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Wedding Hog Roast for Marchwood
Planning a hog roast for your wedding in Marchwood? The roaster comes to your venue, home or workplace and cooks under cover and carve when you are ready to eat.
- Barn and farm weddings
- Home weddings
- Vow renewals and blessings
Book a hog roast in Marchwood
Catered or do it yourself?
A barbecue is the other obvious choice, but someone has to stand at the grill all day. With a hog roast, one roast feeds everyone at once.
The hardest part of a DIY hog roast is timing: a whole hog takes hours, and it needs to be cooked through safely. If you’d rather not worry about it, let us cook.
Wedding hog roast in Marchwood, carved to order
After hours of dancing, guests are hungry. Hog roast rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling do exactly that, and they’re easy to eat with a drink in hand. We are frequently asked to cater the main wedding meal and the day after the wedding, serving spit-roast lamb, crackling and halloumi skewers.
In Marchwood, a local ceremony and a marquee reception is a lovely, personal choice. We roast outside, well clear of the marquee. Let us know about access. You’ll know what’s included before booking: the date, the serving time, the menu and the plates.
Who books wedding hog roast in Marchwood?
No kitchen is needed at the venue, ideal for marquee and field weddings.
Whatever the occasion in Marchwood, a slow roast goes a long way. Bookings often include:
- Marquee weddings
- Weddings in a family garden
- Late-night wedding food
- Intimate weddings
Testwood Lakes nearby makes a lovely backdrop for photos.
Questions to ask before booking
- How many staff will carve and serve
- Whether travel is included
- What the cooking area needs: space, cover and access
- When payments are due and what happens if plans change
About the food
Roast pork
Slow-roasted pork is the heart of the menu: carved in front of you, a mix of shoulder and leg, and served hot.
Crackling
Crackling takes hours to get right, and a whole hog roasted slowly gets it just right.
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The process
A hog roast is always cooked outside, on a level, open spot under cover, away from buildings, marquee walls and overhanging branches. We agree exactly where before the day. In Marchwood, midsummer sunset is about 9:25pm, and by late September it is nearer 7:10pm, which means an evening hog roast is typically served in daylight in high summer. Later in the year, plan lighting: in December it is dark by about 4:00pm.
- You tell us your date, venue, numbers and whether it’s the wedding breakfast, the evening or both.
- We check the venue’s rules and the date, then send a quote.
- We fit our timings around your running order and the venue.
- The hog roasts through the afternoon, and our chef carves on cue.
- Our staff clear the serving area and we leave quietly.
Before we arrive
- Gather dietary requirements early
- Give us a contact number for the day
- Check there is nothing overhead or close by that could catch the heat
Ask for a quote
Getting a quote is simple: tell us when, where, how many and what time you’d like to eat. We will reply with a clear price and what’s included. Use our quote form.
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Where the roaster can go in Marchwood
The roaster needs space, cover and a safe distance from anything that could catch the heat. Things to check:
- Lighting for evening service
- Permission for outside catering
- A level, open cooking spot outside the marquee or barn
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we’ll advise before you book.
On the menu in Marchwood
- Spit-roast lamb
- Roast or jacket potatoes
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Salads
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Rotisserie chicken
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Crackling
- New potatoes
- Hog roast rolls
Looking after everyone
We give full allergen information for every dish. To help:
- Remember that stuffing typically contains gluten
- Ask for gluten-free rolls for coeliac guests
- Pass numbers for vegetarians and vegans to us
- Confirm final numbers a week or so before
On your wedding day, the food should look after itself. We arrive hours before serving, roast through the day and carve on cue.
Add spit-roast lamb for a second roast.
A hog roast or other catering?
Some couples have a formal meal and a hog roast in the evening; others have the hog roast as the main event. Weekday and off-season dates can be easier to book, and the menu you choose matters too. Tell us your budget and we’ll suggest what works.
Why us?
- Crackling for everyone who wants it
- Carved by our chef in front of your guests
- All the equipment comes with us
- Staff to serve, so you do not have to
Read our prices page or our hog roast cost guide.
Planners, venues and businesses
Event organisers frequently ask caterers for paperwork such as a risk assessment. Let us know what your event requires and we’ll tell you what we can send.
Some venues add a fee for outside caterers, so check before you book. We will liaise with them on access and set-up.
Marchwood questions
We are gathering after a service at Church of St John the Apostle: can you cater?
Yes, at a nearby hall, home or venue with room to cook outside. Churches rarely have space for a hog roast, so the food is normally elsewhere. Send us the address.
Can you roast near the sea around Marchwood?
Yes. We roast under cover and choose a sheltered spot where we can.
Can we have both pork and lamb?
Lamb and chicken are both available as a second option.
Can you cook inside the marquee?
Outside, under its own cover, a safe distance from the marquee. We can serve inside the marquee if the supplier agrees.
What’s included?
The classic: pork in rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling. Your quote lists any sides and extras.
How do we prepare?
The agreed cooking area, access for our equipment and someone to meet us. We’ll bring the rest.
What space does the roaster need?
Roughly the footprint of a gazebo or two, on level ground, well clear of walls, tents and branches. We will confirm the space with your quote.
Can you do our evening wedding food?
Of course. We will time it around your first dance and band.
Marchwood weddings: local tips
Marchwood is about 3 miles south-east of Totton, in Hampshire. Hosts in Marchwood book us for weddings of all sizes. We cater all 683 towns and villages in Hampshire, from the larger towns to small villages.
Put the station on your invitation: the closest railway station is Millbrook (Hants) station, roughly 1.6 miles north-east of the centre. Couples marrying at local churches such as Church of St John the Apostle often hold the reception nearby, with the roast cooking through the ceremony. With the New Forest National Park within about 6 miles, there are country venues, barns and gardens nearby. Check the cooking spot with the venue. With the coast within about 3 miles, many venues here have sea views. We will plan a sheltered cooking spot.
We cover weddings in every part of SO40 and the streets around it. Local streets include Cranberry Close, Melick Close and The Rowans; a wedding on any of them works well with outdoor space and a way in. With the A326 close by, Marchwood is simple for us to get to. Neighbouring places where we cater weddings include Dibden (2 miles south-east), Dibden Purlieu (3 miles south-east), Hythe (3 miles south-east), Beaulieu (5 miles south) and Furzey Lodge (5 miles south). Larger places within reach include Winchester (13 miles north-east), Gosport (14 miles south-east), Eastleigh (7 miles north-east), Fareham (11 miles east), Totton (3 miles north-west) and Chandler's Ford (7 miles north-east).
Other landmarks nearby include Netley Castle (4.1 miles east) and Westquay (2.1 miles east). The countryside around Marchwood includes Testwood Lakes.
- Schools near Marchwood include Hounsdown School (2 miles north-west)
- Nearby, you’ll find White Horse pub (within half a mile east)
- Roasted slowly at your venue, outdoors and under cover
- Carved to order by our chef, with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Not just pork: spit-roast lamb, chicken and vegetarian choices
- Our team serves at your chosen time and clears up afterwards