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Hog Roast Hire in Hook Common
Hog roast hire in Hook Common: a whole hog slow-roasted on site, carved to order and served in soft rolls with crackling.
- Christmas parties
- Staff days and open days
- Summer garden parties
Planning an event in Hook Common?
What a hog roast costs
The biggest factors are:
- Season and day of the week
- The menu and extras such as lamb or chicken
- Whether you want china
- Distance from us
Numbers make the biggest difference: bigger groups generally cost less per head, because the roaster, staff and travel cost much the same either way.
What we need to know
For a quick, accurate price, send us:
- Any venue rules
- Where the roaster could go, ideally with a picture
- Rough numbers
- Which meats and sides you’d like
To get a quote, just tell us the date, where the event is and roughly how many. A picture of the cooking area helps. Send us your details through our quote form.
How our hog roast hire works in Hook Common
Hog roast hire takes the cooking off your hands. We arrive hours before you eat, set up under cover and roast slowly, ready to carve when you are. For club events and presentations and work summer parties, we’ll put together a menu of hog roast rolls, salads and new potatoes for your guests.
In a hamlet or village like Hook Common, a farmyard or a neighbour’s field can make a good cooking spot. Mention gates and soft ground when you contact us. Our chef carves in front of your guests, so the pork is hot and the crackling is crisp.
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Questions from Hook Common
Is Hook Common too small for a hog roast?
No, we come to small places too. Tell us about lanes, gates and the ground.
What’s the nearest station to Hook Common?
The closest is Hook station, roughly 0.5 miles away.
How much will it be?
Every booking is quoted individually, depending on numbers, menu, timings and travel. Tell us about your event for a quote.
Can we choose catered or DIY?
You can have us cook, or hire the machine. We’ll explain what’s included in each when we quote.
Do you provide china?
Plates are included. China is available at an extra cost.
Do we need our own staff?
No need for your own staff: we carve, serve and tidy up.
Can you cater for vegetarians?
The menu has lamb, chicken, vegetarian and vegan options. We do not provide halal meat.
What should we sort out beforehand?
A clear, level cooking spot, a route to wheel the equipment in and a contact for the day. We bring everything else.
How it works
On the day, we position the roaster under cover and get the hog cooking. From there it cooks low and slow for hours, worked back from your serving time. Evenings in Hook Common stay light until about 9:25pm in June, but by late September sunset is around 7:05pm; after dark, the serving area and the path to it need good lighting.
- You share the when, where and how many.
- We check the space and quote.
- We arrive early, set up under cover and start roasting.
- Our chef carves and our staff serve.
- We pack away and leave you to it.
Before we arrive
- Collect dietary needs and allergies in advance
- Check there is nothing overhead or close by that could catch the heat
- Tell us about narrow gates or side passages
How to get a price
When you’re weighing up caterers, ask each one exactly what’s included. We spell it out in ours. For a quote, use our quote form.
Planning help
DIY versus a catered hog roast
Roasting a whole hog yourself is possible, but it takes hours of attention, from setting up and lighting the roaster to carving. With us catering, you get to be a host, not a cook.
Some hosts try a barbecue instead, but someone ends up cooking in batches all afternoon. A hog roast cooks in one go and is carved for everyone.
What the cooking area needs
A hog roast cooks outdoors for hours, so the spot matters, and a little planning goes a long way:
- Parking near the spot
- Any venue rules sorted in advance
- Flat outdoor ground for the roaster and a gazebo
Not sure about the cooking spot? Send us a picture and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Popular choices
- Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Salads
- New potatoes
- Hog roast rolls
- Roast or jacket potatoes
- Crackling
- Apple sauce
- Rotisserie chicken
- Spit-roast lamb
- Stuffing
- Coleslaw
The menu, dish by dish
Halloumi and vegetable skewers (V)
Our vegetarian option is halloumi and vegetable skewers: grilled halloumi with vegetables.
Rolls and gluten-free rolls
A hog roast roll is designed to be eaten in the hand. We can bring gluten-free rolls if you ask.
Looking after everyone
You will get allergen information for everything we serve. To make the most of it:
- Give us numbers for vegetarians and vegans for the halloumi skewers and vegan option
- Label the vegetarian and vegan food clearly
- Request gluten-free rolls for coeliac guests
- Stuffing normally contains gluten, so ask for the allergen list
If timings shift, tell us: a cooked roast can be held for a while before carving.
Sides turn a roll into a proper meal.
Planners, venues and businesses
If the event is on someone else’s land, the landowner needs to agree to cooking and vehicles. Sort that first.
Planning on behalf of a committee? A single point of contact keeps things simple, especially on the day.
Who books hog roast hire in Hook Common?
You don’t need much on your side: an outdoor cooking spot and a contact on the day. Everything else comes with us.
Hosts in Hook Common book us for everything from small get-togethers to big outdoor events. For example:
- Birthdays and anniversaries
- Staff days and open days
- Gatherings after a funeral
- Village fêtes and school fairs
Coming by train? The closest railway station is Hook station, roughly 0.5 miles east of the centre.
Questions to ask before booking
- Exactly what’s included in the price
- If the price includes VAT
- Who carves and who serves
- How long the roast takes and when they’ll arrive
Hook Common: venues, access and local tips
Hook Common is about 1 mile south-west of Hook, in Hampshire. We cater events across Hook Common and nearby, from gardens to fields. We bring hog roasts to all 683 towns and villages across Hampshire. You can also see our page for Reading, about 12 miles away.
After a service at St John the Evangelist, the hog roast can be ready at a nearby hall or house. For a fundraiser at a school like Hook Infant School, the roaster can cook on a pitch agreed with the school.
Anywhere in RG27, we can bring the roaster to you. Streets in the area include London Road, Newnham Road and Hook Common, and an event on any of them works with a garden, drive or yard for the roaster. For events just outside Hook Common, we cover Nately Scures (1 mile south-west), Newnham (1 mile north-west), Hook (1 mile north-east), Warnborough Green (1 mile south-east) and Up Nately (1 mile south-west). Further out, we also cater in Basingstoke (6 miles west), Farnborough (9 miles east), Fleet (6 miles east), Aldershot (9 miles east), Alton (9 miles south) and Yateley (7 miles north-east).
Nearby you will also find West Green House Agricultural Museum (2.5 miles north-east) and Odiham Castle (1.2 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Tundry Hill and The Mill Field.
- Local schools include Robert May's School (1.9 miles south-east)
- 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
- Served when you’re ready, and we tidy the serving area afterwards