Kent · England
Hog Roast Wedding Catering in Blean, Kent
From the hours of slow roasting to the last roll, a hog roast for your wedding makes the food part of your wedding in Blean.
- Evening receptions
- Anniversary vow renewals
- Home weddings
Planning an event in Blean?
About our wedding hog roast in Blean
Barn, marquee and garden weddings around Blean suit a hog roast. The roaster cooks outside under cover, and the food is served in the marquee or barn. We serve spit-roast lamb, crackling and new potatoes, and we’re regularly asked to cater second-day get-togethers and relaxed, low-key weddings.
Near Blean, weddings are frequently in fields, barns or gardens. That is where a hog roast shines: no kitchen needed, just an outdoor cooking spot. Let us know about access and ground. We bring the roaster, the cover and everything we need to cook and serve, and we pack away and leave the area as we found it.
The process
A typical booking goes like this: the roaster goes up and the hog goes on, the pork cooks slowly for hours, and our chef carves it when you are ready. At a December wedding in Blean, it’s dark by about 3:50pm, so the route from the reception to the hog roast needs lighting, while a June wedding has light until about 9:15pm.
- Tell us whether it is the wedding breakfast, the evening or both.
- You get a quote listing menu, staff and plates.
- The venue and we agree where the roaster goes.
- We set up and roast for hours.
- We carve and serve, then clear away.
How to prepare
- Choose a level, open spot outdoors for the roaster
- Ask about allergies and dietary needs beforehand
- Choose someone to meet us on arrival
Get a quote
Every quote lists the menu, the serving time, staff and plates, so you can compare caterers fairly. Use our quote form.
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For planners, venues and organisers
For workplace bookings, ask your facilities team about outside caterers and gas cooking. We work to the site’s rules.
Many venues set rules for outside caterers, from approved lists to where a gas roaster can go. Ask early, and tell us what they ask for.
Diets, allergies and alternatives
Tell us about dietary needs early and we will help. Some ideas:
- Count non-pork eaters, so we can add lamb, chicken or vegetarian options
- Pass numbers for vegetarians and vegans to us
- Give your coordinator the final menu
- Put a dietary question on the invitation
We will be at the venue for most of the day, working quietly in the background.
Salads, new potatoes and roast potatoes make a full wedding breakfast.
Who books wedding hog roast in Blean?
One booking can cover the wedding breakfast and the evening food, which keeps things simple.
Our roaster has been booked for all sorts of events around Blean, including:
- Marquee receptions
- Post-wedding gatherings
- Farm weddings
- Vow renewals and blessings
Guests coming by rail will want to know that Canterbury West station, about 2.1 miles south-east, is the nearest station.
Before booking anyone
- How dietary needs are handled
- Arrival time and how long the roast needs
- When payments are due and what happens if plans change
- Any travel or access charges
Also in Blean
How we price a hog roast for your wedding
Every booking is priced individually, based on a few main things:
- How many people are eating
- Which meats and sides you choose
- Busy dates such as summer Saturdays
- Plates or china
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, which is built into the price.
What we need to know
Good details mean a good quote. Please include:
- Your date and serving time
- Rough numbers
- Anything the venue has asked for
- The address or postcode
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many people, plus when you’d like to eat. We’ll confirm availability and send a price. Fill in our quote form.
DIY versus a catered hog roast
If you are confident and want to save on staff, DIY machine hire is an option. You cook and carve it yourself; we’ll explain what’s supplied and how it works when we quote.
DIY hire works best when someone in the family loves cooking. For weddings and bigger events, a catered roast is normally easier.
A hog roast compared with other options
Next to other evening food, carving serves a lot of people fast. For larger numbers, a hog roast is typically good value, because one whole roast feeds plenty of people. Extras, china and longer service add to it.
Why book with us
- The classics: stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Staff to serve, so you do not have to
- Timed around your day
- Slow-roasted at your venue, not reheated
See our prices page or the cost guide.
FAQs for Blean
How far is Blean from London?
Roughly 51 miles from the centre of London.
What’s the nearest station to Blean?
The closest is Canterbury West station, roughly 2.1 miles away.
Do we need extra food?
For the main meal, add sides such as salads and potatoes; for evening food, rolls are generally enough.
When do you start roasting?
Hours rather than minutes. We will confirm our arrival time when we quote.
Do you offer gluten-free rolls?
We can provide gluten-free rolls if you ask. Stuffing usually contains gluten, so check the allergen information.
Can we offer lamb too?
Lamb and chicken are both available as a second option.
Do we need to provide electricity?
No, the roast is cooked on gas. Tell us what’s available and we will plan around it.
Can you cook inside the marquee?
Always outside, away from the marquee walls. Serving inside is fine where allowed.
Where the roaster can go in Blean
Most outdoor spaces can work with a little planning. Here’s what helps:
- A level spot near, but not too near, the marquee
- Space well clear of tents and trees
- The venue’s agreement to a gas-fired roaster
If you are unsure, send a picture of the space and the way in, and we will say what we think.
What we serve
- Hog roast rolls
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Crackling
- Roast or jacket potatoes
- New potatoes
- Salads
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Rotisserie chicken
- Spit-roast lamb
Planning a wedding hog roast in Blean
Blean is about 3 miles north-west of Canterbury, in Kent. We cover Blean and its neighbours for weddings. We cover all 922 towns and villages in Kent, from the larger towns to small villages.
After a ceremony at a church like Church of St Cosmus and St Damian, many couples move to a marquee or hall nearby, where the hog roast is waiting. Wedding photographers in the area frequently head for Blean Woods RSPB Reserve. With the coast within about 4 miles, many venues here have sea views. We will plan a sheltered cooking spot.
Here we cover the CT2 postcode area, so your wedding can be anywhere in it. That could mean a wedding in a garden on Westfield, School Lane and Vicarage Lane, wherever there is an outdoor spot for the roaster. With the A290 close by, Blean is easy for us to reach with the roaster. For weddings just outside Blean, we cover Honey Hill (1 mile north-west), Tyler Hill (1 mile east), Denstroude (1 mile north-west), Hackington (1 mile east) and Yorkletts (2 miles north-west). We also serve nearby towns such as Ashford (14 miles south-west), Canterbury (3 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (14 miles west), Whitstable (3 miles north), Faversham (7 miles west) and Herne Bay (6 miles north-east).
Other landmarks nearby include Sidney Cooper Museum (2.3 miles south-east) and Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr (2.4 miles south-east). The countryside around Blean includes Blean Woods RSPB Reserve.
- Schools near Blean include St Edmund's School (1.3 miles south-east) and The Archbishop's School (1.6 miles south-east)
- Roasted slowly at your venue, outdoors and under cover
- Freshly carved pork with crackling, stuffing and apple sauce
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside the pork
- Served when you’re ready, and we tidy the serving area afterwards