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Christmas Hog Roast for Ridgeway
We bring a hog roast for your Christmas party across Ridgeway and Kent, cooking slowly at your venue and serving it hot, with our staff looking after the serving.
- Year-end thank-yous
- Winter fairs and markets
- Lights switch-on evenings
Christmas hog roast for Ridgeway
Prices and what affects them
Each price is built from:
- How many people are eating
- The serving time and how long we are on site
- Travel to Ridgeway
- Season and day of the week
What you pay covers the meat, the chef and staff, and hours of roasting. Slow roasting means we are on site for much of the day, and the quote reflects that.
What we need to know
The more we know, the more accurate the quote. Useful details:
- Roughly how many people
- The venue or postcode
- Which meats and sides you’d like
- Allergies we should know about
Send us the date, the address or TN25 postcode and rough numbers, plus when you’d like to eat. We will confirm availability and send a price. Fill in our quote form.
Christmas hog roast for your Christmas party in Ridgeway
Festive events of all kinds around Ridgeway suit a hog roast, from small teams to big crowds. On the menu are rotisserie chicken, hog roast rolls and roast turkey, and we’re regularly asked to cater christmas lights switch-ons and christmas family parties.
In a small place like Ridgeway, December lanes are dark, so tell us about the route and lighting at the spot. Timings are planned around your Christmas party, working back from when you want to eat.
Where the roaster can go in Ridgeway
The right spot for the roaster makes everything easier. Look for:
- Parking near the cooking area
- Space away from buildings, marquees and trees
- Lighting on the path from the party to the serving area
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we will advise before booking.
On the menu in Ridgeway
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Salads
- Roast potatoes
- Roast turkey
- Hog roast rolls
- Crackling
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Rotisserie chicken
- Vegan option (Ve)
About the food
Roast turkey
At Christmas, add roast turkey alongside the hog, carved to order for a festive feel.
Roast pork
Everything starts with the slow-roasted pork: carved thick or thin, as people like it, straight from the roaster.
Nearby places to Ridgeway
More for events in Ridgeway
Events we cater in Ridgeway
It is a generous way to say thank you.
However big or small the event in Ridgeway, a slow roast goes a long way. We’re frequently asked to cater:
- Late-night shopping events
- Work Christmas parties
- Winter fairs and markets
- Christmas family parties
If you are organising a Christmas fair for a school like Smeeth Community Primary School, hot rolls go down well.
Questions to ask before you book
- The full menu and the sides
- Any travel or access charges
- A clear list of what’s included
- Whether VAT is included
Full catering or machine hire?
You could roast a hog yourself, but it’s a long day’s work, from early set-up to carving at the end. A catered hog roast means you can enjoy the day.
You could go for a cold buffet, but nothing beats hot pork and crackling carved in front of you, especially outdoors.
Ridgeway: your questions answered
Can you do a hog roast at a venue 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.
How far is Ridgeway from London?
Roughly 53 miles from the centre of London, and well within our area.
Can you work around our timings?
Because the roast takes hours, we plan from your serving time, and a cooked roast can be held for a while if things run late.
Is lighting needed?
Yes: the cooking area, serving table and path need lighting after dark. Let us know what lighting the venue has.
When should we book?
As early as you can for summer weekends and December. For other dates, a few weeks can be enough. Ask and we’ll check.
How long does a hog roast take to cook?
A whole hog roasts for several hours, which is why we arrive hours ahead. We plan the timings from when you want to eat.
Is it too cold for a hog roast?
Winter is a great time for a hog roast, as long as guests have shelter.
Can we hire the machine and cook it ourselves?
DIY machine hire is available. We will explain what’s supplied and how it works when we quote.
Allergies and dietary needs
Most people love a hog roast, but it’s pork. Some ways to look after everyone:
- Keep vegetarian food labelled
- Halal is not offered, so arrange it separately
- Tell us about vegetarians and vegans
- Ask about dietary needs when people RSVP
We serve hot rolls on cue, so food goes out straight from the roaster.
Gluten-free rolls are available on request.
Christmas catering near Ridgeway
Ridgeway is about 4 miles east of Ashford, in Kent. Wherever your Christmas party is in Ridgeway, we can bring the roaster, given a suitable outdoor cooking area. Ridgeway is one of 922 towns and villages in Kent we cover. You can also see our page for Canterbury, about 12 miles away.
If a church like Church of St Mary is running a Christmas fair, hot pork rolls are a welcome sight on a cold evening. Train travellers will want to know that Westenhanger station, about 3.9 miles south-east, is the nearest station. Ridgeway is within about 5 miles of the Kent Downs National Landscape, where winter lanes can be dark and narrow, so tell us about the route.
This part of Kent takes in TN25. We also bring hog roasts to Christmas parties in Smeeth (1 mile east), Brabourne Lees (1 mile east), Lilyvale (1 mile east), Bircholt Forstal (1 mile north-east) and Mersham (1 mile west). Further out, we also cater in Ashford (4 miles west), Canterbury (12 miles north-east), Dover (15 miles east), Folkestone (9 miles east), Faversham (14 miles north) and Hythe (6 miles south-east).
Nearby you’ll also find William Harvey Hospital (2.4 miles north-west) and Lympne Castle (4.4 miles south-east). Within reach you will find Hatch Park.
What happens on the day
We take care of everything from the first hour of roasting to clearing away, so you can enjoy your Christmas party in Ridgeway. In December, it’s dark in Ridgeway by about 3:50pm, so even a late-afternoon Christmas party needs lighting by the roaster and the serving table. We start in daylight and cook into the dark.
- Send us your date, venue and numbers.
- We check the outdoor cooking spot and quote.
- We set up in daylight and roast into the evening.
- We carve and serve hot on cue.
- We pack up, even in the rain.
Before we arrive
- Check there is nothing overhead or close by that could catch the heat
- Think about shelter for your guests
- Ask about allergies and dietary needs beforehand
Get a quote
We need a few details to quote: your date, your venue or postcode, how many people and any menu choices. Use our quote form.
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For event organisers in Ridgeway
If the event is on someone else’s land, the landowner needs to agree to cooking and vehicles. Get that agreed before booking.
If you’re planning an event on someone’s behalf, whether you’re a planner, a PA or on a committee, let us know who we’ll deal with on the day. We’ll keep you both updated.
- Roasted on site for several hours, outdoors under cover
- 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