Hampshire · England
Fête and Festival Hog Roast in Hollywater, Hampshire
We bring a hog roast for your event to Hollywater and nearby, cooking slowly at your venue and serving it hot.
- PTA summer fairs
- Festivals
- Summer fêtes
Book a hog roast in Hollywater
About our hog roast for events in Hollywater
Charity fundraisers in Hollywater can use a hog roast to draw people in. We will talk through options with you. Whether it is village fêtes and small festivals, we can cook rotisserie chicken, a vegan burger or sausage and halloumi skewers and more.
Near Hollywater, events may be far from shops and cafés, so a hog roast goes down well. Everything is cooked on the day, at your venue, low and slow, for hours, and carved only when you are ready to eat.
Questions from Hollywater
Can you come to a school fair in Hollywater?
Yes, if the school is happy for a hog roast on site. Tell us the date and pitch details.
Is Hollywater close to London?
Roughly 43 miles from the centre of London.
Can you be flexible on serving time?
We work back from when you want to eat, and we can hold the roast for a while if the day runs behind.
Is mains power needed?
The roaster runs on gas, so we don’t need mains power to cook. Power can help with lighting after dark.
How do we prepare?
Only the space and a contact number. We bring the roaster, cover and serving kit.
Will there be enough to go round?
The roast is chosen to suit how many you are feeding, so tell us your best estimate. We will confirm the menu in the quote.
What do you need from the organiser?
Cooking is gas-fired. Power helps for lighting.
What happens after service?
We pack everything away after service, so you’re not left with the mess.
How we price a hog roast for your event
A few things make the biggest difference to the price:
- Access to the cooking area
- Distance from us
- The serving time and how long we are on site
- Plates or china
Weekday and off-season dates can be easier to book, and the menu you choose matters too. Ask us and we’ll suggest the best fit for your budget.
Getting an accurate quote
To check the date and the space, we’ll need:
- Roughly how many people
- Allergies we should know about
- Where the roaster could go, ideally with a photo
- Your menu choices
When you’re weighing up caterers, ask each one exactly what’s included. Ours lists it clearly. To get yours, send us your details through our quote form.
How it works
Slow roasting is the whole point: hours of gentle heat make the pork soft and juicy while the skin turns into crackling. Then it rests briefly before our chef carves. Late-May events in Hollywater have light until about 8:55pm, and midsummer ones until about 9:20pm. Evening festivals need lighting by the stall after that.
- Start with the date and numbers.
- We agree how food will be paid for.
- We arrive and set up under cover.
- We serve rolls quickly.
- We tidy the pitch.
How to prepare
- Plan a step-free way in for the equipment
- Measure the narrowest gate or passage
- Give us final numbers a week or so before
Ask for a quote
For a quote, send us a few details: the date and serving time, the venue or GU35 postcode, rough numbers and which extras you’d like. Send us your details through our quote form.
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A hog roast compared with other options
Compared with a volunteer-run kitchen, we take the cooking off your volunteers. Adding lamb, chicken, extra sides or china changes the price, so we list each one in the quote. A simple menu keeps the cost down.
Why book our hog roast in Hollywater
- Planned to your running order
- Slow-roasted at your venue, not reheated
- An itemised quote
- Rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
Take a look at our pricing and the cost guide.
For event organisers in Hollywater
Booking for a club or group? A single point of contact keeps things simple, particularly when timings shift.
If the event is on someone else’s land, the landowner needs to agree to cooking and vehicles. Sort that first.
Events we cater in Hollywater
We bring everything, so organisers have little to provide.
People around Hollywater book us for everything from small get-togethers to big outdoor events. Popular choices:
- Tournaments and sports days
- PTA summer fairs
- Country shows
- Charity days
A school like Woodlea Primary School can book a hog roast for a fair, fun run or sports day.
Questions to ask before you book
- A clear list of what’s included
- How dietary needs are handled
- Where the roaster goes and what it needs
- Which meats, sides and extras are included
Also in Hollywater
Hollywater events: pitches and permissions
Hollywater is about 6 miles south-east of Alton, in Hampshire. Hollywater is well within our area for events and the places nearby. We cover 683 places in Hampshire, from the larger towns to small villages. Our bookings stretch from Hollywater to Guildford (16 miles away).
For anyone arriving by train, the nearest station is Liphook station, about 3.1 miles south-east. For a church fête or fundraiser, at a church such as St Mark's Sacred Church, a hog roast adds hot food to the cakes and tombola. Within about 6 miles is the Surrey Hills National Landscape, where events may have extra rules on cooking and waste; we will follow the site’s requirements.
Here we cover the GU35 postcode area, so your event can be anywhere in it. From Hollywater Road and Liphook Road or a nearby road, we can set up and roast there. Other places close to Hollywater we cover include Standford (1 mile north-east), Whitehill (1 mile west), Deadwater (1 mile north), Bordon (1 mile north-west) and Lindford (1 mile north). Within a short drive, we also cover Farnborough (14 miles north), Fleet (12 miles north), Horndean (15 miles south-west), Aldershot (11 miles north), Alton (6 miles north-west) and Petersfield (8 miles south-west).
A little further out are The Romany Museum (3.9 miles west) and Chase Community Hospital (0.6 miles north-west). The countryside around Hollywater includes Wheeler's Down and Deadwater Valley.
- Local schools include Mill Chase Academy (0.8 miles north)
Planning the cooking spot
Most gardens, car parks, yards and fields work with a little planning. Here’s what helps:
- A level pitch with firm ground
- Access for our vehicle to the pitch
- Event approval for hot-food traders
Not sure about the cooking spot? Send us a photo and we’ll tell you honestly.
Popular choices
- Coleslaw
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
- Rotisserie chicken
- Hog roast rolls
- Crackling
A closer look at the menu
Rotisserie chicken
Chicken off the rotisserie, carved or jointed goes into rolls or onto plates alongside the pork.
Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
Our vegan option is a vegan burger or sausage, served in a roll with salads.
Planning for dietary needs
Not everyone eats pork, so plan an alternative. Helpful tips:
- Ask for gluten-free rolls if you expect coeliac visitors
- Let us know if many visitors are vegetarian
- Balance the food line-up
- Show allergens at the stall
We clear the pitch and take everything away.
A vegan burger or sausage covers vegan visitors.
- Roasted on site for several hours, outdoors under cover
- Freshly carved pork with crackling, stuffing and apple sauce
- Not just pork: spit-roast lamb, chicken and vegetarian choices
- Served when you’re ready, and we tidy the serving area afterwards