Hampshire · England
Wedding Hog Roast for East Harting
Give your guests slow-roasted pork and crackling at your wedding in East Harting. The roast cooks for hours on site, then our chef carves it hot for everyone.
- Evening receptions
- Second-day get-togethers
- Barn and farm weddings
Slow-roasted pork in East Harting
How our wedding hog roast works in East Harting
A wedding hog roast can be the wedding breakfast, the evening food or both. The hog roasts slowly at your venue through the afternoon, and our chef carves on cue. Popular choices include spit-roast lamb, new potatoes and crackling, and typical bookings are for garden weddings at home and wedding breakfasts with sides.
Near East Harting, weddings are often in fields, barns or gardens. A hog roast is made for that: no kitchen needed, just an outdoor cooking spot. Tell us about lanes, gates and ground conditions. Our staff serve and clear, so nobody in your party has to serve or tidying up afterwards.
Catered or do it yourself?
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.
The hardest part of a DIY hog roast is timing: a big roast takes hours and must be cooked thoroughly. If you’d rather not worry about it, let us cook.
What a hog roast costs
Things that change the price:
- The journey to the venue
- Whether you want china
- Access to the cooking area
- The menu and extras such as lamb or chicken
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.
Getting an accurate quote
For a quick, accurate price, send us:
- Anything the venue has asked for
- Your date and serving time
- A photo of the cooking area
- The venue or postcode
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many people, along with your serving time. We will check the date and send a quote. Send us your details through our quote form.
Your questions about a hog roast for your wedding in East Harting
Can you do a hog roast at a venue in the South Downs National Park?
Yes. Some venues there have rules about cooking and vehicles, so check with yours. We will work to whatever the site needs.
What’s the nearest station to East Harting?
Petersfield station, about 4.1 miles north-west of the centre.
Do you do evening food?
Of course. We will agree a serving time around your running order.
Does the roaster have to be outside?
It cooks outside, under a gazebo, on a level spot. Serving indoors is typically fine if the venue is happy.
Will there be enough to go round?
The roast is chosen to suit how many you’re feeding, so tell us your best estimate. The quote sets it out.
When should we book?
Popular dates go early. But it’s always worth asking: fill in our quote form.
Can you roast in the rain?
We cook under a gazebo, so rain isn’t a problem for the roast. Somewhere covered for people to eat helps.
What happens after service?
Our staff clear up after service, and leave the area tidy.
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What else we do in East Harting
Planning for dietary needs
With a bit of planning, dietary needs are easier to handle. A few tips:
- Ask for gluten-free rolls for coeliac guests
- Stuffing normally contains gluten, so check the allergen list
- If any guests need halal food, arrange it separately
- Count non-pork eaters, so we can add lamb, chicken or vegetarian options
We’ll be at the venue for most of the day, out of the way, by the cooking area.
For a sit-down meal, ask for china, as an extra.
Working with your venue
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.
If the event is on someone else’s land, you’ll need the landowner’s permission for cooking and vehicles. Sort that first.
Step by step
We work to your timings. If things run late, a cooked roast can be kept hot for a while, so keep us posted on the day. Golden-hour photos in East Harting at midsummer come around 9:20pm, so we can time the carving before or after your sunset photos. Sunset is around 8:55pm in late May and 7:05pm in late September.
- Tell us your date, venue and numbers.
- We check the venue’s rules and the date, then quote.
- We agree timings with your venue coordinator.
- We roast during the day, then carve at the agreed time.
- We serve, tidy up and slip away.
Before we arrive
- Ask about allergies and dietary needs beforehand
- Send final numbers in good time
- Pick a flat, open area outside for cooking
How to get a price
To get a quote, just tell us the date, where the wedding is and roughly how many. A photo of the cooking area helps. Send us your details through our quote form.
Planning help
What we serve, dish by dish
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Sides include salads, coleslaw, new potatoes and roast or jacket potatoes, depending on the season and the occasion.
Rolls and gluten-free rolls
We can serve in rolls or on plates, and gluten-free rolls are available on request.
Why a carved hog roast beats a buffet
A common mix is a plated meal followed by an evening hog roast; others make the hog roast the main meal. Compare like for like: the menu, sides, service time, staffing, crockery and travel. The cheapest quote is not always the best value.
Why book our hog roast in East Harting
- Our staff serve and clear
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside
- An itemised quote
- All the equipment comes with us
Take a look at our pricing or what a hog roast costs.
Why choose wedding hog roast in East Harting?
Evening guests love hot food, after a night on the dance floor.
However big or small the event in East Harting, a hog roast feeds a crowd well. Bookings frequently include:
- Garden weddings at home
- Intimate weddings
- Rustic barn receptions
- Anniversary vow renewals
If you want countryside in your photos, Oakham Hill isn’t far, and the countryside around East Harting suits an outdoor reception.
What your quote should include
- How long the roast takes and when they’ll arrive
- The deposit, balance and cancellation terms
- Who carves and who serves
- Whether travel is included
Getting married in East Harting?
East Harting is about 4 miles south-east of Petersfield, in Hampshire. Thinking about a hog roast for your wedding in East Harting? We cover the whole area. East Harting is one of 683 towns and villages in Hampshire we cover. We cater events right across the region, from East Harting to Guildford (about 23 miles away).
Put the station on your invitation: Petersfield station is about 4.1 miles away. Within reach of East Harting are historic houses such as Uppark (1.7 miles south-west). Grand venues like these generally set rules for outside caterers, so ask before you book. With the South Downs National Park within about a mile, there are country venues, barns and gardens nearby. Check the cooking spot with the venue.
We cater weddings across the GU31 postcode area. Local streets include Hollist Lane, East Harting Street and Orchard Close; a wedding on any of them works well with outdoor space and a way in. We also bring hog roasts to weddings in South Harting (1 mile west), Nyewood (1 mile north), Elsted (1 mile east), Elsted Marsh (2 miles east) and Dumpford (2 miles north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Havant (9 miles south-west), Horndean (8 miles south-west), Alton (13 miles north), Waterlooville (10 miles south-west), Petersfield (4 miles north-west) and Purbrook (10 miles south-west).
Nearby you’ll also find Petersfield Community Hospital (4.1 miles north-west) and Bear Museum (3.7 miles north-west). Within reach you will find Iping and Stedham Commons and Oakham Hill.
- Nearby, you will find The Ship Inn (0.8 miles west)
- Roasted on site for several hours, outdoors under cover
- Carved to order by our chef, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Vegetarian and vegan choices, plus lamb or chicken if you like
- Served when you’re ready, and we tidy the serving area afterwards