Medway · England
Corporate Hog Roast in Bredhurst
From the hours of slow roasting to the last roll, a hog roast for your team makes the food part of your staff event in Bredhurst.
- End-of-project celebrations
- Staff thank-you lunches
- Client hospitality
Planning an event in Bredhurst?
About our corporate hog roast in Bredhurst
Staff days in Bredhurst work well with a hog roast: quick to serve, easy to eat standing up and enjoyed by most people. There are choices for people who do not eat pork. Typical bookings include launch days and family fun days, with salads, spit-roast lamb and coleslaw.
Rural businesses around Bredhurst can be a long way from anywhere to buy lunch, so a hog roast lunch is welcome. Let us know about allergies and dietary needs in advance, and we will tell you exactly what’s in each dish before booking.
Who books corporate hog roast in Bredhurst?
It brings people together outside the office.
In Bredhurst and nearby, we cater for all sorts of events. Some of the most common are:
- Long-service celebrations
- Staff thank-you lunches
- Client hospitality
- Team days and away days
Historic houses near Bredhurst include Restoration House (5 miles north-west). For a client event at a historic house, ask early about rules for outside caterers.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether VAT is included
- When payments are due and what happens if plans change
- Exactly what’s included in the price
- When they arrive and when the food will be ready
Bredhurst: your questions answered
Which station is closest to Bredhurst?
The closest is Rainham (Kent) station, roughly 2.9 miles away.
Can you do a hog roast in Levan Strice?
Only with permission from the park’s owner, typically the council, and many parks don’t allow cooking. Ask them first.
How much does a hog roast cost?
Each event is priced on its own, based on numbers, menu, service time and distance. Tell us about your staff event for a quote.
Who serves?
You do not need anyone else: our chef carves and our team serves and clears.
Can we just hire the roaster?
Yes, we hire out the hog roast machine. We will confirm what comes with it and how to use it.
Can you work around our timings?
We work back from when you want to eat, and a cooked roast can be held for a while if things run late.
Where on site can you cook?
Wherever your facilities team agrees, outdoors and under cover.
How much room do you need?
A level, open area outdoors with room for the roaster, a gazebo and a carving table, well clear of walls, tents and branches. We’ll confirm the space with your quote.
Catered or do it yourself?
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.
We also hire out the hog roast machine for confident cooks. You do the roasting and carving; we will confirm what comes with it when you ask.
What affects the price in Bredhurst
Each booking is quoted on its own, and the price depends on a few things:
- Site access
- Season and day of the week
- How many people are eating
- Plates or china
Distance is part of the price: we include travel in the quote. Tell us the exact address for an accurate figure.
What to tell us
To check availability and the cooking area, tell us:
- Rough numbers
- The address or postcode
- The date and when you’d like to eat
- Which meats and sides you’d like
Getting a quote is simple: tell us when, where, how many and what time you’d like to eat. You’ll get a clear quote listing what’s included. Use our quote form.
What the cooking area needs
The roaster needs the right spot, because it cooks outside for several hours, and a little planning goes a long way:
- A covered area or canteen for wet weather
- Flat ground in a car park or courtyard
- A safe distance from walls and vehicles
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we’ll advise before you book.
On the menu in Bredhurst
- Crackling
- Hog roast rolls
- Spit-roast lamb
- Coleslaw
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Salads
- Rotisserie chicken
How it works
We arrive hours before you want to eat, since slow roasting can’t be rushed. The smell generally brings people over long before we carve. Evening staff events in Bredhurst need light after sunset: about 9:15pm in June, 7:00pm in late September and 3:50pm in December.
- Contact us with the basics.
- We sort access and send a quote.
- We roast on site.
- Service is fast once we carve.
- We clear up afterwards.
Getting ready for the day
- Ensure the cooking area is away from walls, tents and trees
- Choose someone to meet us on arrival
- Have a level outdoor spot ready
Get a quote
When you are weighing up caterers, check what each quote actually includes. Ours lists it clearly. For a quote, use our quote form.
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Workplace catering around Bredhurst
Bredhurst is about 3 miles south-east of Chatham, in Medway. We cater staff events at gardens, car parks, yards and venues around Bredhurst. We cater 68 places in Medway. You can also see our page for Canterbury, about 22 miles away.
For colleagues arriving by train, Rainham (Kent) station is about 2.9 miles away. Bredhurst sits roughly 31 miles from central London, well within our area. With the Kent Downs National Landscape within about 6 miles, rural team days are easy to arrange.
Anywhere in ME7, we can roast on site for your staff. Your staff event could be at a house on The Street, Fir Tree Grove and Hurstwood Road, as long as there’s somewhere outside to cook. For staff events just outside Bredhurst, we cover Dunn Street (1 mile south-west), Kemsley Street (1 mile east), Lidsing (1 mile west), Scragged Oak (1 mile south-east) and Lower Cox Street (1 mile south-east). Further out, we also cater in Gillingham (3 miles north), Chatham (3 miles north-west), Rochester (5 miles north-west), Strood (6 miles north-west), Luton (3 miles north-west) and Twydall (3 miles north).
Other landmarks nearby include Allington Castle (3.8 miles south-west) and KIMS hospital (3.2 miles south). Open spaces near Bredhurst include Boxley Hills and Burham Down.
- Schools near Bredhurst include Rainham School for Girls (2.3 miles north)
- Nearby, you will find The Harrow pub (0.6 miles west)
The menu, dish by dish
Rotisserie chicken
For staff who don’t eat pork, rotisserie chicken is the easy answer, and children generally like it too.
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Add salads, coleslaw and potatoes to make it a proper meal, especially at a sit-down event.
Allergies and dietary needs
Most people love a hog roast, but it’s pork. Some ways to look after everyone:
- Add a dietary question to the sign-up
- Request gluten-free rolls
- Keep alternatives clearly labelled
- Give us vegetarian and vegan numbers
Afterwards we tidy up, and leave the site clean.
Add rotisserie chicken or lamb for choice.
For planners, venues and organisers
If the event is on someone else’s land, you’ll need the landowner’s permission for cooking and vehicles. Get that agreed before booking.
Organisers may ask for documents such as a risk assessment or gas safety information. Tell us what you need and we will tell you what we can send.
Places near Bredhurst
What else we do in Bredhurst
- Slow-roasted on site for hours, outdoors at your event
- Our chef carves the pork, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling on the side
- Options beyond pork, including lamb, chicken and vegetarian dishes
- Our team serves at your chosen time and clears up afterwards