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Hog Roast for Staff Days in Hurtmore, Surrey
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 Hurtmore.
- Long-service celebrations
- Family fun days
- Client and customer events
Corporate hog roast for Hurtmore
How the day works
The secret is time: the meat cooks gently until it is tender while the skin turns into crackling. Then it rests briefly before our chef carves. For a staff lunch in Hurtmore, daylight isn’t an issue, but a winter evening event is dark by about 3:55pm, so evening events need a lit cooking area. Summer events have daylight until around 9:20pm.
- Send us the site, date, numbers and break time.
- 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
- Check there’s nothing overhead or close by that could catch the heat
- Have a level outdoor spot ready
- Check there’s a route to wheel the equipment in, without steps
Getting a price
Busy weekends book up early, so ask early for summer Saturdays and December. Tell us your date and we’ll check it: send us your details through our quote form.
Planning help
How our corporate hog roast works in Hurtmore
Whether it’s twenty people or a whole site, we size the roast to your numbers. Give us numbers and timings for a quote. Typical bookings include long-service celebrations and staff thank-you lunches, serving spit-roast lamb, halloumi skewers and rotisserie chicken.
At country workplaces around Hurtmore, we can cook in the yard. Let us know about tracks and gates. Timings are planned around your staff event, working back from when you want to eat.
Hurtmore: your questions answered
Is Hurtmore close to London?
Roughly 31 miles from the centre of London, and well within our area.
Do you come out to small places like Hurtmore?
Not at all. We cater in villages and hamlets as well as towns. Let us know about access and the cooking spot.
What if things run late?
Because the roast takes hours, we plan from your serving time, and a cooked roast can be held for a while if things run late.
How does payment work for businesses?
Tell us what your accounts team needs when you enquire, and we will confirm how booking and payment work.
How much room do you need?
Roughly the footprint of a gazebo or two, on level ground, away from buildings, marquee walls and overhanging trees. We’ll check it with you before booking.
What about staff who don’t eat pork?
We can add lamb or chicken, plus halloumi skewers for vegetarians and a vegan burger or sausage. We don’t provide halal meat.
Where on site can you cook?
A car park, yard or grounds generally works, given level ground and clearance.
What about family fun days?
We do. Include visitors in your numbers and we’ll plan for everyone.
Staff days in Hurtmore: access and travel
Hurtmore is about 4 miles south-west of Guildford, in Surrey. We cater staff events of every size in Hurtmore. We bring hog roasts to all 395 towns and villages across Surrey, from the larger towns to small villages.
For staff and visitors coming by train, Godalming station is about 1.2 miles away. Historic houses near Hurtmore include Loseley Park (1.5 miles north-east) and Wanborough Manor (2.5 miles north-west). Historic venues suit client days, but check their rules on gas cooking first. The Surrey Hills National Landscape is within about 8 miles, which suits team days in the countryside.
We cover staff events in every part of GU7. Your staff event could be at a house on Hurtmore Road, Hurtmore Chase and Northway, wherever there’s an outdoor spot for the roaster. If your venue is just outside Hurtmore, we also cover Compton (1 mile north), Binscombe (1 mile east), Shackleford (1 mile west), Littleton (2 miles north-east) and Puttenham (2 miles north-west). We also serve nearby towns such as Guildford (4 miles north-east), Woking (8 miles north), Camberley (10 miles north-west), Farnham (7 miles west), Dorking (13 miles east) and Frimley (9 miles north-west).
A little further out are Charterhouse School Museum (0.6 miles south-east) and Milford Hospital (2.4 miles south). Within reach you will find Frith Hill and Farncombe Wood.
- Nearby schools include Loseley Fields Primary School (1 mile east) and Broadwater School (1.7 miles east)
- Local pubs include The Harrow pub (0.8 miles north)
The menu, dish by dish
Crackling
Crackling is what people queue for: golden, crunchy and salty, straight off the hog.
Roast pork
We carve as we serve, which keeps it hot and moist.
Should I cook it myself?
Buying in a cold buffet is another option, but nothing beats hot pork and crackling carved in front of you.
Timing is the tricky part of roasting your own: a big roast takes hours and must be cooked thoroughly. If that sounds stressful, choose the catered option.
Also near Hurtmore
What else we do in Hurtmore
Planning for dietary needs
Allergies and dietary needs are easy to manage if we know in advance. Tips:
- Put the allergen list where people can see it
- Find out how many don’t eat pork, so we can bring chicken, lamb or vegetarian options
- Remember that stuffing normally contains gluten
- Give us vegetarian and vegan numbers
If the schedule moves, tell us: a cooked roast can be held for a while.
China crockery is available for client events, quoted separately.
Organising for someone else?
For events on land you don’t own, such as a park or field, you’ll need the landowner’s permission for cooking and vehicles. Sort that first.
Organisers may ask for documents such as a risk assessment or gas safety information. Tell us what you need and we will confirm what we can provide.
A hog roast or other catering?
Next to a plated lunch, it is less formal and normally costs less. Most of the cost is the meat, the staff and the time on site. Slow roasting means we’re on site for much of the day, which is built into the price.
Why book our hog roast in Hurtmore
- Crackling for everyone who wants it
- Halloumi skewers and a vegan option too
- Planned to your running order
- We bring everything to cook and serve
Read our prices page or what a hog roast costs.
Occasions we serve in Hurtmore
There are options for people who do not eat pork.
We are booked for all kinds of occasions in Hurtmore and nearby. Some of the most common are:
- Customer days
- Site openings
- Retirements and long-service awards
- Staff summer days
Central London is about 31 miles from Hurtmore, and we cover it as standard.
Comparing caterers
- Whether VAT is included
- How many staff will carve and serve
- Allergen information for every dish
- What the cooking area needs: space, cover and access
Where the roaster can go in Hurtmore
It is worth planning the cooking area in advance. The ideal spot has:
- Your site’s agreement to a gas-fired roaster
- A safe distance from walls and vehicles
- Shelter for the team
If you’re unsure, send a photo of the space and the way in, and we will say what we think before booking.
On the menu in Hurtmore
- Coleslaw
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Hog roast rolls
- Salads
- Rotisserie chicken
- Spit-roast lamb
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Crackling
- Cooked where you are, slowly, over several hours outdoors
- Carved to order by our chef, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Options beyond pork, including lamb, chicken and vegetarian dishes
- Served by our staff at the time you choose, then cleared away