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Funeral Wake Catering for Dartmouth Park
Funeral wake catering in Dartmouth Park: pork roasted slowly for hours at your venue, carved to order and served in soft rolls with crackling.
- Gatherings after a cremation
- Gatherings at the family home
- Life celebrations
Book a hog roast in Dartmouth Park
About our funeral wake catering in Dartmouth Park
If the service runs late, we wait: a cooked roast can be held for a while. Name someone we can call on the day. On the menu are apple sauce, roast pork in rolls or on plates and halloumi skewers, and typical bookings are for gatherings at clubs and pubs and celebrations of life.
In Dartmouth Park, a hall with outdoor space is frequently the easiest option, though home can work with a garden and side access. Everything we need to roast, carve and serve comes with us, and we pack away and leave the area as we found it.
- Where
- Dartmouth Park (NW5, N19, N7)
- County
- Greater London
- Menu
- Roast pork rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Also available
- Lamb, chicken, halloumi skewers (V), vegan option (Ve)
- Quote
- Contact us for a quote
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
Why a carved hog roast beats a buffet
Compared with family members cooking, we take the cooking off the family’s hands. Published UK guides give a wide range for hog roast catering, from around £10 a head for a basic roll to £20 or more with sides and service. Every event gets its own quote, with everything listed.
Why us?
- A choice of salads and potatoes
- Our staff serve and clear
- Roasted on site, slowly, for hours
- The classics: stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
Take a look at our pricing or our hog roast cost guide.
FAQs for Dartmouth Park
What’s the nearest station to Dartmouth Park?
The closest is Gospel Oak station, roughly 0.5 miles away.
Can you get a hog roast into a London garden in Dartmouth Park?
It depends on access: a rear gate or yard typically works. Tell us about steps, gates and parking and we’ll advise.
What space does the roaster need?
A flat, open spot outside, plus a step-free route to wheel the equipment in. Send us a picture if you’re unsure.
Do you do DIY hog roast hire?
DIY machine hire is available. We’ll explain what’s supplied and how it works when we quote.
What do people get?
Rolls with roast pork, stuffing, apple sauce and crackling. Extras include lamb, chicken, halloumi skewers, a vegan option, salads and potatoes.
Do you need anything from the family?
Very little: an outdoor cooking spot and someone to meet us.
Can you serve on plates?
We serve on plates, with china as an option.
Is a week’s notice enough?
We do our best at short notice. Send the date and venue and we’ll reply promptly.
A closer look at the menu
Halloumi and vegetable skewers (V)
For vegetarians, halloumi and vegetable skewers are cooked separately from the meat, a hot, filling option of their own.
Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
For vegans, there is a vegan burger or sausage in a roll, so nobody misses out.
Dartmouth Park: halls, homes and travel
Dartmouth Park is about 2 miles east of Hampstead, in Greater London. Dartmouth Park and the surrounding area are covered for wakes. We cater 764 places in Greater London.
Local halls and clubs near Dartmouth Park can host a wake if home is too small. For anyone coming to the funeral by train, the nearest station is Gospel Oak station, about 0.5 miles south-west.
For wakes in NW5, N19 and N7, we just need to know where the roaster can cook and a serving time. Streets in the area include Hugo Road, Ward Road and Anson Road, and a wake on any of them works with a garden, drive or yard for the roaster. Other places close to Dartmouth Park we cover include Lissenden Gardens (1 mile south-west), Tufnell Park (1 mile east), Gospel Oak (1 mile south-west), Upper Holloway (1 mile north-east) and Highgate (1 mile north). We also serve nearby towns such as London (5 miles south-east), City of Westminster (3 miles south), Marylebone (3 miles south), Kensington (5 miles south-west), St Pancras (3 miles south-east) and Shoreditch (4 miles south-east).
Well-known places in the area include Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead (1.2 miles south-west) and Montfichet's Tower (3.6 miles south-east). Within reach you’ll find Belsize Wood and Dartmouth Park Hill.
- Schools near Dartmouth Park include Brookfield Primary School (under half a mile north) and Asanté Academy of Chinese Medicine (1.4 miles north)
- Pubs nearby include The Dartmouth Arms (under half a mile south-west)
- Parks and local facilities nearby include Vaughan Williams Memorial Library (1.5 miles south)
Towns and villages near Dartmouth Park
What else we do in Dartmouth Park
What the cooking area needs
Planning the cooking spot is the key. Check these:
- A short route for the equipment
- One contact on the day
- Somewhere indoors for people to eat
Dartmouth Park is in London, within the Ultra Low Emission Zone, and access can be tight: let us know how we reach the cooking spot and where we can park.
If you’re unsure, send a photo of the space and the way in, and we will say what we think before you book.
What we serve
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Hog roast rolls
- New potatoes
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Coleslaw
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Salads
- Rotisserie chicken
How the day works
On the day, we set up the roaster on the agreed spot, put the cover up and start the roast. It then roasts slowly for several hours, worked back from your serving time. Autumn and winter afternoons in Dartmouth Park get dark early: about 7:05pm in late September and 3:55pm in December, so a later wake may need lighting outside.
- Share the date, place and numbers.
- We reply quickly with a price.
- We roast quietly during the service.
- We serve calmly as people arrive.
- We pack up quietly.
Before we arrive
- Ask about allergies and dietary needs beforehand
- Give us a contact number for the day
- Let us know about tight access
How to get a price
For a quote, send us a few details: the date and serving time, the venue or NW5 postcode, rough numbers and which extras you’d like. Fill in our quote form.
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Prices and what affects them
We work out each quote from:
- Crockery choices
- Time on site
- The menu and extras such as lamb or chicken
- Site access
The main driver is numbers: the price per head usually falls as numbers rise, because the roaster, staff and travel cost much the same either way.
Getting an accurate quote
To check availability and the cooking area, tell us:
- The date and when you’d like to eat
- Anything the venue has asked for
- Allergies we should know about
- What the outdoor space is like
The quickest way to get a price is to tell us the date, where the wake is and roughly how many. A photo of the cooking area helps. Fill in our quote form.
Working with your venue
For events on land you do not own, such as a park or field, the landowner needs to agree to cooking and vehicles. Get that agreed before booking.
Organisers may ask for documents such as a risk assessment or gas safety information. Tell us what you need and we’ll confirm what we can provide.
Allergies and dietary needs
You will get allergen information for everything we serve. To make the most of it:
- Plates are easier for older guests than rolls
- Stuffing generally contains gluten
- Check with family about dietary needs
- Request gluten-free rolls
One contact for the day helps, so the immediate family is not disturbed.
Gluten-free rolls are available on request.
Planning the wake in Dartmouth Park
Nobody in the family has to cook or serve.
We’re booked for all kinds of occasions in Dartmouth Park and nearby. Some of the most common are:
- Wakes at home
- Memorial events
- Celebrations of life
- Wakes in village halls
Families holding a service at Church of St Mary Brookfield often gather afterwards at a nearby hall, where the roast can be ready.
What your quote should include
- What the price includes, item by item
- What crockery is supplied
- Arrival time and how long the roast needs
- Travel and any London charges
- Roasted on site for several hours, outdoors 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
- Served by our staff at the time you choose, then cleared away