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Hog Roast Catering in Charing Heath, Kent
Give your guests slow-roasted pork and crackling at your event in Charing Heath. We roast on site, carve to order and serve it hot.
- Staff days and open days
- Weddings, day or evening
- Milestone birthdays
Planning an event in Charing Heath?
Hog roast hire in Charing Heath, carved to order
A whole hog, roasted for hours and carved in front of your guests: that is hog roast hire in Charing Heath. The classic roll comes with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling, and you can add sides and other meats. Popular choices include hog roast rolls, halloumi skewers and crackling, and we are frequently booked for milestone birthdays and wakes.
Somewhere as small as Charing Heath, a field, yard or garden is often the spot. Country lanes and long drives are fine if we know about them, and level, firm ground is the key. We bring plates as standard, and china crockery is available on request, quoted separately.
Planning for dietary needs
Not everyone eats pork, so plan an alternative. Helpful tips:
- Give us numbers for vegetarians and vegans so we bring enough halloumi skewers and vegan burgers or sausages
- Request gluten-free rolls for coeliac guests
- Label the vegetarian and vegan food clearly
- Tell guests what’s on the menu in advance
If timings shift, tell us: a cooked roast can be held for a while before carving.
We can supply china instead of standard plates, at an extra cost.
What the cooking area needs
A hog roast cooks outdoors for hours, so the spot matters, so a few things are worth checking:
- Vehicle access close to the cooking area
- A step-free route to wheel the equipment in
- Any venue rules sorted in advance
If you’re unsure, send a photo of the space and the way in, and we’ll say what we think.
Popular choices
- Roast or jacket potatoes
- Apple sauce
- Rotisserie chicken
- Salads
- Stuffing
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Crackling
- Spit-roast lamb
- Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
- Coleslaw
- Hog roast rolls
- New potatoes
DIY versus a catered hog roast
We also hire out the hog roast machine for confident cooks. You do the roasting and carving; we’ll explain what’s supplied and how it works when we quote.
Timing is the tricky part of roasting your own: a whole hog takes hours, and it needs to be cooked through safely. If you’d rather not worry about it, let us cook.
Bringing a hog roast to Charing Heath
Charing Heath is about 7 miles north-west of Ashford, in Kent. We cater events of every size in Charing Heath. We bring hog roasts to 922 places across Kent. We cater events right across the region, from Charing Heath to Canterbury (about 15 miles away).
Churches such as Church of the Holy Trinity rarely have room for a roaster, but a hall or home close by normally does. For anyone arriving by rail, Charing station, about 1.2 miles east, is the nearest station. The Kent Downs National Landscape is within about 7 miles of Charing Heath. Ask your venue about gas cooking and access.
Anywhere in TN27, we can roast on site for your guests. Streets in the area include Wind Hill Lane, Cherry Tree Road and Charing Heath Road, and an event on any of them works with a garden, drive or yard for the roaster. Close by, we cover events in Lenham Heath (1 mile north-west), Stonebridge Green (1 mile south-west), Lenham Forstal (1 mile north-west), Charing (1 mile east) and Cold Harbour (2 miles north). We also serve nearby towns such as Maidstone (11 miles west), Ashford (7 miles south-east), Canterbury (15 miles east), Sittingbourne (9 miles north), Whitstable (15 miles north-east) and Faversham (9 miles north-east).
A little further out are Coldbridge Castle (2.9 miles west).
- Nearby, you’ll find The Red Lion Inn (under half a mile south-west)
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Your questions about a hog roast in Charing Heath
Is Charing Heath close to London?
About 42 miles from central London, and well within our area.
We’re gathering after a service at Church of the Holy Trinity: can you cater?
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’ll gather.
How much room do you need?
A flat, open spot outside, and a way to wheel everything in. A photo helps.
Is it just pork?
The hog is the centrepiece, but lamb and chicken can be added.
What is hog roast hire?
We roast on site, carve to order and serve, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling.
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 crackling included?
Of course: slow roasting crisps the skin and we break it up for everyone.
Can we choose catered or DIY?
Either: we can cater fully or hire out the machine. Most people choose catering.
Why choose a hog roast in Charing Heath?
Compared with a cold buffet, a hog roast is hot, freshly carved and feels like an occasion. Buffets can sit out for hours. Cost depends on numbers, menu choices and service time, along with distance and how easy the site is. There is no one-size price, so we quote each one individually.
What you get with us
- Sides to make it a full meal
- No surprises: everything in writing
- Roasted on site, slowly, for hours
- Carved by our chef in front of your guests
Read our pricing or the cost guide.
How it works
We work to your timings. If things run late, we can hold the cooked roast for a while before carving, so tell us as soon as plans change. By late September, sunset in Charing Heath is around 7:00pm, and at Christmas it comes at about 3:50pm. For anything after that, plan lights for the serving area.
- We start with a few details about your event.
- You get an availability check and a clear quote.
- We agree timings and where the roaster goes.
- On the day we roast for hours, then carve to order.
- We serve, tidy up and leave the spot clean.
Before we arrive
- Measure the narrowest gate or passage
- Ask about allergies and dietary needs beforehand
- Have a covered area for eating in case of rain
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: send us your details through our quote form.
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How we price a hog roast
Every booking is priced individually, and the price depends on a few things:
- The date and time of year
- Whether you want china
- Site access
- Menu choices and extras
The main driver is numbers: bigger groups typically cost less per head, since much of the cost is fixed.
What to tell us
For a quick, accurate price, tell us:
- Roughly how many people
- Any extras, such as lamb, chicken or china
- Allergies we should know about
- Anything the venue has asked for
Planning ahead? Popular dates fill up early, especially summer Saturdays and December Fridays. Send us your date for a quote: use our quote form.
Why choose hog roast hire in Charing Heath?
Slow roasting cannot be faked: tender pork and proper crackling.
Whatever the occasion in Charing Heath, a slow roast goes a long way. We’re frequently asked to cater:
- Birthdays and anniversaries
- Corporate events
- Festive gatherings
- Village fêtes and school fairs
Historic houses near Charing Heath include Godinton House (4.7 miles south-east). If your event is at a historic house or estate, check its rules on outside caterers and gas cooking early.
What your quote should include
- How long the roast takes and when they’ll arrive
- Where the roaster goes and what it needs
- Exactly what’s included in the price
- How dietary needs are handled
About the food
Rotisserie chicken
Chicken off the rotisserie, carved or jointed goes into rolls or onto plates.
Crackling
Crackling takes hours to get right, and a whole hog roasted slowly gets it just right.
- Slow-roasted on site for hours, outdoors at your event
- Carved by our chef into rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Not just pork: spit-roast lamb, chicken and vegetarian choices
- Served by our staff at the time you choose, then cleared away