Buckinghamshire · England
Funeral Wake Catering for Baker's Wood
Funeral wake catering in Baker's Wood: pork roasted slowly for hours at your venue, carved to order and served in soft rolls with crackling.
- Remembrance days
- Gatherings after scattering ashes
- Remembrance gatherings
Planning an event in Baker's Wood?
For event organisers in Baker's Wood
Many venues set rules for outside caterers, from approved lists to where a gas roaster can go. Check early, and pass on anything they need from us.
Marquee hire companies frequently have rules about cooking near their tents, so tell them a hog roast is coming. We will keep the roaster well clear of the marquee.
Funeral wake catering in Baker's Wood, slow-roasted on site
For a celebration of life, a hog roast can reflect the person being remembered. Let us know if there’s anything special and we’ll try to help. Typical bookings include anniversary memorials and memorial gatherings, serving salads, roast pork in rolls or on plates and halloumi skewers.
For a wake near Baker's Wood, a farmhouse or village hall frequently works well, with the roaster in the yard or garden. Plates come as standard, and china crockery is available on request, quoted separately.
- Where
- Baker's Wood (UB9)
- County
- Buckinghamshire
- Menu
- Hog roast rolls, stuffing, apple sauce, crackling
- Extras
- Spit-roast lamb, rotisserie chicken, vegetarian and vegan options
- Quote
- Contact us for a quote
- Page updated
- 26 October 2026
A hog roast compared with other options
Some families mix a hog roast with cakes brought by friends, which is fine with us. Weekday and off-season dates can be easier to book, and the menu you choose makes a difference too. Ask us and we’ll suggest the best fit for your budget.
What you get with us
- Serving and clearing done for you
- Fresh carving at the serving station
- Crackling for everyone who wants it
- Self-contained: roaster, cover and serving kit
Take a look at how we price and what a hog roast costs.
How it works
We get there well ahead of service, since slow roasting can’t be rushed. Your guests will smell it long before they see it. For a summer wake in Baker's Wood, there’s light until about 9:25pm, so a garden gathering works well.
- Tell us the date, venue and rough numbers.
- We reply quickly with a price.
- The roast cooks while you’re at the service.
- Food is ready as guests gather.
- We pack up quietly.
How to prepare
- Gather dietary requirements early
- Plan somewhere sheltered for people to eat if it rains
- Measure the narrowest gate or passage
How to get a price
A quote from us sets out the menu, timings, staffing and what’s included, so it’s easy to compare like for like. Use our quote form.
Planning help
Events we cater in Baker's Wood
Hearty food that most people like, just right after a funeral.
However big or small the event in Baker's Wood, a hog roast feeds a crowd well. Bookings frequently include:
- Gatherings after scattering ashes
- Wakes in village halls
- Gatherings at the family home
- Remembrance gatherings
Families holding a service at Church of St Mary often gather afterwards at a nearby hall, where the roast can be ready.
Questions to ask before booking
- How they handle allergens and dietary needs
- Travel and any London charges
- How many staff will carve and serve
- If the price includes VAT
What the cooking area needs
The roaster needs space, cover and a safe distance from anything that could catch the heat. Before booking, check:
- Parking close by for our vehicle
- Flat ground outside the hall or house
- The venue’s agreement to a gas-fired roaster
Not sure about the cooking spot? Send us a photo and we’ll tell you honestly.
What we serve
- New potatoes
- Hog roast rolls
- Rotisserie chicken
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Salads
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Coleslaw
Prices and what affects them
Each price is built from:
- How many people are eating
- Which meats and sides you choose
- Distance from us
- Plates or china
Numbers make the biggest difference: the price per head normally falls as numbers rise, since much of the cost is fixed.
Getting an accurate quote
Good details mean a good quote. Useful details:
- Any venue rules
- Dietary requirements
- The venue or postcode
- Your date and serving time
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. Use our quote form.
The menu, dish by dish
Rolls and gluten-free rolls
Soft rolls hold the pork, stuffing and apple sauce together, easy to eat standing up. Ask for gluten-free rolls if you need them.
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Choose from salads, new potatoes, coleslaw and roast or jacket potatoes, depending on the season and the occasion.
Wake catering near Baker's Wood
Baker's Wood is about 4 miles north-west of Hillingdon, in Buckinghamshire. We cater wakes across Baker's Wood and nearby, from gardens to fields. Baker's Wood is one of 263 towns and villages in Buckinghamshire where we cater. You can also see our page for London, about 19 miles away.
If relatives are coming by rail, the closest railway station is Denham Golf Club station, roughly 0.5 miles north of the centre.
This part of Buckinghamshire takes in UB9, and we can cater your wake anywhere in it. From Bakers Wood, Redhill and Broken Gate Lane or a nearby road, we will bring the roaster to you. Nearby, we also cater wakes in Higher Denham (1 mile north), Tatling End (1 mile west), Rush Green (1 mile south), Gerrards Cross (2 miles west) and Fulmer (2 miles south-west). Larger places within reach include High Wycombe (11 miles west), Chesham (10 miles north-west), Marlow (11 miles west), Amersham (8 miles north-west), Beaconsfield (6 miles north-west) and Chalfont St Peter (3 miles north-west).
A little further out are The Pavilions (2.4 miles south-east) and Hillingdon Museum and Archives Services (2.6 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Horse Shoe Bay and Kingcup Meadows and Oldhouse Wood.
- Pubs nearby include Toby Carvery pub (under half a mile west)
Nearby places to Baker's Wood
What else we do in Baker's Wood
Diets, allergies and alternatives
Some guests will not eat pork, so plan an alternative. A few pointers:
- Check with family about dietary needs
- Request gluten-free rolls
- Keep the alternatives labelled
- Older guests may prefer food on plates
If the service runs late, we wait; just let us know.
Let us know if there is something the person especially liked.
Your questions about a hog roast for the wake in Baker's Wood
Do you come out to small places like Baker's Wood?
Not at all. We cater in villages and hamlets as well as towns. Tell us about lanes, gates and the ground.
Can you cater after a service at Church of St Mary?
Yes, at a home, hall or venue nearby with an outdoor spot for the roaster. Churches rarely have space for a hog roast, so the food is generally elsewhere. Tell us where you will gather.
Do you bring plates?
We bring plates as standard. China crockery is available on request and quoted separately.
What should we provide?
Only the place, numbers and a contact. We bring everything else.
Can you roast in the rain?
We cook under a gazebo, so rain is not a problem for the roast. Somewhere covered for people to eat helps.
How much will it be?
Every booking is quoted individually, depending on numbers, menu, timings and travel. Tell us about your wake for a quote.
Can you do something else?
We can add alternatives for those who need them.
Will there be enough to go round?
The roast is chosen to suit how many you are feeding, so a good estimate matters. We’ll confirm the menu in the quote.
- Roasted slowly at your venue, outdoors and under cover
- Carved by our chef into rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Vegetarian and vegan choices, plus lamb or chicken if you like
- Staff to serve at the agreed time, then clear away