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Hog Roast Wedding Catering in Harbledown, Kent
Slow-roasted, carved in front of you and served hot: a hog roast for your wedding in Harbledown and across Kent.
- Relaxed, low-key weddings
- Home weddings
- The day after the wedding
Book a hog roast in Harbledown
Wedding hog roast near Harbledown
We look after guests who don’t eat pork: spit-roast lamb, rotisserie chicken, halloumi and vegetable skewers and a vegan option. We do not offer halal meat. Typical bookings include farm weddings and home weddings, with new potatoes, salads and carved roast pork.
A wedding in a small place like Harbledown often means a field, a barn or a family garden. That is where a hog roast shines: no kitchen needed, just an outdoor cooking spot. Tell us about lanes, gates and ground conditions. Everything is cooked on the day, at your venue, slowly, over several hours, and carved only when you are ready to eat.
Step by step
It is a relaxed, well-organised set-up. We agree arrival and serving times in advance, set up where we have agreed, and get on with roasting and serving. Golden-hour photos in Harbledown at midsummer come around 9:15pm, which helps us time evening food around your photos. In late May, sunset is about 8:45pm, and in late September about 7:00pm.
- 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.
- The hog roasts through the afternoon; our chef carves on cue.
- Our staff serve and clear, then we leave quietly.
Getting ready for the day
- Measure the narrowest gate or passage
- Have a covered area for eating in case of rain
- Have a level outdoor spot ready
Get a quote
When you’re weighing up caterers, ask each one exactly what’s included. We spell it out in ours. For a quote, fill in our quote form.
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Planners, venues and businesses
If you are organising for someone else, whether you are a planner, a PA or on a committee, let us know who we will deal with on the day. We will keep everyone in the loop.
Event organisers often ask caterers for paperwork such as a risk assessment. Let us know what your event requires and we will tell you what we can send.
Allergies and dietary needs
You will get allergen information for everything we serve. To help:
- Put a dietary question on the invitation
- Note which guests don’t eat pork, so we can add lamb, chicken or vegetarian options
- Give your coordinator the final menu
- Remember that stuffing usually contains gluten, so check the allergen list
We’re on site for much of the day, working quietly in the background.
For a sit-down meal, ask for china, as an extra.
Should I cook it myself?
Roasting a whole hog yourself is possible, but it takes hours of attention, from setting up and lighting the roaster to carving. With us catering, you get to be a host, not a cook.
We also hire out the hog roast machine for confident cooks. You cook and carve it yourself; we will explain what’s supplied and how it works when we quote.
The menu, dish by dish
Roast pork
Everything starts with the slow-roasted pork: carved thick or thin, as people like it, straight from the roaster.
Crackling
Good crackling needs time and heat, and a whole hog roasted slowly gets it just right.
Harbledown: your questions answered
Is Harbledown close to London?
About 52 miles from central London.
Could you cook in Whitehall Meadows?
Only with permission from the park’s owner, normally the council, and many parks do not allow cooking. Ask them first, and tell us what they say.
Can we hire the machine and cook it ourselves?
Yes, we hire out the hog roast machine. We will confirm what comes with it and how to use it.
Can you cater in Harbledown?
Yes. We cover London and the South East, including Harbledown and Kent. Tell us the venue and we will quote.
How soon do you get booked up?
The earlier the better for popular dates. But it is always worth asking: use our quote form.
What if our venue has its own caterer?
Many do, but some only allow approved caterers or charge a fee. Ask your venue early, and we’ll work with them on the details.
Can a hog roast be our wedding breakfast?
Of course: carved pork on plates with sides, and our staff serve your guests.
Do you do evening food?
Of course. We will time it around your first dance and band.
Events we cater in Harbledown
Evening guests love hot food, after a night on the dance floor.
In Harbledown and nearby, we cater for all sorts of events. Popular bookings include:
- Second-day get-togethers
- Vow renewals and blessings
- Wedding breakfasts
- Home weddings
For guests travelling by train, Canterbury West station, about 0.8 miles east, is the nearest station.
Comparing caterers
- The deposit, balance and cancellation terms
- How dietary needs are handled
- The space, cover and access they need
- Staffing on the day
Harbledown weddings: local tips
Harbledown is about 1 mile west of Canterbury, in Kent. We take a hog roast for your wedding to gardens, car parks, yards and venues around Harbledown. We cover 922 places in Kent.
Marrying at St Michael and All Angels Church or St Thomas of Canterbury Church? A reception in a garden, barn or marquee close by gives the roaster an outdoor spot. For outdoor photos, Blean Woods RSPB Reserve is close by, and the countryside around Harbledown suits an outdoor reception. With the coast within about 6 miles, many venues here have sea views. We will plan a sheltered cooking spot.
This part of Kent takes in CT2, and we can cater your wedding anywhere in it. Whether your wedding is on Lanfranc Gardens, Mill Lane and Church Hill or anywhere nearby, we can set up and roast there. If your venue is just outside Harbledown, we also cover Rough Common (1 mile north-west), Wincheap (1 mile south-east), Thanington (1 mile south), Upper Harbledown (1 mile west) and Canterbury (1 mile east). Within a short drive, we also cover Ashford (13 miles south-west), Dover (14 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (15 miles west), Folkestone (14 miles south), Whitstable (5 miles north) and Deal (15 miles east).
A little further out are Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr (0.9 miles east) and Sidney Cooper Museum (0.9 miles east). Open spaces near Harbledown include Blean Woods RSPB Reserve.
- Nearby schools include The Canterbury Academy (under half a mile south-east) and St Edmund's School (0.6 miles north)
- Local pubs include The Monument Inn (0.6 miles east)
Before you choose a spot
Planning the cooking spot is the key. A quick checklist:
- A safe distance from marquee walls, buildings and trees
- A way in for the roaster
- A level, open cooking spot outside the marquee or barn
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we will advise before you book.
From the roaster
- Rotisserie chicken
- Salads
- New potatoes
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Hog roast rolls
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Roast or jacket potatoes
- Spit-roast lamb
- Crackling
Nearby places to Harbledown
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A hog roast or other catering?
Next to other evening food, carving serves a lot of people fast. For larger numbers, a hog roast is usually 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
- All the equipment comes with us
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside
- Sides to make it a full meal
- Carved by our chef in front of your guests
Take a look at how we price or our hog roast cost guide.
- Roasted slowly at your venue, outdoors and under cover
- Carved to order by our chef, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside the pork
- Served by our staff at the time you choose, then cleared away