Hampshire · England
Hog Roast Wedding Catering in Kentsboro, Hampshire
Treat your guests to a proper hog roast at your wedding in Kentsboro. The roast cooks for hours on site, then our chef carves it hot for everyone.
- Barn and farm weddings
- Small, informal weddings
- Garden weddings at home
Book a hog roast in Kentsboro
Wedding hog roast in Kentsboro, slow-roasted on site
Not every guest eats pork, so we plan for that: lamb, chicken, halloumi skewers or a vegan burger or sausage. Halal meat isn’t available. Typical bookings include the main wedding meal and anniversary vow renewals, serving crackling, salads and carved roast pork.
Rural weddings around Kentsboro have a magic of their own, and slow-roasted pork carved for guests adds to it. Plan firm ground and a route for our vehicle. Plates come as standard, and china crockery is available on request, quoted separately.
What happens on the day
We cook on a gas-fired roaster, so we don’t need mains power to cook; a nearby socket helps with lights if service runs into the evening. Winter weddings in Kentsboro are dark by about 4:00pm, so plan a lit path from the party to the food.
- We start with your date, venue, numbers and running order.
- We check the venue and the cooking spot and send a price.
- We agree arrival, cooking spot and serving times with you and your venue.
- We cook through the day and serve right on cue.
- Our staff clear the serving area and we leave quietly.
Preparing for the day
- Collect dietary needs and allergies in advance
- Give us final numbers a week or so before
- Pick a flat, open area outside for cooking
Getting a price
For a quote, send us a few details: the date and serving time, the venue or SO20 postcode, rough numbers and which extras you’d like. Fill in our quote form.
Planning help
The menu, dish by dish
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Choose from salads, new potatoes, coleslaw and roast or jacket potatoes, depending on the season and the occasion.
Stuffing and apple sauce
Apple sauce brings sweetness and sharpness go with the pork perfectly. Note that stuffing normally contains gluten.
How we price a hog roast for your wedding
The price comes down to:
- The journey to the venue
- Numbers
- The menu and extras such as lamb or chicken
- The date and time of year
UK price guides vary widely: roughly £10 a head for a simple roll, rising past £20 with more included. We quote every event individually, so you know exactly what you are paying for.
What we need to know
A few details help us give you an accurate quote. Here’s what to include:
- Which meats and sides you’d like
- The venue or postcode
- What the outdoor space is like
- Any venue rules
Planning ahead? Popular dates fill up early, especially summer Saturdays and December Fridays. Tell us your date and we’ll check it: use our quote form.
Kentsboro questions
Do you come out to small places like Kentsboro?
Not at all. We cater in villages and hamlets as well as towns. Let us know about access and the cooking spot.
Is Kentsboro close to London?
About 68 miles from central London.
Is a hog roast OK for a sit-down meal?
Of course: carved pork on plates with sides, with our staff serving.
Can we have both pork and lamb?
Yes, spit-roast lamb can go alongside the pork.
Can you cater in Kentsboro?
Yes, Kentsboro is in our area. Send us the address and we’ll confirm availability.
How long does a hog roast take to cook?
It depends on the size of the hog and the weather, but it is several hours. We will confirm our arrival time when we quote.
Can the hog roast be for the evening?
Of course. We will time it around your first dance and band.
How big a hog will we need?
We plan quantities from the numbers you give us, and we will talk it through when we quote.
Diets, allergies and alternatives
A hog roast is pork, so plan for anyone who doesn’t eat it. Here’s how to cover everyone:
- Put a dietary question on the invitation
- Give final numbers in good time
- Pass numbers for vegetarians and vegans to us
- Note which guests don’t eat pork, for lamb, chicken or a vegetarian choice
On your wedding day, the food should look after itself. We arrive hours before serving, roast through the day and carve on cue.
Salads, new potatoes and roast potatoes make a full wedding breakfast.
Wedding venues and ceremonies near Kentsboro
Kentsboro is about 5 miles south-west of Andover, in Hampshire. Wherever your wedding is in Kentsboro, we can bring the roaster, as long as there is an outdoor spot to cook. Kentsboro is one of 683 places in Hampshire where we cater. Our bookings stretch from Kentsboro to Southampton (18 miles away).
It is worth telling train travellers that the closest railway station is Grateley station, roughly 2.6 miles west of the centre.
Here we cover the SO20 postcode area, so your wedding can be anywhere in it. Your wedding could be at a house on Mead Park Square, Upper Mead and Lower Mead, wherever there is an outdoor spot for the roaster. We also bring hog roasts to weddings in Over Wallop (2 miles south-west), Middle Wallop (2 miles south-west), Nether Wallop (2 miles south), Fox (2 miles north) and Red Rice (2 miles north-east). Further out, we also cater in Winchester (13 miles south-east), Andover (5 miles north-east), Chandler's Ford (14 miles south-east), Romsey (12 miles south), Hyde (12 miles south-east) and Tidworth (7 miles north-west).
Other landmarks nearby include Andover War Memorial Hospital (5 miles north-east). The countryside around Kentsboro includes Quarley Hill and Mill Lake.
Before you choose a spot
Planning the cooking spot is the key. A quick checklist:
- A serving area close to where guests eat
- Step-free access for our equipment
- Approval from the venue or marquee supplier
Not sure about the cooking spot? Send us a picture and we’ll tell you honestly before booking.
Popular choices
- Salads
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Hog roast rolls
- Crackling
- New potatoes
- Rotisserie chicken
- Spit-roast lamb
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Roast or jacket potatoes
Also near Kentsboro
Also in Kentsboro
A hog roast or other catering?
Next to a wedding barbecue, a hog roast feeds everyone at once from one roast without batches coming off a grill. Midweek and quieter months are frequently easier to book, and the menu you choose makes a difference too. Tell us your budget and we will suggest what works.
What you get with us
- No surprises: everything in writing
- Our staff serve and clear
- Carved to order by a chef
- The classics: stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
Read our pricing or our hog roast cost guide.
Organising for someone else?
Marquee suppliers typically set distances for cooking equipment, so tell them a hog roast is coming. We’ll keep the roaster well clear of the marquee.
For venues and planners, we are happy to work alongside your team.
Full catering or machine hire?
A barbecue is the other obvious choice, but someone has to stand at the grill all day. A hog roast cooks in one go and is carved for everyone.
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.
- Roasted slowly at your venue, outdoors and under cover
- 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