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Hog Roast Catering in Banstead, Surrey
From the hours of slow roasting to the last roll, a hog roast turns the food into a centrepiece of your event in Banstead.
- Club events and presentations
- Gatherings after a funeral
- Christmas parties
Planning an event in Banstead?
Hog roast hire in Banstead, slow-roasted on site
People book a hog roast in Banstead for everything from birthdays to fêtes. The idea is always the same: slow roasting at your venue, then carving and serving. For work summer parties and christmas parties, we’ll put together a menu of coleslaw, hog roast rolls and spit-roast lamb for your guests.
A place like Banstead frequently has a village hall, a recreation ground or a pub garden nearby; any can host a hog roast with permission. Tell us about dietary needs and allergies when you enquire, and we will give you the allergen information for every dish.
Why choose a hog roast in Banstead?
Next to a buffet, a hog roast is hot, freshly carved and feels like an occasion. Buffets can sit out for hours. UK price guides vary widely: roughly £10 a head for a simple roll, rising past £20 with more included. We quote every event individually, so you know exactly what you are paying for.
Why book our hog roast in Banstead
- Rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Halloumi skewers and a vegan option too
- An itemised quote
- Sides to make it a full meal
See our pricing and the cost guide.
Working with your venue
If you’re organising for someone else, whether you’re a planner, a PA or on a committee, tell us who our contact on the day will be. We will keep you both updated.
For workplace bookings, ask your facilities team about outside caterers and gas cooking. We work to the site’s rules.
DIY versus a catered hog roast
Timing is the tricky part of roasting your own: a big roast takes hours and must be cooked thoroughly. If you’d rather not worry about it, let us cook.
DIY hire works best when someone in the family loves cooking. For weddings and bigger events, a catered roast is typically easier.
Step by step
Here’s how the day typically runs: we arrive, set up under cover and start roasting, the roast cooks gently through the day, and our chef carves it when you’re ready. Around midsummer it stays light in Banstead until about 9:20pm; by late September sunset is nearer 7:05pm, so a summer evening hog roast is normally carved in daylight. For winter events, dark by about 3:55pm, we need light by the roaster and the serving table.
- First, tell us about your event.
- We check the date and the cooking spot, then send a quote.
- We agree timings and where the roaster goes.
- On the day we roast for hours, then carve to order.
- Our staff serve and clear, then we pack away.
Before we arrive
- Choose someone to meet us on arrival
- Tell us about narrow gates or side passages
- Think about shelter for your guests
Ask for a quote
Planning ahead? Popular dates fill up early, especially summer Saturdays and December Fridays. Send us your date for a quote: fill in our quote form.
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Banstead questions
Can you cater after a service at Church of All Saints?
Yes, at a home, hall or venue nearby with an outdoor spot for the roaster. Churches rarely have space for a hog roast, so the food is usually elsewhere. Tell us where you will gather.
Can you do a hog roast in Fames Rough?
Only if the landowner, generally the council, allows it. Ask them first, and tell us what they say.
What should we sort out beforehand?
The agreed cooking area, access for our equipment and someone to meet us. We’ll bring the rest.
Do you provide china?
Plates come as standard. If you’d like china, ask and we will add it to the quote.
What happens when we hire a hog roast?
We bring the roaster, roast the hog on site for hours, then our chef carves it and our staff serve, in rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling.
Is mains power needed?
Cooking is gas-fired, so no mains power is needed for the roast. A socket nearby is useful for lighting.
Do you cook it or do we?
Both are available: we can cater fully or hire out the machine. Most people choose catering.
How big a hog will we need?
The roast is chosen to suit how many you are feeding, so a good estimate matters. We will confirm the menu in the quote.
Perfect for your event in Banstead
Rolls are easy to eat standing up, so it suits informal events, and plates turn it into a proper meal.
Here’s what people in Banstead most often book a hog roast for:
- Festive gatherings
- Weddings and receptions
- Big birthdays and anniversaries
- Village fêtes and school fairs
For anyone arriving by rail, the nearest station is Banstead station, about 0.7 miles north-west.
What your quote should include
- When they arrive and when the food will be ready
- Which meats, sides and extras are included
- What crockery is supplied
- When payments are due and what happens if plans change
Allergies and dietary needs
Not everyone eats pork, so it’s worth adding an alternative. A few pointers:
- Collect allergies with your RSVPs
- Give us numbers for vegetarians and vegans for the halloumi skewers and vegan option
- Request gluten-free rolls for coeliac guests
- Remember that stuffing normally contains gluten, so ask for the allergen list
We will agree a contact for the day, ideally not the host, so you can enjoy yourself.
Prefer to cook yourself? Ask about DIY machine hire.
About the food
Spit-roast lamb
Spit-roast lamb is popular alongside the pork, especially for guests who do not eat pork.
Stuffing and apple sauce
Sage and onion stuffing and apple sauce are the classic partners, cutting through the richness of the pork.
Banstead: venues, access and local tips
Banstead is about 3 miles west of Coulsdon, in Surrey. We’re happy to travel to Banstead for events and the places nearby. Banstead is one of 395 places in Surrey we cover. We cater events right across the region, from Banstead to London (13 miles away).
Thinking of a hog roast in Fames Rough? Cooking in a park needs the owner’s permission, generally the council’s, and many parks don’t allow it. PTAs at schools such as St Anne's Catholic Primary School often look for a hot-food stall for fairs and sports days. Banstead is within about 7 miles of the Surrey Hills National Landscape. Ask your venue about gas cooking and access.
We cover events in every part of SM7. Whether your event is on High Street, Glenfield Road and Highview Path or a nearby road, we will bring the roaster to you. Banstead is on the A217 and A2022, so it is easy for us to reach with the equipment. We also bring hog roasts to events in Woodmansterne (1 mile south-east), Shanklin Village (2 miles north), Chipstead (2 miles south-east), Little Woodcote (2 miles north-east) and Woodcote Green (2 miles north-east). We also serve nearby towns such as Epsom (3 miles west), Horley (10 miles south), Redhill (6 miles south), Ewell (3 miles north-west), Reigate (6 miles south) and Walton-on-Thames (10 miles north-west).
Well-known places in the area include Honeywood Museum (3.2 miles north-east) and Municipal Borough of Sutton and Cheam (2.5 miles north). Green spaces nearby include Colley Hill and Cuddington Meadows.
- Schools near Banstead include Priory Preparatory School (within half a mile west) and The Beacon School (0.9 miles south-west)
- Pubs nearby include The Woolpack pub (under half a mile east)
Space, access and the venue
A hog roast cooks outdoors for hours, so the spot matters, and a little planning goes a long way:
- Any venue rules sorted in advance
- Space away from buildings, marquee walls and overhanging branches
- A step-free route to wheel the equipment in
Not sure about the cooking spot? Send us a picture and we will tell you honestly before you book.
On the menu in Banstead
- New potatoes
- Stuffing
- Spit-roast lamb
- Rotisserie chicken
- Hog roast rolls
- Coleslaw
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Crackling
- Roast or jacket potatoes
- Salads
- Apple sauce
- Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
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What else we do in Banstead
- Cooked where you are, slowly, over several hours outdoors
- Freshly carved pork with crackling, stuffing and apple sauce
- Vegetarian and vegan choices, plus lamb or chicken if you like
- Served by our staff at the time you choose, then cleared away