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Hog Roast Hire for Norton Ash
Slow-roasted, carved in front of you and served hot: a hog roast in Norton Ash and across Kent.
- Village fêtes and school fairs
- Club events and presentations
- Weddings and receptions
Slow-roasted pork in Norton Ash
How our hog roast hire works in Norton Ash
Our hog roast hire is fully catered: we roast, our chef carves and our staff serve. For confident cooks, the machine can be hired on its own. On the menu are coleslaw, salads and rotisserie chicken, and we’re frequently booked for village fêtes and school fairs and summer garden parties.
In a rural place like Norton Ash, roast pork in a field is hard to beat. Tell us about gates, tracks and the ground. We bring plates as standard, and china crockery is available on request, quoted separately.
FAQs for Norton Ash
We’re gathering after a service at Church of St Mary: 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 normally elsewhere. Tell us where you will gather.
Which station is closest to Norton Ash?
The closest is Teynham station, roughly 1.1 miles away.
When do you start roasting?
Several hours, depending on the size and the weather, so we arrive well before you want to eat. We plan the timings from when you want to eat.
Do we need our own staff?
Our chef carves and our staff serve, and we clear up when service is finished.
How soon do you get booked up?
Summer Saturdays and December book up first. Quieter dates can frequently be booked at shorter notice. Ask and we’ll check.
How big a hog will we need?
The roast is chosen to suit how many you are feeding, so tell us your best estimate. We’ll confirm the menu in the quote.
Do you come to Norton Ash?
We do. Send us the address and we’ll confirm availability.
What do people get?
The classic: pork in rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling. Your quote lists any sides and extras.
Prices and what affects them
The price comes down to:
- Crockery choices
- The date and time of year
- The journey to the venue
- How easy it is to reach the spot
UK price guides vary widely: roughly £10 a head for a simple roll, rising past £20 with more included. We quote every event individually, with everything listed.
Getting an accurate quote
A few details help us give you an accurate quote. Here’s what’s useful:
- Dietary requirements
- A picture of the cooking area
- Rough numbers
- The date and when you’d like to eat
Every quote lists the menu, the serving time, staff and plates, so you can compare caterers fairly. Use our quote form.
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What else we do in Norton Ash
Why a carved hog roast beats a buffet
Catered or DIY? With catering we roast, carve and serve; with hire you do the cooking. Most hosts choose catering for anything bigger than a family party. Distance is part of the price: we include travel in the quote. Give us the address for an accurate figure.
Why us?
- An itemised quote
- Served at the time you choose
- We bring everything to cook and serve
- Sides to make it a full meal
Read our prices page or what a hog roast costs.
DIY versus a catered hog roast
You could go for a cold buffet, but hot, freshly carved roast pork is a different experience, especially outdoors.
You could roast a hog yourself, but it’s a long day’s work, from setting up and lighting the roaster to carving. A catered hog roast means you can enjoy the day.
How the day works
The roaster cooks outdoors, under a gazebo on level ground, away from buildings, marquee walls and overhanging branches. We agree exactly where before the day. Planning an evening hog roast in Norton Ash? Sunset is around 8:50pm in late May, 9:15pm at midsummer and 7:00pm in late September; once it is dark, we need light at the carving station.
- You share the when, where and how many.
- We check the space and quote.
- We get the roaster going hours before you eat.
- Our chef carves and our staff serve.
- We clear up and go.
Getting ready for the day
- Give us a contact number for the day
- Think about shelter for your guests
- Send final numbers in good time
How to get a price
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many people, plus when you’d like to eat. We will check the date and send a quote. Use our quote form.
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For event organisers in Norton Ash
Marquee suppliers typically set distances for cooking equipment, so tell them a hog roast is coming. We will keep the roaster well clear of the marquee.
If you are booking for a workplace, check with facilities about gas equipment and vehicle access. We work to the site’s rules.
What the cooking area needs
Most outdoor spaces can work with a little planning. Here’s what we look for:
- Flat outdoor ground for the roaster and a gazebo
- Somewhere nearby to park our vehicle
- Permission from the venue or landowner
Not sure about the cooking spot? Send us a photo and we’ll tell you honestly.
On the menu in Norton Ash
- Rotisserie chicken
- Coleslaw
- New potatoes
- Salads
- Apple sauce
- Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
- Crackling
- Roast or jacket potatoes
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Hog roast rolls
- Spit-roast lamb
- Stuffing
The menu, dish by dish
Roast pork
The hog roasts slowly for hours, so the meat is tender and juicy, and our chef carves it to order.
Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
A plant-based burger or sausage covers vegans, in a roll, with salad on the side.
Hog roast hire around Norton Ash
Norton Ash is about 3 miles west of Faversham, in Kent. We cover Norton Ash and its neighbours for events. Norton Ash is one of 922 towns and villages in Kent we cover. We cater events right across the region, from Norton Ash to Canterbury (about 11 miles away).
For guests coming by train, the nearest station is Teynham station, about 1.1 miles north-west. If you are organising a summer fair for a school like Teynham Parochial Church of England Primary School, a hog roast is a crowd-pleaser.
We bring hog roasts to events all over the ME9 postcode area. Local streets include London Road and Lower Norton Lane; an event on any of them works well with outdoor space and a way in. Close by, we cover events in Deerton Street (1 mile north), Lewson Street (1 mile south-west), Tickham (1 mile south-west), Teynham (1 mile north-west) and Teynham Street (1 mile north). Larger places within reach include Maidstone (14 miles west), Ashford (13 miles south), Canterbury (11 miles east), Sittingbourne (4 miles west), Whitstable (9 miles east) and Faversham (3 miles east).
Nearby you will also find Newnham Castle (2.7 miles south-west) and Sittingbourne Heritage Museum (3.8 miles west).
- Pubs nearby include The Plough Inn (0.6 miles south-west)
Looking after everyone
A hog roast is pork, so plan for anyone who does not eat it. Here’s how to cover everyone:
- We don’t offer halal meat, so arrange that separately if it is needed
- Remember that stuffing generally contains gluten, so check the allergen information
- Put the menu on the invitation
- Tell us about vegetarians and vegans for the halloumi skewers and vegan option
We’ll be with you for a good part of the day, since slow roasting starts early.
Salads, coleslaw and potatoes make it a full meal.
- Cooked where you are, slowly, over several hours outdoors
- Carved by our chef into rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Vegetarian and vegan choices, plus lamb or chicken if you like
- Served by our staff at the time you choose, then cleared away