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Birthday Hog Roast Hire in Temple Bar, Greater London
Give your guests a proper hog roast at your party in Temple Bar. We roast on site, carve to order and serve it hot.
- Retirement celebrations
- Back-garden get-togethers
- Wedding anniversaries
Book a hog roast in Temple Bar
About our party hog roast in Temple Bar
Throwing a party is hard work. A hog roast takes the food off your list: we roast, carve, serve and clear. Typical bookings include retirement parties and getting-engaged parties, with a vegan burger or sausage, hog roast rolls and jacket potatoes.
Most parties in Temple Bar are at home, and in London that means getting the roaster into the garden. With no side passage, a rear gate or front garden may work. A picture helps. The carving happens right in front of your guests, so every roll gets hot pork and a piece of crackling, and nothing sits in a hot cabinet.
- Area
- Temple Bar (WC2B, WC2E, EC1N)
- Area hub
- Greater London
- From the roaster
- Pork, crackling, stuffing and apple sauce in rolls
- Also available
- Lamb, chicken, halloumi skewers (V), vegan option (Ve)
- Price
- Quoted for your event
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
Should I cook it myself?
A barbecue is the other obvious choice, but someone has to stand at the grill all day. With a hog roast, one roast feeds everyone at once.
The hardest part of a DIY hog roast is timing: a whole hog takes hours, and it needs to be cooked through safely. If that sounds stressful, choose the catered option.
Step by step
Slow roasting is the whole point: the meat cooks gently until it is tender while the skin turns into crackling. It rests for a short while before carving. For an evening party in Temple Bar, think about light: it’s light until about 9:20pm in June but only about 7:05pm in late September. A string of lights over the serving table works wonders.
- Send a picture of where the roaster could go.
- We check the space and quote.
- On the day, we roast slowly under cover.
- We serve when you are ready.
- We leave the garden tidy.
How to prepare
- Send final numbers in good time
- Have a covered area for eating in case of rain
- Check there’s nothing overhead or close by that could catch the heat
Getting a price
Not sure how many to cater for? A rough figure is fine for a first quote, and you can confirm nearer the time. Send us your details through our quote form.
Planning help
Occasions we serve in Temple Bar
One roast feeds everyone together, instead of food in dribs and drabs.
We’re booked for all kinds of occasions in Temple Bar and nearby. Popular bookings include:
- 18th, 21st, 40th, 50th and 60th birthdays
- Ruby, golden and diamond anniversaries
- Christenings and naming days
- Neighbourhood parties
Historic houses near Temple Bar include Dr Johnson's House (less than half a mile north-east) and Benjamin Franklin House (0.7 miles south-west). Grand settings like these often have strict rules on caterers, so for most parties a garden or hired hall is simpler.
What to look for in a quote
- What the price includes, item by item
- Plates, china and cutlery
- Who carves and who serves
- What the cooking area needs: space, cover and access
Planners, venues and businesses
If the event is on someone else’s land, you’ll need the landowner’s permission for cooking and vehicles. Get that agreed before booking.
Marquee suppliers normally set distances for cooking equipment, so let them know about the roaster. The roaster stays a safe distance from the marquee.
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What we serve, dish by dish
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Choose from salads, new potatoes, coleslaw and roast or jacket potatoes, to suit your event.
Rotisserie chicken
Rotisserie chicken is there for anyone who’d rather not have pork, and it suits fussy eaters.
Before you choose a spot
The cooking area is the main thing to plan. A quick checklist:
- Somewhere dry for guests to eat
- Clearance from walls, fences and overhanging branches
- Parking close to the house
As a London location, Temple Bar is inside the Ultra Low Emission Zone, and access takes planning: let us know how we reach the cooking spot and where we can park.
Not sure about the cooking spot? Send us a photo and we’ll tell you honestly.
What we serve
- Rotisserie chicken
- Hog roast rolls
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Coleslaw
- Salads
- Vegan burger or sausage (Ve)
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Jacket potatoes
- Crackling
What a hog roast costs
Things that change the price:
- How long the roast and service take
- Crockery choices
- Season and day of the week
- Access to the cooking area
The main driver is numbers: bigger groups normally cost less per head, because the roaster, staff and travel cost much the same either way.
Details that help
Here’s what we’ll ask:
- Any extras, such as lamb, chicken or china
- The address or postcode
- Where the roaster could go, ideally with a photo
- Allergies we should know about
Send us the date, the address or WC2B postcode and rough numbers, along with your serving time. We’ll check the date and send a quote. Send us your details through our quote form.
Questions from Temple Bar
Can you get a hog roast into a London garden in Temple Bar?
It depends on access: a rear gate or yard generally works. Send us a photo and we’ll tell you honestly.
Can you do a hog roast in Lincoln's Inn Fields?
Only with permission from the park’s owner, typically the council, and many parks don’t allow cooking. Ask them first.
How big a hog will we need?
Quantities are based on your numbers, and we’ll talk it through when we quote.
What happens in bad weather?
We roast under cover, so the food isn’t affected. Your guests will want somewhere dry to eat.
Do you need power or water?
Not to cook, because the roaster is gas-fired. Let us know what’s on site.
Do you serve the food?
No need for your own staff: we carve, serve and tidy up.
Do we need a marquee for a party hog roast?
We cover the cooking area, but a gazebo or indoor space for guests is a good backup.
Can you do a hog roast in our back garden?
Describe the space and the way in, and we’ll give you an honest answer.
Hosting a hog roast party in Temple Bar
Temple Bar is about 1 mile south of St Pancras, in Greater London. We cover parties in Temple Bar, as well as the surrounding area. Temple Bar is one of 764 places in Greater London we cover.
If you had Lincoln's Inn Fields in mind, ask the council or landowner first: we can’t simply set up a roaster in a public park. For party guests on the train, Temple Bar has its own station, City Thameslink station.
Parties anywhere in WC2B, WC2E and EC1N start with an outdoor spot for the roaster. Local streets include Shoe Lane, Drury Lane and New Square; a party on any of them works well with outdoor space and a way in. Main roads around Temple Bar include the A4 and A40, which makes travel to your party easy. Other places close to Temple Bar we cover include Temple (1 mile south), Clare Market (1 mile west), Aldwych (1 mile west), Blackfriars (1 mile east) and Covent Garden (1 mile west). Larger places within reach include Kensington (4 miles west), Walthamstow (6 miles north-east), Hampstead (4 miles north-west), Ruislip (13 miles west), Brompton (3 miles south-west) and Stockwell (3 miles south).
Well-known places in the area include Montfichet's Tower (0.5 miles east) and Twinings Museum (within half a mile south-west). Within reach you will find Ludgate Hill and Barnsbury Wood.
- Schools near Temple Bar include Mercers' School (under half a mile north) and London Nautical School (0.5 miles south)
- Pubs nearby include Queen's Head Tavern (within half a mile north-east)
- Local facilities include British Library of Political and Economic Science (less than half a mile west) and Liberty of the Savoy (within half a mile south-west)
Diets, allergies and alternatives
Standard rolls and stuffing contain gluten, and gluten-free rolls are available on request. Other tips:
- Collect dietary needs when guests reply
- Find out who doesn’t eat pork so we can bring chicken or a vegetarian option
- Plan separately for anyone who needs halal food
- Request gluten-free rolls
Clear the route to the garden before we arrive, so we can bring everything through.
Gluten-free rolls are available on request.
- Roasted on site for several hours, outdoors under cover
- Our chef carves the pork, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling on the side
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside the pork
- Staff to serve at the agreed time, then clear away