Hampshire · England
Wedding Hog Roast for Blashford
Treat your guests to slow-roasted pork and crackling at your wedding in Blashford. The roast cooks for hours on site, then our chef carves it hot for everyone.
- Intimate weddings
- Blessings and renewals
- Post-wedding gatherings
A hog roast near Blashford
Perfect for your wedding in Blashford
One booking can cover the wedding breakfast and the evening food, which keeps things simple.
However big or small the event in Blashford, a hog roast feeds a crowd well. Bookings often include:
- Home weddings
- Evening food after the first dance
- Rustic barn receptions
- Relaxed, low-key weddings
Linbrook Lake nearby makes a lovely backdrop for photos, and the countryside around Blashford suits an outdoor reception.
What to look for in a quote
- A clear list of what’s included
- VAT, if it applies
- Whether travel is included
- How many staff will carve and serve
About our wedding hog roast in Blashford
A hog roast is made for marquee, barn and garden weddings near Blashford. The roaster cooks outside under cover, and the food is served in the marquee or barn. On the menu are salads, new potatoes and crackling, and typical bookings are for second-day get-togethers and barn and farm weddings.
Near Blashford, weddings are frequently in fields, barns or gardens. That’s where a hog roast shines: no kitchen, just level ground and cover. Let us know about access and ground. We bring plates as standard, and china crockery is available on request, quoted separately.
Planners, venues and businesses
Venues often have rules for outside caterers, including where gas cooking is allowed. Check early, and pass on anything they need from us.
Marquee hire companies often have rules about cooking near their tents, so tell them a hog roast is coming. The roaster stays a safe distance from the marquee.
Getting married in Blashford?
Blashford is in Hampshire. Weddings in Blashford are part of our patch, as well as the surrounding area. We bring hog roasts to all 683 towns and villages across Hampshire. Our nearest city page is Southampton, about 17 miles away.
Within reach of Blashford are historic houses such as Avon Tyrrell House (4.7 miles south-east). If your reception is at a historic house or estate, ask early about its rules on caterers and gas cooking. Couples marrying at local churches such as Church of St Mary and All Saints frequently hold the reception nearby, with the roast cooking through the ceremony. The New Forest National Park is within about 5 miles of Blashford, with plenty of rural wedding settings. Ask your venue where a hog roast can cook.
We cater weddings across the BH24 postcode area and the streets around it. We can cater a wedding on streets such as Snails Lane, Ivy Lane and Woolmer Lane, wherever there is an outdoor spot for the roaster. If your venue is just outside Blashford, we also cover Ellingham (1 mile north-west), Rockford (1 mile north-east), Poulner (1 mile south-east), Highwood (1 mile east) and Ringwood (1 mile south). Larger places within reach include Totton (13 miles east), Lymington (13 miles south-east), New Milton (9 miles south-east), Barton on Sea (10 miles south-east), Marchwood (15 miles east) and Ashley (9 miles south-east).
Nearby you will also find St Leonard's Hospital (4.5 miles south-west). The countryside around Blashford includes Blashford Lakes and Linbrook Lake.
- Nearby schools include Ringwood School Academy (1 mile south)
- Nearby, you will find Alice Lisle Inn (0.7 miles north-east)
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. Evening food at a Blashford wedding often goes out just as the light fades: sunset is around 8:55pm in late May, 9:25pm at midsummer and 7:10pm in late September. Festoon lights by the carving station look lovely in the photos.
- Choose the main meal, the evening food or both.
- You get a quote listing menu, staff and plates.
- The venue and we agree where the roaster goes.
- We arrive early and roast slowly on site.
- Our chef carves and the team serves and clears.
Before we arrive
- Measure the narrowest gate or passage
- Gather dietary requirements early
- Have a level outdoor spot ready
Ask for a quote
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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DIY versus a catered hog roast
Buying in a cold buffet is another option, but hot, freshly carved roast pork is a different experience.
DIY hire works best when someone in the family loves cooking. For weddings and bigger events, a catered roast is generally easier.
What a hog roast costs
We work out each quote from:
- The menu and extras such as lamb or chicken
- Time on site
- The date and time of year
- The journey to the venue
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
The more we know, the more accurate the quote. Useful details:
- The date and time of the event
- Rules from the venue or landowner
- The address or postcode
- A photo of the cooking area
We need a few details to quote: your date, your venue or postcode, how many people and any menu choices. Send us your details through our quote form.
About the food
Rolls and gluten-free rolls
We can serve in rolls or on plates, with gluten-free rolls on request.
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Coleslaw is the natural partner for a pork roll, and salads and new potatoes work well on a plate.
Diets, allergies and alternatives
Some guests won’t eat pork, so plan an alternative. Helpful tips:
- Request gluten-free rolls if needed
- Confirm final numbers a week or so before
- Give us vegetarian and vegan numbers
- If any guests need halal food, arrange it separately
If speeches overrun or the band starts late, we adjust. Your coordinator can keep us posted.
Some couples add lights around the serving area; tell your venue or marquee supplier.
Where the roaster can go in Blashford
The cooking area is the main thing to plan. A quick checklist:
- Power for lights in the evening
- Permission for outside catering
- Serving inside the marquee or barn if allowed
Not sure about the cooking spot? Send us a photo and we will tell you honestly.
On the menu in Blashford
- Spit-roast lamb
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Rotisserie chicken
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Crackling
- Salads
- Hog roast rolls
- New potatoes
- Roast or jacket potatoes
- Stuffing and apple sauce
More for events in Blashford
Your questions about a hog roast for your wedding in Blashford
Can you cater after a service at Church of St Mary and All Saints?
Yes, at a nearby hall, home or venue with room to cook outside. Churches rarely have space for a hog roast, so the food is normally elsewhere. Tell us where you will gather.
Can you do a hog roast at a venue in the New Forest National Park?
Yes. Some venues there have rules about cooking and vehicles, so check with yours. We’ll work to whatever the site needs.
Will our venue allow a hog roast?
Your venue decides: some welcome outside caterers, others don’t. We will sort the details with them.
Do you clear up?
Our staff clear up after service, and leave the area tidy.
Can you do our evening wedding food?
Yes. We’ll time it around your first dance and band.
Can the hog roast be cooked indoors?
Outside, always. The food can be carried in and served indoors where the venue allows.
Where do you cook at a marquee wedding?
We cook outside, never inside the marquee.
Can we add a second roast?
Yes, spit-roast lamb can go alongside the pork.
- 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
- Staff to serve at the agreed time, then clear away