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Hog Roast for Staff Days in Five Wents, Kent
From the hours of slow roasting to the last roll, a hog roast for your team turns the food into a centrepiece of your staff event in Five Wents.
- Site open days
- Staff thank-you lunches
- Site openings
Slow-roasted pork in Five Wents
About our corporate hog roast in Five Wents
Sites generally have rules for outside caterers: access, gas cooking and the cooking area. Tell us what your facilities team needs. We are often asked to cater customer days and site open days, with hog roast rolls, salads and crackling.
For farms and rural sites near Five Wents, we can cook in the yard. Let us know about tracks and gates. You’ll know what’s included before booking: the date, the serving time, the menu and the plates, with no surprises on the day.
Should I cook it myself?
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.
You could go for a cold buffet, but nothing beats hot pork and crackling carved in front of you.
Why choose corporate hog roast in Five Wents?
It is quick to serve once carving starts, which suits fixed lunch breaks.
We’re regularly asked to cater a wide mix of occasions near Five Wents, including:
- Client and customer events
- Project wrap-ups
- Site openings
- Team days and away days
Central London is about 35 miles from Five Wents, well within our area.
Before you book anyone
- How many staff will carve and serve
- When payments are due and what happens if plans change
- VAT, if it applies
- What the price includes, item by item
Organising for someone else?
If the event is on someone else’s land, the landowner needs to agree to cooking and vehicles. Sort that first.
If you’re organising for someone else, whether you’re a planner, a PA or on a committee, tell us who our contact on the day will be. We will keep everyone in the loop.
What comes off the roaster
Rolls and gluten-free rolls
Soft rolls hold the pork, stuffing and apple sauce together, easy to eat standing up. Gluten-free rolls are available on request.
Roast pork
The hog roasts slowly for hours, so the meat is tender and juicy, and our chef carves it to order.
Business events near Five Wents
Five Wents is about 4 miles south-east of Maidstone, in Kent. We set up the roaster at gardens, car parks, yards and venues around Five Wents. Five Wents is one of 922 towns and villages in Kent we cover. Our nearest city page is Canterbury, about 22 miles away.
Among the historic houses close to Five Wents are Stoneacre (1.7 miles north) and Leeds Castle (2.2 miles north-east). Historic venues suit client days, but check their rules on gas cooking first. For colleagues arriving by train, the closest railway station is Hollingbourne station, roughly 3 miles north-east of the centre. With the Kent Downs National Landscape within about 4 miles, rural team days are easy to arrange.
For staff events in ME17, we just need to know where the roaster can cook and roughly how many staff. Streets in the area include Leeds Road and Sutton Road, and a staff event on any of them works with a garden, drive or yard for the roaster. Nearby, we also cater staff events in Warmlake (1 mile south), Langley Heath (1 mile north-east), Langley (1 mile north-west), Chart Sutton (1 mile west) and Sutton Valence (1 mile south). Larger places within reach include Maidstone (4 miles north-west), Ashford (13 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (10 miles north-east), Royal Tunbridge Wells (15 miles south-west), Tonbridge (14 miles west) and Faversham (14 miles north-east).
A little further out are KIMS hospital (4.2 miles north) and Sutton Valence Castle (1.2 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Detling Hill.
- Local pubs include The Plough Inn (under half a mile west)
What affects the price in Five Wents
There’s no fixed price list, because every staff event is different. What matters most:
- Time on site
- Travel to Five Wents
- Access to the cooking area
- Crockery choices
The main driver is numbers: bigger groups usually cost less per head, since much of the cost is fixed.
What we need to know
We can quote more accurately with a few details. Here’s what’s useful:
- Your date and serving time
- Dietary requirements
- Where the roaster could go, ideally with a picture
- The venue or postcode
We price every booking individually, based on numbers, menu, timings and distance. Tell us about your staff event for a quote: fill in our quote form.
Space, access and the venue
The cooking area is the main thing to plan. Check these:
- A contact on site
- Sign-off for outside caterers
- A level spot in the car park, yard or grounds
Not sure about the cooking spot? Send us a photo and we’ll tell you honestly.
What we serve
- Hog roast rolls
- Crackling
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Rotisserie chicken
- Salads
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Spit-roast lamb
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Coleslaw
Nearby places to Five Wents
Other occasions in Five Wents
Looking after everyone
We give full allergen information for every dish. To make the most of it:
- Request gluten-free rolls
- Ask staff about dietary needs in advance
- Tell us about vegetarians and vegans
- Label the vegetarian and vegan food
Name someone in facilities or reception for the day.
A second meat gives the team a choice.
Common questions in Five Wents
What’s the nearest station to Five Wents?
The closest is Hollingbourne station, roughly 3 miles away.
Is Five Wents too small for a hog roast?
Not at all. We cater in villages and hamlets as well as towns. Tell us about lanes, gates and the ground.
Do we need our own staff?
Our chef carves and our staff serve, then clear the serving area afterwards.
What do people get?
Rolls with roast pork, stuffing, apple sauce and crackling. You can add lamb, chicken, vegetarian and vegan options, salads, coleslaw and potatoes.
What will our facilities team need?
Tell us what your site asks for, and we’ll confirm what we can provide.
Can we hire the machine and cook it ourselves?
Yes, for confident cooks. Ask and we’ll talk you through it.
What about staff who do not eat pork?
The menu has lamb, chicken, vegetarian and vegan options. Halal meat isn’t something we offer.
Do you leave the area tidy?
Our staff clear the serving area, and we take our equipment with us.
Step by step
People love watching the carving: our chef carves the pork in front of the queue, with crackling for everyone who wants it. Open days in Five Wents normally finish in daylight, but in December it is dark by about 3:50pm.
- Send us the site, date, numbers and break time.
- We check access and gas rules and quote.
- We set up early and roast through the morning.
- We serve within your break.
- We pack away and go.
Preparing for the day
- Plan somewhere sheltered for people to eat if it rains
- Make sure the cooking area is away from walls, tents and trees
- Collect dietary needs and allergies in advance
How to get a price
We need a few details to quote: the date and serving time, the venue or ME17 postcode, rough numbers and which extras you’d like. Use our quote form.
Read more
- Roasted slowly at your venue, outdoors and under cover
- Freshly carved pork with crackling, stuffing and apple sauce
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside the pork
- Staff to serve at the agreed time, then clear away