Brighton and Hove · England
Hog Roast for Events for Hanover
Plenty of choice: hog roast rolls, lamb, rotisserie chicken, halloumi skewers and a vegan option, plus salads, coleslaw and potatoes. Book a hog roast for your event in Hanover.
- Town and village days
- School events
- Festivals
Planning an event in Hanover?
How our hog roast for events works in Hanover
How the food is paid for depends on the event: a catered package paid by the organiser, or a stall selling to visitors. Tell us how you’d like it to work. We are often asked to cater summer fêtes and school fairs and sports days, with rotisserie chicken, apple sauce and hog roast rolls.
Around Hanover, a fête or summer fair suits a hog roast. Tell us about the pitch, ground and access. We bring the roaster, the cover and everything we need to cook and serve, and we pack away and leave the area as we found it.
- Where
- Hanover (BN2, BN1, BN50)
- County
- Brighton and Hove
- On the menu
- Pork, crackling, stuffing and apple sauce in rolls
- Extras
- Chicken, lamb, halloumi skewers and a vegan option
- Price
- Quoted for your event
- Page updated
- 26 October 2026
A hog roast compared with other options
Compared with a barbecue stall, a hog roast serves quickly from one roast. 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, so you know exactly what you’re paying for.
Why us?
- Serving and clearing done for you
- An itemised quote
- The classics: stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Timed around your day
See our pricing or the cost guide.
Also near Hanover
Also in Hanover
Working with your venue
Venues frequently have rules for outside caterers, including where gas cooking is allowed. Check early, and tell us what they ask for.
If you are organising for someone else, such as a wedding planner, an office manager or a fête committee, let us know who we’ll deal with on the day. We will keep everyone in the loop.
Space, access and the venue
Planning the cooking spot is the key. A quick checklist:
- Details of what the event requires
- Room for a queue that doesn’t block paths
- Space away from marquees, stalls and trees
If you’re unsure, send a photo of the space and the way in, and we’ll say what we think.
Popular choices
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Coleslaw
- Crackling
- Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
- Rotisserie chicken
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Hog roast rolls
Hanover events: pitches and permissions
Hanover is about 1 mile south of Brighton, in Brighton and Hove. We cater events across Hanover and nearby, from gardens to fields. Hanover is one of 30 towns and villages in Brighton and Hove we cover.
If your event is in Queen's Park, the organiser will need the landowner’s permission for hot-food traders and vehicles. A summer fête at Church of the Annunciation is the classic setting for a hog roast. Events in and around the South Downs National Park, within about 7 miles of Hanover, often have rules about cooking, vehicles and waste; we’ll follow the site’s requirements. The coast is within about a mile of Hanover, so for seaside events we plan a sheltered pitch.
Anywhere in BN2, BN1 and BN50, we can roast on site for your visitors, from busy streets to quiet lanes. Streets in the area include Elmore Road, London Road and Milton Road, and an event on any of them works with a garden, drive or yard for the roaster. Nearby, we also cater events in Brighton (1 mile north), Carlton Hill (1 mile south), West Hill (1 mile west), Seven Dials (1 mile west) and Kemptown (1 mile south-east). Further out, we also cater in Brighton and Hove (3 miles west), Aldrington (3 miles west), Hangleton (3 miles north-west), Patcham (3 miles north), Westdene (3 miles north-west) and Saltdean (4 miles south-east). Being one of Brighton and Hove’s larger places, Hanover has plenty of venues, halls and workplaces.
A little further out are Old Police Cells Museum (0.8 miles south-west) and Brighton General Hospital (0.6 miles east). Within reach you will find Whitehawk Hill and Newmarket Hill.
- Nearby schools include Academy of Creative Training (0.6 miles south) and Brighton Girls (1 mile west)
- Local pubs include The Dover Castle pub (less than half a mile south)
The process
A hog roast is always cooked outside, under a gazebo on level ground, away from buildings, marquee walls and overhanging branches. We will agree the spot with you beforehand. At midsummer, events in Hanover stay light until about 9:15pm, so evening trading usually finishes in daylight in high summer. For winter events, dark by about 3:55pm, the pitch needs lighting.
- Organisers send us the event details.
- We check the pitch and paperwork and quote.
- The roast starts before the gates open.
- We serve as visitors arrive.
- We leave the pitch clean.
Before we arrive
- Check there’s a route to wheel the equipment in, without steps
- Gather dietary requirements early
- Choose someone to meet us on arrival
Getting a price
Every quote lists the menu, the serving time, staff and plates, so it is easy to compare like for like. Send us your details through our quote form.
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Hanover: your questions answered
Could you cook in Queen's Park?
Only with permission from the park’s owner, generally the council, and many parks do not allow cooking. Ask them first, and tell us what they say.
Which station is closest to Hanover?
The closest is Brighton station, roughly 0.6 miles away.
Can you work around our timings?
We’ll be as flexible as we can. Give us a contact on the day and we will adjust.
What’s included?
The classic: pork in rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling. Sides and extra meats are listed in your quote.
Can you come to a PTA fair?
Yes, with the school’s permission. Tell us the date and pitch.
How much does a hog roast cost?
Numbers, menu and travel decide the price. Tell us your date and we’ll send a price.
How do you work out quantities?
We plan quantities from the numbers you give us, and we’ll talk it through when we quote.
Can we hire the machine and cook it ourselves?
We do, if you are happy to roast and carve yourself. Ask and we’ll talk you through it.
What comes off the roaster
Crackling
The skin crisps up over the hours of roasting, and we break it up so everyone gets a piece.
Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
Tell us how many vegans to expect, and we will plan the vegan burgers or sausages.
Occasions we serve in Hanover
It is the stall people find by following their noses.
Hosts in Hanover book us for everything from small get-togethers to big outdoor events. Popular choices:
- Tournaments and sports days
- Horse and dog shows
- Church and village fêtes
- Community events
For anyone arriving by train, the closest railway station is Brighton station, roughly 0.6 miles west of the centre.
Comparing caterers
- How long the roast takes and when they’ll arrive
- Allergen information for every dish
- The full menu and the sides
- Staffing on the day
What a hog roast costs
We do not use a fixed price list, since every event is different. The main factors are:
- Travel to Hanover
- The number of people
- How easy it is to reach the spot
- Season and day of the week
Weekday and off-season dates can be easier to book, and the menu you choose matters too. Ask us and we will suggest the best fit for your budget.
What we need to know
To check availability and the cooking area, we’ll need:
- Where the roaster could go, ideally with a picture
- Rough numbers
- The date and when you’d like to eat
- Any venue rules
When you’re weighing up caterers, ask each one exactly what’s included. We spell it out in ours. For a quote, use our quote form.
Allergies and dietary needs
A little planning helps everyone eat safely. A few tips:
- Plan separately for halal if needed
- Balance the food line-up
- Signpost the stall clearly
- Tell us what the event asks of traders
We arrive early, set up on the pitch and start roasting, so the roast is ready when visitors arrive.
Gluten-free rolls are available on request.
- Cooked where you are, slowly, over several hours outdoors
- Freshly carved pork with crackling, stuffing and apple sauce
- Options beyond pork, including lamb, chicken and vegetarian dishes
- Served when you’re ready, and we tidy the serving area afterwards