicles. Sort that first.
- Slow-roasted on site for hours, outdoors at your event
- Our chef carves the pork, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling on the side
- Vegetarian and vegan choices, plus lamb or chicken if you like
- Served by our staff at the time you choose, then cleared away