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Party Hog Roast for Otham
Looking for a hog roast for your party in Otham? The roaster comes to your venue, home or workplace and cooks under cover and carve when you’re ready to eat.
- Neighbourhood parties
- Reunions
- Retirement celebrations
Slow-roasted pork in Otham
Party hog roast in Otham, carved to order
A hog roast works for street parties as well, with the right permissions. On the menu are apple sauce, rotisserie chicken and crackling, and we’re often booked for big family get-togethers and 18th, 21st, 40th, 50th and 60th birthdays.
Parties around Otham are often relaxed garden affairs. A hog roast fits right in. Plates come as standard, and china crockery is available on request, quoted separately.
Planners, venues and businesses
Some venues add a fee for outside caterers, so check before you book. We’ll work with the venue on access and the cooking spot.
For workplace bookings, ask your facilities team about outside caterers and gas cooking. We work to the site’s rules.
Step by step
We work to your timings. If the day runs behind, we can hold the cooked roast for a while before carving, so tell us as soon as plans change. By late September, sunset in Otham is about 7:00pm; by December it’s about 3:50pm. Plan lights for the path and the food.
- Send us your party date, address, numbers and serving time.
- You get a check on the date and the cooking spot, and a quote.
- On the day we arrive hours ahead and start the roast under cover.
- Our chef carves and our staff serve when you are ready.
- We pack away and leave the garden tidy.
Preparing for the day
- Make sure we can wheel the roaster to the spot
- Collect dietary needs and allergies in advance
- Give us final numbers a week or so before
Getting a price
Busy weekends book up early, especially summer Saturdays and December Fridays. Tell us your date and we’ll check it: use our quote form.
Planning help
Before you choose a spot
Before the day, it helps to think about where the roaster will go. The ideal spot has:
- Space for our vehicle near the drive
- A step-free way into the garden
- Clearance from walls, fences and overhanging branches
Not sure about the cooking spot? Send us a photo and we will tell you honestly before you book.
On the menu in Otham
- Salads
- Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Crackling
- Jacket potatoes
- Coleslaw
- Rotisserie chicken
- Hog roast rolls
Looking after everyone
A little planning helps everyone eat safely. Here are a few tips:
- Halal is not offered, so arrange it separately if needed
- Find out who does not eat pork for the alternatives
- Ask about allergies on the invitation
- Ask for gluten-free rolls if anyone needs them
Clear the route to the garden before we arrive, so we can bring everything through.
A string of lights by the carving station looks great as it gets dark.
What a hog roast costs
Each price is built from:
- The menu and extras such as lamb or chicken
- The journey to the venue
- How many people are eating
- Site access
Most of the cost is the meat, the staff and the time on site. Slow roasting means we’re on site for much of the day, and the quote reflects that.
Getting an accurate quote
Good details mean a good quote. Useful details:
- Allergies we should know about
- Rules from the venue or landowner
- The venue or postcode
- Your menu choices
Every party is quoted on its own, based on numbers, menu, timings and distance. Ask us for a quote for your party: send us your details through our quote form.
What comes off the roaster
Roast pork
We carve as we serve, which keeps it hot and moist.
Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
Vegan guests can have a vegan burger or sausage, so everyone has something hot.
Places near Otham
What else we do in Otham
Parties in Otham: homes, halls and local tips
Otham is about 2 miles south-east of Maidstone, in Kent. We cover parties in Otham, along with the towns and villages around it. Otham is one of 922 places in Kent we cover. Our bookings stretch from Otham to Canterbury (about 22 miles away).
After a christening at a church like St Nicholas's Church, a hog roast in the garden is an easy way to feed family and friends. Thinking of a hog roast in Mote Park? Cooking in a park needs the owner’s permission, typically the council’s, and many parks do not allow it. Otham is within about 4 miles of the Kent Downs National Landscape, so a garden party here comes with a lovely backdrop.
Parties anywhere in ME15 and ME17 start with an outdoor spot for the roaster. That could mean a party in a garden on Church Road, Spartall Drive and Ellis Field or the roads around them, wherever there’s an outdoor spot for the roaster. If your venue is just outside Otham, we also cover Willington (1 mile north-west), Park Wood (1 mile south-west), Langley (1 mile south-east), Shepway (1 mile north-west) and Caring (1 mile north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Ashford (15 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (10 miles north-east), Royal Tunbridge Wells (15 miles south-west), Gravesend (15 miles north-west), Tonbridge (13 miles west) and Faversham (15 miles east).
Well-known places in the area include Kent Fire Brigade Museum (2.4 miles west) and KIMS hospital (2.8 miles north). The countryside around Otham includes Detling Hill.
- Schools near Otham include Senacre Wood Primary School (under half a mile north-west) and New Line Learning Academy (1.5 miles west)
- Nearby, you will find The White Horse pub (within half a mile east)
Why a carved hog roast beats a buffet
Instead of booking a restaurant, a hog roast at home lets everyone relax in the garden. Extras such as lamb, chicken, more sides or china crockery add to the cost, so each one is itemised. Keeping it simple keeps it affordable.
What you get with us
- Roasted on site, slowly, for hours
- All the equipment comes with us
- The classics: stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- A choice of salads and potatoes
Take a look at our prices page or our hog roast cost guide.
Otham: your questions answered
What’s the nearest station to Otham?
The closest is Bearsted station, roughly 2.1 miles away.
How far is Otham from London?
About 33 miles from central London, and we cover it as standard.
Do you bring plates and clear up?
Plates come as standard and our staff clear the serving area.
What’s included?
The classic: pork in rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling. Sides and extra meats are listed in your quote.
How much does a hog roast cost?
Each event is priced on its own, depending on numbers, menu, timings and travel. Ask us for a quote.
How far ahead should we book?
The earlier the better for popular dates. But do ask even at short notice: fill in our quote form.
Will there be enough to go round?
We plan quantities from the numbers you give us, and we’ll talk it through when we quote.
What about the neighbours?
Let them know in advance, especially if the roaster is near a fence.
DIY versus a catered hog roast
DIY hire works best when someone in the family loves cooking. For bigger or more formal events, catering takes the pressure off.
Buying in a cold buffet is another option, but hot, freshly carved roast pork is a different experience, especially outdoors.
- Roasted on site for several hours, outdoors under cover
- Our chef carves the pork, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling on the side
- Vegetarian and vegan choices, plus lamb or chicken if you like
- Served by our staff at the time you choose, then cleared away