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Hog Roast for Film Crews in Charlton, Surrey
From the hours of slow roasting to the last roll, a hog roast for the crew turns the food into a centrepiece of your shoot in Charlton.
- Music video days
- Wrap days
- Crew thank-you days
Film set catering for Charlton
Film set catering in Charlton, slow-roasted on site
Wrap parties suit a hog roast too, with crew eating together at the end of the shoot. Typical bookings include countryside locations and location days, serving halloumi skewers, a vegan option and rotisserie chicken.
Rural locations near Charlton can be a long way from food, so hot food at base is a big help. Tell us about dietary needs and allergies when you enquire, and we’ll tell you exactly what’s in each dish.
Planning a shoot in Charlton
Charlton is about 1 mile west of Sunbury-on-Thames, in Surrey. Wherever your shoot is in Charlton, we can bring the roaster, given a suitable outdoor cooking area. Charlton is one of 395 places in Surrey where we cater. Our nearest city page is Guildford, about 13 miles away.
Nearby historic houses include Hampton Court Palace (4.6 miles east) and Botleys Mansion (4.6 miles south-west). Historic houses are popular locations, and most keep cooking well away from the house, so plan the unit base with locations. For cast and crew travelling by train, the closest railway station is Upper Halliford station, roughly 0.6 miles east of the centre.
Here we cover the TW17 postcode area, so your shoot can be anywhere in it. Local streets include Lodge Way, Charlton Road and Hetherington Road; a shoot on any of them works well with outdoor space and a way in. We also bring hog roasts to shoots in Littleton Common (1 mile north), Upper Halliford (1 mile south-east), Ashford Common (1 mile north), Shepperton Green (1 mile south-west) and Littleton (1 mile west). Within a short drive, we also cover Guildford (13 miles south-west), Woking (9 miles south-west), Camberley (13 miles south-west), Epsom (9 miles south-east), Ewell (9 miles south-east) and Egham (5 miles west).
Nearby you’ll also find Kempton Steam Museum (2 miles north-east) and No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital (1.9 miles south-east). Within reach you will find St Ann's Hill and Ferris Meadow Lake.
- Nearby schools include The Bishop Wand Church of England School (0.8 miles east) and Sunbury Manor School (1 mile east)
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What we serve, dish by dish
Rotisserie chicken
For crew who do not eat pork, rotisserie chicken is the easy answer, and children typically like it too.
Rolls and gluten-free rolls
A hog roast roll is designed to be eaten in the hand. We can bring gluten-free rolls if you ask.
Your questions about a hog roast for the crew in Charlton
What’s the nearest station to Charlton?
Upper Halliford station, about 0.6 miles east of the centre.
Do you come out to small places like Charlton?
No, we come to small places too. Let us know about access and the cooking spot.
Can you cater our wrap?
Yes, a hog roast suits a relaxed wrap party.
Do you come to Charlton?
Yes. We cater across London and the South East, including Charlton and Surrey. Send us the address for a quote.
Is mains power needed?
No, the roast is cooked on gas. Let us know what’s on site.
What’s the price?
Numbers, menu and travel decide the price. Tell us your date and we’ll send a price.
How big a hog will we need?
We size the roast to your numbers, so tell us your best estimate. The quote sets it out.
Do you serve the food?
No need for your own staff: we carve, serve and tidy up.
For planners, venues and organisers
Marquee suppliers generally set distances for cooking equipment, so let them know about the roaster. The roaster stays a safe distance from the marquee.
If the event is on someone else’s land, the landowner needs to agree to cooking and vehicles. Sort that first.
Prices and what affects them
A few things make the biggest difference to the price:
- Access to the cooking area
- Plates or china
- The number of people
- The serving time and how long we are on site
Extras such as lamb, chicken, more sides or china crockery add to the cost, so we list each one in the quote. Keeping it simple keeps it affordable.
Getting an accurate quote
To get the best quote, send us:
- The venue or postcode
- Your menu choices
- An estimate of numbers
- The date and when you’d like to eat
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many people, plus when you’d like to eat. We’ll check the date and send a quote. Send us your details through our quote form.
Planning for dietary needs
Not everyone eats pork, so plan an alternative. Helpful tips:
- Remember stuffing normally contains gluten
- Share the allergen list with the crew
- Ask the production office for dietary needs
- Label the alternatives clearly
We arrive early and set up at base, roasting through the morning.
Add salads and potatoes for a full lunch.
Where the roaster can go in Charlton
We need room to cook safely and under cover. Before booking, check:
- A contact in production
- Vehicle access to base
- Away from vehicles and equipment
If you are unsure, send a photo of the space and the way in, and we will say what we think before you book.
Popular choices
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Salads
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Spit-roast lamb
- Hog roast rolls
- New potatoes
- Rotisserie chicken
- Halloumi skewers (V)
How it 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. On a winter shoot near Charlton, the light goes by about 3:55pm, so the unit base needs lighting for late service. Summer shoots have daylight until about 9:20pm.
- Tell us the base location.
- We agree our position with locations.
- We cook at base.
- Service is quick.
- We tidy up and go.
How to prepare
- Give us a contact number for the day
- Make sure the cooking area is away from walls, tents and trees
- Tell us about narrow gates or side passages
How to get a price
When you are weighing up caterers, check what each quote actually includes. We spell it out in ours. To get yours, fill in our quote form.
Planning help
Who books film set catering in Charlton?
A slow roast can wait a little.
Hosts in Charlton book us for small gatherings and big outdoor days alike. For example:
- Location days
- Unit base lunches
- Historic house shoots
- End-of-shoot wraps
Central London is about 16 miles from Charlton.
Questions to ask before you book
- What crockery is supplied
- The menu, including sides and any extras
- How dietary needs are handled
- How many staff will carve and serve
Why choose a hog roast in Charlton?
Next to a full location catering unit, a hog roast suits single days and smaller crews. A hog roast is often good value for a crowd, because one whole roast feeds plenty of people. Extras, china and longer service add to it.
Why Charlton hosts choose us
- The classics: stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Slow-roasted at your venue, not reheated
- Carved to order by a chef
- Our staff serve and clear
- Cooked where you are, slowly, over several hours outdoors
- Carved to order by our chef, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Vegetarian and vegan choices, plus lamb or chicken if you like
- Our team serves at your chosen time and clears up afterwards