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Wedding Hog Roast in Standen
Give your guests slow-roasted pork and crackling at your wedding in Standen. The roast cooks for hours on site, then our chef carves it hot for everyone.
- Intimate weddings
- Second-day get-togethers
- Rustic barn receptions
A hog roast near Standen
About our wedding hog roast in Standen
Barn, marquee and garden weddings around Standen suit a hog roast. We cook outside, under cover, and the food is served in the marquee or barn. We serve halloumi skewers, spit-roast lamb and salads, and typical bookings are for vow renewals and blessings and evening receptions.
A wedding in a small place like Standen often means a field, a barn or a family garden. A hog roast is made for that: no kitchen needed, just an outdoor cooking spot. Let us know about access and ground. Our staff serve and clear, so you’re not left handing out rolls or tidying up afterwards.
Questions from Standen
Which station is closest to Standen?
The closest is Headcorn station, roughly 2.6 miles away.
Can you do a hog roast at a venue in the High Weald National Landscape?
Yes. Some venues there have rules about cooking and vehicles, so check with yours. We will work to whatever the site needs.
Can you do our evening wedding food?
Yes, evening food is very popular. Rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling go down well after dancing.
Can you do gluten-free?
Ask for gluten-free rolls and we’ll bring them. You will get allergen details for everything.
Is crockery included?
Plates come as standard. China crockery is available on request and quoted separately.
How much will it be?
Each event is priced on its own, based on numbers, menu, service time and distance. Tell us about your wedding for a quote.
How long does a hog roast take to cook?
Hours rather than minutes. You will know our arrival time in advance.
What do people get?
Roast pork carved into soft rolls with sage and onion stuffing, apple sauce and crackling. Extras include lamb, chicken, halloumi skewers, a vegan option, salads and potatoes.
Events we cater in Standen
One booking can cover the wedding breakfast and the evening food, so it’s good value.
We are regularly asked to cater all sorts of events around Standen, such as:
- Blessings and renewals
- Barn and farm weddings
- Home weddings
- Wedding breakfasts with sides
Put the station on your invitation: the nearest station is Headcorn station, about 2.6 miles north-west.
Before booking anyone
- Whether VAT is included
- Allergen information for every dish
- What the cooking area needs: space, cover and access
- How long the roast takes and when they’ll arrive
For planners, venues and organisers
Marquee hire companies frequently have rules about cooking near their tents, so tell them a hog roast is coming. We’ll keep the roaster well clear of the marquee.
If you are planning an event on someone’s behalf, such as a wedding planner, an office manager or a fête committee, let us know who we will deal with on the day. We’ll keep you both updated.
Why choose a hog roast in Standen?
Compared with pizza or other evening vans, a hog roast serves a crowd quickly once carving starts. Numbers make the biggest difference: the price per head typically falls as numbers rise, since much of the cost is fixed.
Why book our hog roast in Standen
- An itemised quote
- Choices for people who don’t eat pork
- Planned to your running order
- A choice of salads and potatoes
Take a look at our prices page or our hog roast cost guide.
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 you’d rather not worry about it, let us cook.
Buying in a cold buffet is another option, but hot, freshly carved roast pork is a different experience.
Standen weddings: local tips
Standen is about 9 miles west of Ashford, in Kent. We cover Standen and its neighbours for weddings. We bring hog roasts to 922 places in Kent, from the larger towns to small villages. Our nearest city page is Canterbury, about 21 miles away.
With the High Weald National Landscape within about 6 miles, there are country venues, barns and gardens nearby. Ask your venue where a hog roast can cook.
We bring hog roasts to weddings all over TN27. Streets in the area include Smarden Road, Pook Lane and Weeks Lane, and a wedding on any of them works with a garden, drive or yard for the roaster. Neighbouring places where we cater weddings include Curteis' Corner (1 mile south-west), Lashenden (1 mile north-west), Monk's Hill (1 mile north-east), Biddenden (1 mile south-west) and Stede Quarter (1 mile south-east). We also serve nearby towns such as Maidstone (11 miles north-west), Ashford (9 miles east), Sittingbourne (15 miles north), Kings Hill (14 miles north-west), Foley Park (12 miles north-west) and Paddock Wood (12 miles west).
Other landmarks nearby include Benenden Hospital (3.5 miles south-west) and Romden Castle (2.7 miles north-east).
Before you choose a spot
A good cooking spot makes the day run smoothly. Look for:
- Approval from the venue or marquee supplier
- Clear space away from the marquee and any branches
- Lighting for evening service
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we’ll advise.
Popular choices
- New potatoes
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Salads
- Rotisserie chicken
- Hog roast rolls
- Crackling
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Spit-roast lamb
- Roast or jacket potatoes
The process
We take care of everything from the first hour of roasting to clearing away, so you can get on with your wedding in Standen. For a summer wedding in Standen, the sun sets at about 9:15pm in late June and about 7:00pm in late September, which means an evening hog roast is usually served in daylight in high summer. For autumn and winter weddings, when it is dark by about 3:50pm in December, plan lighting at the carving station.
- 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 set up and roast for hours.
- We carve and serve, then clear away.
Before we arrive
- Plan somewhere sheltered for people to eat if it rains
- Pick a flat, open area outside for cooking
- Confirm numbers ahead of the day
Ask for a quote
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many people, along with your serving time. We’ll confirm availability and send a price. Fill in our quote form.
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What a hog roast costs
The biggest factors are:
- Which meats and sides you choose
- How many people are eating
- How easy it is to reach the spot
- Crockery choices
Published UK guides give a wide range for hog roast catering, from around £10 a head for a basic roll to £20 or more with sides and service. We quote every event individually, with everything listed.
Getting an accurate quote
To get the best quote, send us:
- The date and time of the event
- An estimate of numbers
- Dietary requirements
- Rules from the venue or landowner
A quote from us sets out the menu, timings, staffing and what’s included, so you can compare caterers fairly. Use our quote form.
About the food
Rolls and gluten-free rolls
Rolls or plates? Rolls are quicker; plates suit a sit-down meal, and gluten-free rolls are available on request.
Stuffing and apple sauce
Apple sauce brings sweetness and sharpness are the traditional pairing. Stuffing normally contains gluten.
- Cooked where you are, slowly, over several hours outdoors
- Carved by our chef into rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Vegetarian and vegan choices, plus lamb or chicken if you like
- Served by our staff at the time you choose, then cleared away