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Christmas Hog Roast for Chelwood Common
Roasted for hours, carved to order and served hot: a hog roast for your Christmas party in Chelwood Common and the surrounding area.
- Staff Christmas do’s
- Club and society Christmas parties
- Christmas fairs
Christmas hog roast in Chelwood Common
About the food
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Choose from salads, new potatoes, coleslaw and roast or jacket potatoes, to suit your event.
Stuffing and apple sauce
Sage and onion stuffing and apple sauce are the classic partners, cutting through the richness of the pork.
How our Christmas hog roast works in Chelwood Common
Christmas get-togethers can mean plenty of people, and a hog roast feeds everyone without anyone stuck in the kitchen. On the menu are rotisserie chicken, roast potatoes and hog roast rolls, and we’re regularly asked to cater staff Christmas do’s and family Christmas gatherings.
For a Christmas party near Chelwood Common, firm, lit ground near the house or hall is key, as fields are frequently soft. Everything we need to roast, carve and serve comes with us, and we leave the spot tidy when we go.
- Location
- Chelwood Common (RH17)
- Region
- West Sussex
- From the roaster
- Pork, crackling, stuffing and apple sauce in rolls
- Also available
- Lamb, chicken, halloumi skewers (V), vegan option (Ve)
- Price
- Quoted for your event
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Nearby places to Chelwood Common
Other occasions in Chelwood Common
The process
Service is quick once we start carving: the chef carves and the team serves, with the sides served alongside. Afterwards we clear the serving area and pack away. Late-December sunset in Chelwood Common comes at about 3:55pm. Evening Christmas parties need a well-lit carving station, and a lit path from the door.
- It starts with your date, venue and rough numbers.
- We check the date and the outdoor cooking spot, then send a quote.
- We set up under cover in daylight and roast through the afternoon.
- We carve and serve hot when you’re ready.
- We clear away, even on a dark, wet evening.
How to prepare
- Gather dietary requirements early
- Think about shelter for your guests
- Keep the spot clear of buildings, marquee walls and overhanging branches
Ask for a quote
For a quote, send us a few details: the date and serving time, the venue or RH17 postcode, rough numbers and which extras you’d like. Use our quote form.
Planning help
Common questions in Chelwood Common
Do you come out to small places like Chelwood Common?
No, we come to small places too. Let us know about access and the cooking spot.
How far is Chelwood Common from London?
About 32 miles from central London, and well within our area.
What do you need from us on the day?
Just the agreed spot and a contact on the day. Everything for roasting and serving comes with us.
Do you leave the area tidy?
We pack everything away after service, so you are not left with the mess.
Do you need lighting?
After dark, the serving area and the path to it need lighting. Let us know what lighting the venue has.
Can you be flexible on serving time?
Within reason, we can. Give us a contact on the day and we’ll adjust.
What comes with the hog roast?
Roast pork carved into soft rolls with sage and onion stuffing, apple sauce and crackling. You can add lamb, chicken, vegetarian and vegan options, salads, coleslaw and potatoes.
Can you cook inside a hall or marquee?
It cooks outside, under a gazebo, on a level spot. The food can be carried in and served indoors where the venue allows.
Planners, venues and businesses
If you are organising for someone else, such as a wedding planner, an office manager or a fête committee, let us know who we’ll deal with on the day. We will keep everyone in the loop.
For workplace bookings, ask your facilities team about outside caterers and gas cooking. We work to the site’s rules.
Diets, allergies and alternatives
Most people love a hog roast, but it is pork. Some ways to look after everyone:
- Request gluten-free rolls
- Remember stuffing normally contains gluten
- Find out who’d prefer turkey or chicken
- Tell us about vegetarians and vegans
Give us a contact for the evening.
Festive lights around the serving area look great.
What a hog roast costs
We work out each quote from:
- Whether you want china
- Travel to Chelwood Common
- Access to the cooking area
- Season and day of the week
Compare like for like: the menu, sides, service time, staffing, crockery and travel. The cheapest quote is not always the best value.
Details that help
The more we know, the more accurate the quote. Please include:
- Any venue rules
- The venue or postcode
- Where the roaster could go, ideally with a picture
- An estimate of numbers
Planning ahead? Popular dates fill up early, especially summer Saturdays and December Fridays. Tell us your date and we will check it: fill in our quote form.
What the cooking area needs
Planning the cooking spot is the key. Check these:
- A lit route to the food
- Flat ground outside, with lights for after dark
- Indoor space for eating
If you are unsure, send a picture of the space and the way in, and we will say what we think.
Popular choices
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Roast turkey
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Roast potatoes
- Salads
- Hog roast rolls
- Rotisserie chicken
- Crackling
- Vegan option (Ve)
Is a hog roast right for your Christmas party?
Compared with a restaurant Christmas party, a hog roast at your venue keeps everyone together and is frequently better value. Cost depends on numbers, menu choices and service time, along with distance and how easy the site is. There’s no one-size price, which is why each one gets its own quote.
Why us?
- No surprises: everything in writing
- All the equipment comes with us
- Timed around your day
- Cooked on the day, low and slow
See our pricing and our hog roast cost guide.
Catered or do it yourself?
You could roast a hog yourself, but it is a long day’s work, from setting up and lighting the roaster to carving. A catered hog roast means you can enjoy the day.
If you’re confident and want to save on staff, DIY machine hire is an option. You cook and carve it yourself; we will explain what’s supplied and how it works when we quote.
Christmas parties in Chelwood Common: local tips
Chelwood Common is about 6 miles north-east of Haywards Heath, in West Sussex. Chelwood Common and the surrounding area are covered for Christmas parties. Chelwood Common is one of 371 places in West Sussex where we cater. Our bookings stretch from Chelwood Common to Brighton (about 16 miles away).
If you’re organising a Christmas fair for a school like Danehill Church of England Primary School, hot rolls go down well. The High Weald National Landscape is within about 4 miles of Chelwood Common; in winter, rural routes need a bit more planning.
Here we cover the RH17 postcode area. We can cater a Christmas party on streets such as Baxters Lane, Tanyard Lane and Box's Lane, as long as there’s somewhere outside to cook. If your venue is just outside Chelwood Common, we also cover Chelwood Gate (1 mile north), Danehill (1 mile south-west), Birchgrove (1 mile north-west), Furner's Green (2 miles south) and Nutley (2 miles east). Larger places within reach include Crawley (10 miles north-west), Horsham (15 miles west), Haywards Heath (6 miles south-west), Burgess Hill (9 miles south-west), East Grinstead (6 miles north) and Broadfield (10 miles west).
Nearby you will also find Waterbury Castle (2.3 miles west) and Heaven Farm Museum (1.6 miles south). Open spaces near Chelwood Common include Brickfield Meadow.
- Roasted slowly at your venue, outdoors and under cover
- Freshly carved pork with crackling, stuffing and apple sauce
- Vegetarian and vegan choices, plus lamb or chicken if you like
- Our team serves at your chosen time and clears up afterwards