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Wedding Hog Roast for Friern Barnet
Wedding hog roast in Friern Barnet: pork roasted slowly for hours at your venue, then carved by our chef into rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling.
- Wedding breakfasts
- Small, informal weddings
- Second-day get-togethers
A hog roast near Friern Barnet
How our wedding hog roast works in Friern Barnet
For the wedding breakfast, a hog roast becomes a plated meal: roast pork, crackling and a choice of sides, with china available on request. We are often asked to cater weddings in a family garden and weddings in a marquee, serving salads, carved roast pork and rotisserie chicken.
For a wedding in Friern Barnet, the venue’s rules decide where a hog roast can go. A courtyard, garden or yard is ideal, and we will work through it together. We bring the people to serve and clear up, so nobody in your party has to serve.
- Location
- Friern Barnet (N11, N12, N10, N20)
- Region
- Greater London
- Menu
- Hog roast rolls, stuffing, apple sauce, crackling
- Extras
- Chicken, lamb, halloumi skewers and a vegan option
- Quotes
- Contact us for a quote
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
Why choose wedding hog roast in Friern Barnet?
It is relaxed, generous wedding food, perfect for an informal day.
Lots of different events suit a hog roast. Typical bookings include:
- Second-day get-togethers
- Relaxed, low-key weddings
- Rustic barn receptions
- Marquee receptions
If you are marrying at a church near Friern Barnet, such as St John's Church, and holding the reception nearby, the hog roast can be cooking while you say your vows.
Before booking anyone
- Travel and any London charges
- VAT, if it applies
- How many staff will carve and serve
- The menu, including sides and any extras
Your questions about a hog roast for your wedding in Friern Barnet
Can you cater after a service at St John's Church?
Yes, at a home, hall or venue nearby with an outdoor spot for the roaster. Churches rarely have space for a hog roast, so the food is typically elsewhere. Tell us where you will gather.
Which station is closest to Friern Barnet?
Friern Barnet has its own station: New Southgate station.
Can we have both pork and lamb?
Lamb and chicken are both available as a second option.
Do you come to Friern Barnet?
We do. Tell us the venue or postcode and we will confirm availability.
Do you clear up?
Our staff clear the serving area, so you are not left with the mess.
Can you work around our timings?
We’ll be as flexible as we can. Keep us posted on the day and we’ll fit around changes.
Can you do our evening wedding food?
Of course. We’ll time it around your first dance and band.
Can the hog roast be cooked indoors?
Outside, always. Serving indoors is typically fine if the venue is happy.
Should I cook it myself?
The hardest part of a DIY hog roast is timing: a big roast takes hours and must be cooked thoroughly. If that sounds stressful, choose the catered option.
You could roast a hog yourself, but it is a long day’s work, from early set-up to carving at the end. With us catering, you get to be a host, not a cook.
For planners, venues and organisers
Marquee suppliers normally set distances for cooking equipment, so tell them a hog roast is coming. The roaster stays a safe distance from the marquee.
Some venues charge a fee if you bring in your own caterer, so it’s worth asking first. We’ll liaise with them on access and set-up.
What affects the price in Friern Barnet
Each price is built from:
- How long the roast and service take
- How easy it is to reach the spot
- Busy dates such as summer Saturdays
- The journey to the venue
Cost depends on numbers, menu choices and service time, along with distance and how easy the site is. Every booking is different, which is why each one gets its own quote.
What we need to know
Here’s what we’ll ask:
- Where the roaster could go, ideally with a photo
- Rules from the venue or landowner
- Your date and serving time
- Which meats and sides you’d like
Busy weekends book up early, especially summer Saturdays and December Fridays. Tell us your date and we’ll check it: send us your details through our quote form.
About the food
Stuffing and apple sauce
Sage and onion stuffing and apple sauce are the classic partners, cutting through the richness of the pork.
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Add salads, coleslaw and potatoes to make it a proper meal, especially at a sit-down event.
Planning for dietary needs
A hog roast is pork, so plan for anyone who doesn’t eat it. Here’s how to cover everyone:
- Pass numbers for vegetarians and vegans to us
- Confirm final numbers a week or so before
- Ask for gluten-free rolls for coeliac guests
- Note which guests don’t eat pork, so we can add lamb, chicken or vegetarian options
For evening food, we carve as the dancing gets going.
Lamb alongside the pork gives guests a choice.
How the day works
We arrive hours before you want to eat, because a whole hog takes hours to roast. Your guests will smell it long before they see it. Golden-hour photos in Friern Barnet at midsummer come around 9:20pm, which helps us time evening food around your photos. Sunset is around 8:55pm in late May and 7:05pm in late September.
- You tell us your date, venue, numbers and whether it is the wedding breakfast, the evening or both.
- We check the venue and the cooking spot and send a price.
- We fit our timings around your running order and the venue.
- The hog roasts through the afternoon, and our chef carves on cue.
- Afterwards we tidy our area and leave you to the party.
How to prepare
- Confirm numbers ahead of the day
- Have a level outdoor spot ready
- Plan somewhere sheltered for people to eat if it rains
How to get a price
Send us the date, the address or N11 postcode and rough numbers, plus when you’d like to eat. We’ll confirm availability and send a price. Fill in our quote form.
Planning help
Nearby places to Friern Barnet
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Weddings in Friern Barnet: venues, ceremonies and travel
Friern Barnet is about 2 miles north-east of Finchley, in Greater London. Thinking about a hog roast for your wedding in Friern Barnet? We cover the whole area. Friern Barnet is one of 764 places in Greater London where we cater. We cater events right across the region, from Friern Barnet to London (8 miles away).
It’s worth telling train travellers that Friern Barnet has its own station, New Southgate station. Planning photos in Friary Park? It’s worth checking the park’s rules first.
We cover weddings in every part of the N11, N12, N10 and N20 postcode area and the streets around it. Streets in the area include Martock Gardens, Shapwick Close and Radstock Close, and a wedding on any of them works with a garden, drive or yard for the roaster. Being close to the A406 and B550, Friern Barnet is easy for us to reach for your wedding. We also bring hog roasts to weddings in New Southgate (1 mile east), Brunswick Park (1 mile north), North Finchley (1 mile west), Arnos Grove (1 mile east) and Whetstone (1 mile north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover London (8 miles south), City of Westminster (7 miles south), Marylebone (7 miles south), Kensington (8 miles south), St Pancras (6 miles south) and Shoreditch (7 miles south-east).
A little further out are Coppetts Wood Hospital (0.7 miles south) and Municipal Borough of Finchley (1.5 miles south-west). Within reach you will find Highgate Hill and Darland's Lake.
- Local schools include Friern Barnet School (less than half a mile north) and Woodhouse College (0.7 miles west)
- Other local spots include Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum (1.4 miles west)
Why choose a hog roast in Friern Barnet?
Next to a wedding barbecue, one roast feeds all your guests together. For larger numbers, a hog roast is normally good value, since one roast goes a long way. The menu, extras such as china and the serving time all affect the final price.
What you get with us
- Staff to serve, so you don’t have to
- Choices for people who do not eat pork
- Served at the time you choose
- Slow-roasted at your venue, not reheated
See our prices page and our hog roast cost guide.
- Roasted on site for several hours, outdoors under cover
- Carved by our chef into rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Not just pork: spit-roast lamb, chicken and vegetarian choices
- Served by our staff at the time you choose, then cleared away