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Hog Roast for Events for Butcher's Cross
Hog roast for events in Butcher's Cross: a whole hog slow-roasted on site, carved to order and served in soft rolls with crackling.
- Car shows and rallies
- Festivals
- Fundraising events
Hog roast for events in Butcher's Cross
Allergies and dietary needs
With a bit of planning, dietary needs are easier to handle. A few tips:
- Check other traders aren’t all selling pork
- Make the stall easy to find
- Plan separately for halal if needed
- Show allergens at the stall
At the end, we pack down and take our waste.
Chicken widens the choice.
How our hog roast for events works in Butcher's Cross
A hog roast fits a village fête perfectly: the smell draws people over, and a roll is easy to eat on the move. We’re often asked to cater charity days and PTA summer fairs, with rotisserie chicken, apple sauce and crackling.
Near Butcher's Cross, events may be far from shops and cafés, so a hog roast is a welcome sight. The hog is roasted on site at your event, low and slow, for hours, and carved only when you’re ready to eat.
- Location
- Butcher's Cross (TN20)
- County
- East Sussex
- From the roaster
- Pork, crackling, stuffing and apple sauce in rolls
- Also available
- Lamb, chicken, halloumi skewers (V), vegan option (Ve)
- Quotes
- Quoted for your event
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Why a carved hog roast beats a buffet
For big events, tell us expected numbers. UK price guides vary widely: roughly £10 a head for a simple roll, rising past £20 with more included. We quote every event individually, with everything listed.
What you get with us
- Planned to your running order
- Cooked on the day, low and slow
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside
- No surprises: everything in writing
Read our pricing or what a hog roast costs.
What affects the price in Butcher's Cross
The biggest factors are:
- The serving time and how long we’re on site
- Travel to Butcher's Cross
- Which meats and sides you choose
- The date and time of year
A hog roast is often good value for a crowd, because one whole roast feeds a lot of people. The menu, extras such as china and the serving time all affect the final price.
What we need to know
Here’s what we will ask:
- An estimate of numbers
- The venue or postcode
- Anything the venue has asked for
- What the outdoor space is like
Send us the date, the address or TN20 postcode and rough numbers, along with your serving time. We’ll check the date and send a quote. Send us your details through our quote form.
FAQs for Butcher's Cross
Can you do a hog roast at a venue in the High Weald National Landscape?
Yes, though some venues in protected landscapes have extra rules for caterers; ask your venue. We will work to whatever the site needs.
Can you come to a school fair in Butcher's Cross?
Yes, with the school’s permission. Send us the date and where the roaster would go.
Can we hire the machine and cook it ourselves?
DIY machine hire is available. We’ll confirm what comes with it and how to use it.
How do we prepare?
Just the agreed spot and a contact on the day. Everything for roasting and serving comes with us.
Can a hog roast raise money?
Contact us and we will see what’s possible.
How much does a hog roast cost?
Numbers, menu and travel decide the price. Tell us your date and we’ll send a price.
When do you start roasting?
Several hours, depending on the size and the weather, which is why we arrive hours ahead. We plan the timings from when you want to eat.
What paperwork do you provide?
Requirements vary. Share your list and we will respond.
Planning the cooking spot
A good cooking spot makes the day run smoothly. Ideally:
- A vehicle route onto the pitch
- Any paperwork the organisers need
- Event approval for hot-food traders
Not sure about the cooking spot? Send us a photo and we will tell you honestly before you book.
Popular choices
- Crackling
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Rotisserie chicken
- Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
- Hog roast rolls
- Coleslaw
Occasions we serve in Butcher's Cross
There are chicken, vegetarian and vegan options too.
These are some of the most popular hog roast bookings near Butcher's Cross:
- Fun runs and sports events
- Food and music festivals
- Charity days
- Community days and street fairs
For a church fête or fundraiser, at a church such as Church of the Good Shepherd, a hog roast adds hot food to the cakes and tombola.
What to look for in a quote
- When they arrive and when the food will be ready
- Which meats, sides and extras are included
- Whether plates or china are included
- Whether VAT is included
What happens on the day
On the day, we set up the roaster on the agreed spot, put the cover up and start the roast. From there it cooks low and slow for hours, worked back from your serving time. For an autumn event in Butcher's Cross, sunset is around 7:05pm in late September, so evening trading needs lights.
- Tell us about the event.
- We check the pitch and paperwork and quote.
- The roast starts before the gates open.
- We serve as visitors arrive.
- We pack down and take our waste.
Preparing for the day
- Choose a level, open spot outdoors for the roaster
- Check there is a route to wheel the equipment in, without steps
- Let us know about tight access
How to get a price
We need a few details to quote: the date and serving time, the venue or TN20 postcode, rough numbers and which extras you’d like. Fill in our quote form.
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Nearby places to Butcher's Cross
Other occasions in Butcher's Cross
Running an event in Butcher's Cross
Butcher's Cross is about 4 miles south-east of Crowborough, in East Sussex. Events in Butcher's Cross are part of our patch, along with the towns and villages around it. Butcher's Cross is one of 289 places in East Sussex where we cater. You can also see our page for Brighton, about 20 miles away.
A school like Skippers Hill Manor School can book a hog roast for a fair, fun run or sports day. For anyone arriving by train, Crowborough station, about 3 miles north-west, is the nearest station. Events in and around the High Weald National Landscape, within about 2 miles of Butcher's Cross, often have rules about cooking, vehicles and waste; we work to the site rules.
Wherever your event is in TN20, we can roast on site for your visitors, from busy streets to quiet lanes. For events just outside Butcher's Cross, we cover Skippers Hill (1 mile south-west), Five Ashes (1 mile south), Woolbridge (1 mile north-east), Wellbrook (1 mile east) and Mayfield (2 miles north-east). We also serve nearby towns such as Bexhill-on-Sea (15 miles south-east), Lewes (13 miles south-west), Hailsham (10 miles south), Crowborough (4 miles north-west), Uckfield (6 miles south-west) and Polegate (13 miles south).
A little further out are Tickerage Castle (4.1 miles south-west) and Crowborough War Memorial Hospital (4.1 miles north-west). Within reach you will find Selwyns Wood.
- Schools near Butcher's Cross include Five Ashes CofE Primary School (under half a mile south)
- Nearby, you will find The Five Ashes Inn (0.5 miles south)
Full catering or machine hire?
The hardest part of a DIY hog roast is timing: a whole hog takes hours, and it needs to be cooked through safely. If you’d rather not worry about it, let us cook.
Full catering or machine hire? With catering, our chef roasts, carves and serves, and our staff clear up. With hire only, you do the cooking yourself.
The menu, dish by dish
Roast pork
Everything starts with the slow-roasted pork: carved in front of you, a mix of shoulder and leg, and served hot.
Rolls and gluten-free rolls
Soft rolls hold the pork, stuffing and apple sauce together, perfect for eating on the move. Ask for gluten-free rolls if you need them.
- 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
- Our team serves at your chosen time and clears up afterwards