Kent · England
Corporate Hog Roast in Forstal
From the first smell of roasting pork to the last piece of crackling, a hog roast for your team makes the food part of your staff event in Forstal.
- Staff thank-you lunches
- Staff summer days
- Open days and family days
Planning an event in Forstal?
Corporate hog roast in Forstal, slow-roasted on site
At an open day, you need food that serves plenty of people quickly. A hog roast does exactly that, with our staff serving and clearing. Whether it’s retirement do’s and milestone celebrations, we’ll put together a menu of crackling, rotisserie chicken and salads and more.
Near Forstal, workplaces can be far from shops, so a hog roast lunch is welcome. The hog is roasted on site at your staff event, low and slow, for hours.
For planners, venues and organisers
If the event is on someone else’s land, you will 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.
A hog roast or other catering?
Compared with a formal plated lunch, a hog roast is relaxed and generally better value. Numbers make the biggest difference: bigger groups usually cost less per head, because the roaster, staff and travel cost much the same either way.
Why Forstal hosts choose us
- Sides to make it a full meal
- Staff to serve, so you don’t have to
- Fresh carving at the serving station
- Timed around your day
Read our prices page and what a hog roast costs.
Forstal: your questions answered
Is Forstal too small for a hog roast?
Not at all. We cater in villages and hamlets as well as towns. Let us know about access and the cooking spot.
Can you do a hog roast at a venue in the Kent Downs National Landscape?
Yes. Some venues there have rules about cooking and vehicles, so check with yours. We will work to whatever the site needs.
What’s included?
Roast pork carved into soft rolls with sage and onion stuffing, apple sauce and crackling. You can add lamb, chicken, vegetarian and vegan options, salads, coleslaw and potatoes.
What should we sort out beforehand?
Only the space and a contact number. Everything for roasting and serving comes with us.
Do you leave the area tidy?
Our staff clear up after service, leaving the spot as we found it.
Will there be enough to go round?
Quantities are based on your numbers, and we’ll talk it through when we quote.
How much will it be?
It depends on numbers, the menu and how long we’re on site. Send us the details and we’ll quote.
Do you bring plates?
Plates are included. China is available at an extra cost.
Diets, allergies and alternatives
We give full allergen information for every dish. To make the most of it:
- Collect dietary needs when you send the invite
- Give us vegetarian and vegan numbers
- Stuffing typically contains gluten, so check the allergen list
- Halal isn’t offered, so arrange it separately if needed
At the agreed time, our chef carves and our staff serve, so people get back to work on time.
Gluten-free rolls are available on request.
The menu, dish by dish
Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
A plant-based burger or sausage covers vegans, served in a roll with salads.
Roast pork
Our chef carves the pork as it is needed, so it stays hot and juicy right to the last roll.
Other occasions in Forstal
Staff days in Forstal: access and travel
Forstal is about 3 miles north-west of Maidstone, in Kent. Hosts in Forstal book us for staff events of all sizes. We bring hog roasts to all 922 towns and villages across Kent, from the larger towns to small villages. Our nearest city page is Canterbury, about 25 miles away.
Forstal is about 29 miles from central London, well within our area. Commuters will know that the nearest station is Aylesford station, about 1.2 miles west. The Kent Downs National Landscape is within about 7 miles, which suits team days in the countryside.
Here we cover the ME20 postcode area, so your staff event can be anywhere in it. Your staff event could be at a house on Beddow Way and Forstal Road, as long as there is somewhere outside to cook. We also bring hog roasts to staff events in Pratling Street (1 mile north-east), Eccles (1 mile north-west), New Hythe (2 miles west), Burham (2 miles north) and Larkfield (2 miles west). Further out, we also cater in Maidstone (3 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (11 miles east), Dartford (15 miles north-west), Sevenoaks (13 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (15 miles south-west) and Gravesend (10 miles north-west).
Other landmarks nearby include Medway megaliths (1 mile north) and Maidstone Hospital (2 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Boxley Hills and Burham Down.
- Local schools include Aylesford School (1.3 miles west)
- Local pubs include The Bush pub (0.5 miles west)
What affects the price in Forstal
We work out each quote from:
- Which meats and sides you choose
- Travel to Forstal
- The serving time and how long we’re on site
- Plates or china
Distance is part of the price: we include travel in the quote. Give us the address for an accurate figure.
What we need to know
To get the best quote, tell us:
- The address or postcode
- An estimate of numbers
- Which meats and sides you’d like
- Any venue rules
We price every booking individually, based on numbers, menu, timings and distance. Ask us for a quote for your staff event: fill in our quote form.
Full catering or machine hire?
You could go for a cold buffet, but nothing beats hot pork and crackling carved in front of you, especially outdoors.
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.
How it works
Slow roasting is the whole point: hours of gentle heat make the pork soft and juicy while the skin turns into crackling. Then it rests briefly before our chef carves. In Forstal, summer evenings stay light until about 9:15pm, which suits a team barbecue-style evening. By late September, sunset is around 7:00pm.
- Start with the date, site and numbers.
- We sort access and send a quote.
- We roast on site.
- We carve and serve quickly.
- We clear up afterwards.
Before we arrive
- Check there is a route to wheel the equipment in, without steps
- Choose a level, open spot outdoors for the roaster
- Give us a contact number for the day
Get a quote
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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Before you choose a spot
A good cooking spot makes the day run smoothly. Look for:
- Sign-off for outside caterers
- A covered area or canteen for wet weather
- A named contact for the day
If you are unsure, send a photo of the space and the way in, and we will say what we think before booking.
Popular choices
- Rotisserie chicken
- Coleslaw
- Salads
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Spit-roast lamb
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Crackling
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Hog roast rolls
- Roasted on site for several hours, outdoors under cover
- Carved to order by our chef, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside the pork
- Staff to serve at the agreed time, then clear away