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Wedding Hog Roast in Elham
Slow-roasted, carved in front of you and served hot: a hog roast for your wedding in Elham and across Kent.
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Wedding hog roast in Elham
Wedding hog roast in Elham, carved to order
We work with your venue on the cooking spot, timings and access, so on the day everything is in place. We are frequently asked to cater small, informal weddings and vow renewals and blessings, serving salads, crackling and new potatoes.
A wedding in a small place like Elham often means a field, a barn or a family garden. A hog roast is made for that: no kitchen needed, just an outdoor cooking spot. Tell us about lanes, gates and ground conditions. We plan the timings around your day, because the roast has to start hours before you eat, so the food is ready at the right moment.
Planners, venues and businesses
Planning on behalf of a committee? One clear contact makes everything easier, especially on the day.
For events on land you do not own, such as a park or field, the landowner needs to agree to cooking and vehicles. Sort that first.
How the day works
Your timings come first. If the day runs behind, a cooked roast can be kept hot for a while, so keep us posted on the day. For a summer wedding in Elham, the sun sets at about 9:15pm in late June and about 7:00pm in late September, which means an evening hog roast is normally served in daylight in high summer. For autumn and winter weddings, when it is dark by about 3:50pm in December, plan lighting at the carving station.
- Choose the main meal, the evening food 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.
- Our chef carves and the team serves and clears.
Before we arrive
- Plan somewhere sheltered for people to eat if it rains
- Check there’s a route to wheel the equipment in, without steps
- Confirm numbers ahead of the day
Getting a price
Busy weekends book up early, especially summer Saturdays and December Fridays. Tell us your date and we’ll check it: fill in our quote form.
Planning help
What a hog roast costs
We do not use a fixed price list, since every event is different. The main factors are:
- Site access
- Season and day of the week
- Distance from us
- Crockery choices
Compare like for like: menu, sides, serving time, staff, plates and travel. A cheaper headline price can leave things out.
Details that help
These are the details we need:
- Your date and serving time
- Your menu choices
- Any venue rules
- Where the roaster could go, ideally with a picture
The quickest way to get a price is to tell us the date, where the wedding is and roughly how many. A picture of the cooking area helps. Send us your details through our quote form.
Where the roaster can go in Elham
Most outdoor spaces can work if a few things are right. Here’s what helps:
- Approval from the venue or marquee supplier
- Serving inside the marquee or barn if allowed
- A way in for the roaster
Not sure about the cooking spot? Send us a picture and we will tell you honestly.
From the roaster
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Spit-roast lamb
- Hog roast rolls
- Rotisserie chicken
- Roast or jacket potatoes
- Crackling
- New potatoes
- Salads
- Stuffing and apple sauce
Elham: your questions answered
Do you cater at venues in the Kent Downs National Landscape?
Yes. Some venues there have rules about cooking and vehicles, so check with yours. We’ll follow the site rules.
Is Elham close to London?
Roughly 57 miles from the centre of London, and we cover it as standard.
Is a hog roast enough for a wedding?
For the main meal, add sides such as salads and potatoes; for evening food, rolls are generally enough.
Can we add a second roast?
Yes, spit-roast lamb can go alongside the pork.
Does the roaster have to be outside?
It cooks outside, under a gazebo, on a level spot. The food can be carried in and served indoors where the venue allows.
Do you cover Elham?
We do. Tell us the venue or postcode and we’ll confirm availability.
Can you do our evening wedding food?
It is one of our most popular wedding bookings. Rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling go down well after dancing.
What happens after service?
We clear the serving area and pack away, and leave the area tidy.
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
- Collect dietary needs with RSVPs
- Confirm final numbers a week or so before
- Share the menu with your venue coordinator
We will liaise with your venue coordinator, so we can sort the cooking spot and timings with them.
Choose sides to make it a full meal.
Full catering or machine hire?
You could go for a cold buffet, but hot, freshly carved roast pork is a different experience.
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.
Is a hog roast right for your wedding?
Next to other evening food, carving serves a lot of people fast. 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’re paying for.
Why Elham hosts choose us
- Our staff serve and clear
- Self-contained: roaster, cover and serving kit
- Choices for people who do not eat pork
- Planned to your running order
Take a look at how we price or what a hog roast costs.
Wedding venues and ceremonies near Elham
Elham is about 5 miles north-west of Folkestone, in Kent. Weddings in Elham are part of our patch. Elham is one of 922 places in Kent where we cater. Our bookings stretch from Elham to Canterbury (9 miles away).
After a ceremony at a church like Church of St Mary the Virgin, many couples move to a marquee or hall nearby, where the hog roast is waiting. For guests travelling by train, Sandling station is about 4.7 miles away. The Kent Downs National Landscape is within about a mile of Elham, with plenty of rural wedding settings. Ask your venue where a hog roast can cook. The sea is within about 6 miles, so seaside venues are close. We will plan a sheltered cooking spot.
Here we cover the CT4 postcode area. Streets in the area include High Street, Pound Lane and Vicarage Lane, and a wedding on any of them works with a garden, drive or yard for the roaster. Neighbouring places where we cater weddings include Swingfield Minnis (2 miles east), Densole (3 miles south-east), Selsted (3 miles east), Breach (3 miles north-east) and Lodge Lees (3 miles north-east). Larger places within reach include Ashford (11 miles west), Canterbury (9 miles north), Dover (8 miles east), Folkestone (5 miles south-east), Whitstable (14 miles north) and Deal (13 miles east).
Nearby you will also find Royal Victoria Hospital (5.3 miles south-east) and Elham Valley Countryside Centre And Railway Museum (3.7 miles south). Open spaces near Elham include Cheriton Hill.
- Nearby, you’ll find The King's Arms (less than half a mile north-east)
What comes off the roaster
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Sides include salads, coleslaw, new potatoes and roast or jacket potatoes, depending on the season and the occasion.
Rotisserie chicken
Chicken off the rotisserie, carved or jointed can be served in a roll or on a plate alongside the pork.
Also in Elham
- Slow-roasted on site for hours, outdoors at your event
- Carved to order by our chef, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Options beyond pork, including lamb, chicken and vegetarian dishes
- Our team serves at your chosen time and clears up afterwards