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Wedding Hog Roast for Paddock
Roasted for hours, carved to order and served hot: a hog roast for your wedding in Paddock and across Kent.
- Evening receptions
- Intimate weddings
- The main wedding meal
Planning an event in Paddock?
Wedding hog roast in Paddock, slow-roasted on site
A wedding hog roast can be the wedding breakfast, the evening food or both. The hog roasts slowly at your venue through the afternoon, then carve at the time you’ve set. We are often asked to cater home weddings and marquee receptions, serving carved roast pork, rotisserie chicken and salads.
Rural weddings around Paddock have a magic of their own, and slow-roasted pork carved for guests adds to it. Plan a firm route in, especially if it rains. Timings are planned around your wedding, because the roast has to start hours before you eat.
Full catering or machine hire?
Timing is the tricky part of roasting your own: a whole hog takes hours, and it needs to be cooked through safely. If that sounds stressful, choose the catered option.
Roasting a whole hog yourself is possible, but it takes hours of attention, from early set-up to carving at the end. With us catering, you get to be a host, not a cook.
Nearby places to Paddock
Also in Paddock
Where the roaster can go in Paddock
Planning the cooking spot is the key. A quick checklist:
- Lighting for evening service
- A safe distance from marquee walls, buildings and trees
- Flat ground outside the reception for the roaster
Not sure about the cooking spot? Send us a photo and we will tell you honestly before booking.
Popular choices
- Crackling
- New potatoes
- Roast or jacket potatoes
- Salads
- Hog roast rolls
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Spit-roast lamb
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Rotisserie chicken
FAQs for Paddock
We are gathering after a service at Church of St Cosmas and St Damian: 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 typically elsewhere. Send us the address.
How far is Paddock from London?
About 45 miles from central London.
What’s included?
The classic: pork in rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling. Sides and extra meats are listed in your quote.
How much does a hog roast cost?
Each event is priced on its own, based on numbers, menu, service time and distance. Tell us about your wedding for a quote.
Do you clear up?
Our staff clear up after service, leaving the spot as we found it.
Who serves?
We carve and serve for you, and we clear up when service is finished.
Where do you cook at a marquee wedding?
Always outside, away from the marquee walls. Serving inside is fine where allowed.
Can you do gluten-free?
Ask for gluten-free rolls and we’ll bring them. You’ll get allergen details for everything.
Organising for someone else?
If you are planning an event on someone’s behalf, whether you’re a planner, a PA or on a committee, let us know who we’ll deal with on the day. We will keep everyone in the loop.
Venues often have rules for outside caterers, from approved lists to where a gas roaster can go. Ask early, and tell us what they ask for.
Why choose wedding hog roast in Paddock?
Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options mean every guest is looked after.
We’re regularly asked to cater a wide mix of occasions near Paddock, including:
- Small, informal weddings
- Marquee weddings
- Late-night wedding food
- Second-day get-togethers
Guests coming by rail will want to know that the nearest station is Charing station, about 3 miles west.
What your quote should include
- The menu, including sides and any extras
- Any travel or access charges
- What the cooking area needs: space, cover and access
- Whether VAT is included
About the food
Rotisserie chicken
Golden rotisserie chicken can be served in a roll or on a plate.
Crackling
The skin crisps up over the hours of roasting, and there is a piece for everyone who wants it.
How we price a hog roast for your wedding
Every booking is priced individually, and the price depends on a few things:
- Travel to Paddock
- Site access
- Numbers
- How long the roast and service take
Numbers make the biggest difference: the price per head usually falls as numbers rise, because the roaster, staff and travel cost much the same either way.
Details that help
When you get in touch, it helps to include:
- Where the roaster could go, ideally with a picture
- An estimate of numbers
- The date and time of the event
- Allergies we should know about
To get a quote, just tell us the date, where the wedding is and roughly how many. A picture of where the roaster could go helps us check the space. Fill in our quote form.
Allergies and dietary needs
A hog roast is pork, so plan for anyone who does not eat it. Some ways to look after everyone:
- If any guests need halal food, arrange it separately
- Pass numbers for vegetarians and vegans to us
- Give final numbers in good time
- Note which guests don’t eat pork, so we can add lamb, chicken or vegetarian options
Our staff serve and clear quietly, so the party carries on around us.
Festoon lights by the carving station look lovely in evening photos.
What happens on the day
We arrive hours before you want to eat, because a whole hog takes hours to roast. Your guests will smell it long before they see it. At midsummer, sunset in Paddock is about 9:15pm, so we can time the carving before or after your sunset photos. Sunset is around 8:45pm in late May and 7:00pm in late September.
- Tell us your date, venue and numbers.
- We check the venue’s rules and the date, then quote.
- We agree timings with your venue coordinator.
- We roast during the day, then carve at the agreed time.
- We serve, tidy up and slip away.
Preparing for the day
- Check there’s a route to wheel the equipment in, without steps
- Confirm numbers ahead of the day
- Think about shelter for your guests
Ask for a quote
We price every booking individually, based on numbers, menu, timings and distance. Ask us for a quote for your wedding: send us your details through our quote form.
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Paddock weddings: local tips
Paddock is about 5 miles north of Ashford, in Kent. We bring a hog roast for your wedding to weddings anywhere in Paddock, as long as there’s an outdoor spot to cook. Paddock is one of 922 towns and villages in Kent where we cater. Our nearest city page is Canterbury, about 11 miles away.
Marrying at Church of St Cosmas and St Damian? A reception in a garden, barn or marquee close by gives the roaster an outdoor spot. Historic houses near Paddock include Belmont House and Gardens (3.8 miles north) and Godinton House (4.1 miles south). Grand venues like these generally set rules for outside caterers, so ask before booking. The Kent Downs National Landscape is within about 5 miles of Paddock, with plenty of rural wedding settings. Check the cooking spot with the venue.
We bring hog roasts to weddings all over the TN25 postcode area and the streets around it. We can cater a wedding on streets such as Canterbury Road and Green Lane or the roads around them, as long as there is somewhere outside to cook. We also bring hog roasts to weddings in Challock (1 mile east), Pested (1 mile north-east), Stocker's Head (2 miles west), Charing Hill (2 miles west) and Stalisfield (3 miles north-west). We also serve nearby towns such as Maidstone (15 miles west), Ashford (5 miles south), Canterbury (11 miles north-east), Sittingbourne (10 miles north-west), Whitstable (12 miles north-east) and Faversham (7 miles north).
Other landmarks nearby include Tower keep castle at Chilham (4.8 miles east) and William Harvey Hospital (5.8 miles south-east).
- Schools near Paddock include The Hayesbrook School (2 miles south)
- Local pubs include The Chequers pub (0.8 miles east)
- Slow-roasted on site for hours, outdoors at your event
- Freshly carved pork with crackling, stuffing and apple sauce
- Options beyond pork, including lamb, chicken and vegetarian dishes
- Served when you’re ready, and we tidy the serving area afterwards