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Hog Roast Wedding Catering in Park Wood, Kent
Planning a hog roast for your wedding in Park Wood? We bring the roaster to you, cook outdoors under cover and carve when you are ready to eat.
- Second-day get-togethers
- Weddings in a family garden
- Evening food after the first dance
Wedding hog roast in Park Wood
For event organisers in Park Wood
If the event is on someone else’s land, the landowner needs to agree to cooking and vehicles. Get that agreed before booking.
Some venues charge a fee if you bring in your own caterer, so check before booking. We will work with the venue on access and the cooking spot.
How our wedding hog roast works in Park Wood
As a main meal, the hog roast is served on plates: roast pork, crackling and a choice of sides, on china if you’d like. We are frequently asked to cater second-day get-togethers and anniversary vow renewals, serving new potatoes, rotisserie chicken and spit-roast lamb.
In Park Wood, a local ceremony and a marquee reception is a lovely, personal choice. We roast outside, well clear of the marquee. Tell us about access to the field or garden. Tell us about dietary needs and allergies when you enquire, and we’ll give you the allergen information for every dish.
Why choose wedding hog roast in Park Wood?
It works for the main meal and the evening, which keeps things simple.
Hosts in Park Wood book us for everything from small get-togethers to big outdoor events. For example:
- Small, informal weddings
- Marquee weddings
- Evening receptions
- Blessings and renewals
Couples marrying at local churches such as St Martin's Church often hold the reception nearby, with the roast cooking through the ceremony.
Comparing caterers
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- What the price includes, item by item
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Catered or do it yourself?
Full catering or machine hire? With catering, our chef roasts, carves and serves, and our staff clear up. With DIY hire, you do the work and save on staffing.
Timing is the tricky part of roasting your own: a whole hog takes hours, and it needs to be cooked through safely. If you’d rather not worry about it, let us cook.
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How we price a hog roast for your wedding
The price comes down to:
- Site access
- Season and day of the week
- Time on site
- Plates or china
UK price guides vary widely: roughly £10 a head for a simple roll, rising past £20 with more included. Every event gets its own quote, with everything listed.
Getting an accurate quote
Here’s what we will ask:
- Where the roaster could go, ideally with a photo
- Any extras, such as lamb, chicken or china
- Anything the venue has asked for
- The venue or postcode
When you’re weighing up caterers, check what each quote actually includes. We spell it out in ours. To get yours, use our quote form.
How the day works
Serving is straightforward: the chef carves and the team serves, with the sides served alongside. Afterwards we clear the serving area and pack away. At midsummer, sunset in Park Wood is about 9:15pm, so we can time the carving before or after your sunset photos. Sunset is around 8:50pm in late May and 7:00pm in late September.
- Tell us whether it’s the wedding breakfast, the evening or both.
- You get a quote listing menu, staff and plates.
- We confirm the cooking spot and access with the venue.
- We arrive early and roast slowly on site.
- We carve and serve, then clear away.
Before we arrive
- Send final numbers in good time
- Ensure we can wheel the roaster to the spot
- Have a level outdoor spot ready
Get a quote
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many people, plus when you’d like to eat. We’ll check the date and send a quote. Send us your details through our quote form.
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Park Wood weddings: local tips
Park Wood is about 2 miles south-east of Maidstone, in Kent. Wherever your wedding is in Park Wood, we can bring the roaster, as long as there is an outdoor spot to cook. Park Wood is one of 922 places in Kent where we cater. Our bookings stretch from Park Wood to Canterbury (23 miles away).
Put the station on your invitation: Maidstone West station, about 2.6 miles north-west, is the nearest station. Detling Hill nearby makes a lovely backdrop for photos. The Kent Downs National Landscape is within about 5 miles of Park Wood, with plenty of rural wedding settings. Ask your venue where a hog roast can cook.
Anywhere in ME15, ME17 and ME14, we can bring the roaster to you, from busy streets to quiet lanes. We can cater a wedding on streets such as Bell Road, Selby Road and Essex Road, wherever there’s an outdoor spot for the roaster. Park Wood sits on or near the A274, which makes travel to your wedding easy. We also bring hog roasts to weddings in Otham (1 mile north-east), Willington (1 mile north), Boughton Monchelsea (1 mile south-west), Shepway (1 mile north) and Boughton Green (1 mile south-west). Further out, we also cater in Ashford (15 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (11 miles north-east), Royal Tunbridge Wells (14 miles south-west), Gravesend (15 miles north-west), Tonbridge (12 miles west) and Faversham (15 miles east).
Well-known places in the area include Sutton Valence Castle (2.7 miles south-east) and The Mall Maidstone (2.5 miles north-west). The countryside around Park Wood includes Detling Hill.
- Schools near Park Wood include Senacre Technology College (within half a mile east) and New Line Learning Academy (1.1 miles north-west)
- Pubs nearby include The White Horse pub (0.8 miles north-east)
The menu, dish by dish
Stuffing and apple sauce
Stuffing and a dollop of apple sauce turn a pork roll into a hog roast roll, just as they should.
Roast pork
Slow-roasted pork is the heart of the menu: carved thick or thin, as people like it, straight from the roaster.
FAQs for Park Wood
Which station is closest to Park Wood?
Maidstone West station, about 2.6 miles north-west of the centre.
Could you cook in Mote Park?
Only if the landowner, usually the council, allows it. Ask them first.
Do you bring plates?
Plates come as standard. If you’d like china, ask and we’ll add it to the quote.
Can you cater in Park Wood?
Yes. We cover London and the South East, Park Wood and the rest of Kent included. Tell us the venue and we’ll quote.
Can we have a hog roast as the main meal?
Many couples do exactly that, with alternatives for non-pork eaters.
How much will it be?
It depends on numbers, the menu and how long we are on site. Tell us your date and we’ll send a price.
Can we just hire the roaster?
Yes, for confident cooks. We will explain the details with your quote.
How big a hog will we need?
We size the roast to your numbers, so tell us your best estimate. The quote sets it out.
Where the roaster can go in Park Wood
Planning the cooking spot is the key. A quick checklist:
- A way in for the roaster
- A level spot near, but not too near, the marquee
- Clear space away from the marquee and any branches
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we will advise before booking.
Popular choices
- Rotisserie chicken
- Crackling
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- New potatoes
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Spit-roast lamb
- Roast or jacket potatoes
- Hog roast rolls
- Salads
- Vegan option (Ve)
A hog roast or other catering?
Compared with a three-course plated meal, a hog roast is more relaxed and often better value. It still feels special. Numbers make the biggest difference: the price per head normally falls as numbers rise, since much of the cost is fixed.
Why us?
- All the equipment comes with us
- The classics: stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Staff to serve, so you don’t have to
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside
See how we price and the cost guide.
- Roasted slowly at your venue, outdoors and under cover
- Freshly carved pork with crackling, stuffing and apple sauce
- Vegetarian and vegan choices, plus lamb or chicken if you like
- Staff to serve at the agreed time, then clear away