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Hog Roast Wedding Catering in Acol, Kent
From the first smell of roasting pork to the last piece of crackling, a hog roast for your wedding turns the food into a centrepiece of your wedding in Acol.
- Wedding breakfasts with sides
- Home weddings
- Evening receptions
Book a hog roast in Acol
Diets, allergies and alternatives
Allergies and dietary needs are easy to manage if we know in advance. Some ideas:
- Ask for gluten-free rolls for coeliac guests
- Put a dietary question on the invitation
- Remember that stuffing normally contains gluten
- Count non-pork eaters, so we can add lamb, chicken or vegetarian options
If speeches overrun or the band starts late, we adjust. Your coordinator can keep us posted.
Lamb alongside the pork gives guests a choice.
Wedding hog roast in Acol, carved to order
Barn, marquee and garden weddings around Acol suit a hog roast. We cook outside, under cover, and the food is served in the marquee or barn. Popular choices include crackling, new potatoes and carved roast pork, and we are often booked for vow renewals and blessings and evening receptions.
A wedding in a small place like Acol often means a field, a barn or a family garden. That’s where a hog roast shines: no kitchen, just level ground and cover. Let us know about access and ground. Let us know about allergies and dietary needs in advance, and we will give you the allergen information for every dish before booking.
How it works
Slow roasting is the whole point: hours of gentle heat make the pork soft and juicy while the skin turns into crackling. It rests for a short while before carving. In Acol, midsummer sunset is about 9:15pm, and by late September it’s nearer 7:00pm, so evening food is often carved in daylight in June and July. For autumn and winter weddings, when it is dark by about 3:50pm in December, plan lighting at the carving station.
- Send us the date, venue and guest numbers.
- We check the venue’s rules and the date, then quote.
- We agree timings with your venue coordinator.
- We roast during the day, then carve at the agreed time.
- We serve, tidy up and slip away.
Before we arrive
- Send final numbers in good time
- Check there is nothing overhead or close by that could catch the heat
- Check there is a route to wheel the equipment in, without steps
How to get a price
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.
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Organising for someone else?
If you’re organising for someone else, such as a wedding planner, an office manager or a fête committee, let us know who we will deal with on the day. We’ll keep everyone in the loop.
Some venues charge a fee if you bring in your own caterer, so it’s worth asking first. We will liaise with them on access and set-up.
Common questions in Acol
What about windy coastal sites?
Yes, of course. Wind is something we plan for: a sheltered spot and secure cover.
Is Acol too small for a hog roast?
Not at all. We cater in villages and hamlets as well as towns. Let us know about access and the cooking spot.
Where will the roaster go at our wedding?
The roaster stays outdoors on level ground.
Do we need extra food?
We’ll plan quantities from your numbers, and the quote lists everything.
Can we just hire the roaster?
DIY machine hire is available. We’ll confirm what comes with it and how to use it.
How do you work out quantities?
Quantities are based on your numbers, and we will talk it through when we quote.
What comes with the hog roast?
Roast pork carved into soft rolls with sage and onion stuffing, apple sauce and crackling. You can add lamb, chicken, vegetarian and vegan options, salads, coleslaw and potatoes.
Do venues allow outside hog roasts?
It depends on the venue. Ask your venue early, and we will liaise with them.
Why choose wedding hog roast in Acol?
One booking can cover the wedding breakfast and the evening food, which keeps things simple.
A hog roast suits a wide range of occasions. Here are some of the most popular:
- Farm weddings
- Wedding breakfasts with sides
- Marquee weddings
- Weddings in a family garden
Couples marrying at local churches such as St Mildreds Church frequently hold the reception nearby, with the roast cooking through the ceremony.
Questions to ask before booking
- Plates, china and cutlery
- Where the roaster goes and what it needs
- How long the roast takes and when they’ll arrive
- Which meats, sides and extras are included
Acol weddings: local tips
Acol is about 4 miles south-west of Margate, in Kent. We are happy to travel to Acol for weddings and the places nearby. Acol is one of 922 towns and villages in Kent we cover. Our nearest city page is Canterbury, about 11 miles away.
If you want countryside in your photos, Sandwich and Pegwell Bay isn’t far, and the countryside around Acol suits an outdoor reception. Guests coming by rail will want to know that the nearest station is Birchington-On-Sea station, about 1.5 miles north. The sea is within about 4 miles, so seaside venues are close. We’ll plan a sheltered cooking spot.
We cater weddings across the CT7 postcode area and the streets around it. We can cater a wedding on streets such as The Street, Dilnot Lane and Margate Hill or the roads around them, wherever there’s an outdoor spot for the roaster. Neighbouring places where we cater weddings include Mount Pleasant (1 mile south), Birchington (1 mile north), Way (1 mile south-east), Minster (2 miles south) and Westgate-on-Sea (2 miles north-east). Further out, we also cater in Canterbury (11 miles south-west), Margate (4 miles north-east), Dover (15 miles south), Ramsgate (4 miles east), Broadstairs (5 miles east) and Whitstable (12 miles west).
Well-known places in the area include Powell-Cotton Museum (0.7 miles north) and Westwood Cross (3.6 miles east). Open spaces near Acol include Sandwich and Pegwell Bay.
- Local schools include King Ethelbert School (1.4 miles north)
- Local pubs include Crown & Sceptre pub (within half a mile north)
- Other local spots include Margate West (2.4 miles north-east)
A hog roast or other catering?
Compared with a three-course plated meal, a hog roast is more relaxed and often better value. It still feels like a feast. UK price guides vary widely: roughly £10 a head for a simple roll, rising past £20 with more included. We quote every event individually, so you know exactly what you’re paying for.
Why us?
- A clear quote with everything listed
- The classics: stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Halloumi skewers and a vegan option too
- All the equipment comes with us
Read how we price or our hog roast cost guide.
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Full catering or machine hire?
DIY hire works best when someone in the family loves cooking. For weddings and bigger events, a catered roast is normally easier.
Some hosts try a barbecue instead, but someone has to stand at the grill all day. With a hog roast, one roast feeds everyone at once.
What we serve, dish by dish
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Coleslaw is the natural partner for a pork roll, and salads and new potatoes work well on a plate.
Spit-roast lamb
Spit-roast lamb is popular alongside the pork, and handy for anyone who doesn’t eat pork.
What the cooking area needs
The roaster needs the right spot, because it cooks outside for several hours, and a little planning goes a long way:
- Power for lights in the evening
- Approval from the venue or marquee supplier
- A way in for the roaster
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we will advise.
What we serve
- Vegan option (Ve)
- New potatoes
- Spit-roast lamb
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Hog roast rolls
- Roast or jacket potatoes
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Rotisserie chicken
- Crackling
- Salads
- Roasted slowly at your venue, outdoors and under cover
- Freshly carved pork with crackling, stuffing and apple sauce
- Not just pork: spit-roast lamb, chicken and vegetarian choices
- Served by our staff at the time you choose, then cleared away