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Wedding Hog Roast in Picketts Lock
Planning a hog roast for your wedding in Picketts Lock? The roaster comes to your venue, home or workplace and cooks under cover and our staff serve at the time you choose.
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Slow-roasted pork in Picketts Lock
Weddings in Picketts Lock: venues, ceremonies and travel
Picketts Lock is about 1 mile west of Chingford, in Greater London. We bring a hog roast for your wedding to weddings anywhere in Picketts Lock, given a suitable outdoor cooking area. We cater all 764 towns and villages in Greater London. Our bookings stretch from Picketts Lock to London (about 9 miles away).
After a ceremony at a church like All Saints' Church, many couples move to a marquee or hall nearby, where the hog roast is waiting. If you want countryside in your photos, Ainslie Wood is not far.
Anywhere in N9, E4 and N18, we can roast on site for your guests. That could mean a wedding in a garden on Ardra Road, Goodwin Road and Hennessy Road, wherever there’s an outdoor spot for the roaster. Main roads around Picketts Lock include the A1037, which makes travel to your wedding easy. Neighbouring places where we cater weddings include Chingford Mount (1 mile south-east), South Chingford (1 mile south), Chingford (1 mile east), Edmonton (1 mile west) and Ponders End (1 mile north-west). Larger places within reach include London (9 miles south), City of Westminster (9 miles south-west), Marylebone (9 miles south-west), Kensington (11 miles south-west), St Pancras (8 miles south-west) and Shoreditch (7 miles south).
A little further out are Edmonton Green Shopping Centre (1.1 miles west) and The Epping Forest Museum (2.2 miles east). The countryside around Picketts Lock includes Pole Hill and Highams Park Lake.
- Schools near Picketts Lock include Nightingale Academy (0.8 miles north-west)
- Pubs nearby include The King's Ford pub (1 mile south-east)
- Parks and local facilities nearby include Municipal Borough of Edmonton (1.7 miles west)
How our wedding hog roast works in Picketts Lock
As a main meal, the hog roast is served on plates: carved pork with salads, new potatoes or roast potatoes, on china if you’d like. Popular choices include rotisserie chicken, carved roast pork and new potatoes, and we are often booked for weddings in a family garden and relaxed, low-key weddings.
Couples in Picketts Lock often hold the reception at a local venue or at home. We need an outdoor cooking area clear of the venue, so check with the venue early. Timings are planned around your wedding, because the roast has to start hours before you eat.
- Location
- Picketts Lock (N9, E4, N18)
- Area hub
- Greater London
- Menu
- Roast pork rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Alongside
- Lamb, chicken, halloumi skewers (V), vegan option (Ve)
- Quote
- Quoted for your event
- Page updated
- 26 October 2026
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Full catering or machine hire?
You could roast a hog yourself, but it’s a long day’s work, from setting up and lighting the roaster to carving. With us catering, you get to be a host, not a cook.
Some hosts try a barbecue instead, but someone ends up cooking in batches all afternoon. A hog roast cooks in one go and is carved for everyone.
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. Cost depends on numbers, menu choices and service time, along with distance and how easy the site is. There’s no one-size price, which is why each one gets its own quote.
Why book with us
- Self-contained: roaster, cover and serving kit
- A choice of salads and potatoes
- Fresh carving at the serving station
- An itemised quote
Take a look at our prices page and what a hog roast costs.
Why choose wedding hog roast in Picketts Lock?
Evening guests love hot food, especially after dancing.
However big or small the event in Picketts Lock, a slow roast goes a long way. We’re frequently asked to cater:
- Barn and farm weddings
- Wedding breakfasts with sides
- Evening receptions
- Post-wedding gatherings
If you’re hoping for photos in Pymmes Park, check whether the park needs permission for photography or gatherings.
What to look for in a quote
- Travel and any London charges
- The full menu and the sides
- How many staff will carve and serve
- Whether VAT is included
Your questions about a hog roast for your wedding in Picketts Lock
What if our house in Picketts Lock has no side access?
It depends on access: a rear gate or yard usually works. Tell us about steps, gates and parking and we’ll advise.
Can you cater after a service at All Saints' Church?
Yes, at a home, hall or venue nearby with an outdoor spot for the roaster. Food is usually served at the reception venue rather than the church. Tell us where you’ll gather.
How much room do you need?
A level, open area outdoors with room for the roaster, a gazebo and a carving table, well clear of walls, tents and branches. We’ll check it with you before booking.
Can a hog roast be our wedding breakfast?
Of course: carved pork on plates with sides, and our staff serve your guests.
Is there a non-pork option?
There are lamb, chicken, vegetarian and vegan options: spit-roast lamb, rotisserie chicken, halloumi and vegetable skewers or a vegan burger or sausage. We don’t offer halal meat.
Do you do evening food?
Yes. We’ll agree a serving time around your running order.
Do we need to provide electricity?
Not to cook, because the roaster is gas-fired. Tell us what’s available and we’ll plan around it.
When do you start roasting?
Hours rather than minutes. You will know our arrival time in advance.
Working with your venue
If you are planning an event on someone’s behalf, whether you’re a planner, a PA or on a committee, tell us who our contact on the day will be. We’ll keep you both updated.
Venues frequently have rules for outside caterers, including where gas cooking is allowed. Check early, and tell us what they ask for.
What we serve, dish by dish
Roast pork
The hog roasts slowly for hours, so the meat is tender and juicy, and our chef carves it to order.
Halloumi and vegetable skewers (V)
Our vegetarian option is halloumi and vegetable skewers: squeaky, salty cheese with colourful veg.
Allergies and dietary needs
A hog roast is pork, so plan for anyone who does not eat it. Here’s how to cover everyone:
- Request gluten-free rolls if needed
- Halal is not offered, so plan separately if needed
- Stuffing normally contains gluten, so check the allergen list
- Pass numbers for vegetarians and vegans to us
We’ll liaise with your venue coordinator, so we can sort the cooking spot and timings with them.
Festoon lights by the carving station look lovely in evening photos; tell your venue or marquee supplier.
Step by step
A typical booking goes like this: the roaster goes up and the hog goes on, the roast cooks gently through the day, and we carve and serve at the agreed time. Evening food at a Picketts Lock wedding frequently goes out just as the light fades: sunset is around 8:50pm in late May, 9:20pm at midsummer and 7:05pm in late September. A few lights by the serving table help guests and photos alike.
- Choose the main meal, the evening food or both.
- We send a quote with the menu and staffing.
- We confirm the cooking spot and access with the venue.
- We arrive early and roast slowly on site.
- Our chef carves and the team serves and clears.
Getting ready for the day
- Give us a contact number for the day
- Keep the spot clear of buildings, marquee walls and overhanging branches
- Give us final numbers a week or so before
Get a quote
Not sure how many to cater for? Give us your best estimate and we’ll quote on that, and you can confirm nearer the time. Use our quote form.
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Prices and what affects them
Every booking is priced individually, and the price depends on a few things:
- The number of people
- Busy dates such as summer Saturdays
- Which meats and sides you choose
- Crockery choices
When comparing prices, compare the same things: menu, sides, serving time, staff, plates and travel. The cheapest quote isn’t always the best value.
Details that help
These are the details we need:
- Rough numbers
- A photo of the cooking area
- Your menu choices
- The date and when you’d like to eat
We need a few details to quote: your date, your venue or postcode, how many people and any menu choices. Fill in our quote form.
- Roasted on site for several hours, outdoors under cover
- Carved by our chef into rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Vegetarian and vegan choices, plus lamb or chicken if you like
- Our team serves at your chosen time and clears up afterwards