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Hog Roast Catering in Ascott Earl, Oxfordshire
Slow-roasted, carved in front of you and served hot: a hog roast in Ascott Earl and the surrounding area.
- Gatherings after a funeral
- Village fêtes and school fairs
- Club events and presentations
Planning an event in Ascott Earl?
Planning for dietary needs
A hog roast is pork, so plan for anyone who does not eat it. Here’s how to cover everyone:
- Give us numbers for vegetarians and vegans so we bring enough halloumi skewers and vegan burgers or sausages
- Ask us to keep the vegetarian food separate and labelled
- Stuffing normally contains gluten, so check the allergen information
- Count anyone who does not eat pork, so we can bring lamb, chicken or vegetarian options
We’ll be with you for a good part of the day, since slow roasting starts early.
Sides turn a roll into a proper meal, and they’re listed in your quote.
Hog roast hire for your event in Ascott Earl
With hog roast hire, the cooking happens at your event, so the pork is hot and the crackling is crisp when it’s served. Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options can go alongside. We serve hog roast rolls, halloumi skewers and coleslaw, and we are often booked for staff days and open days and gatherings after a funeral.
Somewhere as small as Ascott Earl, a field, yard or garden is often the spot. Country lanes and long drives are fine if we know about them, and firm, level ground matters most. Plates come as standard, with china available if you’d like it, at an extra cost.
- Area
- Ascott Earl (OX7)
- Area hub
- Oxfordshire
- Menu
- Pork, crackling, stuffing and apple sauce in rolls
- Also available
- Spit-roast lamb, rotisserie chicken, vegetarian and vegan options
- Quotes
- Ask us for a quote
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
A hog roast compared with other options
The obvious catch is that a hog roast is pork. So we offer lamb, chicken and vegetarian and vegan choices too for anyone who does not eat it. UK price guides vary widely: roughly £10 a head for a simple roll, rising past £20 with more included. Every event gets its own quote, so you know exactly what you are paying for.
Why us?
- Our staff serve and clear
- An itemised quote
- We bring everything to cook and serve
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside
Read our prices page and what a hog roast costs.
Planners, venues and businesses
Marquee hire companies often have rules about cooking near their tents, so tell them a hog roast is coming. The roaster stays a safe distance from the marquee.
If you’re a venue or event planner, we are happy to work alongside your team, sharing timings and a site plan.
The menu, dish by dish
Halloumi and vegetable skewers (V)
Our vegetarian option is halloumi and vegetable skewers: squeaky, salty cheese with colourful veg.
Spit-roast lamb
Spit-roast lamb is popular alongside the pork, and handy for anyone who doesn’t eat pork.
Ascott Earl questions
Can you cater after a service at Church of the Holy Trinity?
Yes, at a nearby hall, home or venue with room to cook outside. Food is generally served at the reception venue rather than the church. Tell us where you will gather.
Which station is closest to Ascott Earl?
Ascott Earl has its own station: Ascott-Under-Wychwood station.
Can we hire the machine and cook it ourselves?
We do, if you are happy to roast and carve yourself. We will explain the details with your quote.
Is hog roast hire catered or DIY?
Both are available: we can cater fully or hire out the machine. Most people choose catering.
Is it just pork?
The hog is the centrepiece, but lamb and chicken can be added.
How long does the roast need?
It depends on the size of the hog and the weather, but it’s several hours. We will confirm our arrival time when we quote.
Do you travel across Oxfordshire?
We cover Oxfordshire and the rest of London and the South East. Tell us the venue and we’ll quote.
How much room do you need?
Roughly the footprint of a gazebo or two, on level ground, away from buildings, marquee walls and overhanging trees. We will confirm the space with your quote.
The process
Your timings come first. If things run late, we can hold the cooked roast for a while before carving, so tell us as soon as plans change. Around midsummer it stays light in Ascott Earl until about 9:30pm; by late September sunset is nearer 7:10pm, so a summer evening hog roast is normally carved in daylight. In December it’s dark by about 3:55pm, so the cooking and serving area needs lighting.
- Send us your date, numbers and address.
- We check the space and quote.
- We arrive early, set up under cover and start roasting.
- Our chef carves and our staff serve.
- We clear up and go.
Preparing for the day
- Pick a flat, open area outside for cooking
- Ensure the cooking area is away from walls, tents and trees
- Think about shelter for your guests
Getting a price
To get a quote, just send us your date, venue and numbers. A picture of the cooking area helps. Fill in our quote form.
Related guides
Catered or do it yourself?
A barbecue is the other obvious choice, but someone ends up cooking in batches all afternoon. With a hog roast, one roast feeds everyone at once.
You could roast a hog yourself, but it’s a long day’s work, from early set-up to carving at the end. A catered hog roast means you can enjoy the day.
Also near Ascott Earl
What else we do in Ascott Earl
Why choose hog roast hire in Ascott Earl?
You can taste the hours of roasting: the meat is tender and the crackling crisp, carved fresh for every roll.
However big or small the event in Ascott Earl, a slow roast goes a long way. Bookings frequently include:
- Christmas fairs
- Community events
- Wakes
- Parties at home
If you are gathering after a service at a church like Church of the Holy Trinity, a nearby hall or garden suits a hog roast.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether VAT is included
- Plates, china and cutlery
- What the price includes, item by item
- Allergen information for every dish
Planning a hog roast in Ascott Earl
Ascott Earl is about 6 miles north-west of Witney, in Oxfordshire. Ascott Earl and the surrounding area are covered for events. Ascott Earl is one of 443 places in Oxfordshire we cover. We cater events right across the region, from Ascott Earl to Oxford (16 miles away).
Nearby historic houses include Minster Lovell Hall (4.7 miles south). If your event is at a historic house or estate, check its rules on outside caterers and gas cooking early. If guests are travelling by rail, Ascott-Under-Wychwood station is in Ascott Earl itself.
We cover events in every part of the OX7 postcode area. We can cater an event on streets such as London Lane, Shipton Road and Heritage Lane or the roads around them, as long as there’s somewhere outside to cook. Other places close to Ascott Earl we cover include Ascott-under-Wychwood (1 mile east), Ascott d'Oyley (1 mile south-east), Shipton-under-Wychwood (1 mile west), Chilson (1 mile north-east) and Lyneham (2 miles north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Witney (6 miles south-east), Carterton (7 miles south), Faringdon (15 miles south), Kidlington (12 miles east), Chipping Norton (5 miles north) and St John Street area (15 miles south-east).
Within reach you will find Blenheim Farm.
What affects the price in Ascott Earl
We do not use a fixed price list, because every event is different. What matters most:
- Travel to Ascott Earl
- Crockery choices
- Busy dates such as summer Saturdays
- Which meats and sides you choose
Extras such as lamb, chicken, more sides or china crockery add to the cost, so we list each one in the quote. Keeping it simple keeps it affordable.
Details that help
We can quote more accurately with a few details. Here’s what to include:
- A picture of the cooking area
- Your menu choices
- The date and when you’d like to eat
- Allergies we should know about
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many people, along with your serving time. We’ll check the date and send a quote. Send us your details through our quote form.
- Cooked where you are, slowly, over several hours outdoors
- Our chef carves the pork, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling on the side
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside the pork
- Served when you’re ready, and we tidy the serving area afterwards