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Film Set Catering in Sunnymeads
Give your crew a proper hog roast at your shoot in Sunnymeads. The roast cooks for hours on site, then our chef carves it hot for everyone.
- Farm and estate locations
- Period drama shoots
- Crew appreciation lunches
Film set catering for Sunnymeads
Film set catering in Sunnymeads, slow-roasted on site
If lunch moves, a cooked roast can be held for a while. Give us a contact on the day and we’ll fit around changes. Whether it’s end-of-shoot wraps and location days, we’ll put together a menu of spit-roast lamb, hog roast rolls and a vegan option.
Near Sunnymeads, crews may be miles from anywhere to eat, so hot food at base is a big help. Plates come as standard, and china crockery is available on request, quoted separately.
What we serve, dish by dish
Crackling
Good crackling needs time and heat, and a whole hog roasted slowly gets it just right.
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Coleslaw is the natural partner for a pork roll, while salads and potatoes make a plated meal.
The process
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. In December, daylight in Sunnymeads ends around 3:55pm, so the unit base needs lighting for late service. In summer, light lasts until about 9:25pm.
- Tell us the base location.
- We confirm where we set up.
- We roast under cover at base.
- Service is quick.
- We tidy up and go.
Getting ready for the day
- Measure the narrowest gate or passage
- Keep the spot clear of buildings, marquee walls and overhanging branches
- Give us a contact number for the day
Get a quote
Planning ahead? Popular dates fill up early, so ask early for summer Saturdays and December. Tell us your date and we’ll check it: send us your details through our quote form.
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Prices and what affects them
A few things make the biggest difference to the price:
- Whether you want china
- The date and time of year
- How many people are eating
- How long the roast and service take
UK price guides vary widely: roughly £10 a head for a simple roll, rising past £20 with more included. Every event gets its own quote, so you know exactly what you are paying for.
Details that help
To check the date and the space, tell us:
- The venue or postcode
- The date and time of the event
- A picture of the cooking area
- Roughly how many people
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. Fill in our quote form.
Shooting in Sunnymeads: unit bases and access
Sunnymeads is about 3 miles north of Egham, in Surrey. Wherever your shoot is in Sunnymeads, we can bring the roaster, as long as there is an outdoor spot to cook. Sunnymeads is one of 395 places in Surrey where we cater. You can also see our page for Guildford, about 15 miles away.
Central London is about 20 miles from Sunnymeads, within easy reach for London-based crews. Nearby historic houses include Frogmore House (1.6 miles west) and Windsor Castle (2.2 miles north-west). Historic houses are popular locations, and most keep cooking well away from the house, so plan the unit base with locations.
Anywhere in TW19, SL4 and SL3, we can roast on site for your crew. We can cater a shoot on streets such as The Avenue, Park Avenue and Welley Road, as long as there is somewhere outside to cook. Nearby, we also cater shoots in Wraysbury (1 mile south), Horton (1 mile east), Old Windsor (1 mile south-west), Brands Hill (1 mile north-east) and Datchet (1 mile north-west). We also serve nearby towns such as Guildford (15 miles south), Woking (10 miles south), Camberley (12 miles south-west), Epsom (15 miles south-east), Ewell (15 miles south-east) and Egham (3 miles south).
Well-known places in the area include Berkshire Yeomanry Museum (2.2 miles west) and Windsor Castle (2.2 miles north-west). The countryside around Sunnymeads includes Staines Reservoirs.
- Local schools include Churchmead School (1.5 miles north-west)
- Local pubs include The Perserverance Public House (0.8 miles south)
FAQs for Sunnymeads
Do you come out to small places like Sunnymeads?
No, we come to small places too. Tell us about lanes, gates and the ground.
Can you do a hog roast in Arthur Jacob Nature Reserve?
Only with permission from the park’s owner, normally the council, and many parks don’t allow cooking. Check with them first, and tell us what they say.
Do you have documents for locations?
Requirements vary by production.
Can you be flexible on serving time?
We work back from when you want to eat, and we can hold the roast for a while if the day runs behind.
How do we prepare?
The agreed cooking area, access for our equipment and someone to meet us. We bring everything else.
How soon do you get booked up?
Summer Saturdays and December book up first. For other dates, a few weeks can be enough. Ask and we’ll check.
Do you go to remote locations?
Share the route to base and we’ll confirm.
Can you do gluten-free?
Ask for gluten-free rolls and we will bring them. You will get allergen details for everything.
Planners, venues and businesses
If you are a venue or event planner, we’re happy to work alongside your team, sharing timings and a site plan.
Event organisers often ask caterers for paperwork such as a risk assessment. Let us know what your event requires and we will confirm what we can provide.
Perfect for your shoot in Sunnymeads
A slow roast can wait a little.
Here’s what people in Sunnymeads most frequently book a hog roast for:
- Commercials and music videos
- Crew thank-you days
- Historic house shoots
- Location days
For cast and crew travelling by train, Sunnymeads station serves Sunnymeads directly.
Before booking anyone
- Arrival time and how long the roast needs
- The menu, including sides and any extras
- Exactly what’s included in the price
- Where the roaster goes and what it needs
A hog roast compared with other options
Compared with a barbecue, one roast serves everyone together. Numbers make the biggest difference: bigger groups typically cost less per head, because the roaster, staff and travel cost much the same either way.
What you get with us
- The classics: stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Staff to serve, so you don’t have to
- We bring everything to cook and serve
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside
See our pricing or the cost guide.
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Allergies and dietary needs
Standard rolls and stuffing contain gluten, and gluten-free rolls are available on request. Other tips:
- Keep vegetarian food labelled
- Count crew needing an alternative
- Ask the production office for dietary needs
- Remember stuffing normally contains gluten
We get to base first thing, roasting through the morning.
For an evening wrap.
Before you choose a spot
We need room to cook safely and under cover. Before booking, check:
- Access agreed with locations
- A covered eating area
- Clearance from trucks, kit and trees
If you are unsure, send a picture of the space and the way in, and we will say what we think.
What we serve
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Spit-roast lamb
- Salads
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Rotisserie chicken
- Hog roast rolls
- New potatoes
- 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