Wokingham · England
Hog Roast for Staff Days in Earley, Wokingham
Looking for a hog roast for your team in Earley? The roaster comes to your venue, home or workplace and cooks under cover and carve when you are ready to eat.
- Team days and away days
- Client and customer events
- Summer staff parties
Corporate hog roast in Earley
Corporate hog roast for your staff event in Earley
A carving station gives a client event a sense of occasion. With china and sides, it becomes a proper meal. Typical bookings include client hospitality and team-building days, with crackling, salads and spit-roast lamb.
Workplaces in Earley range from offices to industrial units. A hog roast feeds the team on site without anyone leaving. You will know what’s included before booking: the date, the serving time, the menu and the plates, with no surprises on the day.
Step by step
On the day, we set up the roaster on the agreed spot, put the cover up and start the roast. It then roasts slowly for several hours, timed so it is ready when you want to eat. Evening staff events in Earley need light after sunset: about 9:25pm in June, 7:05pm in late September and 3:55pm in December.
- Tell us where, when, how many and the serving time.
- We check access and the cooking area, then quote.
- On the day we set up and roast through the morning.
- The team carves and serves on time.
- Afterwards we clear up and go.
How to prepare
- Give us final numbers a week or so before
- Give us a contact number for the day
- Have a level outdoor spot ready
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 picture of the cooking area helps. Send us your details through our quote form.
Related guides
The menu, dish by dish
Crackling
Crackling takes hours to get right, which is exactly what a slow hog roast gives it.
Rotisserie chicken
Chicken off the rotisserie, carved or jointed goes into rolls or onto plates alongside the pork.
Working with your venue
Venues frequently have rules for outside caterers, including where gas cooking is allowed. Ask early, and pass on anything they need from us.
If you are organising for someone else, whether you are a planner, a PA or on a committee, let us know who we’ll deal with on the day. We will keep you both updated.
Catered or do it yourself?
Full catering or machine hire? Catered means we do everything: roasting, carving, serving and clearing. With hire only, you do the cooking yourself.
Timing is the tricky part of roasting your own: a whole hog takes hours, and it needs to be cooked through safely. If you’d rather not worry about it, let us cook.
Looking after everyone
Not everyone eats pork, so it is worth adding an alternative. A few pointers:
- Count anyone who doesn’t eat pork, for the alternatives
- Label the vegetarian and vegan food
- Remember that stuffing normally contains gluten
- Give us vegetarian and vegan numbers
At the agreed time, our chef carves and our staff serve, keeping the queue moving.
If it’s a themed open day, tell us and we will fit in.
Is a hog roast right for your staff event?
Compared with a formal plated lunch, a hog roast is relaxed and normally better value. 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, which is built into the price.
What you get with us
- A clear quote with everything listed
- Served at the time you choose
- Carved to order by a chef
- Roasted on site, slowly, for hours
Take a look at our prices page or our hog roast cost guide.
Questions from Earley
What’s the nearest station to Earley?
Earley station, about 0.9 miles north-east of the centre.
Can you do a hog roast in Maiden Erlegh Local Nature Reserve?
Only with permission from the park’s owner, generally the council, and many parks do not allow cooking. Ask them first, and tell us what they say.
Can you cater in Earley?
Yes, Earley is in our area. Tell us the venue or postcode and we’ll confirm availability.
Can we hire the machine and cook it ourselves?
We do, if you are happy to roast and carve yourself. We will explain the details with your quote.
What happens after service?
Our staff clear the serving area, so you are not left with the mess.
Do you need power or water?
The roaster runs on gas, so we don’t need mains power to cook. A socket nearby is useful for lighting.
Can you cook inside a hall or marquee?
No, the roast is always cooked outdoors under cover, away from buildings and marquee walls. We can frequently serve indoors if the venue agrees.
Can you send documents for facilities?
Let us know your site’s requirements, and we’ll confirm what we can provide.
Also near Earley
Also in Earley
Occasions we serve in Earley
We look after serving and clearing, so nobody on your team has to help.
Our roaster has been booked for a wide mix of occasions near Earley, including:
- Site open days
- Staff thank-you lunches
- Long-service celebrations
- Staff summer days
Central London is about 36 miles from Earley, well within our area.
Comparing caterers
- Who carves and who serves
- What the cooking area needs: space, cover and access
- Plates, china and cutlery
- The menu, including sides and any extras
Business events near Earley
Earley is about 2 miles south-east of Reading, in Wokingham. We cater staff events across Earley and nearby, from gardens to fields. We bring hog roasts to 35 places in Wokingham, from the larger towns to small villages.
For staff and visitors coming by train, the closest railway station is Earley station, roughly 0.9 miles north-east of the centre. By road, Earley is on or near the A327 and A3290, which makes it easy for us to reach.
For staff events in RG6, RG2 and RG1, we just need to know where the roaster can cook. Whether your staff event is on Elm Road, Elm Lane and Mays Lane or anywhere nearby, we’ll bring the roaster to you. Earley is on the A327 and A3290, which makes the journey straightforward. If your venue is just outside Earley, we also cover Lower Earley (1 mile south-east), Whitley (1 mile west), Newtown (2 miles north-west), Whitley Wood (2 miles south-west) and Shinfield (2 miles south). We also serve nearby towns such as Wokingham (4 miles south-east), Crowthorne (7 miles south-east), Woosehill (4 miles south-east), Emmbrook (3 miles east), Twyford (4 miles north-east) and Charvil (4 miles north-east). Earley is one of the larger places we cover in Wokingham, with lots of choice for staff events.
A little further out are Royal Berkshire Hospital (1.7 miles north-west) and Berkshire Medical Heritage Centre Museum (1.7 miles north-west). Green spaces nearby include South Lake and Fobney Island Wetland Reserve.
- Schools near Earley include Maiden Erlegh School (0.5 miles north-east) and Leighton Park School (0.7 miles north-west)
- Pubs nearby include The Three Tuns pub (0.7 miles north)
- Parks and local facilities nearby include University of Reading library (0.7 miles north-west)
Prices and what affects them
A few things make the biggest difference to the price:
- The menu and extras such as lamb or chicken
- Time on site
- Plates or china
- Numbers
For larger numbers, a hog roast is usually good value, because one whole roast feeds a lot of people. The menu, extras such as china and the serving time all affect the final price.
Details that help
Here’s what we’ll ask:
- The date and time of the event
- Your menu choices
- Anything the venue has asked for
- The venue or postcode
When you’re weighing up caterers, check what each quote actually includes. Ours lists it clearly. To get yours, send us your details through our quote form.
- 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