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Wedding Hog Roast for Christmas Common
Wedding hog roast in Christmas Common: pork roasted slowly for hours at your venue, carved to order and served in soft rolls with crackling.
- Relaxed, low-key weddings
- Second-day get-togethers
- Weddings in a marquee
Wedding hog roast in Christmas Common
About our wedding hog roast in Christmas Common
A slow roast suits a wedding day that runs late: a cooked roast holds for a while, so the food copes with a delayed running order. Whether it is wedding breakfasts with sides and evening receptions, we can cook crackling, salads and spit-roast lamb for your guests.
Rural weddings around Christmas Common 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. Let us know about allergies and dietary needs in advance, and we will give you the allergen information for every dish before booking.
- Area
- Christmas Common (OX49)
- Area hub
- Oxfordshire
- On the menu
- Hog roast rolls, stuffing, apple sauce, crackling
- Extras
- Spit-roast lamb, rotisserie chicken, vegetarian and vegan options
- Quote
- Ask us for a quote
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
Is a hog roast right for your wedding?
Next to a wedding barbecue, one roast feeds all your guests together. What you pay covers the meat, the chef and staff, and hours of roasting. A long, slow roast means an early start, which is built into the price.
Why Christmas Common hosts choose us
- The classics: stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- A choice of salads and potatoes
- We bring everything to cook and serve
- Timed around your day
Read our prices page or the cost guide.
Places near Christmas Common
Also in Christmas Common
Getting married in Christmas Common?
Christmas Common is about 8 miles south of Thame, in Oxfordshire. Weddings in Christmas Common are part of our patch, along with the towns and villages around it. Christmas Common is one of 443 towns and villages in Oxfordshire where we cater. We cater events right across the region, from Christmas Common to Reading (about 13 miles away).
Historic houses near Christmas Common include Stonor Park (2.9 miles south-east) and Adwell House (4.2 miles north). Grand venues like these normally set rules for outside caterers, so ask before you book. Couples marrying at local churches such as Church of the Nativity frequently hold the reception nearby, with the roast cooking through the ceremony. With the Chilterns National Landscape within about a mile, there are country venues, barns and gardens nearby. Ask your venue where a hog roast can cook.
Anywhere in OX49, we can bring the roaster to you, from busy streets to quiet lanes. For weddings just outside Christmas Common, we cover Northend (1 mile east), Howe Hill (1 mile south-west), Shirburn (2 miles north-west), Cookley Green (2 miles south-west) and Ibstone (2 miles east). Further out, we also cater in Oxford (14 miles north-west), Didcot (12 miles west), Abingdon-on-Thames (14 miles west), Thame (8 miles north), Henley-on-Thames (7 miles south) and Benson (6 miles west).
Within reach you’ll find Bald Hill and Aston Rowant NNR.
- Local pubs include Fox And Hounds Inn Public House (less than half a mile north-west)
Prices and what affects them
The price comes down to:
- Site access
- How many people are eating
- Season and day of the week
- The serving time and how long we are on site
Numbers make the biggest difference: the price per head generally falls as numbers rise, because the roaster, staff and travel cost much the same either way.
What to tell us
For a quick, accurate price, tell us:
- Rough numbers
- The date and when you’d like to eat
- Any extras, such as lamb, chicken or china
- Any venue rules
Busy weekends book up early, so ask early for summer Saturdays and December. Send us your date for a quote: use our quote form.
Looking after everyone
We give full allergen information for every dish. To make the most of it:
- Halal is not offered, so plan separately if needed
- Request gluten-free rolls if needed
- Share the menu with your venue coordinator
- Confirm final numbers a week or so before
If speeches overrun or the band starts late, we adjust. Your coordinator can keep us posted.
Salads, new potatoes and roast potatoes make a full wedding breakfast.
Full catering or machine hire?
Full catering or machine hire? With catering, our chef roasts, carves and serves, and our staff clear up. With DIY hire, you do the work and save on staffing.
We also hire out the hog roast machine for confident cooks. You cook and carve it yourself; we’ll confirm what comes with it when you ask.
Common questions in Christmas Common
Is Christmas Common too small for a hog roast?
Not at all. We cater in villages and hamlets as well as towns. Tell us about lanes, gates and the ground.
Can you do a hog roast at a venue in the Chilterns National Landscape?
Yes. Some venues there have rules about cooking and vehicles, so check with yours. We’ll follow the site rules.
How long does the roast need?
A whole hog roasts for several hours, which is why we arrive hours ahead. We work back from your serving time.
Do you offer gluten-free rolls?
Gluten-free rolls are available on request. Stuffing typically contains gluten, so check the allergen information.
Do you come to Christmas Common?
We do. Tell us the venue or postcode and we will check the date.
Where do you cook at a marquee wedding?
We cook outside, never inside the marquee.
How soon do you get booked up?
The earlier the better for popular dates. But do ask even at short notice: use our quote form.
Do you provide china?
We bring plates as standard. If you’d like china, ask and we will add it to the quote.
What the cooking area needs
We need room to cook safely and under cover. Things to check:
- A way in for the roaster
- Approval from the venue or marquee supplier
- A safe distance from marquee walls, buildings and trees
Not sure about the cooking spot? Send us a picture and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
On the menu in Christmas Common
- Hog roast rolls
- Spit-roast lamb
- Crackling
- New potatoes
- Rotisserie chicken
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Salads
- Roast or jacket potatoes
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Vegan option (Ve)
Who books wedding hog roast in Christmas Common?
It feels generous and relaxed, which suits informal weddings.
These are some of the most popular hog roast bookings near Christmas Common:
- Garden weddings at home
- Anniversary vow renewals
- Barn and farm weddings
- Relaxed, low-key weddings
Bald Hill nearby makes a lovely backdrop for photos, and the countryside around Christmas Common suits an outdoor reception.
Comparing caterers
- What the cooking area needs: space, cover and access
- Travel and any London charges
- Who carves and who serves
- The deposit, balance and cancellation terms
The menu, dish by dish
Spit-roast lamb
Adding lamb gives people a choice of two roasts, which suits bigger events.
Roast pork
We carve as we serve, so it stays hot and juicy right to the last roll.
Step by step
It’s a relaxed, well-organised set-up. Arrival and serving times are agreed beforehand, use the cooking spot you’ve chosen, and get on with roasting and serving. Golden-hour photos in Christmas Common at midsummer come around 9:25pm, which helps us time evening food around your photos. Sunset is around 8:55pm in late May and 7:10pm in late September.
- Tell us whether it’s the wedding breakfast, the evening or both.
- We send a quote with the menu and staffing.
- We confirm the cooking spot and access with the venue.
- We arrive early and roast slowly on site.
- Our chef carves and the team serves and clears.
How to prepare
- Make sure we can wheel the roaster to the spot
- Tell us about narrow gates or side passages
- Ask about allergies and dietary needs beforehand
Getting a price
It is easy to get a price: date, place, numbers and serving time. You’ll get a clear quote listing what’s included. Send us your details through our quote form.
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- Slow-roasted on site for hours, outdoors at your event
- Freshly carved pork with crackling, stuffing and apple sauce
- Options beyond pork, including lamb, chicken and vegetarian dishes
- Served by our staff at the time you choose, then cleared away