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Film Set Catering for Guestling Green
Film set catering in Guestling Green: a whole hog slow-roasted on site, carved to order and served in soft rolls with crackling.
- Lunch at base
- Wrap days
- Ad shoots
Film set catering in Guestling Green
Working with your venue
If you’re booking for a workplace, ask your facilities team about outside caterers and gas cooking. We’ll fit in with site rules.
Marquee suppliers usually set distances for cooking equipment, so tell them a hog roast is coming. We’ll keep the roaster well clear of the marquee.
About our film set catering in Guestling Green
Crews can be big, and carving feeds a lot of people quickly. Rolls or plates, salads and potatoes make a proper lunch. We’re frequently asked to cater long days on set and commercials and music videos, with rotisserie chicken, spit-roast lamb and halloumi skewers.
Near Guestling Green, check tracks and ground with locations. Timings are planned around your shoot, because the roast has to start hours before you eat, so the food is ready at the right moment.
- Area
- Guestling Green (TN35)
- Region
- East Sussex
- From the roaster
- Pork, crackling, stuffing and apple sauce in rolls
- Alongside
- Lamb, chicken, halloumi skewers (V), vegan option (Ve)
- Price
- Quoted for your event
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Who books film set catering in Guestling Green?
A slow roast can wait a little.
A hog roast suits a wide range of occasions. Here are some of the most popular:
- Ad shoots
- Location days
- Long days on set
- End-of-shoot wraps
Guestling Green is roughly 52 miles from central London, within easy reach for London-based crews.
What your quote should include
- Exactly what’s included in the price
- What the cooking area needs: space, cover and access
- VAT, if it applies
- How many staff will carve and serve
What a hog roast costs
A few things make the biggest difference to the price:
- Season and day of the week
- Menu choices and extras
- Numbers
- Distance from us
Numbers make the biggest difference: the price per head generally falls as numbers rise, since much of the cost is fixed.
Getting an accurate quote
For a quick, accurate price, tell us:
- Any venue rules
- Which meats and sides you’d like
- The date and time of the event
- Any dietary needs or allergies
Getting a quote is simple: date, place, numbers and serving time. You will get a clear quote listing what’s included. Fill in our quote form.
A hog roast compared with other options
For a wrap party, it is a relaxed way to finish. Distance is part of the price: we include travel in the quote, with any London charges listed. Give us the address so the quote is accurate.
Why us?
- Salads, potatoes and coleslaw to go with it
- We bring everything to cook and serve
- An itemised quote
- Halloumi skewers and a vegan option too
Read our prices page or what a hog roast costs.
FAQs for Guestling Green
Is Guestling Green close to London?
About 52 miles from central London, and we cover it as standard.
Can you do a hog roast in Speckled Wood?
Only if the landowner, typically the council, allows it. Ask them first, and tell us what they say.
What happens after service?
We pack everything away after service, and we take our equipment with us.
What do you need from us on the day?
Just the agreed spot and a contact on the day. Everything for roasting and serving comes with us.
Can you cater for vegans on set?
Add alternatives to suit your crew.
Do you go to remote locations?
Typically, with good directions and access details. Let us know about the route.
Can you be flexible on serving time?
Because the roast takes hours, we plan from your serving time, and we can hold the roast for a while if the day runs behind.
Can you set up at the unit base?
Usually, if there is a level, open spot for the roaster under cover. Locations will confirm the spot.
Places near Guestling Green
What else we do in Guestling Green
Allergies and dietary needs
With a bit of planning, dietary needs are easier to handle. A few tips:
- Collect crew dietary needs from the call sheet
- Remember stuffing normally contains gluten
- Plan separately for halal if needed
- Give us vegetarian and vegan numbers
We follow location rules on vehicles and timings.
Ask about china.
About the food
Halloumi and vegetable skewers (V)
Not everyone eats meat, so halloumi and vegetable skewers make sure they’re not left with just salad.
Spit-roast lamb
With lamb as well, there are two roasts to choose from, which suits bigger events.
Planning a shoot in Guestling Green
Guestling Green is about 4 miles north-east of Hastings, in East Sussex. From village halls to gardens and fields, shoots around Guestling Green suit a hog roast. Guestling Green is one of 289 places in East Sussex where we cater. We cater events right across the region, from Guestling Green to Canterbury (about 33 miles away).
Crew coming by rail can use the station: the closest railway station is Three Oaks station, roughly 1.1 miles north-west of the centre. With the sea within about 4 miles, coastal shoots need a sheltered base, so plan where crew will eat.
Shoots anywhere in TN35 start with an outdoor spot for the roaster and roughly how many crew. We can cater a shoot on streets such as Chapel Lane, Higham Gardens and Winchelsea Road or the roads around them, wherever there is an outdoor spot for the roaster. For shoots just outside Guestling Green, we cover Guestling (1 mile south-west), Friar's Hill (1 mile south-east), Bachelor's Bump (1 mile south-west), Fairlight (1 mile south-east) and Pett (2 miles east). Further out, we also cater in Hastings (4 miles south-west), Bexhill-on-Sea (8 miles south-west), St Leonards (4 miles south-west), Hastings Old Town (3 miles south-west), Belmont (3 miles south-west) and Langney (15 miles south-west).
Well-known places in the area include Hastings Castle (3.3 miles south-west) and Priory Meadow Shopping Centre (3.4 miles south-west). The countryside around Guestling Green includes Church Wood and Robsack Wood.
- Local schools include Buckswood School (0.7 miles north) and The Hastings Academy (1.2 miles south-west)
- Nearby, you’ll find The Hope Public House (within half a mile north-west)
The process
The roaster cooks outdoors, under a gazebo on level ground, away from buildings, marquee walls and overhanging branches. We’ll agree the spot with you beforehand. Late-September shoots near Guestling Green lose the light at about 7:00pm, so a late wrap needs lighting at base.
- Share the location details.
- We agree our position with locations.
- We roast under cover at base.
- Service is quick.
- We tidy up and go.
Getting ready for the day
- Give us a contact number for the day
- Check there is nothing overhead or close by that could catch the heat
- Measure the narrowest gate or passage
Get a quote
A quote from us sets out the menu, timings, staffing and what’s included, so you can compare caterers fairly. Use our quote form.
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What the cooking area needs
A hog roast cooks outdoors for hours, so the spot matters, and a little planning goes a long way:
- Clearance from trucks, kit and trees
- A contact in production
- Approval from locations
If you are unsure, send a picture of the space and the way in, and we will say what we think.
What we serve
- Rotisserie chicken
- Spit-roast lamb
- Hog roast rolls
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Salads
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Vegan option (Ve)
- New potatoes
- 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 by our staff at the time you choose, then cleared away