Hampshire · England
Wedding Hog Roast for Shawford
From the first smell of roasting pork to the last piece of crackling, a hog roast for your wedding turns the food into a centrepiece of your wedding in Shawford.
- Small, informal weddings
- Late-night wedding food
- Blessings and renewals
Planning an event in Shawford?
The process
It’s a relaxed, well-organised set-up. Arrival and serving times are agreed beforehand, use the cooking spot you’ve chosen, and get on with roasting and serving. At midsummer, sunset in Shawford is about 9:25pm, so we can time the carving before or after your sunset photos. Sunset is around 8:55pm in late May and 7:10pm in late September.
- Tell us whether it is the wedding breakfast, the evening or both.
- We send a quote with the menu and staffing.
- The venue and we agree where the roaster goes.
- We set up and roast for hours.
- Our chef carves and the team serves and clears.
Getting ready for the day
- Have a covered area for eating in case of rain
- Tell us about narrow gates or side passages
- Gather dietary requirements early
Getting a price
Numbers not final yet? A rough figure is fine for a first quote, and you can confirm nearer the time. Use our quote form.
Planning help
How our wedding hog roast works in Shawford
After hours of dancing, guests are hungry. Rolls with roast pork and crackling are just the thing, and they’re easy to eat with a drink in hand. Typical bookings include marquee receptions and blessings and renewals, with salads, crackling and carved roast pork.
Near Shawford, weddings are often in fields, barns or gardens. That is where a hog roast shines: no kitchen, just level ground and cover. Tell us about lanes, gates and ground conditions. Let us know about allergies and dietary needs in advance, and we will give you the allergen information for every dish before booking.
Is a hog roast right for your wedding?
Compared with a barbecue, a hog roast feeds everyone at once from one roast without batches coming off a grill. When comparing prices, compare the same things: the menu, sides, service time, staffing, crockery and travel. A cheaper headline price can leave things out.
What you get with us
- Timed around your day
- Carved by our chef in front of your guests
- Our staff serve and clear
- All the equipment comes with us
Take a look at our prices page and what a hog roast costs.
Full catering or machine hire?
You could roast a hog yourself, but it’s a long day’s work, from early set-up to carving at the end. With us catering, you get to be a host, not a cook.
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.
Who books wedding hog roast in Shawford?
Evening guests love hot food, after a night on the dance floor.
In Shawford and nearby, we cater for all sorts of events. Popular bookings include:
- The day after the wedding
- Barn and farm weddings
- Vow renewals and blessings
- Marquee weddings
If you want countryside in your photos, Hockley Meadows isn’t far.
What your quote should include
- When payments are due and what happens if plans change
- Whether plates or china are included
- Arrival time and how long the roast needs
- The menu, including sides and any extras
What comes off the roaster
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Sides include salads, coleslaw, new potatoes and roast or jacket potatoes, to suit your event.
Stuffing and apple sauce
No hog roast roll is complete without sage and onion stuffing and apple sauce, balancing the rich, salty pork.
Diets, allergies and alternatives
With a bit of planning, dietary needs are easier to handle. Here are a few tips:
- Give us vegetarian and vegan numbers
- Confirm final numbers a week or so before
- Put a dietary question on the invitation
- Request gluten-free rolls if needed
We’ll liaise with your venue coordinator, for access and timings.
Some couples add lights around the serving area; tell your venue or marquee supplier.
What a hog roast costs
A few things make the biggest difference to the price:
- The menu and extras such as lamb or chicken
- Busy dates such as summer Saturdays
- How long the roast and service take
- Travel to Shawford
Distance is part of the price: we include travel in the quote. Give us the address so the quote is accurate.
What to tell us
To check the date and the space, tell us:
- The address or postcode
- Your menu choices
- Allergies we should know about
- The date and when you’d like to eat
Send us the date, the address or SO21 postcode and rough numbers, plus when you’d like to eat. We’ll check the date and send a quote. Fill in our quote form.
Planners, venues and businesses
Booking for a club or group? A single point of contact keeps things simple, particularly when timings shift.
Many venues set rules for outside caterers, including where gas cooking is allowed. Ask early, and pass on anything they need from us.
Shawford: your questions answered
We are gathering after a service at Church of St Mary: can you cater?
Yes, at a home, hall or venue nearby with an outdoor spot for the roaster. Churches rarely have space for a hog roast, so the food is typically elsewhere. Send us the address.
Is Shawford close to London?
About 63 miles from central London, and well within our area.
Can you cook inside a hall or marquee?
It cooks outside, under a gazebo, on a level spot. Serving indoors is typically fine if the venue is happy.
Can we add a second roast?
Lamb and chicken are both available alongside the hog.
What’s the price?
Each event is priced on its own, based on numbers, menu, service time and distance. Tell us about your wedding for a quote.
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.
Do we need to provide electricity?
Not to cook, because the roaster is gas-fired. Let us know what’s on site.
Will there be enough to go round?
The roast is chosen to suit how many you are feeding, so a good estimate matters. The quote sets it out.
Towns and villages near Shawford
Also in Shawford
Planning a wedding hog roast in Shawford
Shawford is about 3 miles south of Winchester, in Hampshire. We cater weddings at gardens, car parks, yards and venues around Shawford and the surrounding area. We cover all 683 towns and villages in Hampshire. Our nearest city page is Southampton, about 8 miles away.
It’s worth telling train travellers that Shawford station is in Shawford itself. If you’re hoping for photos in St. Cross Park, check whether the park needs permission for photography or gatherings.
This part of Hampshire takes in SO21, and we can cater your wedding anywhere in it. Your wedding could be at a house on Shawford Road and Pearson Lane or the roads around them, as long as there is somewhere outside to cook. Neighbouring places where we cater weddings include Compton (1 mile west), Twyford (1 mile south-east), South Down (1 mile south-west), Otterbourne (1 mile south-west) and St Cross (2 miles north). Larger places within reach include Winchester (3 miles north), Eastleigh (4 miles south), Fareham (13 miles south-east), Andover (15 miles north-west), Totton (11 miles south-west) and Chandler's Ford (4 miles south-west).
Other landmarks nearby include The Gurkha Museum (2.3 miles north) and Royal Hampshire County Hospital (2.7 miles north). Open spaces near Shawford include Twyford Down and Hockley Meadows.
- Pubs nearby include The Bridge Inn (within half a mile south-west)
- Roasted slowly at your venue, outdoors and under cover
- Carved by our chef into rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside the pork
- Our team serves at your chosen time and clears up afterwards