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Wedding Hog Roast for Brabourne Lees
Roasted for hours, carved to order and served hot: a hog roast for your wedding in Brabourne Lees and the surrounding area.
- Small, informal weddings
- Barn and farm weddings
- Anniversary vow renewals
Wedding hog roast in Brabourne Lees
FAQs for Brabourne Lees
We are gathering after a service at Church of St Mary: can you cater?
Yes, at a nearby hall, home or venue with room to cook outside. Food is normally served at the reception venue rather than the church. Tell us where you’ll gather.
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’ll work to whatever the site needs.
How do we prepare?
Just the agreed spot and a contact on the day. Everything for roasting and serving comes with us.
What do people get?
Rolls with roast pork, stuffing, apple sauce and crackling. Extras include lamb, chicken, halloumi skewers, a vegan option, salads and potatoes.
Do you bring plates?
We bring plates as standard. If you’d like china, ask and we’ll add it to the quote.
Can you cater for vegetarians?
Add lamb, chicken, halloumi and vegetable skewers or a vegan option. We do not offer halal meat.
What happens in bad weather?
The roaster is under cover, so a shower does not stop us. Your guests will want somewhere dry to eat.
Where does the hog roast go?
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 check it with you before booking.
About our wedding hog roast in Brabourne Lees
We work with your venue on the cooking spot, timings and access, so nothing is left to chance. Typical bookings include wedding breakfasts with sides and weddings in a family garden, serving salads, carved roast pork and spit-roast lamb.
Rural weddings around Brabourne Lees have a magic of their own, and slow-roasted pork carved for guests adds to it. Plan firm ground and a route for our vehicle. We bring the people to serve and clear up, so nobody in your party has to serve or tidying up afterwards.
The process
People love watching the carving: the hog is carved in front of your guests, with crackling for everyone who wants it. For a summer wedding in Brabourne Lees, the sun sets at about 9:15pm in late June and about 7:00pm in late September, so evening food is often carved in daylight in June and July. For autumn and winter weddings, when it’s dark by about 3:50pm in December, plan lighting at the carving station.
- We start with your date, venue, numbers and running order.
- You get a check on the date and venue, and a quote.
- Timings and the cooking spot are agreed with you and the venue coordinator.
- We roast during the ceremony and drinks, then carve at the agreed time.
- Afterwards we tidy our area and leave you to the party.
Before we arrive
- Gather dietary requirements early
- Have a covered area for eating in case of rain
- Send final numbers in good time
Get a quote
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many people, along with your serving time. We will confirm availability and send a price. Send us your details through our quote form.
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Planning for dietary needs
We give full allergen information for every dish. To help:
- Halal is not offered, so plan separately if needed
- Give your coordinator the final menu
- Give us vegetarian and vegan numbers
- Remember that stuffing usually contains gluten
If speeches overrun or the band starts late, we adjust. Just keep us informed.
Some couples add lights around the serving area; tell your venue or marquee supplier.
Events we cater in Brabourne Lees
Guests gather round the carving, and it looks great in photos.
People around Brabourne Lees book us for small gatherings and big outdoor days alike. For example:
- Second-day get-togethers
- Wedding breakfasts with sides
- Blessings and renewals
- Rustic barn receptions
Among the historic houses close to Brabourne Lees are Westenhanger Castle (3.2 miles south-east). Grand venues like these generally set rules for outside caterers, so ask before you book.
What to look for in a quote
- A clear list of what’s included
- Which meats, sides and extras are included
- Any travel or access charges
- How dietary needs are handled
About the food
Rolls and gluten-free rolls
We can serve in rolls or on plates, with gluten-free rolls on request.
Halloumi and vegetable skewers (V)
Halloumi and vegetable skewers are the vegetarian choice: grilled halloumi with vegetables.
What affects the price in Brabourne Lees
The price comes down to:
- How many people are eating
- How long the roast and service take
- Access to the cooking area
- The journey to the venue
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.
Getting an accurate quote
The more we know, the more accurate the quote. Useful details:
- Rules from the venue or landowner
- Your date and serving time
- Any dietary needs or allergies
- A picture of the cooking area
When you’re weighing up caterers, ask each one exactly what’s included. We spell it out in ours. For a quote, send us your details through our quote form.
For planners, venues and organisers
If you’re planning an event on someone’s behalf, such as a wedding planner, an office manager or a fête committee, tell us who our contact on the day will be. We will keep everyone in the loop.
Event organisers frequently ask caterers for paperwork such as a risk assessment. Tell us what you need and we will confirm what we can provide.
Getting married in Brabourne Lees?
Brabourne Lees is about 5 miles east of Ashford, in Kent. We bring a hog roast for your wedding to weddings anywhere in Brabourne Lees, as long as there is an outdoor spot to cook. We cover 922 places across Kent. Our bookings stretch from Brabourne Lees to Canterbury (about 12 miles away).
For outdoor photos, Hatch Park is close by, and the countryside around Brabourne Lees suits an outdoor reception. For guests travelling by train, Westenhanger station, about 3.4 miles south-east, is the nearest station. The Kent Downs National Landscape is within about 5 miles of Brabourne Lees, with plenty of rural wedding settings. Ask your venue where a hog roast can cook.
For weddings in TN25, we just need to know where the roaster can cook and a serving time. Local streets include Knatchbull Way, Mountbatten Way and Prospect Way; a wedding on any of them works well with outdoor space and a way in. Close by, we cover weddings in Smeeth (1 mile south-west), Lilyvale (1 mile south-east), Bircholt Forstal (1 mile north), Ridgeway (1 mile west) and Stone Hill (1 mile south-east). Further out, we also cater in Ashford (5 miles west), Canterbury (12 miles north-east), Dover (14 miles east), Folkestone (9 miles east), Faversham (14 miles north) and Hythe (6 miles south-east).
Well-known places in the area include Lympne Castle (4.2 miles south-east) and William Harvey Hospital (2.9 miles north-west). Within reach you’ll find Hatch Park and Tolsford Hill.
Places near Brabourne Lees
More for events in Brabourne Lees
Full catering or machine hire?
A barbecue is the other obvious choice, but someone ends up cooking in batches all afternoon. With a hog roast, one roast feeds everyone at once.
Timing is the tricky part of roasting your own: a big roast takes hours and must be cooked thoroughly. If you’d rather not worry about it, let us cook.
Is a hog roast right for your wedding?
If your venue does its own catering, check whether you can bring in a hog roast. There may be a fee. Cost depends on numbers, menu choices and service time, along with distance and how easy the site is. There is no one-size price, which is why each one gets its own quote.
Why Brabourne Lees hosts choose us
- A choice of salads and potatoes
- Slow-roasted at your venue, not reheated
- A clear quote with everything listed
- Carved to order by a chef
Take a look at how we price and the cost guide.
- Slow-roasted on site for hours, outdoors at your event
- Carved to order by our chef, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside the pork
- Staff to serve at the agreed time, then clear away