Slow-roasted pork with crackling and pulled pork on a wooden board

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Hog Roast Hire in Grimsbury

Slow-roasted, carved in front of you and served hot: a hog roast in Grimsbury and across Oxfordshire.

Staff days and open days
Sports clubs and societies
Weddings, day or evening

Planning an event in Grimsbury?

How our hog roast hire works in Grimsbury

Hog roast hire means a whole pig roasted slowly at your venue, for hours, under a gazebo outside. When it is ready, our chef carves it and our staff serve it in soft rolls with sage and onion stuffing, apple sauce and crackling. For weddings and receptions and christmas fairs, we’ll put together a menu of crackling, spit-roast lamb and rotisserie chicken.

Around Grimsbury, bookings are frequently at homes, village halls and playing fields. If access is tight, we will plan around it. We bring the roaster, the cover and everything we need to cook and serve, and we pack away and leave the area as we found it.

Location: Grimsbury (OX16, OX17, OX15)
Region: Oxfordshire
Menu: Hog roast rolls, stuffing, apple sauce, crackling
Extras: Chicken, lamb, halloumi skewers and a vegan option
Price: Ask us for a quote
Page updated: 26 October 2026

Scored pork with golden crackling roasting on a spit

Allergies and dietary needs

With a bit of planning, dietary needs are easier to handle. Here are a few tips:

Tell us about vegetarians and vegans so we bring enough halloumi skewers and vegan burgers or sausages
Find out who doesn’t eat pork, so we can bring lamb, chicken or vegetarian options
Ask us to keep the vegetarian food separate and labelled
Ask about allergies when you send invitations

On the day, you shouldn’t have to think about the food. We arrive hours ahead, set up, roast, carve and serve, then clear up.

China crockery is available on request, quoted separately.

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. It rests for a short while before carving. Evenings in Grimsbury stay light until about 9:30pm in June, but by late September sunset is around 7:10pm; after dark, the serving area and the path to it need good lighting.

You tell us the date, the address, rough numbers and when you’d like to eat.
We check the date and the cooking area, then send a quote.
On the day we arrive hours before serving and start the roast under cover.
At serving time, the chef carves and the team serves.
Afterwards we clear up and leave the spot tidy.

How to prepare

Confirm numbers ahead of the day
Ensure the cooking area is away from walls, tents and trees
Make sure we can wheel the roaster to the spot

Get a quote

Every quote lists the menu, the serving time, staff and plates, so it is easy to compare like for like. Fill in our quote form.

Tell us about your event

Planning help

Why choose a hog roast in Grimsbury?

Next to a barbecue, one roast feeds everyone at once, so nobody stands at a grill all afternoon. See our guide to hog roast or barbecue. 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 book with us

Staff to serve, so you do not have to
No surprises: everything in writing
Slow-roasted at your venue, not reheated
A choice of salads and potatoes

See how we price and what a hog roast costs.

FAQs for Grimsbury

Can you do a hog roast in People's Park?

Only if the landowner, typically the council, allows it. Check with them first, and tell us what they say.

Can you cater after a service at Saint Leonard's Church?

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 typically elsewhere. Send us the address.

Do you clear up?

Our staff clear the serving area, so you are not left with the mess.

Where does the hog roast go?

A flat, open spot outside, plus a step-free route to wheel the equipment in. A picture helps.

How do you work out quantities?

Quantities are based on your numbers, and we’ll talk it through when we quote.

Do you cook it or do we?

Both are available: we can cater fully or hire out the machine. Catering is the most popular choice.

How do we prepare?

Only the space and a contact number. We bring the roaster, cover and serving kit.

Do we need our own staff?

No need for your own staff: we carve, serve and tidy up.

Grimsbury: venues, access and local tips

Grimsbury is about 1 mile east of Banbury, in Oxfordshire. We bring a hog roast to events anywhere in Grimsbury, as long as there’s an outdoor spot to cook. Grimsbury is one of 443 towns and villages in Oxfordshire where we cater. Our nearest city page is Oxford, about 22 miles away.

Nearby historic houses include Broughton Castle (3.4 miles south-west) and Wardington Manor (3.6 miles north-east). Historic venues frequently limit cooking on site, so ask early if you’re booking one. Thinking of a hog roast in People's Park? Cooking in a park needs the owner’s permission, usually the council’s, and many parks do not allow it.

Anywhere in OX16, OX17 and OX15, we can bring the roaster to you, from busy streets to quiet lanes. We can cater an event on streets such as Alma Road, Manor Road and Verney Road, wherever there’s an outdoor spot for the roaster. For events just outside Grimsbury, we cover Banbury (1 mile west), Neithrop (2 miles west), Ruscote (2 miles west) and Bodicote (2 miles south). Further out, we also cater in Bicester (13 miles south-east), Bure Park (13 miles south-east), Chipping Norton (13 miles south-west), Woodstock (15 miles south), Bloxham (4 miles south-west) and Charlbury (15 miles south-west).

A little further out are Horton General Hospital (1 mile south-west) and Castle Quay Shopping Centre (0.5 miles west). Open spaces near Grimsbury include Crouch Hill and Farthinghoe Nature Reserve.

Nearby schools include Ash-Shifa School (less than half a mile south-west) and Banbury Academy (1.4 miles south-west)
Pubs nearby include The Pepper Pot pub (less than half a mile north-east)

Map of Grimsbury © OpenStreetMap contributors

About the food

Stuffing and apple sauce

Sharp, sweet apple sauce and savoury sage and onion stuffing are the traditional pairing. Note that stuffing generally contains gluten.

Rotisserie chicken

Golden rotisserie chicken can be served in a roll or on a plate.

What a hog roast costs

We work out each quote from:

Which meats and sides you choose
Travel to Grimsbury
Busy dates such as summer Saturdays
The number of people

Weekday and off-season dates can be easier to book, and the menu you choose matters too. Ask us and we will suggest the best fit for your budget.

Getting an accurate quote

For a quick, accurate price, send us:

Any venue rules
Any dietary needs or allergies
Where the event is
Any extras, such as lamb, chicken or china

It is easy to get a price: tell us when, where, how many and what time you’d like to eat. You’ll get a clear quote listing what’s included. Use our quote form.

Catered or do it yourself?

Timing is the tricky part of roasting your own: a whole hog takes hours, and it needs to be cooked through safely. If that sounds stressful, choose the catered option.

If you’re confident and want to save on staff, DIY machine hire is an option. You cook and carve it yourself; we will confirm what comes with it when you ask.