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Fête and Festival Hog Roast in Platt's Heath, Kent
Looking for a hog roast for your event in Platt's Heath? The roaster comes to your venue, home or workplace and cooks under cover and our staff serve at the time you choose.
- Horse and dog shows
- Community events
- Summer fêtes
A hog roast near Platt's Heath
Why choose hog roast for events in Platt's Heath?
Alternatives cover non-pork eaters.
Our roaster has been booked for a wide mix of occasions near Platt's Heath, such as:
- PTA summer fairs
- Small festivals
- Community days and street fairs
- Charity fundraisers
If you are organising a summer fair or sports day for a school such as Platts Heath Primary School, a hog roast is a crowd-pleaser.
Questions to ask before you book
- VAT, if it applies
- How many staff will carve and serve
- Whether travel is included
- What the cooking area needs: space, cover and access
Hog roast for events near Platt's Heath
For organisers, one reliable hot-food trader makes life easier. We bring everything, roast on the pitch and leave it clean. Typical bookings include festivals and community days and street fairs, with crackling, a vegan burger or sausage and apple sauce.
Rural events near Platt's Heath can be a long way from anywhere to eat, so a hog roast goes down well. We bring the people to serve and clear up, so nobody in your party has to serve or tidying up afterwards.
Nearby places to Platt's Heath
Other occasions in Platt's Heath
For planners, venues and organisers
For workplace bookings, ask your facilities team about outside caterers and gas cooking. We will fit in with site rules.
Venues often have rules for outside caterers, from approved lists to where a gas roaster can go. Check early, and pass on anything they need from us.
Why choose a hog roast in Platt's Heath?
Next to volunteers cooking, a professional hog roast frees up your helpers. The main driver is numbers: the price per head usually falls as numbers rise, because the roaster, staff and travel cost much the same either way.
Why us?
- Planned to your running order
- Carved to order by a chef
- Self-contained: roaster, cover and serving kit
- Cooked on the day, low and slow
Read our prices page and the cost guide.
Platt's Heath: your questions answered
Can you do a hog roast at a venue in the Kent Downs National Landscape?
Yes. Some venues there have rules about cooking and vehicles, so check with yours. We’ll work to whatever the site needs.
How far is Platt's Heath from London?
Roughly 39 miles from the centre of London, and we cover it as standard.
Is it pay as you go?
Both models are possible. We will work it out together.
Do you trade at village fêtes?
A hog roast suits a fête perfectly. Contact us.
Does the roaster have to be outside?
No, the roast is always cooked outdoors under cover, away from buildings and marquee walls. We can often serve indoors if the venue agrees.
What comes with the hog roast?
Rolls with roast pork, stuffing, apple sauce and crackling. You can add lamb, chicken, vegetarian and vegan options, salads, coleslaw and potatoes.
Is there a non-pork option?
The menu has lamb, chicken, vegetarian and vegan options. We don’t provide halal meat.
How big a hog will we need?
We plan quantities from the numbers you give us, and we will confirm everything in writing.
How it works
A typical booking goes like this: we arrive, set up under cover and start roasting, the pork cooks slowly for hours, and we carve and serve at the agreed time. Summer events in Platt's Heath have daylight until about 9:15pm at midsummer and about 7:00pm by late September, which helps evening trading. For winter events, dark by about 3:50pm, the pitch needs lighting.
- Tell us about the event.
- We confirm the pitch and send a price.
- We set up early on the pitch.
- We serve as visitors arrive.
- We leave the pitch clean.
Getting ready for the day
- Plan somewhere sheltered for people to eat if it rains
- Check there’s a route to wheel the equipment in, without steps
- Gather dietary requirements early
How to get a price
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.
Planning help
Catered or do it yourself?
Full catering or machine hire? Catered means we do everything: roasting, carving, serving and clearing. With DIY hire, you do the work and save on staffing.
You could roast a hog yourself, but it’s a long day’s work, from early set-up to carving at the end. With us catering, you get to be a host, not a cook.
What affects the price in Platt's Heath
Each booking is quoted on its own, based on a few main things:
- Distance from us
- Time on site
- Busy dates such as summer Saturdays
- Crockery choices
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.
Getting an accurate quote
These are the details we need:
- Which meats and sides you’d like
- Where the event is
- Anything the venue has asked for
- Allergies we should know about
We price every booking individually, based on numbers, menu, timings and distance. Ask us for a quote for your event: send us your details through our quote form.
About the food
Stuffing and apple sauce
A spoonful of apple sauce and a slice of stuffing turn a pork roll into a hog roast roll.
Roast pork
Our chef carves the pork as it is needed, so it stays hot and juicy.
Event catering near Platt's Heath
Platt's Heath is about 7 miles south-east of Maidstone, in Kent. We’re happy to travel to Platt's Heath for events and the places nearby. We cater all 922 towns and villages in Kent, from the larger towns to small villages. We cater events right across the region, from Platt's Heath to Canterbury (about 18 miles away).
A summer fête at Church of St Nicholas is the classic setting for a hog roast. If your event is in Kiln Wood, the organiser will need the landowner’s permission for hot-food traders and vehicles. Within about 4 miles is the Kent Downs National Landscape, where events may have extra rules on cooking and waste; we’ll follow the site’s requirements.
Wherever your event is in ME17, we can roast on site for your visitors. We can cater an event on streets such as School Lane, Headcorn Road and Green Lane or the roads around them, wherever there is an outdoor spot for the roaster. Neighbouring places where we cater events include Liverton Street (1 mile south-west), Sandway (1 mile north-east), Boughton Malherbe (1 mile south-east), Fairbourne Heath (1 mile west) and Grafty Green (1 mile south). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (7 miles north-west), Ashford (10 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (9 miles north), Faversham (11 miles north-east), Minster (14 miles north) and Kings Hill (13 miles west).
A little further out are The Dog Collar Museum (2.9 miles north-west) and Coldbridge Castle (1.8 miles south).
- Local schools include The Lenham School (1.4 miles north-east)
- Local pubs include Wishful Thinker pub (0.8 miles east)
Space, access and the venue
Most gardens, car parks, yards and fields work if a few things are right. Here’s what helps:
- A level pitch with firm ground
- Permission for cooking on the site
- Access for our vehicle to the pitch
Not sure about the cooking spot? Send us a picture and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Popular choices
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Hog roast rolls
- Coleslaw
- Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
- Rotisserie chicken
- Crackling
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Roasted on site for several hours, outdoors under cover
- 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