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Wedding Hog Roast for Highbrook
We bring a hog roast for your wedding across Highbrook and West Sussex, cooking slowly at your venue and serving it hot.
- Post-wedding gatherings
- Marquee receptions
- Blessings and renewals
Wedding hog roast in Highbrook
Getting married in Highbrook?
Highbrook is about 4 miles north-east of Haywards Heath, in West Sussex. We’re happy to travel to Highbrook for weddings. We bring hog roasts to all 371 towns and villages across West Sussex. Our bookings stretch from Highbrook to Brighton (16 miles away).
Nearby historic houses include Priest House (1.5 miles north) and Gravetye Manor (2.4 miles north). If your reception is at a historic house or estate, ask early about its rules on caterers and gas cooking. Marrying at All Saints Church? A reception in a garden, barn or marquee close by gives the roaster an outdoor spot. The High Weald National Landscape is within about 5 miles of Highbrook, with plenty of rural wedding settings. Ask your venue where a hog roast can cook.
Weddings anywhere in RH17 start with an outdoor spot for the roaster. If your venue is just outside Highbrook, we also cover Ardingly (1 mile south-west), Little London (1 mile west), Sharpthorne (2 miles north), West Hoathly (2 miles north) and Horsted Keynes (2 miles south-east). Larger places within reach include Crawley (7 miles north-west), Horsham (11 miles west), Haywards Heath (4 miles south-west), Burgess Hill (7 miles south-west), East Grinstead (5 miles north) and Broadfield (7 miles north-west).
Well-known places in the area include Princess Royal Hospital (4.6 miles south) and Parish Museum (2.8 miles south). Within reach you will find Blunts Wood and Paiges Meadow.
- Pubs nearby include The Ardingly Inn (1 mile south-west)
Wedding hog roast in Highbrook, slow-roasted on site
For the wedding breakfast, a hog roast becomes a plated meal: roast pork, crackling and a choice of sides, with china available on request. Typical bookings include rustic barn receptions and weddings in a family garden, serving rotisserie chicken, salads and crackling.
Near Highbrook, weddings are frequently in fields, barns or gardens. A hog roast is made for that: no kitchen, just level ground and cover. Tell us about lanes, gates and ground conditions. The carving happens right in front of your guests, so the pork is hot and the crackling is crisp, and nothing sits in a hot cabinet.
- Location
- Highbrook (RH17)
- Area hub
- West Sussex
- On the menu
- Roast pork rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Extras
- Lamb, chicken, halloumi skewers (V), vegan option (Ve)
- Quotes
- Quoted for your event
- Page updated
- 26 October 2026
How we price a hog roast for your wedding
The biggest factors are:
- The serving time and how long we’re on site
- The date and time of year
- Menu choices and extras
- Numbers
Weekday and off-season dates can be easier to book, and the menu you choose makes a difference too. Ask us and we’ll suggest the best fit for your budget.
What we need to know
When you contact us, it helps to include:
- Any venue rules
- What the outdoor space is like
- Rough numbers
- The address or postcode
To get a quote, just tell us the date, where the wedding is and roughly how many. A photo of the cooking area helps. Use our quote form.
How the day works
When we arrive, we set up the roaster on the agreed spot, put the cover up and start the roast. It then roasts slowly for several hours, worked back from your serving time. Evening food at a Highbrook wedding often goes out just as the light fades: about 9:20pm at midsummer, 8:50pm in late May and 7:05pm in late September. Festoon lights by the carving station look lovely in the photos.
- Choose the main meal, the evening food or both.
- You get a quote listing menu, staff and plates.
- We confirm the cooking spot and access with the venue.
- We set up and roast for hours.
- Our chef carves and the team serves and clears.
Getting ready for the day
- Have a level outdoor spot ready
- Tell us about narrow gates or side passages
- Name a contact for the day
Getting a price
Getting a quote is simple: date, place, numbers and serving time. You will get a clear quote listing what’s included. Use our quote form.
Planning help
Occasions we serve in Highbrook
It feels generous and relaxed, which suits informal weddings.
However big or small the event in Highbrook, a slow roast goes a long way. Bookings often include:
- Intimate weddings
- The main wedding meal
- Vow renewals and blessings
- Weddings in a family garden
For guests travelling by train, Balcombe station, about 3.4 miles west, is the nearest station.
Before booking anyone
- Arrival time and how long the roast needs
- The deposit, balance and cancellation terms
- The full menu and the sides
- What the price includes, item by item
Where the roaster can go in Highbrook
A good cooking spot makes the day run smoothly. Ideally:
- A serving area close to where guests eat
- Clear space away from the marquee and any branches
- The venue’s agreement to a gas-fired roaster
If you are unsure, send a photo of the space and the way in, and we will say what we think before you book.
On the menu in Highbrook
- Hog roast rolls
- Spit-roast lamb
- Crackling
- Rotisserie chicken
- Salads
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- New potatoes
- Roast or jacket potatoes
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Vegan option (Ve)
Highbrook questions
Do you cater at venues in the High Weald National Landscape?
Yes. Some venues there have rules about cooking and vehicles, so check with yours. We will work to whatever the site needs.
Is Highbrook too small for a hog roast?
Not at all. We cater in villages and hamlets as well as towns. Let us know about access and the cooking spot.
How far ahead should we book?
The earlier the better for popular dates. But it’s always worth asking: use our quote form.
Can we have a hog roast as the main meal?
It works well as a relaxed main meal, with alternatives for non-pork eaters.
What happens after service?
Our staff clear up after service, and leave the area tidy.
Where will the roaster go at our wedding?
Outside, under its own cover, a safe distance from the marquee. Serving inside is fine where allowed.
Does the roaster have to be outside?
The roaster always stays outside, under cover, away from buildings and marquee walls. We can often serve indoors if the venue agrees.
What comes with the hog roast?
Rolls with roast pork, stuffing, apple sauce and crackling. Extras include lamb, chicken, halloumi skewers, a vegan option, salads and potatoes.
About the food
Crackling
Crackling takes hours to get right, and a whole hog roasted slowly gets it just right.
Halloumi and vegetable skewers (V)
Not everyone eats meat, so halloumi and vegetable skewers make sure they’re not left with just salad.
Why a carved hog roast beats a buffet
Next to a cold buffet, hot rolls carved to order go down much better late at night. Adding lamb, chicken, extra sides or china changes the price, so we list each one in the quote. A simple menu keeps the cost down.
Why Highbrook hosts choose us
- An itemised quote
- Staff to serve, so you do not have to
- Crackling for everyone who wants it
- Fresh carving at the serving station
Read how we price or the cost guide.
Also near Highbrook
More for events in Highbrook
Catered or do it yourself?
Full catering or machine hire? With catering, our chef roasts, carves and serves, and our staff clear up. With hire only, you do the cooking yourself.
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.
Working with your venue
For workplace bookings, ask your facilities team about outside caterers and gas cooking. We work to the site’s rules.
If the event is on someone else’s land, the landowner needs to agree to cooking and vehicles. Sort that first.
- Roasted on site for several hours, outdoors under cover
- 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