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Fête and Festival Hog Roast in Crawley, West Sussex
From the first smell of roasting pork to the last piece of crackling, a hog roast for your event makes the food part of your event in Crawley.
- Church and village fêtes
- Car and steam shows
- Food and music festivals
Planning an event in Crawley?
How our hog roast for events works in Crawley
Agricultural shows and country events near Crawley are a natural home for a hog roast, with fields, crowds and long days. Popular choices include halloumi skewers, a vegan burger or sausage and crackling, and we are frequently booked for village fêtes and food and music festivals.
In Crawley, busy events need traders who serve well; rolls are quick to serve. We bring plates as standard, and china crockery is available on request, quoted separately.
- Where
- Crawley (RH10, RH11, RH12, RH6)
- Region
- West Sussex
- From the roaster
- Pork, crackling, stuffing and apple sauce in rolls
- Also available
- Lamb, chicken, halloumi skewers (V), vegan option (Ve)
- Quotes
- Contact us for a quote
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Planning for dietary needs
Allergies and dietary needs are easy to manage if we know in advance. Tips:
- Make the stall easy to find
- Ask for gluten-free rolls if you expect coeliac visitors
- Halal is not offered
- Stuffing normally contains gluten
We arrive early, set up on the pitch and start roasting, so the roast is ready when visitors arrive.
Chicken widens the choice.
Places near Crawley
Other occasions in Crawley
Why a carved hog roast beats a buffet
Next to a barbecue stall, a hog roast serves quickly from one roast. Extras such as lamb, chicken, more sides or china crockery add to the cost, so each one is itemised. A simple menu keeps the cost down.
What you get with us
- Carved by our chef in front of your visitors
- A choice of salads and potatoes
- We bring everything to cook and serve
- Planned to your running order
See our prices page or the cost guide.
Planners, venues and businesses
Organisers may ask for documents such as a risk assessment or gas safety information. Let us know what your event requires and we’ll tell you what we can send.
Planning on behalf of a committee? One clear contact makes everything easier, especially on the day.
Questions from Crawley
Do you trade at school fairs around Crawley?
Yes, if the school is happy for a hog roast on site. Tell us the date and pitch details.
Is Crawley close to London?
Roughly 27 miles from the centre of London.
Do you do fêtes?
A hog roast suits a fête perfectly. Ask for details.
Do you bring plates?
We supply plates as standard. China is available at an extra cost.
How much room do you need?
A flat, open spot outside, and a way to wheel everything in. Send us a photo if you’re unsure.
When do you start roasting?
It depends on the size of the hog and the weather, but it is several hours. You will know our arrival time in advance.
How big a hog will we need?
We size the roast to your numbers, so a good estimate matters. We’ll confirm the menu in the quote.
Do you do DIY hog roast hire?
We do, if you’re happy to roast and carve yourself. Ask and we will talk you through it.
Who books hog roast for events in Crawley?
Alternatives cover non-pork eaters.
We’re regularly asked to cater all sorts of events around Crawley, such as:
- School fairs and sports days
- Club events
- Community days and street fairs
- Charity days
A summer fête at Friary Church of St Francis and St Anthony is the classic setting for a hog roast.
What your quote should include
- Travel and any London charges
- Exactly what’s included in the price
- What the cooking area needs: space, cover and access
- When they arrive and when the food will be ready
How it works
People love watching the carving: the hog is carved in front of your visitors, and the crackling is shared out so everyone gets some. At midsummer, events in Crawley stay light until about 9:20pm, so evening trading typically finishes in daylight in high summer. For winter events, dark by about 3:55pm, the pitch needs lighting.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Gather dietary requirements early
- Name a contact for the day
- Make sure the cooking area is away from walls, tents and trees
Getting a price
For a quote, send us a few details: the date and serving time, the venue or RH10 postcode, rough numbers and which extras you’d like. Use our quote form.
Planning help
What affects the price in Crawley
Every booking is priced individually, and the price depends on a few things:
- Plates or china
- Access to the cooking area
- The menu and extras such as lamb or chicken
- Numbers
Most of the cost is the meat, the staff and the time on site. A long, slow roast means an early start, which is built into the price.
What to tell us
Good details mean a good quote. Useful details:
- The date and time of the event
- A photo of the cooking area
- Roughly how many people
- The venue or postcode
Send us the date, the address or RH10 postcode and rough numbers, along with your serving time. We’ll check the date and send a quote. Use our quote form.
Event catering near Crawley
Crawley is about 27 miles south of London, in West Sussex. Crawley and the surrounding area are covered for events. We cater all 371 towns and villages in West Sussex. We cater events right across the region, from Crawley to Brighton (about 19 miles away).
If your event is in Tilgate Park, the organiser will need the landowner’s permission for hot-food traders and vehicles. If you’re organising a summer fair or sports day for a school such as Three Bridges Junior School, a hog roast is a crowd-pleaser.
We bring hog roasts to events all over the RH10, RH11, RH12 and RH6 postcode area and the streets around it. Streets in the area include Station Road, Queens Square and High Street, and an event on any of them works with a garden, drive or yard for the roaster. Crawley sits on or near the A23 and A264, so getting the roaster to your event is simple. For events just outside Crawley, we cover Southgate (1 mile south-west), Tilgate (1 mile south-east), West Green (1 mile north), Three Bridges (1 mile east) and Langley Green (1 mile north). Further out, we also cater in Horsham (7 miles south-west), Haywards Heath (9 miles south-east), Burgess Hill (11 miles south), East Grinstead (8 miles east), Billingshurst (13 miles south-west) and Roffey (5 miles south-west). Crawley is one of the larger places we cover in West Sussex, with plenty of venues for events.
Other landmarks nearby include Crawley Hospital (0.5 miles north-west) and County Mall (within half a mile north-east). The countryside around Crawley includes Tilgate Lake.
- Local schools include St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School (under half a mile south-east) and St Wilfrid's Catholic School (0.6 miles west)
- Local pubs include The George Hotel (within half a mile north)
A closer look at the menu
Roast pork
Slow-roasted pork is the heart of the menu: carved thick or thin, as people like it, straight from the roaster.
Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
Vegan visitors can have a vegan burger or sausage, so everyone has something hot.
DIY versus a catered hog roast
You could go for a cold buffet, but nothing beats hot pork and crackling carved in front of you, especially outdoors.
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.
- Cooked where you are, slowly, over several hours outdoors
- Carved by our chef into rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Not just pork: spit-roast lamb, chicken and vegetarian choices
- Served when you’re ready, and we tidy the serving area afterwards