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Hog Roast Catering in Oakhanger, Hampshire
From the hours of slow roasting to the last roll, a hog roast makes the food part of your event in Oakhanger.
- Weddings and receptions
- Christmas fairs
- Community events
Hog roast hire for Oakhanger
Before you choose a spot
Most outdoor spaces can work with a little planning. Here’s what we look for:
- Flat outdoor ground for the roaster and a gazebo
- A sheltered place for people to eat if it rains
- Parking near the spot
Not sure about the cooking spot? Send us a photo and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
What we serve
- Hog roast rolls
- Salads
- Roast or jacket potatoes
- Crackling
- Spit-roast lamb
- Rotisserie chicken
- Coleslaw
- Stuffing
- New potatoes
- Apple sauce
- Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
- Halloumi skewers (V)
About our hog roast hire in Oakhanger
There’s nothing quite like the smell of a hog roast drifting across a garden or field. We cook at your venue in Oakhanger, low and slow, then serve it in rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling. We are often asked to cater sports clubs and societies and birthdays and anniversaries, with crackling, new potatoes and halloumi skewers.
In a rural place like Oakhanger, roast pork in a field is hard to beat. Tell us about gates, tracks and the ground. You’ll know what’s included before you book: the date, the serving time, the menu and the plates.
What we serve, dish by dish
Spit-roast lamb
With lamb as well, there are two roasts to choose from, which works well for larger groups.
Halloumi and vegetable skewers (V)
Our vegetarian option is halloumi and vegetable skewers: grilled halloumi with vegetables, in a roll or on a plate.
A hog roast or other catering?
Compared with a cold buffet, a hog roast is hot, freshly carved and feels like an occasion. A buffet can sit out all afternoon. A hog roast is often good value for a crowd, since one roast goes a long way. The menu, extras such as china and the serving time all affect the final price.
Why Oakhanger hosts choose us
- Served at the time you choose
- A clear quote with everything listed
- Serving and clearing done for you
- The classics: stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
Read our prices page or what a hog roast costs.
How we price a hog roast
The biggest factors are:
- The serving time and how long we are on site
- Busy dates such as summer Saturdays
- Distance from us
- Crockery choices
Extras such as lamb, chicken, more sides or china crockery add to the cost, so we list each one in the quote. A simple menu keeps the cost down.
Getting an accurate quote
Here’s what we’ll ask:
- Where the event is
- Roughly how many people
- Your date and serving time
- Any extras, such as lamb, chicken or china
Send us the date, the address or GU35 postcode and rough numbers, plus when you’d like to eat. We will check the date and send a quote. Send us your details through our quote form.
Bringing a hog roast to Oakhanger
Oakhanger is about 4 miles south-east of Alton, in Hampshire. Oakhanger and the surrounding area are covered for events. We cater all 683 towns and villages across Hampshire. You can also see our page for Guildford, about 17 miles away.
If you are gathering after a service at a church like St Mary Magdalene's Church, a nearby hall or garden suits a hog roast. Coming by train? Alton station is about 3.8 miles away. Oakhanger is within about 8 miles of the Surrey Hills National Landscape, and some venues there have rules about cooking and vehicles on site. Check your venue’s rules on outside caterers.
Here we cover the GU35 postcode area, and we can cater your event anywhere in it. For events just outside Oakhanger, we cover Hartley Mauditt (2 miles west), East Worldham (2 miles north-west), Wyck (3 miles north), Upper Farringdon (3 miles west) and Neatham (4 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include Basingstoke (13 miles north-west), Farnborough (14 miles north-east), Fleet (11 miles north), Horndean (15 miles south), Aldershot (11 miles north-east) and Alton (4 miles north-west).
Nearby you’ll also find The Romany Museum (2.1 miles south-west) and Chase Community Hospital (1.9 miles east). Open spaces near Oakhanger include Selborne Hill and Deadwater Valley.
Step by step
It’s a relaxed, well-organised set-up. Arrival and serving times are agreed beforehand, set up where we have agreed, and get on with roasting and serving. In Oakhanger, the sun sets at about 9:20pm in late June and about 7:05pm in late September, so summer evening service is typically in daylight. In December it’s dark by about 4:00pm, so the cooking and serving area needs lighting.
- First, you send us your date, address, numbers and serving time.
- We check the date and the cooking area, then send a quote.
- We arrive well ahead, put the cover up and get the hog roasting.
- Our chef carves to order and our staff serve at the agreed time.
- Afterwards we clear up and leave the spot tidy.
Before we arrive
- Ask about allergies and dietary needs beforehand
- Think about shelter for your guests
- Send final numbers in good time
Get a quote
We price every booking individually, because numbers, menu, serving time and travel vary. Ask us for a quote for your event: fill in our quote form.
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Why choose hog roast hire in Oakhanger?
It is generous, hearty food that most people love, and lamb, chicken and vegetarian options look after the rest.
People around Oakhanger book us for everything from small get-togethers to big outdoor events. Popular choices:
- Corporate events
- Wakes and memorial gatherings
- Weddings, day or evening
- Fêtes, fairs and shows
School fairs and fundraisers, for a school such as Mill Chase Academy, can book a hog roast stall.
Before booking anyone
- Who carves and who serves
- Arrival time and how long the roast needs
- Exactly what’s included in the price
- The space, cover and access they need
Oakhanger questions
Do you come out to small places like Oakhanger?
No, we come to small places too. Tell us about lanes, gates and the ground.
Can you do a hog roast at a venue in the Surrey Hills National Landscape?
Yes. Some venues there have rules about cooking and vehicles, so check with yours. We will work to whatever the site needs.
What is hog roast hire?
We bring the roaster, roast the hog on site for hours, then our chef carves it and our staff serve, in rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling.
Is crackling included?
Yes, the crackling is shared out as we carve.
Who serves?
We carve and serve for you, and we clear up when service is finished.
Can we just hire the roaster?
Yes, we hire out the hog roast machine. We’ll explain what’s supplied and how it works when we quote.
Can you work around our timings?
Because the roast takes hours, we plan from your serving time, and a cooked roast can be held for a while if things run late.
Is crockery included?
We bring plates as standard. China crockery is available on request and quoted separately.
Planning for dietary needs
You will get allergen information for everything we serve. To help:
- Ask us to keep the vegetarian food separate and labelled
- Tell us about vegetarians and vegans so we bring enough halloumi skewers and vegan burgers or sausages
- Tell guests what’s on the menu in advance
- Stuffing normally contains gluten, so check the allergen information
Everything for serving comes with us, so all you need is the space.
Salads, coleslaw and potatoes make it a full meal, and they’re listed in your quote.
For event organisers in Oakhanger
Planning on behalf of a committee? One clear contact makes everything easier, particularly when timings shift.
If the event is on someone else’s land, the landowner needs to agree to cooking and vehicles. Sort that first.
Also near Oakhanger
What else we do in Oakhanger
- Roasted slowly at your venue, outdoors and under cover
- Carved by our chef into rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Options beyond pork, including lamb, chicken and vegetarian dishes
- Served when you’re ready, and we tidy the serving area afterwards