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Birthday Hog Roast Hire in Selling, Kent
Planning a hog roast for your party in Selling? The roaster comes to your venue, home or workplace and cooks under cover and our staff serve at the time you choose.
- Garden parties
- Christenings and naming days
- Leaving and retirement do’s
A hog roast near Selling
Party hog roast in Selling, carved to order
If you’d rather cook yourself, DIY machine hire is an option. Most people choose the catered option, so they can enjoy the party. On the menu are jacket potatoes, apple sauce and hog roast rolls, and we are frequently booked for ruby, golden and diamond anniversaries and neighbourhood parties.
In a small place like Selling, a party in the garden or a nearby field is frequently the plan. Tell us about lanes and ground, and we’ll handle the rest. Everything is cooked on the day, at your venue, low and slow, for hours.
Planners, venues and businesses
Marquee hire companies often have rules about cooking near their tents, so let them know about the roaster. The roaster stays a safe distance from the marquee.
If you’re a venue or event planner, we can fit around your other suppliers.
The menu, dish by dish
Crackling
Long, slow roasting turns the skin into crackling, and there is a piece for everyone who wants it.
Roast pork
Slow-roasted pork is the heart of the menu: carved in front of you, a mix of shoulder and leg, straight from the roaster.
FAQs for Selling
Do you cater at venues in the Kent Downs National Landscape?
Yes, though some venues in protected landscapes have extra rules for caterers; ask your venue. We will work to whatever the site needs.
Do you come out to small places like Selling?
Not at all. We cater in villages and hamlets as well as towns. Tell us about lanes, gates and the ground.
How long does a hog roast take to cook?
A whole hog roasts for several hours, so we arrive well before you want to eat. We plan the timings from when you want to eat.
Do children like hog roasts?
Generally, yes, so we get the amounts right.
How soon do you get booked up?
The earlier the better for popular dates. But do ask even at short notice: send us your details through our quote form.
Do we need cover?
The roaster has its own cover; guests will want somewhere dry to eat if it rains.
What space does the roaster need?
A level, open area outdoors with room for the roaster, a gazebo and a carving table, well clear of walls, tents and branches. We will confirm the space with your quote.
What about guests who don’t eat pork?
We can add lamb or chicken, plus halloumi skewers for vegetarians and a vegan burger or sausage. We don’t provide halal meat.
Looking after everyone
Not everyone eats pork, so plan an alternative. A few pointers:
- Plan separately for anyone who needs halal food
- Think about children’s portions
- Give us numbers for vegetarians and vegans
- Count non-pork eaters for the alternatives
We set up in the agreed spot, so the party carries on around us.
Add coleslaw, salads and jacket potatoes to make it a full meal.
A hog roast compared with other options
Next to a barbecue, you are not stuck flipping burgers all afternoon, and everyone eats together. Extras such as lamb, chicken, more sides or china crockery add to the cost, so we list each one in the quote. Keeping it simple keeps it affordable.
What you get with us
- Slow-roasted at your venue, not reheated
- Served at the time you choose
- Carved to order by a chef
- Self-contained: roaster, cover and serving kit
Take a look at how we price and what a hog roast costs.
Step by step
Your timings come first. If the day runs behind, we can hold the cooked roast for a while before carving, so tell us as soon as plans change. At midsummer, it’s light in Selling until about 9:15pm, which gives a garden party a long evening. By late September sunset is around 7:00pm, so plan festoon lights for later parties.
- Tell us about your party: date, address and numbers.
- We check the garden or drive and quote.
- We arrive early and get the roast going.
- We carve and serve at food time.
- We clear the serving area and go.
How to prepare
- Have a covered area for eating in case of rain
- Give us final numbers a week or so before
- Check there’s nothing overhead or close by that could catch the heat
Get a quote
For a quote, send us a few details: the date and serving time, the venue or ME13 postcode, rough numbers and which extras you’d like. Fill in our quote form.
Planning help
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Perfect for your party in Selling
One roast feeds everyone together, so nobody is waiting for the next batch.
These are some of the most popular hog roast bookings near Selling:
- Reunions
- Christenings
- Engagement celebrations
- Street parties
Guests arriving by train should know that Selling station is about 0.8 miles away.
What to look for in a quote
- Arrival time and how long the roast needs
- When payments are due and what happens if plans change
- Who carves and who serves
- Which meats, sides and extras are included
Selling parties: what to know
Selling is about 3 miles south-east of Faversham, in Kent. We cater parties of every size in Selling. Selling is one of 922 places in Kent we cover. You can also see our page for Canterbury, about 7 miles away.
Within reach of Selling are historic houses such as Belmont House and Gardens (3.4 miles west). If you’re hiring a historic venue for a big birthday, check its rules on outside caterers first. Christenings and naming days frequently start at a local church such as Church of St Mary, with a hog roast at home or in a hall afterwards. The Kent Downs National Landscape is within about 7 miles of Selling, so a garden party here comes with a lovely backdrop.
This part of Kent takes in ME13. Local streets include Selling Road, Selling Court and Vicarage Lane; a party on any of them works well with outdoor space and a way in. We also bring hog roasts to parties in Perrywood (1 mile south), Hogben's Hill (1 mile west), Gushmere (1 mile north), Neames Forstal (1 mile east) and Crouch (1 mile north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Ashford (9 miles south), Canterbury (7 miles east), Sittingbourne (10 miles north-west), Whitstable (7 miles north-east), Faversham (3 miles north-west) and Herne Bay (11 miles north-east).
Other landmarks nearby include Tower keep castle at Chilham (2.5 miles south-east).
- Local pubs include The White Lion Public House (under half a mile west)
Should I cook it myself?
The hardest part of a DIY hog roast is timing: a big roast takes hours and must be cooked thoroughly. If you’d rather not worry about it, let us cook.
A barbecue is the other obvious choice, but someone ends up cooking in batches all afternoon. A hog roast cooks in one go and is carved for everyone.
What a hog roast costs
Things that change the price:
- How long the roast and service take
- Site access
- Whether you want china
- Distance from us
Numbers make the biggest difference: bigger groups generally cost less per head, because the roaster, staff and travel cost much the same either way.
What we need to know
These are the details we need:
- Which meats and sides you’d like
- Rules from the venue or landowner
- The venue or postcode
- What the outdoor space is like
Getting a quote is simple: date, place, numbers and serving time. We will reply with a clear price and what’s included. Fill in our quote form.
- Cooked where you are, slowly, over several hours outdoors
- Our chef carves the pork, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling on the side
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside the pork
- Our team serves at your chosen time and clears up afterwards