Kent · England
Hog Roast for Staff Days in Shoreham, Kent
Planning a hog roast for your team in Shoreham? The roaster comes to your venue, home or workplace and cooks under cover and carve when you’re ready to eat.
- Retirements and long-service awards
- Site open days
- Staff thank-you lunches
Book a hog roast in Shoreham
Corporate hog roast in Shoreham, carved to order
For a client event, a hog roast carved by a chef makes an impression. With china and sides, it becomes a proper meal. Popular choices include coleslaw, halloumi skewers and salads, and we’re frequently booked for staff summer days and long-service celebrations.
Near Shoreham, workplaces can be far from shops, which makes a hog roast a real treat. The hog is roasted on site at your staff event, slowly, over several hours.
What affects the price in Shoreham
A few things make the biggest difference to the price:
- Season and day of the week
- The number of people
- Travel to Shoreham
- Site access
Numbers make the biggest difference: the price per head normally falls as numbers rise, since much of the cost is fixed.
What to tell us
These are the details we need:
- The date and when you’d like to eat
- Your menu choices
- Where the roaster could go, ideally with a photo
- Rules from the venue or landowner
If you’re comparing hog roast caterers for Shoreham, check what each quote actually includes. We spell it out in ours. To get yours, fill in our quote form.
The process
When we arrive, we position the roaster under cover and get the hog cooking. It then roasts slowly for several hours, worked back from your serving time. Lunchtime bookings in Shoreham are in daylight all year; winter evening events are dark by about 3:55pm, so evening events need a lit cooking area. Summer events have daylight until around 9:20pm.
- Start with the date, site and numbers.
- We sort access and send a quote.
- We roast on site.
- Service is fast once we carve.
- We leave the site clean.
How to prepare
- Choose a level, open spot outdoors for the roaster
- Check there is a route to wheel the equipment in, without steps
- Ask about allergies and dietary needs beforehand
Ask for a quote
Not sure how many to cater for? Give us your best estimate and we’ll quote on that, and you can confirm nearer the time. Send us your details through our quote form.
Planning help
Workplace catering around Shoreham
Shoreham is about 4 miles north of Sevenoaks, in Kent. We’re happy to travel to Shoreham for staff events and the places nearby. We cater all 922 towns and villages in Kent, from the larger towns to small villages. Our bookings stretch from Shoreham to London (about 16 miles away).
Within reach of Shoreham are historic houses such as Lullingstone Castle (1.8 miles north-east) and Knole House (4.8 miles south). For a client event at a historic house, ask early about rules for outside caterers. Shoreham is about 16 miles from central London, and we cover it as standard. With the Kent Downs National Landscape within about a mile, rural team days are easy to arrange.
For staff events in TN14, we just need to know where the roaster can cook. From High Street, Boakes Meadow and Church Street or anywhere nearby, we can set up and roast there. Neighbouring places where we cater staff events include Badgers Mount (1 mile west), Sepham Heath (1 mile south-west), Twitton (1 mile south), Otford (2 miles south) and Lullingstone (2 miles north). We also serve nearby towns such as Dartford (8 miles north), Sevenoaks (4 miles south), Royal Tunbridge Wells (14 miles south), Gravesend (11 miles north-east), Tonbridge (10 miles south-east) and Northfleet (10 miles north-east).
Nearby you’ll also find Sevenoaks Hospital (3.2 miles south) and Otford Heritage Centre (1.9 miles south). The countryside around Shoreham includes Dryhill Nature Reserve.
- Local pubs include The Old George Inn (less than half a mile south-east)
Is a hog roast right for your staff event?
Next to a plated lunch, it’s less formal and normally costs less. When comparing prices, compare the same things: the menu, sides, service time, staffing, crockery and travel. A cheaper headline price can leave things out.
Why book our hog roast in Shoreham
- Timed around your day
- Slow-roasted at your venue, not reheated
- The classics: stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Carved to order by a chef
Read how we price and our hog roast cost guide.
Questions from Shoreham
What’s the nearest station to Shoreham?
Shoreham has its own station: Shoreham (Kent) station.
Do you cater at venues 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.
Can the hog roast be cooked indoors?
No, the roast is always cooked outdoors under cover, at a safe distance from walls and tents. We can frequently serve indoors if the venue agrees.
How big a hog will we need?
We plan quantities from the numbers you give us, and we will confirm everything in writing.
What paperwork do you provide for our site?
Tell us what your site asks for, and we’ll confirm what we can provide.
How much does a hog roast cost?
It depends on numbers, the menu and how long we are on site. Tell us your date and we’ll send a price.
How long does the roast need?
Hours rather than minutes. You will know our arrival time in advance.
Can you set up in our car park?
A car park, yard or grounds typically works, if there’s a level spot away from buildings and vehicles.
Planners, venues and businesses
Venues often have rules for outside caterers, including where gas cooking is allowed. Check early, and tell us what they ask for.
If you are a venue or event planner, we are 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:
- Give us vegetarian and vegan numbers
- Count anyone who does not eat pork, for the alternatives
- Label the vegetarian and vegan food
- Put the allergen list where people can see it
Afterwards we tidy up, and leave the site clean.
Add sides for a bigger lunch.
Nearby places to Shoreham
Also in Shoreham
Full catering or machine hire?
You could go for a cold buffet, but nothing beats hot pork and crackling carved in front of you.
If you are confident and want to save on staff, DIY machine hire is an option. You cook and carve it yourself; we’ll explain what’s supplied and how it works when we quote.
Occasions we serve in Shoreham
It feels like a treat without the cost of a restaurant.
In Shoreham and nearby, we cater for all sorts of events. Popular bookings include:
- New premises openings
- Client hospitality
- Milestone celebrations
- Staff summer days
Teams travelling in by rail can use the station: Shoreham (Kent) station serves Shoreham directly.
What to look for in a quote
- Plates, china and cutlery
- The space, cover and access they need
- Any travel or access charges
- The deposit, balance and cancellation terms
What we serve, dish by dish
Rotisserie chicken
Golden rotisserie chicken can be served in a roll or on a plate alongside the pork.
Rolls and gluten-free rolls
A hog roast roll is designed to be eaten in the hand. Gluten-free rolls can be provided on request.
- Roasted slowly at your venue, outdoors and under cover
- Our chef carves the pork, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling on the side
- Vegetarian and vegan choices, plus lamb or chicken if you like
- Served when you’re ready, and we tidy the serving area afterwards