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Hog Roast for a Wake in Coombe, Kent
Something for nearly everyone: roast pork in rolls with stuffing and apple sauce, lamb or chicken, and halloumi and vegetable skewers, with salads and potatoes on the side. Book a hog roast for the wake in Coombe.
- Family get-togethers after a service
- Ashes ceremonies
- Celebration-of-life gatherings
Slow-roasted pork in Coombe
What happens on the day
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. Late-December sunset in Coombe is about 3:50pm, so for an afternoon wake, light near the serving area and the door helps. Summer wakes have daylight well into the evening.
- Share the date, place and 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
- Choose a level, open spot outdoors for the roaster
- Measure the narrowest gate or passage
- Confirm numbers ahead of the day
Get a quote
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many people, plus when you’d like to eat. We will check the date and send a quote. Send us your details through our quote form.
Planning help
How our funeral wake catering works in Coombe
If the service runs late, we wait: a cooked roast can be held for a while. Give us a contact for the day. Typical bookings include hall gatherings after a service and celebrations of life, with roast pork in rolls or on plates, rotisserie chicken and salads.
In rural Coombe, home or the hall is usual, with the roaster in the yard or garden. Everything is cooked on the day, at your venue, low and slow, for hours, and carved only when you’re ready to eat.
Common questions in Coombe
Is Coombe too small for a hog roast?
No, we come to small places too. Let us know about access and the cooking spot.
Which station is closest to Coombe?
The closest is Sandwich station, roughly 2.1 miles away.
Is it a sit-down meal?
Both are possible: rolls for a simple meal, plates with salads and potatoes for a fuller one.
Do you leave the area tidy?
Our staff clear up after service, leaving the spot as we found it.
Do you serve the food?
We carve and serve for you, and we clear up when service is finished.
What comes with the hog roast?
Roast pork carved into soft rolls with sage and onion stuffing, apple sauce and crackling. Extras include lamb, chicken, halloumi skewers, a vegan option, salads and potatoes.
What should we provide?
Very little: an outdoor cooking spot and someone to meet us.
Do you cater in village halls?
Wherever the family gathers, if the roaster can cook outside.
Space, access and the venue
A good cooking spot makes the day run smoothly. Look for:
- A short route for the equipment
- Flat ground outside the hall or house
- Somewhere indoors for people to eat
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we will advise before you book.
Popular choices
- Salads
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Rotisserie chicken
- Coleslaw
- Hog roast rolls
- New potatoes
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Stuffing and apple sauce
Occasions we serve in Coombe
Nobody in the family has to cook or serve.
Whatever the occasion in Coombe, a hog roast feeds a crowd well. We’re often asked to cater:
- Gatherings at the family home
- Gatherings after scattering ashes
- Family get-togethers after a service
- One-year memorials
If the funeral is at a church such as Church of St Nicholas, a hall or home nearby keeps the journey to the wake short.
What your quote should include
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether travel is included
- The full menu and the sides
- How they handle allergens and dietary needs
What we serve, dish by dish
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.
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Add salads, coleslaw and potatoes to make it a proper meal.
Planning for dietary needs
Some guests won’t eat pork, so plan an alternative. Helpful tips:
- Plan separately if anyone needs halal food
- Find out who would prefer chicken or a vegetarian option
- Stuffing typically contains gluten
- Check with family about dietary needs
One contact for the day helps, so the family can focus on guests.
Ask for gluten-free rolls if needed.
What a hog roast costs
The price comes down to:
- How many people are eating
- Access to the cooking area
- Time on site
- Distance from us
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.
What we need to know
When you get in touch, please mention:
- The date and time of the event
- A photo of the cooking area
- Rules from the venue or landowner
- The address or postcode
A quote from us sets out the menu, timings, staffing and what’s included, so it is easy to compare like for like. Send us your details through our quote form.
A hog roast compared with other options
If the venue has its own caterer, check whether we can cater there. What you pay covers the meat, the chef and staff, and hours of roasting. Slow roasting means we are on site for much of the day, which is built into the price.
Why book with us
- Serving and clearing done for you
- Salads, potatoes and coleslaw to go with it
- Slow-roasted at your venue, not reheated
- Planned to your running order
Read our prices page or the cost guide.
Organising for someone else?
If the event is on someone else’s land, the landowner needs to agree to cooking and vehicles. Sort that first.
Event organisers often ask caterers for paperwork such as a risk assessment. Let us know what your event requires and we’ll tell you what we can send.
Nearby places to Coombe
What else we do in Coombe
Wake catering near Coombe
Coombe is about 6 miles north-west of Deal, in Kent. We cater wakes across Coombe and nearby, from gardens to fields. We cover all 922 towns and villages across Kent, from the larger towns to small villages. We cater events right across the region, from Coombe to Canterbury (about 9 miles away).
Relatives arriving by train should know that the nearest station is Sandwich station, about 2.1 miles east. Coombe is within about 6 miles of the sea.
Wherever your wake is in CT3 and CT13, we can roast on site for your guests, from busy streets to quiet lanes. Streets in the area include Coombe Lane, Saunders Lane and Langdon Avenue, and a wake on any of them works with a garden, drive or yard for the roaster. If your venue is just outside Coombe, we also cover Flemings (1 mile south-west), Ash (1 mile north-west), Weddington (1 mile north), Guilton (1 mile west) and Hammill Park (1 mile south). Further out, we also cater in Canterbury (9 miles west), Margate (8 miles north-east), Dover (9 miles south), Folkestone (14 miles south-west), Ramsgate (7 miles north-east) and Broadstairs (9 miles north-east).
A little further out are White Mill (1.6 miles east). Open spaces near Coombe include Monk's Wall nature reserve.
- Local schools include Sandwich Technology School (1.9 miles east)
- Local pubs include The Chequer Inn (0.9 miles north-west)
- Slow-roasted on site for hours, outdoors at your event
- Freshly carved pork with crackling, stuffing and apple sauce
- Not just pork: spit-roast lamb, chicken and vegetarian choices
- Served when you’re ready, and we tidy the serving area afterwards