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Hog Roast Catering in Holbury, Hampshire
Planning a hog roast in Holbury? The roaster comes to your venue, home or workplace and cooks under cover and carve when you’re ready to eat.
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- Clubhouse events
Planning an event in Holbury?
About our hog roast hire in Holbury
A whole hog, roasted for hours and carved in front of your guests: that is hog roast hire in Holbury. Rolls, stuffing, apple sauce and crackling come as standard, and you can add sides and other meats. On the menu are crackling, hog roast rolls and salads, and typical bookings are for wedding breakfasts and evening food and community events.
Around Holbury, bookings are frequently at homes, village halls and playing fields. If access is tight, we’ll plan around it. We bring the people to serve and clear up, so you’re not left handing out rolls.
Allergies and dietary needs
You’ll get allergen information for everything we serve. To make the most of it:
- Put the menu on the invitation
- Remember that stuffing typically contains gluten, so ask for the allergen list
- We don’t offer halal meat, so arrange that separately if it’s needed
- Find out who does not eat pork, and order an alternative for them
The roaster needs looking after for hours, and that’s what we’re there for. You can get on with your event.
We can supply china instead of standard plates, at an extra cost.
Occasions we serve in Holbury
A hog roast suits big outdoor gatherings in Holbury: one roast feeds a crowd, and the carving is part of the event.
Hosts in Holbury book us for small gatherings and big outdoor days alike. Popular choices:
- Corporate events
- Garden parties and barbecues
- Big birthdays and anniversaries
- Weddings, day or evening
Historic houses near Holbury include Beaulieu Palace House (2.9 miles west) and Medieval Merchant's House (5 miles north). If your event is at a historic house or estate, check its rules on outside caterers and gas cooking early.
Questions to ask before booking
- How many staff will carve and serve
- What crockery is supplied
- Any travel or access charges
- Allergen information for every dish
Holbury questions
We are gathering after a service at The Good Shepherd: can you cater?
Yes, at a nearby hall, home or venue with room to cook outside. Food is typically served at the reception venue rather than the church. Tell us where you’ll gather.
What’s the nearest station to Holbury?
Netley station, about 3.8 miles north-east of the centre.
Is it just pork?
The hog is the centrepiece, but lamb and chicken can be added.
Is mains power needed?
Cooking is gas-fired, so no mains power is needed for the roast. Power can help with lighting after dark.
Do you serve the crackling?
It is: the skin turns to crackling and everyone gets some.
Do you come to Holbury?
Yes, Holbury is in our area. Tell us the venue or postcode and we will confirm availability.
Can we hire the machine and cook it ourselves?
We do, if you are happy to roast and carve yourself. We’ll explain the details with your quote.
What space does the roaster need?
Roughly the footprint of a gazebo or two, on level ground, away from buildings, marquee walls and overhanging trees. We will check it with you before booking.
The menu, dish by dish
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Sides include salads, coleslaw, new potatoes and roast or jacket potatoes, depending on the season and the occasion.
Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
For vegans, there’s a vegan burger or sausage in a roll, so everyone has something hot.
DIY versus a catered hog roast
Buying in a cold buffet is another option, but hot, freshly carved roast pork is a different experience.
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 Holbury
Holbury is about 2 miles south of Hythe, in Hampshire. From village halls to gardens and fields, events around Holbury suit a hog roast. We bring hog roasts to all 683 towns and villages in Hampshire, from the larger towns to small villages. Our nearest city page is Southampton, about 6 miles away.
Churches such as The Good Shepherd rarely have room for a roaster, but a hall or home close by normally does. For a fundraiser at a school like Cadland Primary School, the roaster can cook on a pitch agreed with the school. The New Forest National Park is within about 4 miles of Holbury. Check your venue’s rules on outside caterers. Holbury is within about 4 miles of the sea, and coastal sites can be windy. We plan a sheltered cooking spot on windy days.
Events anywhere in SO45 start with an outdoor spot for the roaster and a serving time. That could mean an event in a garden on Beechwood Road, Park Hill Close and Pondhead Close, as long as there is somewhere outside to cook. Neighbouring places where we cater events include Little Holbury (1 mile north-west), Roughdown (1 mile south), Hardley (1 mile north), Blackfield (1 mile south-east) and Langley (1 mile south). Within a short drive, we also cover Gosport (10 miles east), Eastleigh (10 miles north), Fareham (8 miles east), Totton (8 miles north-west), Chandler's Ford (11 miles north) and Hedge End (7 miles north-east).
Nearby you will also find Beaulieu Abbey And Display Of Monastic Life (3.1 miles west) and Calshot Castle (3.4 miles east). Open spaces near Holbury include Mercury Marshes.
- Local schools include The New Forest Academy (0.7 miles north)
How it works
People love watching the carving: the hog is carved in front of your guests, and the crackling is shared out so everyone gets some. Evenings in Holbury stay light until about 9:20pm in June, but by late September sunset is around 7:10pm; after dark, the serving area and the path to it need good lighting.
- First, tell us 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.
Getting ready for the day
- Plan somewhere sheltered for people to eat if it rains
- Let us know about tight access
- Check there’s nothing overhead or close by that could catch the heat
How to get a price
Numbers not final yet? Give us your best estimate and we will quote on that, and you can confirm nearer the time. Send us your details through our quote form.
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Why choose a hog roast in Holbury?
A hog roast has one downside: it is pork. So we offer lamb, chicken and vegetarian and vegan choices too for anyone who doesn’t eat it. The price depends on numbers, the menu and how long we serve, plus travel and access. Every booking is different, so we quote each one individually.
Why us?
- Sides to make it a full meal
- A clear quote with everything listed
- Crackling for everyone who wants it
- Choices for people who do not eat pork
Read how we price or the cost guide.
Towns and villages near Holbury
Other occasions in Holbury
What the cooking area needs
Before the day, it helps to think about where the roaster will go. We look for:
- Cover for your guests in bad weather
- Access for our equipment, without steps
- Somewhere nearby to park our vehicle
If you’re unsure, send a photo of the space and the way in, and we will say what we think.
What we serve
- Crackling
- Roast or jacket potatoes
- Hog roast rolls
- Spit-roast lamb
- Stuffing
- Coleslaw
- Apple sauce
- Salads
- Rotisserie chicken
- New potatoes
- Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
- Halloumi skewers (V)
For planners, venues and organisers
For workplace bookings, ask your facilities team about outside caterers and gas cooking. We’ll 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.
- Slow-roasted on site for hours, outdoors at your event
- Our chef carves the pork, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling on the side
- Not just pork: spit-roast lamb, chicken and vegetarian choices
- Staff to serve at the agreed time, then clear away