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Hog Roast for Staff Days in Abbotts Barton, Hampshire
Something for nearly everyone: hog roast rolls, lamb, rotisserie chicken, halloumi skewers and a vegan option, plus salads, coleslaw and potatoes. Corporate hog roast in Abbotts Barton.
- Open days and family days
- Staff thank-you lunches
- Customer days
Book a hog roast in Abbotts Barton
Is a hog roast right for your staff event?
Compared with individual food vans, carving serves the whole team fast. Extras such as lamb, chicken, more sides or china crockery add to the cost, so we list each one in the quote. A simple menu keeps the cost down.
Why book our hog roast in Abbotts Barton
- A clear quote with everything listed
- Our staff serve and clear
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside
- Carved to order by a chef
See our prices page and the cost guide.
Corporate hog roast for your staff event in Abbotts Barton
For a client event, a hog roast carved by a chef makes an impression. Add china and sides for a more formal feel. We are often asked to cater summer team parties and staff thank-you lunches, serving salads, rotisserie chicken and crackling.
Work events near Abbotts Barton might be at a farm business, a workshop or an industrial unit. A hog roast suits all of them. The hog is roasted on site at your staff event, slowly, over several hours, and carved only when you are ready to eat.
Organising for someone else?
If you are booking for a workplace, ask your facilities team about outside caterers and gas cooking. We work to the site’s rules.
Planning on behalf of a committee? A single point of contact keeps things simple, particularly when timings shift.
What affects the price in Abbotts Barton
Every booking is priced individually, based on a few main things:
- Menu choices and extras
- How easy it is to reach the spot
- How many people are eating
- Distance from us
Weekday and off-season dates can be easier to book, and the menu you choose makes a difference too. Tell us your budget and we will suggest what works.
What to tell us
We can quote more accurately with a few details. Here’s what to include:
- Roughly how many people
- Any venue rules
- The date and time of the event
- Your menu choices
Every staff event is quoted on its own, because numbers, menu, serving time and travel vary. Tell us about your staff event for a quote: use our quote form.
What comes off the roaster
Stuffing and apple sauce
Stuffing and a dollop of apple sauce make the roll.
Rotisserie chicken
For staff who don’t eat pork, rotisserie chicken is the easy answer, and it suits fussy eaters.
How it works
Your timings come first. If the day runs behind, we can hold the cooked roast for a while before carving, so keep us posted on the day. After-work summer events in Abbotts Barton have light until about 9:25pm at midsummer and 8:55pm in late May, so an after-work hog roast works well in summer. In late September, the light goes at about 7:10pm.
- We start with the site, date, numbers and lunch break.
- You get a check on the date and the site, and a quote.
- We arrive in good time and start the roast under cover.
- Our chef carves and our staff serve to your timings.
- We tidy up and leave the site clean.
Before we arrive
- Check there is a route to wheel the equipment in, without steps
- Confirm numbers ahead of the day
- Keep the spot clear of buildings, marquee walls and overhanging branches
How to get a price
The quickest way to get a price is to tell us the date, where the staff event is and roughly how many. A photo of the cooking area helps. Use our quote form.
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Workplace catering around Abbotts Barton
Abbotts Barton is about 1 mile north of Winchester, in Hampshire. Staff events in Abbotts Barton are part of our patch, along with the towns and villages around it. Abbotts Barton is one of 683 towns and villages in Hampshire we cover. Our bookings stretch from Abbotts Barton to Southampton (11 miles away).
Commuters will know that Winchester station is about 0.6 miles away.
This part of Hampshire takes in SO23 and SO22. That could mean a staff event in a garden on Park Road, Nuns Road and Saxon Road, wherever there’s an outdoor spot for the roaster. If your venue is just outside Abbotts Barton, we also cover Hyde (1 mile south-west), Winchester (1 mile south), Weeke (1 mile west), Highcliffe (1 mile south) and Harestock (1 mile north-west). Further out, we also cater in Eastleigh (7 miles south), Andover (12 miles north-west), Totton (14 miles south-west), Chandler's Ford (7 miles south-west), Alton (15 miles east) and Hedge End (11 miles south).
Other landmarks nearby include Winchester Castle (0.9 miles south-west) and St John's Rooms And Chapel (0.8 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Winnall Moors and Twyford Down.
- Nearby schools include Peter Symonds College (0.5 miles south-west) and Leigh House Hospital (1.4 miles south-east)
- Pubs nearby include The King Alfred pub (within half a mile south-west)
Towns and villages near Abbotts Barton
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Abbotts Barton: your questions answered
What’s the nearest station to Abbotts Barton?
The closest is Winchester station, roughly 0.6 miles away.
Can you do a hog roast in St. Cross Park?
Only if the landowner, normally the council, allows it. Check with them first.
What paperwork do you provide for our site?
Tell us what your site asks for, and we’ll tell you what we can send.
What space does the roaster need?
Roughly the footprint of a gazebo or two, on level ground, away from buildings, marquee walls and overhanging trees. We’ll confirm the space with your quote.
Can you do a hog roast for a client event?
With china and sides, it works well for clients.
What comes with the hog roast?
Rolls with roast pork, stuffing, apple sauce and crackling. You can add lamb, chicken, vegetarian and vegan options, salads, coleslaw and potatoes.
How much will it be?
Each event is priced on its own, based on numbers, menu, service time and distance. Tell us about your staff event for a quote.
Is crockery included?
Plates are included. China is available at an extra cost.
Events we cater in Abbotts Barton
Service is fast, ideal for a set break.
These are some of the most popular hog roast bookings near Abbotts Barton:
- Retirements and long-service awards
- Away days
- Launch days
- Family fun days
Abbotts Barton is about 60 miles from central London.
What your quote should include
- Where the roaster goes and what it needs
- How many staff will carve and serve
- If the price includes VAT
- Arrival time and how long the roast needs
DIY versus a catered hog roast
DIY hire works best when someone in the family loves cooking. For bigger or more formal events, catering takes the pressure off.
You could go for a cold buffet, but hot, freshly carved roast pork is a different experience.
What the cooking area needs
The roaster needs space, cover and a safe distance from anything that could catch the heat. Before booking, check:
- Clearance from the building and parked cars
- Approval from facilities for gas equipment
- Shelter for the team
Not sure about the cooking spot? Send us a picture and we will tell you honestly before you book.
Popular choices
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Spit-roast lamb
- Coleslaw
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Hog roast rolls
- Rotisserie chicken
- Salads
- Crackling
- Roasted slowly at your venue, outdoors and under cover
- Our chef carves the pork, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling on the side
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside the pork
- Served by our staff at the time you choose, then cleared away