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Hog Roast Hire in Warden
Roasted for hours, carved to order and served hot: a hog roast in Warden and across Kent.
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Hog roast hire in Warden
How our hog roast hire works in Warden
We provide a fully catered hog roast: roasting, carving and serving are all done for you. For confident cooks, the machine can be hired on its own. Popular choices include halloumi skewers, crackling and rotisserie chicken, and we’re frequently booked for club events and presentations and wakes.
Somewhere as small as Warden, a field, yard or garden is often the spot. Country lanes and long drives are fine if we know about them, and level, firm ground is the key. Everything we need to roast, carve and serve comes with us, and we leave the spot tidy when we go.
A hog roast in Warden: local details
Warden is about 4 miles east of Minster, in Kent. Hosts in Warden book us for events of all sizes. Warden is one of 922 towns and villages in Kent where we cater. We cater events right across the region, from Warden to Canterbury (about 12 miles away).
Here we cover the ME12 postcode area. Your event could be at a house on Melody Close, Imperial Drive and Waterside View or the roads around them, wherever there’s an outdoor spot for the roaster. If your venue is just outside Warden, we also cover Bay View (1 mile south-west), Mud Row (1 mile west), Leysdown-on-Sea (1 mile south-east), Eastchurch (2 miles west) and Minster (4 miles west). Within a short drive, we also cover Canterbury (12 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (9 miles south-west), Whitstable (7 miles south-east), Faversham (6 miles south), Herne Bay (10 miles east) and Davington (6 miles south).
What affects the price in Warden
Each price is built from:
- Crockery choices
- Access to the cooking area
- Season and day of the week
- Numbers
Travel matters for the price: we include travel in the quote. Tell us the exact address so the quote is accurate.
What to tell us
When you enquire, it helps to include:
- Rules from the venue or landowner
- A photo of the cooking area
- Your menu choices
- Your date and serving time
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. Fill in our quote form.
Working with your venue
If you’re a venue or event planner, we can fit around your other suppliers, sharing timings and a site plan.
For workplace bookings, check with facilities about gas equipment and vehicle access. We will fit in with site rules.
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What comes off the roaster
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)
Vegan guests can have a vegan burger or sausage, so everyone has something hot.
How the day works
The secret is time: the meat cooks gently until it’s tender while the skin crisps into crackling. Then it rests briefly before our chef carves. In Warden, the sun sets at about 9:15pm in late June and about 7:00pm in late September, so summer evening service is usually in daylight. For winter events, dark by about 3:50pm, we need light by the roaster and the serving table.
- Send us your date, numbers and address.
- We check the space and quote.
- We get the roaster going hours before you eat.
- The chef carves and the team fills rolls or plates.
- We clear up and go.
How to prepare
- Gather dietary requirements early
- Make sure we can wheel the roaster to the spot
- Pick a flat, open area outside for cooking
How to get a price
For a quote, send us a few details: the date and serving time, the venue or ME12 postcode, rough numbers and which extras you’d like. Fill in our quote form.
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Your questions about a hog roast in Warden
Do you come out to small places like Warden?
Not at all. We cater in villages and hamlets as well as towns. Tell us about lanes, gates and the ground.
Is Warden close to London?
About 44 miles from central London.
How soon do you get booked up?
Summer Saturdays and December book up first. For other dates, a few weeks can be enough. Send your date and we’ll check.
Where does the hog roast go?
Roughly the footprint of a gazebo or two, on level ground, away from buildings, marquee walls and overhanging trees. We will confirm the space with your quote.
What happens when we hire a hog roast?
We bring the roaster, roast the hog on site for hours, then our chef carves it and our staff serve, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling.
Who serves?
You don’t need anyone else: we carve, serve and tidy up.
Do you provide china?
We supply plates as standard. You can upgrade to china if you prefer.
Do you cover the whole of Kent?
All of Kent is in our area. Tell us the venue for a quote.
Is a hog roast right for your event?
Next to a barbecue, a hog roast cooks in one go and is carved for everyone, so nobody stands at a grill all afternoon. Our guide compares the two. Numbers make the biggest difference: the price per head usually falls as numbers rise, since much of the cost is fixed.
Why book with us
- The classics: stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Served at the time you choose
- Serving and clearing done for you
- Salads, potatoes and coleslaw to go with it
Read how we price or our hog roast cost guide.
Before you choose a spot
Most gardens, car parks, yards and fields work if a few things are right. Here’s what helps:
- Any venue rules sorted in advance
- A way to wheel the roaster to the spot
- A sheltered place for people to eat if it rains
If you are unsure, send a picture of the space and the way in, and we will say what we think before booking.
Popular choices
- Apple sauce
- Coleslaw
- Rotisserie chicken
- Stuffing
- Crackling
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Hog roast rolls
- Roast or jacket potatoes
- Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
- Salads
- Spit-roast lamb
- New potatoes
Looking after everyone
A little planning helps everyone eat safely. A few tips:
- Ask for gluten-free rolls if anyone needs them
- Count anyone who does not eat pork, and order an alternative for them
- Label the vegetarian and vegan food clearly
- Add a dietary question to your invitations
The roaster needs looking after for hours, which is our job, not yours. You can relax and enjoy the day.
Prefer to cook yourself? Ask about DIY machine hire.
Should I cook it myself?
DIY hire works best when someone in the family loves cooking. For bigger or more formal events, catering takes the pressure off.
Catered or DIY? With catering, our chef roasts, carves and serves, and our staff clear up. With DIY hire, you do the work and save on staffing.
- Slow-roasted on site for hours, outdoors at your event
- Carved to order by our chef, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Vegetarian and vegan choices, plus lamb or chicken if you like
- Our team serves at your chosen time and clears up afterwards