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Hog Roast for Staff Days in Kingswood, Kent
Corporate hog roast in Kingswood: pork roasted slowly for hours at your venue, then carved by our chef into rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling.
- Project wrap-ups
- Launch days
- Site open days
Book a hog roast in Kingswood
Corporate hog roast in Kingswood, carved to order
Sites generally have rules for outside caterers: vehicle access, gas equipment and where we can cook. Pass on your site’s requirements. On the menu are spit-roast lamb, rotisserie chicken and halloumi skewers, and typical bookings are for client and customer events and open days and family days.
Near Kingswood, workplaces can be far from shops, which makes a hog roast a real treat. Plates come as standard, with china available if you’d like it, at an extra cost.
Kingswood for staff days and open days
Kingswood is about 5 miles south-east of Maidstone, in Kent. Our roaster is a regular sight at staff events around Kingswood. We bring hog roasts to all 922 towns and villages across Kent. Our bookings stretch from Kingswood to Canterbury (20 miles away).
Commuters will know that the closest railway station is Harrietsham station, roughly 2.1 miles north-east of the centre. Kingswood is about 37 miles from central London, well within our area. With the Kent Downs National Landscape within about 3 miles, rural team days are easy to arrange.
Here we cover the ME17 postcode area, so your staff event can be anywhere in it. From Chestnut Drive, Bushy Grove and Tall Trees Close or a nearby road, we’ll bring the roaster to you. Close by, we cover staff events in Chartway Street (1 mile south-west), Ulcombe (1 mile south-east), Broomfield (1 mile north), Fairbourne Heath (1 mile east) and Chegworth (1 mile north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (5 miles north-west), Ashford (12 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (9 miles north-east), Tonbridge (15 miles west), Faversham (13 miles north-east) and Minster (15 miles north-east).
A little further out are Leeds Castle (1.5 miles north) and KIMS hospital (5.2 miles north-west).
Planning for dietary needs
Rolls and stuffing typically contain gluten, so ask for gluten-free rolls if you need them. A few more tips:
- Plan separately for anyone who needs halal food
- Ask for gluten-free rolls if needed
- Remember that stuffing normally contains gluten
- Give us vegetarian and vegan numbers
Name someone in facilities or reception for the day.
China crockery is available for client events.
Questions from Kingswood
What’s the nearest station to Kingswood?
Harrietsham station, about 2.1 miles north-east of the centre.
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’ll work to whatever the site needs.
How much room do you need?
A level, open area outdoors with room for the roaster, a gazebo and a carving table, well clear of walls, tents and branches. We’ll check it with you before booking.
What happens after service?
We clear the serving area and pack away, and leave the area tidy.
What’s the price?
Numbers, menu and travel decide the price. Send us the details and we’ll quote.
Do you provide china?
Plates come as standard. China crockery is available on request and quoted separately.
Can you do a hog roast for a client event?
With china and sides, it works well for clients.
Can you cater for vegetarians?
We can add lamb or chicken, plus halloumi skewers for vegetarians and a vegan burger or sausage. Halal meat is not something we offer.
DIY versus a catered hog roast
You could go for a cold buffet, but nothing beats hot pork and crackling carved in front of you.
DIY hire works best when someone in the family loves cooking. For bigger or more formal events, catering takes the pressure off.
A hog roast compared with other options
Next to sandwich platters, a hog roast is hot, fresh and feels like an event. 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 Kingswood
- Serving and clearing done for you
- A choice of salads and potatoes
- Cooked on the day, low and slow
- Timed around your day
See our pricing or the cost guide.
What affects the price in Kingswood
Each price is built from:
- Menu choices and extras
- Season and day of the week
- How many people are eating
- Time on site
Adding lamb, chicken, extra sides or china changes the price, so we list each one in the quote. Keeping it simple keeps it affordable.
What we need to know
To check the date and the space, tell us:
- Where the event is
- Any extras, such as lamb, chicken or china
- Allergies we should know about
- A photo of the cooking area
We price every booking individually, because numbers, menu, serving time and travel vary. Tell us about your staff event for a quote: send us your details through our quote form.
What we serve, dish by dish
Spit-roast lamb
Spit-roast lamb cooks slowly like the hog, carved to order at the serving station, often with mint sauce.
Halloumi and vegetable skewers (V)
Some staff will be vegetarian, so halloumi and vegetable skewers ensure they’re not left with just salad.
Perfect for your staff event in Kingswood
You do not need a staff kitchen, only an outdoor cooking area.
Hosts in Kingswood book us for everything from small get-togethers to big outdoor events. For example:
- Customer days
- Project wrap-ups
- Staff thank-you lunches
- Team-building days
Nearby historic houses include Leeds Castle (1.5 miles north) and Stoneacre (2.9 miles north-west). Historic venues suit client days, but check their rules on gas cooking first.
What to look for in a quote
- Where the roaster goes and what it needs
- If the price includes VAT
- Plates, china and cutlery
- Arrival time and how long the roast needs
The process
We arrive hours before you want to eat, because a whole hog takes hours to roast. Your staff will smell it long before they see it. In Kingswood, summer evenings stay light until about 9:15pm, which suits a team barbecue-style evening. By late September, sunset is around 7:00pm.
- We start with the site, date, numbers and lunch break.
- We check access and the cooking area, then quote.
- We arrive in good time and start the roast under cover.
- The team carves and serves on time.
- We tidy up and leave the site clean.
How to prepare
- Think about shelter for your staff
- Check there’s a route to wheel the equipment in, without steps
- Collect dietary needs and allergies in advance
Getting a price
Busy weekends book up early, especially summer Saturdays and December Fridays. Send us your date for a quote: use our quote form.
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Organising for someone else?
If you are a venue or event planner, we’re happy to work alongside your team, sharing timings and a site plan.
Organisers may ask for documents such as a risk assessment or gas safety information. Let us know what your event requires and we will tell you what we can send.
- Cooked where you are, slowly, over several hours outdoors
- Our chef carves the pork, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling on the side
- Options beyond pork, including lamb, chicken and vegetarian dishes
- Our team serves at your chosen time and clears up afterwards