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Wedding Hog Roast in Charing Heath
Wedding hog roast in Charing Heath: pork roasted slowly for hours at your venue, carved to order and served in soft rolls with crackling.
- Evening receptions
- Small, informal weddings
- Vow renewals and blessings
Slow-roasted pork in Charing Heath
Why a carved hog roast beats a buffet
Next to a formal three-course meal, a hog roast is more relaxed and often better value. It still feels special. Adding lamb, chicken, extra sides or china changes the price, so we list each one in the quote. A simple menu keeps the cost down.
What you get with us
- All the equipment comes with us
- Our staff serve and clear
- Choices for people who don’t eat pork
- A choice of salads and potatoes
See our pricing and our hog roast cost guide.
Wedding hog roast in Charing Heath, slow-roasted on site
Couples book a hog roast for the main meal, the evening or both. The hog roasts slowly at your venue through the afternoon, then carve at the time you’ve set. Typical bookings include second-day get-togethers and anniversary vow renewals, with new potatoes, rotisserie chicken and carved roast pork.
Near Charing Heath, weddings are often in fields, barns or gardens. A hog roast is made for that: no kitchen, just level ground and cover. Let us know about access and ground. Plates come as standard, and china crockery is available on request, quoted separately.
Prices and what affects them
Things that change the price:
- How many people are eating
- How easy it is to reach the spot
- How long the roast and service take
- Plates or china
Published UK guides give a wide range for hog roast catering, from around £10 a head for a basic roll to £20 or more with sides and service. We quote every event individually, so you know exactly what you are paying for.
What we need to know
These are the details we need:
- Which meats and sides you’d like
- The date and time of the event
- Roughly how many people
- A photo of the cooking area
To get a quote, just send us your date, venue and numbers. A picture of the cooking area helps. Send us your details through our quote form.
Should I cook it myself?
Buying in a cold buffet is another option, but nothing beats hot pork and crackling carved in front of you, especially outdoors.
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.
Weddings in Charing Heath: venues, ceremonies and travel
Charing Heath is about 7 miles north-west of Ashford, in Kent. We’re happy to travel to Charing Heath for weddings. We cater all 922 towns and villages in Kent. Our nearest city page is Canterbury, about 15 miles away.
Nearby historic houses include Godinton House (4.7 miles south-east). Historic houses and estates often have rules on outside caterers, so check early if that’s your venue. It’s worth telling train travellers that the closest railway station is Charing station, roughly 1.2 miles east of the centre. The Kent Downs National Landscape is within about 7 miles of Charing Heath, with plenty of rural wedding settings. Ask your venue where a hog roast can cook.
For weddings in TN27, we just need to know where the roaster can cook and roughly how many guests. Streets in the area include Wind Hill Lane, Cherry Tree Road and Charing Heath Road, and a wedding on any of them works with a garden, drive or yard for the roaster. If your venue is just outside Charing Heath, we also cover Lenham Heath (1 mile north-west), Stonebridge Green (1 mile south-west), Lenham Forstal (1 mile north-west), Charing (1 mile east) and Cold Harbour (2 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (11 miles west), Ashford (7 miles south-east), Canterbury (15 miles east), Sittingbourne (9 miles north), Whitstable (15 miles north-east) and Faversham (9 miles north-east).
Well-known places in the area include Coldbridge Castle (2.9 miles west).
- Local pubs include The Red Lion Inn (under half a mile south-west)
Occasions we serve in Charing Heath
It feels generous and relaxed, which suits informal weddings.
These are some of the most popular hog roast bookings near Charing Heath:
- Marquee receptions
- Weddings in a family garden
- The day after the wedding
- Farm weddings
After a ceremony at a church like Church of the Holy Trinity, many couples move to a marquee or hall nearby, where the hog roast is waiting.
What to look for in a quote
- What crockery is supplied
- If the price includes VAT
- Allergen information for every dish
- What the cooking area needs: space, cover and access
Questions from Charing Heath
Which station is closest to Charing Heath?
Charing station, about 1.2 miles east of the centre.
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 will follow the site rules.
Can we hire the machine and cook it ourselves?
Yes, we hire out the hog roast machine. We’ll explain what’s supplied and how it works when we quote.
What do people get?
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.
What about guests who do not eat pork?
There are lamb, chicken, vegetarian and vegan options: spit-roast lamb, rotisserie chicken, halloumi and vegetable skewers or a vegan burger or sausage. Please note we don’t offer halal meat.
Do you leave the area tidy?
Our staff clear up after service, leaving the spot as we found it.
What if our venue has its own caterer?
Check with the venue first: rules vary. We will sort the details with them.
Can you work around our timings?
We will be as flexible as we can. Keep us posted on the day and we will adjust.
Towns and villages near Charing Heath
Other occasions in Charing Heath
Planning for dietary needs
Rolls and stuffing normally contain gluten, so ask for gluten-free rolls if you need them. A few more tips:
- Note which guests don’t eat pork, so we can add lamb, chicken or vegetarian options
- Halal is not offered, so plan separately if needed
- Ask for gluten-free rolls for coeliac guests
- Pass numbers for vegetarians and vegans to us
We’re on site for much of the day, working quietly in the background.
China crockery can be added for the wedding breakfast, as an extra.
How it works
Carving is part of the show: the hog is carved in front of your guests, and the crackling is shared out so everyone gets some. Golden-hour photos in Charing Heath at midsummer come around 9:15pm, so we can time the carving before or after your sunset photos. Sunset is around 8:45pm in late May and 7:00pm in late September.
- Tell us your date, venue and numbers.
- We check the venue’s rules and the date, then quote.
- We fit timings around your running order.
- We roast during the day, then carve at the agreed time.
- Our staff serve and clear, then we leave quietly.
Before we arrive
- Choose a level, open spot outdoors for the roaster
- Think about shelter for your guests
- Make sure we can wheel the roaster to the spot
Getting a price
Every quote lists the menu, the serving time, staff and plates, so it’s easy to compare like for like. Use our quote form.
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What we serve, dish by dish
Rotisserie chicken
Chicken off the rotisserie, carved or jointed goes into rolls or onto plates alongside the pork.
Halloumi and vegetable skewers (V)
Halloumi and vegetable skewers are the vegetarian choice: squeaky, salty cheese with colourful veg.
Organising for someone else?
If you are a venue or event planner, we’re happy to work alongside your team, sharing timings and a site plan.
Some venues charge a fee if you bring in your own caterer, so check before you book. We will work with the venue on access and the cooking spot.
- Slow-roasted on site for hours, outdoors at your event
- Carved to order by our chef, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Vegetarian and vegan choices, plus lamb or chicken if you like
- Staff to serve at the agreed time, then clear away