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Hog Roast Hire for Hucking
From the hours of slow roasting to the last roll, a hog roast turns the food into a centrepiece of your event in Hucking.
- Gatherings after a funeral
- Weddings and receptions
- Club events and presentations
Planning an event in Hucking?
Prices and what affects them
Things that change the price:
- The menu and extras such as lamb or chicken
- Numbers
- The serving time and how long we are on site
- Travel to Hucking
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.
Details that help
When you contact us, please mention:
- The venue or postcode
- Rules from the venue or landowner
- Allergies we should know about
- Your date and serving time
Not sure how many to cater for? Give us your best estimate and we’ll quote on that, then confirm closer to the date. Fill in our quote form.
Hog roast hire for your event in Hucking
Hiring a hog roast means a whole hog cooked slowly on site, over several hours, outdoors under cover. Then our chef carves it and the team serves it in rolls with sage and onion stuffing, apple sauce and crackling. Popular choices include salads, coleslaw and rotisserie chicken, and we’re regularly asked to cater weddings and receptions and work summer parties.
In a rural place like Hucking, roast pork in a field is hard to beat. Tell us about gates, tracks and the ground. Your quote spells out what’s included: serving times, the menu, staff and anything else agreed, with no surprises on the day.
Towns and villages near Hucking
Other occasions in Hucking
A hog roast or other catering?
Compared with food vans, a hog roast serves plenty of people from one roast, with no waiting for individual orders to cook. 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 us?
- The classics: stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- All the equipment comes with us
- A clear quote with everything listed
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside
See our pricing and the cost guide.
Planning a hog roast in Hucking
Hucking is about 5 miles south-west of Sittingbourne, in Kent. We cater events across Hucking and nearby, from gardens to fields. Hucking is one of 922 places in Kent we cover. Our bookings stretch from Hucking to Canterbury (about 19 miles away).
For a christening or gathering after a service at a church such as Church of St Margaret, the roaster can be set up at a hall or home nearby. If you had Stockbury Hill Wood in mind, ask the council or landowner first: we can’t simply set up a roaster in a public park. The Kent Downs National Landscape is within about 3 miles of Hucking. Check your venue’s rules on outside caterers.
For events in ME17, we just need to know where the roaster can cook and roughly how many guests. For events just outside Hucking, we cover Bicknor (1 mile east), Broad Street (1 mile south-west), Hollingbourne (2 miles south), Wormshill (2 miles east) and Eyhorne Street (2 miles south). Larger places within reach include Maidstone (5 miles west), Ashford (14 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (5 miles north-east), Gravesend (15 miles north-west), Faversham (11 miles east) and Minster (11 miles north-east).
A little further out are KIMS hospital (3.8 miles west) and Leeds Castle (3.2 miles south). Within reach you will find Detling Hill.
- Local pubs include Hook and Hatchet pub (less than half a mile west)
Catered or do it yourself?
You could go for a cold buffet, but nothing beats hot pork and crackling carved in front of you.
Full catering or machine hire? Catered means we do everything: roasting, carving, serving and clearing. With hire only, you do the cooking yourself.
Step by step
Rain does not stop the roast, because we cook under cover. Your guests will still want somewhere dry to eat, such as a marquee, hall or barn. By late September, sunset in Hucking is around 7:00pm, and at Christmas it comes at about 3:50pm. For anything after that, plan lights for the serving area.
- You tell us the date, the address, rough numbers and when you’d like to eat.
- You get a check on the date and the spot, and a quote.
- On the day we arrive hours before serving and start the roast under cover.
- We carve and serve when you’re ready to eat.
- Afterwards we clear up and leave the spot tidy.
Preparing for the day
- Let us know about tight access
- Make sure we can wheel the roaster to the spot
- Collect dietary needs and allergies in advance
Getting a price
Every quote lists the menu, the serving time, staff and plates, so you can compare caterers fairly. Send us your details through our quote form.
Planning help
Occasions we serve in Hucking
Rolls are easy to eat standing up, so it suits informal events, while plates and sides suit a sit-down meal.
A hog roast suits a wide range of occasions. Typical bookings include:
- Village fêtes and school fairs
- Summer garden parties
- Corporate events
- Christmas fairs
For guests coming by train, the nearest station is Hollingbourne station, about 2.1 miles south.
Before booking anyone
- What crockery is supplied
- Exactly what’s included in the price
- Who carves and who serves
- Allergen information for every dish
Space, access and the venue
It’s worth planning the cooking area in advance. The ideal spot has:
- A marquee, hall or barn as a wet-weather plan
- A way to wheel the roaster to the spot
- A level, open spot outdoors for the roaster
If you’re unsure, send a photo of the space and the way in, and we will say what we think before booking.
On the menu in Hucking
- Roast or jacket potatoes
- Hog roast rolls
- Spit-roast lamb
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Crackling
- Stuffing
- Coleslaw
- Salads
- Rotisserie chicken
- New potatoes
- Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
- Apple sauce
Planners, venues and businesses
Planning on behalf of a committee? A single point of contact keeps things simple, particularly when timings shift.
Venues often have rules for outside caterers, from approved lists to where a gas roaster can go. Check early, and pass on anything they need from us.
FAQs for Hucking
Is Hucking close to London?
About 35 miles from central London, and we cover it as standard.
Is Hucking too small for a hog roast?
No, we come to small places too. Let us know about access and the cooking spot.
Can you cater in Hucking?
We do. Send us the address and we will check the date.
Can you do gluten-free?
Ask for gluten-free rolls and we’ll bring them. You will get allergen details for everything.
Is our garden big enough?
Access and clearance matter more than size. Describe the space and we’ll tell you honestly.
When should we book?
Popular dates go early. But do ask even at short notice: fill in our quote form.
How do you work out quantities?
We size the roast to your numbers, so tell us your best estimate. We will confirm the menu in the quote.
How does hog roast hire work?
We handle the roasting, carving and serving. All we need is a place to cook outdoors.
Diets, allergies and alternatives
Allergies and dietary needs are easy to manage if we know in advance. Some ideas:
- Put the menu on the invitation
- We do not offer halal meat, so arrange that separately if it is needed
- Remember that stuffing typically contains gluten, so check the allergen information
- Add a dietary question to your invitations
Slow roasting needs attention, which is our job, not yours. You can relax and enjoy the day.
Prefer to cook yourself? Ask about DIY machine hire.
- Cooked where you are, slowly, over several hours outdoors
- 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