Kent · England
Hog Roast for Events for Gravesend
Give your visitors slow-roasted pork and crackling at your event in Gravesend. The roast cooks for hours on site, then our chef carves it hot for everyone.
- PTA summer fairs
- Food and music festivals
- Vintage rallies
Hog roast for events in Gravesend
A hog roast or other catering?
Compared with a volunteer-run kitchen, we take the cooking off your volunteers. A hog roast is often good value for a crowd, because one whole roast feeds a lot of people. Extras, china and longer service add to it.
Why us?
- Slow-roasted at your venue, not reheated
- Serving and clearing done for you
- Served at the time you choose
- Rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
Take a look at our prices page and our hog roast cost guide.
Hog roast for events near Gravesend
A hog roast can help a fundraiser in Gravesend attract visitors. We’ll talk through options with you. Popular choices include crackling, halloumi skewers and a vegan burger or sausage, and typical bookings are for food and music festivals and town and village days.
In Gravesend, fêtes and school fairs are perfect for a hog roast: it draws a crowd and serves hot food quickly. Everything we need to roast, carve and serve comes with us, and we pack away and leave the area as we found it.
Gravesend events: pitches and permissions
Gravesend is about 9 miles north-west of Gillingham, in Kent. We cater events across Gravesend and nearby. We cater 922 places across Kent, from the larger towns to small villages. Our nearest city page is London, about 21 miles away.
If your event is in Northfleet Urban Country Park, the organiser will need the landowner’s permission for hot-food traders and vehicles. A summer fête at Christ Church Milton is the classic setting for a hog roast.
Anywhere in DA12 and DA11, we can bring the roaster to you, from busy streets to quiet lanes. Streets in the area include Christ Church Road, Hillside Drive and Laurel Avenue, and an event on any of them works with a garden, drive or yard for the roaster. Gravesend sits on or near the A2 and A226, which makes travel to your event easy. Close by, we cover events in Windmill Hill (1 mile north-west), Milton-next-Gravesend (1 mile north-east), Denton (1 mile east), Singlewell or Ifield (1 mile south) and Northfleet (1 mile west). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (13 miles south-east), Dartford (7 miles west), Sevenoaks (13 miles south-west), Swanley (9 miles west), Kings Hill (11 miles south) and Foley Park (12 miles south-east).
Nearby you’ll also find Gravesham Museum (0.9 miles north-west) and Stone Castle (4.5 miles west). The countryside around Gravesend includes Sawyers Lake and Gad's Hill.
- Local schools include St John's Catholic Comprehensive (less than half a mile north-east) and St John's Catholic Comprehensive (less than half a mile north-east)
- Pubs nearby include The Waterloo Public House (0.6 miles north-west)
Occasions we serve in Gravesend
It suits long days, carving as people arrive.
In Gravesend and nearby, we cater for all sorts of events. Popular bookings include:
- Charity days
- School fairs and sports days
- Food and music festivals
- Agricultural and country shows
For anyone arriving by train, Gravesend station, about 0.9 miles north-west, is the nearest station.
What to look for in a quote
- Which meats, sides and extras are included
- What the price includes, item by item
- Arrival time and how long the roast needs
- The space, cover and access they need
Questions from Gravesend
Do you trade at school fairs around Gravesend?
Yes, if the school is happy for a hog roast on site. Send us the date and where the roaster would go.
Could you cook in Northfleet Urban Country Park?
Only if the landowner, normally the council, allows it. Check with them first, and tell us what they say.
Can visitors buy their own food?
That depends on the event. Let us know how you’d like it to work and we’ll talk it through.
Do we need our own staff?
You don’t need anyone else: we carve, serve and tidy up.
How far ahead should we book?
As early as you can for summer weekends and December. Quieter dates can frequently be booked at shorter notice. Send your date and we’ll check.
What if things run late?
We will be as flexible as we can. Give us a contact on the day and we’ll adjust.
Do you bring plates?
We supply plates as standard. You can upgrade to china if you prefer.
Can we just hire the roaster?
Yes, we hire out the hog roast machine. We’ll explain what’s supplied and how it works when we quote.
What a hog roast costs
Your quote depends on:
- Busy dates such as summer Saturdays
- How long the roast and service take
- The number of people
- Menu choices and extras
Distance is part of the price: we include travel in the quote. Give us the address for an accurate figure.
What we need to know
When you enquire, it helps to include:
- Allergies we should know about
- Where the event is
- Roughly how many people
- Rules from the venue or landowner
Send us the date, the address or DA12 postcode and rough numbers, along with your serving time. We will check the date and send a quote. Fill in our quote form.
Where the roaster can go in Gravesend
Most outdoor spaces can work with a little planning. Here’s what we look for:
- Space for people to queue
- Space away from marquees, stalls and trees
- A level pitch with firm ground
If you are unsure, send a photo of the space and the way in, and we’ll say what we think before you book.
Popular choices
- Hog roast rolls
- Rotisserie chicken
- Coleslaw
- Crackling
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
Towns and villages near Gravesend
More for events in Gravesend
DIY versus a catered hog roast
Some hosts try a barbecue instead, but someone ends up cooking in batches all afternoon. With a hog roast, one roast feeds everyone at once.
You could go for a cold buffet, but nothing beats hot pork and crackling carved in front of you.
How it works
People love watching the carving: our chef carves the pork in front of the queue, and the crackling is shared out so everyone gets some. Summer events in Gravesend have daylight until about 9:20pm at midsummer and about 7:00pm by late September, so evening trading typically finishes in daylight in high summer. Winter fairs, dark by about 3:50pm, need a well-lit pitch.
- Share the date, site and expected crowds.
- We agree how food will be paid for.
- We roast on the pitch.
- Carving keeps the queue moving.
- We tidy the pitch.
Before we arrive
- Plan a step-free way in for the equipment
- Give us a contact number for the day
- Pick a flat, open area outside for cooking
Ask for a quote
Numbers not final yet? Give us your best estimate and we’ll quote on that, and you can confirm nearer the time. Use our quote form.
Planning help
Allergies and dietary needs
You’ll get allergen information for everything we serve. To make the most of it:
- Let us know if many visitors are vegetarian
- Tell us what the event asks of traders
- Plan separately for halal if needed
- Show allergens at the stall
At the end, we pack down and take our waste.
Tell us about any theme, such as a vintage fête.
For event organisers in Gravesend
Venues often have rules for outside caterers, from approved lists to where a gas roaster can go. Check early, and tell us what they ask for.
If the event is on someone else’s land, you will need the landowner’s permission for cooking and vehicles. Get that agreed before booking.
- Roasted slowly at your venue, outdoors and under cover
- Carved by our chef into rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Not just pork: spit-roast lamb, chicken and vegetarian choices
- Staff to serve at the agreed time, then clear away