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Fête and Festival Hog Roast in Wrotham Heath, Kent
Slow-roasted, carved in front of you and served hot: a hog roast for your event in Wrotham Heath and the surrounding area.
- Food and music festivals
- Community events
- Fun runs and sports events
Hog roast for events in Wrotham Heath
Hog roast for events near Wrotham Heath
Country shows near Wrotham Heath suit a hog roast, with fields, crowds and long days. On the menu are a vegan burger or sausage, apple sauce and rotisserie chicken, and typical bookings are for car and steam shows and fun runs and sports events.
A fête near Wrotham Heath might be on a field with no mains power; the roaster runs on gas, so that’s fine. The carving happens right in front of your visitors, so every roll gets hot pork and a piece of crackling.
Organising for someone else?
For workplace bookings, ask your facilities team about outside caterers and gas cooking. We will fit in with site rules.
Some venues add a fee for outside caterers, so check before booking. We will work with the venue on access and the cooking spot.
DIY versus a catered hog roast
Catered or DIY? Catered means we do everything: roasting, carving, serving and clearing. With DIY hire, you do the work and save on staffing.
We also hire out the hog roast machine for confident cooks. You cook and carve it yourself; we’ll explain what’s supplied and how it works when we quote.
Wrotham Heath: your questions answered
Could you cook in Trosley Country Park?
Only with permission from the park’s owner, generally the council, and many parks don’t allow cooking. Check with them first, and tell us what they say.
Do you come out to small places like Wrotham Heath?
No, we come to small places too. Tell us about lanes, gates and the ground.
Do you need power or water?
Not to cook, because the roaster is gas-fired. Let us know what’s on site.
How long does a hog roast take to cook?
Hours rather than minutes. We’ll confirm our arrival time when we quote.
Is there a non-pork option?
The menu has lamb, chicken, vegetarian and vegan options. Halal meat isn’t something we offer.
Do you have documents for event organisers?
Requirements vary. Let us know what you need.
Can we hire the machine and cook it ourselves?
Yes, for confident cooks. Ask and we will talk you through it.
What space does the roaster need?
A level, open area outdoors with room for the roaster, a gazebo and a carving table, well clear of walls, tents and branches. We’ll confirm the space with your quote.
How the day works
Serving is straightforward: our chef carves and our staff fill the rolls or plates, and sides go out at the same time. Afterwards we clear the serving area and pack away. Late-May events in Wrotham Heath have light until about 8:50pm, while at midsummer it’s about 9:20pm. After dark, the stall needs lighting.
- 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
- Give us a contact number for the day
- Give us final numbers a week or so before
- Think about shelter for your visitors
Getting a price
A quote from us sets out the menu, timings, staffing and what’s included, so it’s easy to compare like for like. Fill in our quote form.
Planning help
Wrotham Heath events: pitches and permissions
Wrotham Heath is about 7 miles east of Sevenoaks, in Kent. Events in Wrotham Heath are part of our patch, as well as the surrounding area. Wrotham Heath is one of 922 places in Kent we cover. We cater events right across the region, from Wrotham Heath to London (about 24 miles away).
An event in Trosley Country Park means agreeing traders and vehicle routes with the landowner, normally the council. School fairs, for a school like Platt Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, are a natural fit for a hog roast. Events in and around the Kent Downs National Landscape, within about 8 miles of Wrotham Heath, frequently have rules about cooking, vehicles and waste; we will follow the site’s requirements.
Anywhere in ME19 and TN15, we can bring the roaster to you. Local streets include London Road, Sandy Lane and Clearway; an event on any of them works well with outdoor space and a way in. Close by, we cover events in Comp (1 mile south-west), Platt (1 mile south-west), Offham (1 mile east), Borough Green (2 miles west) and Crouch (2 miles south-west). Larger places within reach include Maidstone (8 miles east), Dartford (11 miles north-west), Sevenoaks (7 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (12 miles south), Gravesend (9 miles north) and Tonbridge (8 miles south-west).
Nearby you’ll also find Beechin Wood Archery Museum (1.2 miles south-west) and Ightham Court (2.7 miles west).
- Schools near Wrotham Heath include Wrotham School (1.7 miles west)
How we price a hog roast for your event
Things that change the price:
- How many people are eating
- Distance from us
- Crockery choices
- How easy it is to reach the spot
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.
What to tell us
To check availability and the cooking area, tell us:
- Allergies we should know about
- The venue or postcode
- The date and when you’d like to eat
- What the outdoor space is like
Planning ahead? Popular dates fill up early, so ask early for summer Saturdays and December. Send us your date for a quote: use our quote form.
Looking after everyone
Standard rolls and stuffing contain gluten, and gluten-free rolls are available on request. A few more tips:
- Check other traders are not all selling pork
- Plan separately for halal if needed
- Make the stall easy to find
- Ask for gluten-free rolls if you expect coeliac visitors
We carve to order through the agreed hours.
Add rotisserie chicken for visitors who don’t eat pork.
Why choose a hog roast in Wrotham Heath?
Next to volunteers cooking, we take the cooking off your volunteers. Travel matters for the price: travel is included in your quote. Tell us the exact address for an accurate figure.
Why Wrotham Heath hosts choose us
- Staff to serve, so you don’t have to
- All the equipment comes with us
- Fresh carving at the serving station
- Salads, potatoes and coleslaw to go with it
See how we price or our hog roast cost guide.
What comes off the roaster
Stuffing and apple sauce
Sharp, sweet apple sauce and savoury sage and onion stuffing go with the pork perfectly. Stuffing normally contains gluten.
Rotisserie chicken
Golden rotisserie chicken goes into rolls or onto plates.
What else we do in Wrotham Heath
What the cooking area needs
Planning the cooking spot is the key. Check these:
- A firm way on and off the field
- 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 will say what we think.
From the roaster
- Coleslaw
- Crackling
- Rotisserie chicken
- Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
- Hog roast rolls
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Roasted on site for several hours, outdoors under cover
- Our chef carves the pork, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling on the side
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside the pork
- Served by our staff at the time you choose, then cleared away