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Birthday Hog Roast Hire in Hastings Old Town, East Sussex
Party hog roast in Hastings Old Town: a whole hog slow-roasted on site, carved to order and served in soft rolls with crackling.
- Engagement parties
- Retirement parties
- Neighbourhood parties
A hog roast near Hastings Old Town
Allergies and dietary needs
With a bit of planning, dietary needs are easier to handle. A few tips:
- Ask for gluten-free rolls if anyone needs them
- Tell us how many vegetarians and vegans to expect
- Count non-pork eaters for the alternatives
- Think about children’s portions
Have a word with the neighbours first: the roast cooks for hours, and they may ask for a roll.
Add chicken for younger or fussier guests.
Party hog roast in Hastings Old Town, carved to order
Throwing a party is hard work. A hog roast takes the food off your list: we roast, carve, serve and clear. We serve a vegan burger or sausage, coleslaw and apple sauce, and we are regularly asked to cater engagement parties and big birthday parties.
For a party in Hastings Old Town, home is frequently the best venue. Tell us about the drive and the garden, and we will do the rest. We bring the roaster, the cover and everything we need to cook and serve, and we pack away and leave the area as we found it.
- Area
- Hastings Old Town (TN34, TN35)
- Region
- East Sussex
- Menu
- Hog roast rolls, stuffing, apple sauce, crackling
- Alongside
- Spit-roast lamb, rotisserie chicken, vegetarian and vegan options
- Quotes
- Contact us for a quote
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
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Step by step
Your timings come first. If the day runs behind, a cooked roast can be kept hot for a while, so keep us posted on the day. Evening parties in Hastings Old Town need a little planning: it’s light until about 9:15pm in June but only about 7:00pm in late September. A string of lights over the serving table works wonders.
- Tell us about your party: date, address and numbers.
- We check the garden or drive and quote.
- We set up hours ahead.
- At food time, the chef carves and we serve.
- We clear the serving area and go.
Before we arrive
- Measure the narrowest gate or passage
- Pick a flat, open area outside for cooking
- Choose someone to meet us on arrival
How to get a price
Not sure how many to cater for? A rough figure is fine for a first quote, then confirm closer to the date. Send us your details through our quote form.
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How we price a hog roast for your party
Here’s what affects the price:
- Season and day of the week
- Site access
- The journey to the venue
- How many people are eating
UK price guides vary widely: roughly £10 a head for a simple roll, rising past £20 with more included. Every event gets its own quote, with everything listed.
What we need to know
We can quote more accurately with a few details. Here’s what to include:
- Where the roaster could go, ideally with a picture
- The address or postcode
- Allergies we should know about
- The date and when you’d like to eat
Send us the date, the address or TN34 postcode and rough numbers, along with your serving time. We will check the date and send a quote. Use our quote form.
Planners, venues and businesses
For venues and planners, we can fit around your other suppliers, sharing timings and a site plan.
For workplace bookings, ask your facilities team about outside caterers and gas cooking. We work to the site’s rules.
Hastings Old Town: your questions answered
Can you cater after a service at Church of St Clement?
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 generally elsewhere. Tell us where you’ll gather.
What’s the nearest station to Hastings Old Town?
Hastings station, about 0.7 miles west of the centre.
How long does a hog roast take to cook?
It depends on the size of the hog and the weather, but it is several hours. You’ll know our arrival time in advance.
What happens in bad weather?
We cook under a gazebo, so rain is not a problem for the roast. A marquee, hall or barn for eating makes all the difference.
Will you clear up afterwards?
Plates come as standard and our staff clear the serving area.
What should we sort out beforehand?
Just the agreed spot and a contact on the day. Everything for roasting and serving comes with us.
Do you bring plates?
Plates come as standard. China crockery is available on request and quoted separately.
Do you serve the food?
You don’t need anyone else: our chef carves and our team serves and clears.
Who books party hog roast in Hastings Old Town?
It feeds a crowd at once, instead of food in dribs and drabs.
Whatever the occasion in Hastings Old Town, a hog roast feeds a crowd well. We are frequently asked to cater:
- 18th, 21st, 40th, 50th and 60th birthdays
- Retirement parties
- Reunions
- Engagement celebrations
For guests coming by train, Hastings station is about 0.7 miles away.
What your quote should include
- Travel and any London charges
- When payments are due and what happens if plans change
- If the price includes VAT
- Allergen information for every dish
Planning a party in Hastings Old Town
Hastings Old Town is about 1 mile south-east of Hastings, in East Sussex. We take a hog roast for your party to gardens, car parks, yards and venues around Hastings Old Town and the surrounding area. We bring hog roasts to 289 places in East Sussex. We cater events right across the region, from Hastings Old Town to Brighton (about 32 miles away).
If you had Linton Gardens in mind, ask the council or landowner first: we cannot simply set up a roaster in a public park. A christening at Church of St Clement followed by a hog roast at home is a simple, popular plan. The coast is within about a mile, so breezy days are common, so we plan a sheltered spot.
Here we cover the TN34 and TN35 postcode area, so your party can be anywhere in it. That could mean a party in a garden on Crown Lane, Croft Road and Manor Road, wherever there’s an outdoor spot for the roaster. For parties just outside Hastings Old Town, we cover Rock-a-Nore (1 mile south-east), Belmont (1 mile north), America Ground (1 mile west), Blacklands (1 mile north-west) and St Helen's (1 mile north-west). Larger places within reach include Eastbourne (14 miles west), Bexhill-on-Sea (6 miles west), Hailsham (15 miles west), Polegate (15 miles west), Old Town (15 miles west) and Upper Horsebridge (15 miles west).
Other landmarks nearby include Priory Meadow Shopping Centre (0.5 miles west) and Hastings Castle (within half a mile west). The countryside around Hastings Old Town includes Church Wood and Robsack Wood.
- Nearby schools include University School (0.9 miles west) and William Parker Sports College (1.7 miles north-west)
- Local pubs include The Royal Standard Public House (less than half a mile south)
The menu, dish by dish
Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
A plant-based burger or sausage covers vegans, served in a roll with salads.
Roast pork
We carve as we serve, so it stays hot and juicy right to the last roll.
Space, access and the venue
The roaster needs the right spot, because it cooks outside for several hours, so a few things are worth checking:
- A level patio, lawn or driveway
- Clearance from walls, fences and overhanging branches
- Neighbours warned about the smell
If you’re unsure, send a picture of the space and the way in, and we will say what we think before booking.
Popular choices
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Salads
- Jacket potatoes
- Coleslaw
- Crackling
- Rotisserie chicken
- Hog roast rolls
- Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
- Halloumi skewers (V)
Catered or do it yourself?
Timing is the tricky part of roasting your own: a big roast takes hours and must be cooked thoroughly. If you’d rather not worry about it, let us cook.
DIY hire works best when someone in the family loves cooking. For weddings and bigger events, a catered roast is generally easier.
- Slow-roasted on site for hours, outdoors at your event
- Carved to order by our chef, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Options beyond pork, including lamb, chicken and vegetarian dishes
- Staff to serve at the agreed time, then clear away