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Wedding Hog Roast in Hucking
Planning a hog roast for your wedding in Hucking? The roaster comes to your venue, home or workplace and cooks under cover and our staff serve at the time you choose.
- Second-day get-togethers
- Barn and farm weddings
- Anniversary vow renewals
Book a hog roast in Hucking
Full catering or machine hire?
Catered or DIY? Catered means we do everything: roasting, carving, serving and clearing. With hire only, you do the cooking yourself.
A DIY hog roast suits a relaxed party where someone enjoys cooking. For bigger or more formal events, catering takes the pressure off.
Wedding hog roast near Hucking
As a main meal, the hog roast is served on plates: roast pork, crackling and a choice of sides, with china available on request. Typical bookings include rustic barn receptions and home weddings, with carved roast pork, crackling and salads.
There’s something special about a country wedding near Hucking, and a whole hog roasting through the afternoon adds to it. Plan a firm route in, especially if it rains. Everything we need to roast, carve and serve comes with us, and we pack away and leave the area as we found it.
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What the cooking area needs
A good cooking spot makes the day run smoothly. Look for:
- Step-free access for our equipment
- Clear space away from the marquee and any branches
- Lighting for evening service
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we’ll advise.
From the roaster
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Hog roast rolls
- Rotisserie chicken
- Crackling
- Vegan option (Ve)
- New potatoes
- Roast or jacket potatoes
- Salads
- Spit-roast lamb
- Halloumi skewers (V)
Occasions we serve in Hucking
It works for the main meal and the evening, which keeps things simple.
However big or small the event in Hucking, a hog roast feeds a crowd well. We are frequently asked to cater:
- Evening food after the first dance
- Second-day get-togethers
- Blessings and renewals
- Garden weddings at home
Planning photos in Stockbury Hill Wood? It is worth checking the park’s rules first.
What to look for in a quote
- The space, cover and access they need
- What crockery is supplied
- Who carves and who serves
- How they handle allergens and dietary needs
A hog roast compared with other options
Next to other evening food, a hog roast serves a crowd quickly once carving starts. 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.
Why book with us
- All the equipment comes with us
- Carved to order by a chef
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside
- Crackling for everyone who wants it
See our pricing or our hog roast cost guide.
Planning for dietary needs
Standard rolls and stuffing contain gluten, so ask for gluten-free rolls if you need them. A few more tips:
- Give us vegetarian and vegan numbers
- Remember that stuffing normally contains gluten, so check the allergen list
- Give final numbers in good time
- Ask for gluten-free rolls for coeliac guests
We serve and clear without fuss, and leave you to celebrate.
Salads, new potatoes and roast potatoes make a full wedding breakfast.
FAQs for Hucking
Which station is closest to Hucking?
Hollingbourne station, about 2.1 miles south of the centre.
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 work to whatever the site needs.
What should we sort out beforehand?
A clear, level cooking spot, a route to wheel the equipment in and a contact for the day. We bring everything else.
Do venues allow outside hog roasts?
It depends on the venue. Ask your venue early, and we’ll liaise with them.
Do we need to provide electricity?
Cooking is gas-fired, so no mains power is needed for the roast. A socket nearby is useful for lighting.
What about coeliacs?
We can supply gluten-free rolls on request. We will give you full allergen information for every dish.
What do people get?
Rolls with roast pork, stuffing, apple sauce and crackling. You can add lamb, chicken, vegetarian and vegan options, salads, coleslaw and potatoes.
Who serves?
We carve and serve for you, and we clear up when service is finished.
Prices and what affects them
We work out each quote from:
- Menu choices and extras
- Travel to Hucking
- The number of people
- How easy it is to reach the spot
The main driver is numbers: bigger groups normally cost less per head, because the roaster, staff and travel cost much the same either way.
Getting an accurate quote
The more we know, the more accurate the quote. Useful details:
- Rules from the venue or landowner
- Which meats and sides you’d like
- The venue or postcode
- Rough numbers
We price every booking individually, because numbers, menu, serving time and travel vary. Tell us about your wedding for a quote: fill in our quote form.
The process
A typical booking goes like this: we arrive, set up under cover and start roasting, the roast cooks gently through the day, and our chef carves it when you’re ready. In Hucking, evening wedding food often coincides with dusk: about 9:15pm at midsummer, 8:50pm in late May and 7:00pm in late September. A few lights by the serving table help guests and photos alike.
- Share your date, venue, numbers and which meal you’d like.
- You get a check on the date and venue, and a quote.
- We fit our timings around your running order and the venue.
- We cook through the day and serve right on cue.
- Our staff clear the serving area and we leave quietly.
How to prepare
- Ask about allergies and dietary needs beforehand
- Plan a step-free way in for the equipment
- Send final numbers in good time
How to get a price
Busy weekends book up early, so ask early for summer Saturdays and December. Tell us your date and we’ll check it: send us your details through our quote form.
Planning help
About the food
Stuffing and apple sauce
Sharp, sweet apple sauce and savoury sage and onion stuffing go with the pork perfectly. Note that stuffing generally contains gluten.
Rotisserie chicken
Rotisserie chicken is there for anyone who’d rather not have pork, and children normally like it too.
Planning a wedding hog roast in Hucking
Hucking is about 5 miles south-west of Sittingbourne, in Kent. We are happy to travel to Hucking for weddings and the places nearby. We cover all 922 towns and villages across Kent, from the larger towns to small villages. Our bookings stretch from Hucking to Canterbury (about 19 miles away).
For outdoor photos, Detling Hill is close by, and the countryside around Hucking suits an outdoor reception. Put the station on your invitation: the closest railway station is Hollingbourne station, roughly 2.1 miles south of the centre. The Kent Downs National Landscape is within about 3 miles of Hucking, with plenty of rural wedding settings. Check the cooking spot with the venue.
We bring hog roasts to weddings all over ME17. Neighbouring places where we cater weddings include Bicknor (1 mile east), Broad Street (1 mile south-west), Hollingbourne (2 miles south), Wormshill (2 miles east) and Eyhorne Street (2 miles south). Further out, we also cater in Maidstone (5 miles west), Ashford (14 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (5 miles north-east), Gravesend (15 miles north-west), Faversham (11 miles east) and Minster (11 miles north-east).
Other landmarks nearby include KIMS hospital (3.8 miles west) and Leeds Castle (3.2 miles south). Within reach you will find Detling Hill.
- Nearby, you will find Hook and Hatchet pub (under half a mile west)
- Slow-roasted on site for hours, outdoors at your event
- Carved to order by our chef, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Vegetarian and vegan choices, plus lamb or chicken if you like
- Served by our staff at the time you choose, then cleared away