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Hog Roast for Staff Days in Penshurst, Kent
Roasted for hours, carved to order and served hot: a hog roast for your team in Penshurst and the surrounding area.
- Team days and away days
- Launch days
- Site open days
Planning an event in Penshurst?
About our corporate hog roast in Penshurst
Most teams have a set break, so the roast is timed to the minute. Rolls keep service fast. For long-service celebrations and client hospitality, we will put together a menu of rotisserie chicken, hog roast rolls and spit-roast lamb and more.
Rural businesses around Penshurst can be a long way from anywhere to buy lunch, which makes a hog roast a real treat. We plan the timings around your day, because the roast has to start hours before you eat, so the food is ready at the right moment.
How we price a hog roast for your team
Things that change the price:
- How easy it is to reach the spot
- The journey to the venue
- Numbers
- Busy dates such as summer Saturdays
Travel matters for the price: we include travel in the quote. Give us the address for an accurate figure.
What to tell us
A few details help us give you an accurate quote. Here’s what to include:
- Anything the venue has asked for
- Any dietary needs or allergies
- Any extras, such as lamb, chicken or china
- Where the roaster could go, ideally with a photo
When you are weighing up caterers, check what each quote actually includes. We spell it out in ours. For a quote, use our quote form.
FAQs for Penshurst
Which station is closest to Penshurst?
Penshurst station, about 1.8 miles north of the centre.
Do you come out to small places like Penshurst?
No, we come to small places too. Tell us about lanes, gates and the ground.
Can you work around our timings?
We work back from when you want to eat, and we can hold the roast for a while if the day runs behind.
Do you cover Penshurst?
Yes. We cater across London and the South East, including Penshurst and Kent. Send us the address for a quote.
What will our facilities team need?
Requirements vary: send us the checklist and we’ll reply.
Can the hog roast be cooked indoors?
No, the roast is always cooked outdoors under cover, away from buildings and marquee walls. We can often serve indoors if the venue agrees.
What do you need from us on the day?
The agreed cooking area, access for our equipment and someone to meet us. We will bring the rest.
What happens after service?
Our staff clear up after service, leaving the spot as we found it.
Working with your venue
For events on land you don’t own, such as a park or field, the landowner needs to agree to cooking and vehicles. Get that agreed before booking.
If you’re a venue or event planner, we’re happy to work alongside your team, sharing timings and a site plan.
Looking after everyone
You will get allergen information for everything we serve. To help:
- Put the allergen list where people can see it
- Keep alternatives clearly labelled
- Request gluten-free rolls
- Collect dietary needs when you send the invite
We serve on time, so people get back to work on time.
Add sides for a bigger lunch.
About the food
Crackling
Crackling takes hours to get right, and a whole hog roasted slowly gets it just right.
Rotisserie chicken
Rotisserie chicken is there for anyone who’d rather not have pork, and children normally like it too.
DIY versus a catered hog roast
Some hosts try a barbecue instead, but someone ends up cooking in batches all afternoon. With a hog roast, one roast feeds everyone at once.
You could roast a hog yourself, but it is a long day’s work, from early set-up to carving at the end. With us catering, you get to be a host, not a cook.
Staff days in Penshurst: access and travel
Penshurst is about 5 miles north-west of Royal Tunbridge Wells, in Kent. We cater staff events across Penshurst and nearby, from gardens to fields. We bring hog roasts to 922 places across Kent. Our bookings stretch from Penshurst to London (26 miles away).
Nearby historic houses include Penshurst Place (under half a mile north-east) and Chiddingstone Castle (1.8 miles north-west). Historic venues suit client days, but check their rules on gas cooking first. Teams travelling in by rail can use the station: the nearest station is Penshurst station, about 1.8 miles north.
For staff events in TN11, we just need to know where the roaster can cook and roughly how many staff. Local streets include High Street, The Warren and Beckets Field; a staff event on any of them works well with outdoor space and a way in. For staff events just outside Penshurst, we cover Chiddingstone Hoath (2 miles west), Walter's Green (2 miles south), Chiddingstone Causeway (2 miles north), Fordcombe (2 miles south) and Teasley Mead (3 miles south-west). We also serve nearby towns such as Sevenoaks (8 miles north), Royal Tunbridge Wells (5 miles south-east), Tonbridge (5 miles north-east), Kings Hill (12 miles north-east), Paddock Wood (9 miles east) and Southborough (4 miles east).
A little further out are Tonbridge Cottage Hospital (4.2 miles east) and Chiddingstone Castle (1.8 miles north-west). Within reach you’ll find Broadwater Warren RSPB Reserve and Barden Lake.
- Nearby, you will find The Leicester Arms Hotel (less than half a mile north-east)
What happens on the day
Here’s how the day typically runs: we arrive, set up under cover and start roasting, the roast cooks gently through the day, and we carve and serve at the agreed time. Lunchtime bookings in Penshurst are in daylight all year; winter evening events are dark by about 3:55pm, so plan lighting for later events. Summer events have daylight until around 9:20pm.
- Start with the date, site and numbers.
- We check with facilities and quote.
- We roast on site.
- Service is fast once we carve.
- We leave the site clean.
How to prepare
- Check there is a route to wheel the equipment in, without steps
- Give us a contact number for the day
- Measure the narrowest gate or passage
Ask for a quote
A quote from us sets out the menu, timings, staffing and what’s included, so you can compare caterers fairly. Send us your details through our quote form.
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Planning the cooking spot
Planning the cooking spot is the key. A quick checklist:
- Shelter for the team
- Access through the site gates
- Sign-off for outside caterers
Not sure about the cooking spot? Send us a photo and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
What we serve
- Spit-roast lamb
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Salads
- Coleslaw
- Rotisserie chicken
- Crackling
- Hog roast rolls
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Halloumi skewers (V)
Events we cater in Penshurst
You do not need a staff kitchen, only an outdoor cooking area.
Our roaster has been booked for a wide mix of occasions near Penshurst, including:
- Team days and away days
- Long-service celebrations
- Family fun days
- Summer team parties
Penshurst is about 26 miles from central London, and we cover it as standard.
Before booking anyone
- Whether VAT is included
- What crockery is supplied
- How dietary needs are handled
- What the cooking area needs: space, cover and access
- Slow-roasted on site for hours, outdoors at your event
- Carved by our chef into rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside the pork
- Served when you’re ready, and we tidy the serving area afterwards