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Christmas Hog Roast for Little Chart
Something for nearly everyone: roast pork in rolls with stuffing and apple sauce, lamb or chicken, and halloumi and vegetable skewers, with salads and potatoes on the side. Book a hog roast for your Christmas party in Little Chart.
- Christmas fairs
- Between-Christmas-and-New-Year get-togethers
- End-of-year team celebrations
Christmas hog roast in Little Chart
Looking after everyone
Most people love a hog roast, but it is pork. Here’s how to cover everyone:
- Remember stuffing normally contains gluten
- Halal is not offered, so arrange it separately
- Give us vegetarian and vegan numbers
- Keep vegetarian food labelled
We arrive in daylight to set up and start roasting, and cook into the evening.
Add roast turkey for a traditional Christmas touch.
How our Christmas hog roast works in Little Chart
Christmas get-togethers can mean plenty of people, and a hog roast means nobody spends the day cooking. Whether it is between-Christmas-and-New-Year get-togethers and christmas lights switch-ons, we can cook crackling, apple sauce and hog roast rolls and more.
Near Little Chart, country lanes are dark in winter, so let us know about access and lighting. Tell us about dietary needs and allergies when you enquire, and we’ll give you the allergen information for every dish.
What the cooking area needs
A hog roast cooks outdoors for hours, so the spot matters, and a little planning goes a long way:
- Somewhere warm and dry for guests to eat
- Light by the serving table
- Space away from buildings, marquees and trees
If you’re unsure, send a picture of the space and the way in, and we’ll say what we think.
Popular choices
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Hog roast rolls
- Rotisserie chicken
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Salads
- Roast potatoes
- Roast turkey
- Crackling
The menu, dish by dish
Stuffing and apple sauce
Sharp, sweet apple sauce and savoury sage and onion stuffing are the traditional pairing. Stuffing normally contains gluten.
Rotisserie chicken
Chicken off the rotisserie, carved or jointed can be served in a roll or on a plate alongside the pork.
Is a hog roast right for your Christmas party?
Next to a cold Christmas buffet, hot food wins in winter. Numbers make the biggest difference: the price per head typically falls as numbers rise, since much of the cost is fixed.
Why book our hog roast in Little Chart
- Salads, potatoes and coleslaw to go with it
- The classics: stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- We bring everything to cook and serve
- Timed around your day
Read our prices page or what a hog roast costs.
Prices and what affects them
Here’s what affects the price:
- The number of people
- How long the roast and service take
- Season and day of the week
- Whether you want china
Travel matters for the price: travel is included in your quote, with any London charges listed. Give us the address for an accurate figure.
What we need to know
The more we know, the more accurate the quote. Useful details:
- Dietary requirements
- Any extras, such as lamb, chicken or china
- The address or postcode
- The date and when you’d like to eat
Planning ahead? Popular dates fill up early, so ask early for summer Saturdays and December. Tell us your date and we’ll check it: use our quote form.
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Working with your venue
For workplace bookings, check with facilities about gas equipment and vehicle access. We work to the site’s rules.
Event organisers often ask caterers for paperwork such as a risk assessment. Tell us what you need and we will tell you what we can send.
The process
We arrive hours before you want to eat, since slow roasting cannot be rushed. Your guests will smell it long before they see it. Christmas parties in Little Chart 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.
- It starts with your date, venue and rough numbers.
- We check the venue and send a price.
- We set up under cover in daylight and roast through the afternoon.
- Our chef carves and our staff serve hot food at the agreed time.
- Afterwards we pack up and leave the spot tidy.
Before we arrive
- Collect dietary needs and allergies in advance
- Have a level outdoor spot ready
- Check there is nothing overhead or close by that could catch the heat
Getting a price
The quickest way to get a price is to send us your date, venue and numbers. A picture of the cooking area helps. Send us your details through our quote form.
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Your questions about a hog roast for your Christmas party in Little Chart
How far is Little Chart from London?
About 44 miles from central London, and well within our area.
Is Little Chart too small for a hog roast?
Not at all. We cater in villages and hamlets as well as towns. Tell us about lanes, gates and the ground.
Do guests have to eat outside?
We cook outside, but can usually serve indoors if the venue agrees.
Is it too cold for a hog roast?
Yes, the roast always cooks outdoors under cover. Guests will want somewhere warm and dry to eat.
Will there be enough to go round?
Quantities are based on your numbers, and we will talk it through when we quote.
Do you do Christmas fairs?
We do. Hot food is always popular at winter fairs.
Is turkey available?
Yes: add turkey to the menu.
Can you work around our timings?
Within reason, we can. Give us a contact on the day and we will adjust.
Little Chart in December: what to know
Little Chart is about 5 miles north-west of Ashford, in Kent. Thinking about a hog roast for your Christmas party in Little Chart? We cover the whole area. We cater all 922 towns and villages in Kent, from the larger towns to small villages. You can also see our page for Canterbury, about 15 miles away.
For anyone getting the train home after the party, Charing station, about 2.1 miles north, is the nearest station. Little Chart is within about 7 miles of the Kent Downs National Landscape, where winter lanes can be dark and narrow, so tell us about the route.
Wherever your Christmas party is in TN27, we can bring the roaster to you. If your venue is just outside Little Chart, we also cover Little Chart Forstal (1 mile east), Pluckley (1 mile west), Fir Toll (2 miles south-west), Pluckley Thorne (2 miles west) and Chambers' Green (2 miles south-west). Further out, we also cater in Maidstone (13 miles north-west), Ashford (5 miles south-east), Canterbury (15 miles north-east), Sittingbourne (12 miles north), Faversham (10 miles north-east) and Hythe (15 miles south-east).
A little further out are Romden Castle (3.8 miles south-west).
- Nearby, you’ll find The Swan Inn And Former Stables (less than half a mile north-west)
Full catering or machine hire?
Roasting a whole hog yourself is possible, but it takes hours of attention, from early set-up to carving at the end. With us catering, you get to be a host, not a cook.
The hardest part of a DIY hog roast is timing: a big roast takes hours and must be cooked thoroughly. If you’d rather not worry about it, let us cook.
- Cooked where you are, slowly, over several hours outdoors
- Carved to order by our chef, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Options beyond pork, including lamb, chicken and vegetarian dishes
- Staff to serve at the agreed time, then clear away