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Christmas Party Catering in Bishopsbourne, Kent
We bring a hog roast for your Christmas party across Bishopsbourne and Kent, roasting on site and carving to order.
- End-of-year team celebrations
- Between-Christmas-and-New-Year get-togethers
- Winter fairs and markets
Planning an event in Bishopsbourne?
What affects the price in Bishopsbourne
The biggest factors are:
- Travel to Bishopsbourne
- How many people are eating
- Which meats and sides you choose
- Plates or china
UK price guides vary widely: roughly £10 a head for a simple roll, rising past £20 with more included. Every event gets its own quote, so you know exactly what you are paying for.
What to tell us
Good details mean a good quote. Please include:
- Where the event is
- Rough numbers
- Rules from the venue or landowner
- Which meats and sides you’d like
When you are weighing up caterers, ask each one exactly what’s included. Ours lists it clearly. To get yours, fill in our quote form.
Christmas hog roast in Bishopsbourne, slow-roasted on site
Add roast turkey alongside the hog, with roast potatoes and salads. Chicken, halloumi skewers and a vegan option cover everyone else. We are frequently asked to cater end-of-term celebrations and christmas fairs, with apple sauce, roast potatoes and crackling.
In winter near Bishopsbourne, we need firm ground and light. We plan the timings around your day, working back from when you want to eat.
Events we cater in Bishopsbourne
It makes a work party feel generous.
People around Bishopsbourne book us for small gatherings and big outdoor days alike. For example:
- Staff Christmas do’s
- Society Christmas socials
- Lights switch-on evenings
- Year-end thank-yous
For anyone getting the train home after the party, the closest railway station is Bekesbourne station, roughly 2.2 miles north of the centre.
What your quote should include
- When payments are due and what happens if plans change
- Plates, china and cutlery
- VAT, if it applies
- How many staff will carve and serve
Common questions in Bishopsbourne
Do you come out to small places like Bishopsbourne?
No, we come to small places too. Tell us about lanes, gates and the ground.
Do you cater at venues in the Kent Downs National Landscape?
Yes. Some venues there have rules about cooking and vehicles, so check with yours. We’ll work to whatever the site needs.
What do people get?
Roast pork carved into soft rolls with sage and onion stuffing, apple sauce and crackling. Extras include lamb, chicken, halloumi skewers, a vegan option, salads and potatoes.
How long does the roast need?
Hours rather than minutes. You’ll know our arrival time in advance.
Do we need to provide electricity?
No, the roast is cooked on gas. Tell us what’s available and we’ll plan around it.
Do you leave the area tidy?
Our staff clear up after service, and leave the area tidy.
How do we prepare?
Just the agreed spot and a contact on the day. Everything for roasting and serving comes with us.
Do December dates go quickly?
December weekends go first. Send your date early.
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Other occasions in Bishopsbourne
Diets, allergies and alternatives
Some guests won’t eat pork, so plan an alternative. Helpful tips:
- Ask for gluten-free rolls if needed
- Label alternatives clearly
- Give us vegetarian and vegan numbers
- Find out who’d prefer turkey or chicken
Name someone to meet us.
Ask for china for a sit-down Christmas meal, quoted separately.
Planning a Christmas party in Bishopsbourne
Bishopsbourne is about 4 miles south-east of Canterbury, in Kent. Hosts in Bishopsbourne book us for Christmas parties of all sizes. We bring hog roasts to all 922 towns and villages across Kent.
Carol services and Christmas fairs at churches such as Church of St Mary draw people who are glad of hot food afterwards. Bishopsbourne is within about 6 miles of the Kent Downs National Landscape, where winter lanes can be dark and narrow, so tell us about the route.
We cover Christmas parties in every part of CT4 and the streets around it. Whether your Christmas party is on The Street, Park Lane and Crows Camp Road or a nearby road, we will bring the roaster to you. Close by, we cover Christmas parties in Kingston (1 mile south-east), Bridge (1 mile north), Out Elmstead (1 mile south-east), Marley (1 mile south) and Patrixbourne (2 miles north). Larger places within reach include Ashford (13 miles south-west), Canterbury (4 miles north-west), Margate (15 miles north-east), Dover (10 miles south-east), Folkestone (10 miles south) and Ramsgate (14 miles north-east).
Nearby you will also find Canterbury Castle (4.1 miles north-west) and Kent and Canterbury Hospital (3.2 miles north-west).
- Local pubs include The Mermaid Inn (less than half a mile south-east)
DIY versus a catered hog roast
Full catering or machine hire? With catering, our chef roasts, carves and serves, and our staff clear up. With DIY hire, you do the work and save on staffing.
You could go for a cold buffet, but nothing beats hot pork and crackling carved in front of you, especially outdoors.
What we serve, dish by dish
Rotisserie chicken
For guests who do not eat pork, rotisserie chicken is the easy answer, and it suits fussy eaters.
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Crunchy coleslaw suits roast pork, while salads and potatoes make a plated meal.
Organising for someone else?
Venues often have rules for outside caterers, from approved lists to where a gas roaster can go. Ask early, and tell us what they ask for.
If you’re a venue or event planner, we are happy to work alongside your team.
How it works
It is a relaxed, well-organised set-up. Arrival and serving times are agreed beforehand, set up where we have agreed, and get on with roasting and serving. Christmas parties in Bishopsbourne are almost always after dark: sunset is about 3:50pm in December. We bring lighting for the cooking area; tell us about lighting on the way to it.
- Tell us when and where the party is.
- We confirm the space and send a price.
- We set up in daylight and roast into the evening.
- We carve and serve hot on cue.
- We clear away whatever the weather.
Before we arrive
- Name a contact for the day
- Check there is a route to wheel the equipment in, without steps
- Have a level outdoor spot ready
How to get a price
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many people, plus when you’d like to eat. We’ll confirm availability and send a price. Send us your details through our quote form.
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A hog roast or other catering?
Next to a restaurant booking, you avoid set-menu prices and keep everyone in one place. Numbers make the biggest difference: bigger groups usually cost less per head, because the roaster, staff and travel cost much the same either way.
Why us?
- Slow-roasted at your venue, not reheated
- Fresh carving at the serving station
- Crackling for everyone who wants it
- Planned to your running order
Read our pricing and the cost guide.
- Slow-roasted on site for hours, outdoors at your event
- Freshly carved pork with crackling, stuffing and apple sauce
- Options beyond pork, including lamb, chicken and vegetarian dishes
- Served by our staff at the time you choose, then cleared away