Hampshire · England
Corporate Hog Roast for Hook Common
Slow-roasted, carved in front of you and served hot: a hog roast for your team in Hook Common and the surrounding area.
- Client hospitality
- Summer staff parties
- Milestone celebrations
Planning an event in Hook Common?
Corporate hog roast in Hook Common, carved to order
For a staff day in Hook Common, a hog roast is a crowd-pleaser: quick to serve, easy to eat standing up and enjoyed by most people. Chicken, lamb and vegetarian options cover everyone else. Typical bookings include customer days and summer team parties, serving spit-roast lamb, salads and hog roast rolls.
Rural businesses around Hook Common can be a long way from anywhere to buy lunch, so a hog roast lunch is welcome. Everything we need to roast, carve and serve comes with us, and we leave the spot tidy when we go.
Should I cook it myself?
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.
A barbecue is the other obvious choice, but someone ends up cooking in batches all afternoon. A hog roast cooks in one go and is carved for everyone.
Why a carved hog roast beats a buffet
Next to taking the team out, a hog roast keeps everyone on site and saves travel. Cost depends on numbers, menu choices and service time, along with distance and how easy the site is. There is no one-size price, which is why each one gets its own quote.
Why Hook Common hosts choose us
- The classics: stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside
- Served at the time you choose
- Cooked on the day, low and slow
Read our prices page and the cost guide.
Why choose corporate hog roast in Hook Common?
A proper thank-you, without a restaurant bill.
Whatever the occasion in Hook Common, a hog roast feeds a crowd well. We’re often asked to cater:
- Open days and family days
- Long-service celebrations
- Customer days
- Team days and away days
Teams travelling in by rail can use the station: the closest railway station is Hook station, roughly 0.5 miles east of the centre.
What your quote should include
- Whether travel is included
- If the price includes VAT
- What the cooking area needs: space, cover and access
- Allergen information for every dish
Allergies and dietary needs
Tell us about dietary needs early and we will help. Some ideas:
- Count anyone who doesn’t eat pork, for the alternatives
- Ask staff about dietary needs in advance
- Keep alternatives clearly labelled
- Remember that stuffing normally contains gluten
We’ll sign in and follow site rules.
Tell us about branding or theming for open days.
Planning a team lunch in Hook Common
Hook Common is about 1 mile south-west of Hook, in Hampshire. Staff events in Hook Common are part of our patch, as well as the surrounding area. Hook Common is one of 683 places in Hampshire where we cater. Our bookings stretch from Hook Common to Reading (12 miles away).
Hook Common sits roughly 41 miles from central London.
Here we cover the RG27 postcode area, and we can cater your staff event anywhere in it. That could mean a staff event in a garden on London Road, Newnham Road and Hook Common, wherever there is an outdoor spot for the roaster. For staff events just outside Hook Common, we cover Nately Scures (1 mile south-west), Newnham (1 mile north-west), Hook (1 mile north-east), Warnborough Green (1 mile south-east) and Up Nately (1 mile south-west). Further out, we also cater in Basingstoke (6 miles west), Farnborough (9 miles east), Fleet (6 miles east), Aldershot (9 miles east), Alton (9 miles south) and Yateley (7 miles north-east).
Other landmarks nearby include West Green House Agricultural Museum (2.5 miles north-east) and Odiham Castle (1.2 miles south-east). Open spaces near Hook Common include Tundry Hill and The Mill Field.
- Local schools include Robert May's School (1.9 miles south-east)
Towns and villages near Hook Common
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Step by step
The secret is time: the meat cooks gently until it is tender while the skin turns into crackling. It rests for a short while before carving. Evening staff events in Hook Common need light after sunset: about 9:25pm in June, 7:05pm in late September and 4:00pm in December.
- Tell us where, when, how many and when you eat.
- We check access and gas rules and quote.
- The roast starts early on site.
- Our chef carves and our staff serve on time.
- We pack away and go.
Preparing for the day
- Measure the narrowest gate or passage
- Plan a step-free way in for the equipment
- Check there’s nothing overhead or close by that could catch the heat
How to get a price
We price every booking individually, based on numbers, menu, timings and distance. Ask us for a quote for your staff event: send us your details through our quote form.
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Space, access and the venue
The roaster needs space, cover and a safe distance from anything that could catch the heat. Things to check:
- Somewhere for staff to eat if it rains
- Approval from facilities for gas equipment
- Someone to meet us at reception
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we’ll advise.
Popular choices
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Hog roast rolls
- Salads
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Coleslaw
- Crackling
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Spit-roast lamb
- Rotisserie chicken
Common questions in Hook Common
How far is Hook Common from London?
About 41 miles from central London, and well within our area.
Which station is closest to Hook Common?
Hook station, about 0.5 miles east of the centre.
Is there a non-pork option?
Add lamb, chicken, halloumi and vegetable skewers or a vegan option. We don’t offer halal meat.
What’s the price?
It depends on numbers, the menu and how long we’re on site. Tell us your date and we will send a price.
Can you set up in our car park?
Anywhere suitable and approved, as long as it’s outdoors.
What if things run late?
We work back from when you want to eat, and a cooked roast can be held for a while if things run late.
How far ahead should we book?
As early as you can for summer weekends and December. Quieter dates can frequently be booked at shorter notice. Send your date and we will check.
Who serves?
We carve and serve for you, and we clear up when service is finished.
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.
Spit-roast lamb
Adding lamb gives people a choice of two roasts, which suits bigger events.
Working with your venue
If you are a venue or event planner, we can fit around your other suppliers, sharing timings and a site plan.
Planning on behalf of a committee? A single point of contact keeps things simple, particularly when timings shift.
- Cooked where you are, slowly, over several hours outdoors
- Freshly carved pork with crackling, stuffing and apple sauce
- Not just pork: spit-roast lamb, chicken and vegetarian choices
- Staff to serve at the agreed time, then clear away