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Wedding Hog Roast for Old Wives Lees
Something for nearly everyone: hog roast rolls, lamb, rotisserie chicken, halloumi skewers and a vegan option, with salads and potatoes on the side. Book a hog roast for your wedding in Old Wives Lees.
- Late-night wedding food
- Vow renewals and blessings
- Rustic barn receptions
Slow-roasted pork in Old Wives Lees
Working with your venue
Some venues charge a fee if you bring in your own caterer, so it’s worth asking first. We’ll liaise with them on access and set-up.
Venues frequently have rules for outside caterers, including where gas cooking is allowed. Check early, and tell us what they ask for.
How our wedding hog roast works in Old Wives Lees
The carving station becomes a focal point: guests gather, the chef carves and the crackling disappears fast. It feels like an occasion. We serve halloumi skewers, carved roast pork and rotisserie chicken, and we are regularly asked to cater anniversary vow renewals and garden weddings at home.
A wedding in a small place like Old Wives Lees frequently means a field, a barn or a family garden. A hog roast is made for that: no kitchen, just level ground and cover. Tell us about lanes, gates and ground conditions. Plates come as standard, with china available if you’d like it, at an extra cost.
Who books wedding hog roast in Old Wives Lees?
You do not need a kitchen, ideal for marquee and field weddings.
These are some of the most popular hog roast bookings near Old Wives Lees:
- Farm weddings
- Post-wedding gatherings
- Evening receptions
- Small, informal weddings
Broadham Down can make a pretty photo stop, but check its rules for wedding groups first.
Comparing caterers
- A clear list of what’s included
- What the cooking area needs: space, cover and access
- Travel and any London charges
- How many staff will carve and serve
What affects the price in Old Wives Lees
The biggest factors are:
- Time on site
- The menu and extras such as lamb or chicken
- Distance from us
- Busy dates such as summer Saturdays
Midweek and quieter months are often easier to book, and the menu you choose makes a difference too. Ask us and we will suggest the best fit for your budget.
What to tell us
To check availability and the cooking area, tell us:
- Roughly how many people
- Any venue rules
- Where the event is
- Where the roaster could go, ideally with a picture
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 it works
Serving is straightforward: our chef carves and our staff fill the rolls or plates, and sides go out at the same time. When everyone has eaten, we clear up and leave the spot tidy. In Old Wives Lees, midsummer sunset is about 9:15pm, and by late September it’s nearer 7:00pm, so evening food is often carved in daylight in June and July. Later in the year, plan lighting: in December it is dark by about 3:50pm.
- Share your date, venue, numbers and which meal you’d like.
- We check the venue’s rules and the date, then send a quote.
- We agree arrival, cooking spot and serving times with you and your venue.
- We roast during the ceremony and drinks, then carve at the agreed time.
- Our staff clear the serving area and we leave quietly.
Before we arrive
- Pick a flat, open area outside for cooking
- Give us a contact number for the day
- Confirm numbers ahead of the day
Getting a price
A quote from us sets out the menu, timings, staffing and what’s included, so you can compare caterers fairly. Send us your details through our quote form.
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Looking after everyone
Not everyone eats pork, so it’s worth adding an alternative. A few pointers:
- Share the menu with your venue coordinator
- Note which guests don’t eat pork, for lamb, chicken or a vegetarian choice
- Remember that stuffing generally contains gluten
- Put a dietary question on the invitation
On your wedding day, the food should look after itself. We roast through the afternoon and carve at the agreed time.
China crockery can be added for the wedding breakfast, quoted separately.
A closer look at the menu
Halloumi and vegetable skewers (V)
Our vegetarian option is halloumi and vegetable skewers: grilled halloumi with vegetables, in a roll or on a plate.
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Crunchy coleslaw suits roast pork, and salads and new potatoes work well on a plate.
Planning the cooking spot
A good cooking spot makes the day run smoothly. Ideally:
- Clear space away from the marquee and any branches
- Flat ground outside the reception for the roaster
- A short walk from the serving station to the guests
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we’ll advise.
Popular choices
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Crackling
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Salads
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Spit-roast lamb
- Roast or jacket potatoes
- Hog roast rolls
- New potatoes
- Rotisserie chicken
Your questions about a hog roast for your wedding in Old Wives Lees
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 will work to whatever the site needs.
What’s the nearest station to Old Wives Lees?
Chilham station, about 0.8 miles south-east of the centre.
What’s included?
Rolls with roast pork, stuffing, apple sauce and crackling. You can add lamb, chicken, vegetarian and vegan options, salads, coleslaw and potatoes.
Can you cater for vegetarians?
The menu has lamb, chicken, vegetarian and vegan options. Halal meat is not something we offer.
How much will it be?
Every booking is quoted individually, depending on numbers, menu, timings and travel. Tell us about your wedding for a quote.
Do you cover Old Wives Lees?
Yes. We cover London and the South East, including Old Wives Lees and Kent. Send us the address for a quote.
How big a hog will we need?
The roast is chosen to suit how many you are feeding, so tell us your best estimate. We will confirm the menu in the quote.
Can a hog roast be our wedding breakfast?
Many couples do exactly that, with lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside.
Weddings in Old Wives Lees: venues, ceremonies and travel
Old Wives Lees is about 5 miles west of Canterbury, in Kent. A hog roast suits weddings around Old Wives Lees, whatever the venue. Old Wives Lees is one of 922 places in Kent we cover.
Guests coming by rail will want to know that the closest railway station is Chilham station, roughly 0.8 miles south-east of the centre. If you want countryside in your photos, Blean Woods RSPB Reserve isn’t far. The Kent Downs National Landscape is within about 6 miles of Old Wives Lees, with plenty of rural wedding settings. Check the cooking spot with the venue.
Weddings anywhere in CT4 start with an outdoor spot for the roaster and roughly how many guests. Streets in the area include Cherry Orchard, Cobbs Hill and Green Lane, and a wedding on any of them works with a garden, drive or yard for the roaster. Nearby, we also cater weddings in Chilham (1 mile south), Mountain Street (1 mile south), Oversland (2 miles north), Neames Forstal (2 miles north-west) and Shottenden (2 miles west). Further out, we also cater in Ashford (9 miles south-west), Canterbury (5 miles east), Sittingbourne (12 miles north-west), Folkestone (15 miles south-east), Whitstable (7 miles north) and Faversham (5 miles north-west).
Nearby you’ll also find Chilham Castle (0.9 miles south-west) and Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr (5.1 miles east). The countryside around Old Wives Lees includes Blean Woods RSPB Reserve.
- Nearby, you will find The Star Inn (less than half a mile north-west)
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More for events in Old Wives Lees
Catered or do it yourself?
You could go for a cold buffet, but nothing beats hot pork and crackling carved in front of you.
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.
- Cooked where you are, slowly, over several hours outdoors
- Freshly carved pork with crackling, stuffing and apple sauce
- Not just pork: spit-roast lamb, chicken and vegetarian choices
- Our team serves at your chosen time and clears up afterwards