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Fête and Festival Hog Roast in Pratling Street, Kent
Give your visitors slow-roasted pork and crackling at your event in Pratling Street. We roast on site, carve to order and serve it hot.
- Car shows and rallies
- Fundraising events
- PTA summer fairs
Slow-roasted pork in Pratling Street
Organising for someone else?
Some venues add a fee for outside caterers, so check before you book. We will work with the venue on access and the cooking spot.
If the event is on someone else’s land, you’ll need the landowner’s permission for cooking and vehicles. Sort that first.
Hog roast for events in Pratling Street, slow-roasted on site
Agricultural shows and country events near Pratling Street are a natural home for a hog roast, with fields, crowds and long days. We are frequently asked to cater food and music festivals and community events, serving apple sauce, halloumi skewers and hog roast rolls.
A fête near Pratling Street might be on a field with no mains power; the roaster runs on gas, so that’s fine. Everything we need to roast, carve and serve comes with us, and we pack away and leave the area as we found it.
A hog roast or other catering?
Next to a burger van, a hog roast stands out at a traditional fête. 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, with everything listed.
Why Pratling Street hosts choose us
- Planned to your running order
- Carved to order by a chef
- Salads, potatoes and coleslaw to go with it
- We bring everything to cook and serve
Take a look at our prices page or our hog roast cost guide.
What the cooking area needs
The roaster needs the right spot, because it cooks outside for several hours, so a few things are worth checking:
- Details of what the event requires
- A level pitch
- Clearance from other stalls and tents
If you are unsure, send a photo of the space and the way in, and we’ll say what we think.
What we serve
- Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Rotisserie chicken
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Crackling
- Coleslaw
- Hog roast rolls
Catered or do it yourself?
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.
Full catering or machine hire? Catered means we do everything: roasting, carving, serving and clearing. With hire only, you do the cooking yourself.
FAQs for Pratling Street
Which station is closest to Pratling Street?
Aylesford station, about 1.4 miles west of the centre.
Could you cook in Tyland Barn?
Only with permission from the park’s owner, normally the council, and many parks do not allow cooking. Ask them first.
Can the hog roast be cooked indoors?
It cooks outside, under a gazebo, on a level spot. Serving indoors is usually fine if the venue is happy.
Do you leave the area tidy?
We clear the serving area and pack away, leaving the spot as we found it.
Is crockery included?
We supply plates as standard. You can upgrade to china if you prefer.
Do you need power on site?
Cooking is gas-fired. Power helps for lighting.
Can we just hire the roaster?
Yes, for confident cooks. We will explain the details with your quote.
What about visitors who don’t eat pork?
We can add lamb or chicken, plus halloumi skewers for vegetarians and a vegan burger or sausage. Halal meat is not something we offer.
Allergies and dietary needs
Standard rolls and stuffing contain gluten, and gluten-free rolls are available on request. Other tips:
- Show allergens at the stall
- Let us know if many visitors are vegetarian
- Halal isn’t offered
- Make the stall easy to find
We follow the organiser’s site rules, including when vehicles can move.
Add rotisserie chicken for visitors who do not eat pork.
About the food
Stuffing and apple sauce
No hog roast roll is complete without sage and onion stuffing and apple sauce, balancing the rich, salty pork.
Rolls and gluten-free rolls
Everything goes into a soft roll, perfect for eating on the move. Gluten-free rolls are available on request.
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. In December, Pratling Street is dark by about 3:50pm, so plan lights for the stall and the queue.
- You tell us the event, the pitch and the expected crowd.
- We check the pitch and any paperwork, then quote.
- We arrive early, set up on the pitch and start roasting.
- We carve rolls to order as the queue moves.
- Afterwards we clear the pitch and go.
Getting ready for the day
- Send final numbers in good time
- Make sure the cooking area is away from walls, tents and trees
- Plan a step-free way in for the equipment
Ask for a quote
We price every booking individually, because numbers, menu, serving time and travel vary. Ask us for a quote for your event: use our quote form.
Related guides
Why choose hog roast for events in Pratling Street?
We bring everything, so you only need to provide the pitch.
Lots of different events suit a hog roast. Here are some of the most popular:
- Town and village days
- Food and music festivals
- Vintage rallies
- Country shows
If your event is in Tyland Barn, the organiser will need the landowner’s permission for hot-food traders and vehicles.
Comparing caterers
- The full menu and the sides
- Staffing on the day
- How dietary needs are handled
- The space, cover and access they need
More for events in Pratling Street
Event catering near Pratling Street
Pratling Street is about 3 miles north-west of Maidstone, in Kent. We cover events in Pratling Street, as well as the surrounding area. Pratling Street is one of 922 places in Kent we cover. Our bookings stretch from Pratling Street to Canterbury (about 25 miles away).
Church fêtes, at churches such as Methodist Church Including Sunday School, are a natural home for a hog roast. For anyone arriving by train, the closest railway station is Aylesford station, roughly 1.4 miles west of the centre. Within about 7 miles is the Kent Downs National Landscape, where events may have extra rules on cooking and waste; we work to the site rules.
We bring hog roasts to events all over ME20 and the streets around it. Local streets include Old Mill Lane, Pratling Street and St Michaels Close; an event on any of them works well with outdoor space and a way in. For events just outside Pratling Street, we cover Forstal (1 mile south-west), Eccles (1 mile north-west), Burham (2 miles north-west), New Hythe (2 miles west) and Larkfield (2 miles west). Larger places within reach include Maidstone (3 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (11 miles east), Dartford (15 miles north-west), Sevenoaks (14 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (15 miles south-west) and Gravesend (10 miles north-west).
Other landmarks nearby include Fremlin Walk (2.4 miles south-east) and Allington Castle (1.1 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Burham Down and Boxley Hills.
- Schools near Pratling Street include Aylesford School (1.5 miles west)
- Nearby, you will find The Bush pub (0.6 miles west)
- Slow-roasted on site for hours, outdoors at your event
- Carved to order by our chef, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Options beyond pork, including lamb, chicken and vegetarian dishes
- Staff to serve at the agreed time, then clear away