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Hog Roast for Staff Days in Birchden, Kent
Treat your staff to slow-roasted pork and crackling at your staff event in Birchden. We roast on site, carve to order and serve it hot.
- Client hospitality
- Long-service celebrations
- Away days
Planning an event in Birchden?
Corporate hog roast in Birchden, slow-roasted on site
Long-service awards, retirements and site openings in Birchden all suit a hog roast, as a thank-you to the team. For customer days and long-service celebrations, we can cook halloumi skewers, coleslaw and crackling.
Rural businesses around Birchden can be a long way from anywhere to buy lunch, which makes a hog roast a real treat. Timings are planned around your staff event, because the roast has to start hours before you eat.
Questions from Birchden
Is Birchden close to London?
About 30 miles from central London, and well within our area.
What’s the nearest station to Birchden?
The closest is Eridge station, roughly 1.2 miles away.
Can you work around our timings?
Because the roast takes hours, we plan from your serving time, and we can hold the roast for a while if the day runs behind.
Do you offer gluten-free rolls?
We can provide gluten-free rolls if you ask. Stuffing typically contains gluten, so check the allergen information.
How much room do you need?
Enough level ground outdoors for the roaster and a serving table under cover, plus a step-free route to wheel the equipment in. A photo helps.
Do you do DIY hog roast hire?
We do, if you’re happy to roast and carve yourself. We’ll explain the details with your quote.
How do we prepare?
A clear, level cooking spot, a route to wheel the equipment in and a contact for the day. We bring everything else.
Who serves?
We carve and serve for you, and we clear up when service is finished.
The process
We roast under cover, so a shower will not spoil the food. It’s worth planning a sheltered place for people to eat, too. Daytime open days in Birchden are rarely affected by light, but in December it is dark by about 3:55pm.
- Tell us where, when, how many and when you eat.
- We confirm the site details and send a price.
- We set up early and roast through the morning.
- Our chef carves and our staff serve on time.
- We pack away and go.
How to prepare
- Make sure we can wheel the roaster to the spot
- Have a covered area for eating in case of rain
- Confirm numbers ahead of the day
How to get a price
Numbers not final yet? Give us your best estimate and we’ll quote on that, then confirm closer to the date. Fill in our quote form.
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Birchden is about 4 miles south-west of Royal Tunbridge Wells, in Kent. Our roaster is a regular sight at staff events around Birchden. We bring hog roasts to 922 places in Kent, from the larger towns to small villages. We cater events right across the region, from Birchden to Brighton (about 24 miles away).
Teams travelling in by rail can use the station: the nearest station is Eridge station, about 1.2 miles south. Among the historic houses close to Birchden are Groombridge Place (0.8 miles north) and Bassetts Manor (4.4 miles west). Historic venues suit client days, but check their rules on gas cooking first. With the High Weald National Landscape within about 7 miles, rural team days are easy to arrange.
This part of Kent takes in TN3, and we can cater your staff event anywhere in it. Close by, we cover staff events in Groombridge (1 mile north-west), Stone Cross (2 miles north-west), Ashurst (2 miles north-west), Balls Green (2 miles west) and Fordcombe (3 miles north). We also serve nearby towns such as Sevenoaks (12 miles north), Royal Tunbridge Wells (4 miles north-east), Tonbridge (7 miles north-east), Kings Hill (15 miles north-east), Paddock Wood (10 miles north-east) and Southborough (4 miles north-east).
Well-known places in the area include Bolebroke Castle (3.9 miles west) and The Corn Exchange (3.1 miles north-east). Open spaces near Birchden include Broadwater Warren RSPB Reserve.
For planners, venues and organisers
If you are a venue or event planner, we can fit around your other suppliers.
If the event is on someone else’s land, the landowner needs to agree to cooking and vehicles. Sort that first.
What a hog roast costs
Your quote depends on:
- Which meats and sides you choose
- The date and time of year
- How easy it is to reach the spot
- Crockery choices
Numbers make the biggest difference: the price per head normally falls as numbers rise, since much of the cost is fixed.
Details that help
These are the details we need:
- Allergies we should know about
- What the outdoor space is like
- Your menu choices
- Where the event is
Send us the date, the address or TN3 postcode and rough numbers, along with your serving time. We will check the date and send a quote. Send us your details through our quote form.
Planning the cooking spot
The right spot for the roaster makes everything easier. Look for:
- Sign-off for outside caterers
- Somewhere for staff to eat if it rains
- A level spot in the car park, yard or grounds
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we will advise before you book.
Popular choices
- Salads
- Crackling
- Hog roast rolls
- Rotisserie chicken
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Coleslaw
- Spit-roast lamb
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Stuffing and apple sauce
Occasions we serve in Birchden
It gets the team out and talking.
A hog roast suits a wide range of occasions. Typical bookings include:
- Client hospitality
- Site openings
- End-of-project celebrations
- Team-building days
Central London is about 30 miles from Birchden, well within our area.
Before booking anyone
- How many staff will carve and serve
- VAT, if it applies
- The deposit, balance and cancellation terms
- Any travel or access charges
Why choose a hog roast in Birchden?
If it’s for clients, add china, sides and a second roast to make it more formal. Cost depends on numbers, menu choices and service time, plus travel and access. Every booking is different, so we quote each one individually.
What you get with us
- Fresh carving at the serving station
- A clear quote with everything listed
- The classics: stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Self-contained: roaster, cover and serving kit
Take a look at our prices page and our hog roast cost guide.
Full catering or machine hire?
You could go for a cold buffet, but hot, freshly carved roast pork is a different experience, especially outdoors.
Some hosts try a barbecue instead, but someone ends up cooking in batches all afternoon. A hog roast cooks in one go and is carved for everyone.
Diets, allergies and alternatives
You will get allergen information for everything we serve. To help:
- Keep alternatives clearly labelled
- Tell us about vegetarians and vegans
- Put the allergen list where people can see it
- Halal is not offered, so arrange it separately if needed
Afterwards we tidy up, and leave the site clean.
If it is a themed open day, tell us.
- Roasted slowly at your venue, outdoors and under cover
- Our chef carves the pork, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling on the side
- Not just pork: spit-roast lamb, chicken and vegetarian choices
- Staff to serve at the agreed time, then clear away