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Wedding Hog Roast for Stratfield Saye
From the first smell of roasting pork to the last piece of crackling, a hog roast for your wedding makes the food part of your wedding in Stratfield Saye.
- Evening receptions
- Weddings in a marquee
- Blessings and renewals
Planning an event in Stratfield Saye?
Wedding hog roast near Stratfield Saye
A hog roast gives your wedding a centrepiece: people gather round as the chef carves. It is food and a bit of theatre. Typical bookings include marquee weddings and second-day get-togethers, with halloumi skewers, rotisserie chicken and salads.
A wedding in a small place like Stratfield Saye often means a field, a barn or a family garden. That is where a hog roast shines: no kitchen needed, just an outdoor cooking spot. Tell us about lanes, gates and ground conditions. The hog is roasted on site at your wedding, low and slow, for hours, and carved only when you are ready to eat.
- Area
- Stratfield Saye (RG7)
- Area hub
- West Berkshire
- On the menu
- Pork, crackling, stuffing and apple sauce in rolls
- Alongside
- Chicken, lamb, halloumi skewers and a vegan option
- Quote
- Ask us for a quote
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
About the food
Roast pork
Everything starts with the slow-roasted pork: carved in front of you, a mix of shoulder and leg, and served hot.
Spit-roast lamb
Lamb on the spit roasts gently for hours, and it’s carved the same way, often with mint sauce.
FAQs for Stratfield Saye
We’re gathering after a service at Church of St. Mary the Virgin: 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 usually elsewhere. Tell us where you’ll gather.
Is Stratfield Saye close to London?
About 41 miles from central London, and we cover it as standard.
How soon do you get booked up?
As early as you can for summer weekends and December. For other dates, a few weeks can be enough. Send your date and we’ll check.
Do we need our own staff?
You don’t need anyone else: our chef carves and our team serves and clears.
Do you cover Stratfield Saye?
We do. Send us the address and we’ll check the date.
Will guests be full?
With sides, it’s a full wedding breakfast; for evening food, rolls are normally enough.
Can you cater for vegetarians?
Add lamb, chicken, halloumi and vegetable skewers or a vegan option. We don’t offer halal meat.
Where does the hog roast go?
A level, open area outdoors with room for the roaster, a gazebo and a carving table, away from buildings, marquee walls and overhanging trees. We will check it with you before booking.
Diets, allergies and alternatives
Some guests won’t eat pork, so it is worth adding an alternative. Helpful tips:
- Stuffing normally contains gluten, so check the allergen list
- Halal is not offered, so plan separately if needed
- Put a dietary question on the invitation
- Confirm final numbers a week or so before
We will liaise with your venue coordinator, so we can sort the cooking spot and timings with them.
Lamb alongside the pork gives guests a choice.
DIY versus a catered hog roast
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.
We also hire out the hog roast machine for confident cooks. You cook and carve it yourself; we’ll explain what’s supplied and how it works when we quote.
Events we cater in Stratfield Saye
The carving station brings guests together, and it looks great in photos.
Whatever the occasion in Stratfield Saye, a slow roast goes a long way. Bookings often include:
- Anniversary vow renewals
- Intimate weddings
- Evening food after the first dance
- Weddings in a marquee
Wedding photographers in the area frequently head for The Marshes Local Nature Reserve, and the countryside around Stratfield Saye suits an outdoor reception.
Questions to ask before booking
- Who carves and who serves
- How they handle allergens and dietary needs
- Whether travel is included
- Plates, china and cutlery
Nearby places to Stratfield Saye
What else we do in Stratfield Saye
How we price a hog roast for your wedding
There is no fixed price list, because every wedding is different. The main factors are:
- Site access
- The journey to the venue
- How many people are eating
- Crockery choices
What you pay covers the meat, the chef and staff, and hours of roasting. A long, slow roast means an early start, which is built into the price.
What to tell us
When you enquire, it helps to include:
- Where the event is
- A picture of the cooking area
- Rules from the venue or landowner
- Your menu choices
To get a quote, just send us your date, venue and numbers. A photo of the cooking area helps. Fill in our quote form.
Organising for someone else?
If the event is on someone else’s land, the landowner needs to agree to cooking and vehicles. Get that agreed before booking.
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 will keep everyone in the loop.
How it works
It’s a relaxed, well-organised set-up. We agree arrival and serving times in advance, set up where we have agreed, and get on with roasting and serving. At midsummer, sunset in Stratfield Saye is about 9:25pm, so we can time the carving before or after your sunset photos. In late May, sunset is about 8:55pm, and in late September about 7:10pm.
- Choose the main meal, the evening food 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.
How to prepare
- Let us know about tight access
- Choose a level, open spot outdoors for the roaster
- Name a contact for the day
Get 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. Send us your details through our quote form.
Planning help
Planning a wedding hog roast in Stratfield Saye
Stratfield Saye is about 5 miles east of Tadley, in West Berkshire. We cater weddings at homes, halls, workplaces and venues in Stratfield Saye. We cover all 155 towns and villages across West Berkshire. Our nearest city page is Reading, about 7 miles away.
Guests coming by rail will want to know that the nearest station is Mortimer station, about 1.6 miles north-west. If you are marrying at a church near Stratfield Saye, such as Church of St. Mary the Virgin, and holding the reception nearby, the hog roast can be cooking while you say your vows.
For weddings in RG7, we just need to know where the roaster can cook. Local streets include Green Lane, Fair Oak Lane and New Street; a wedding on any of them works well with outdoor space and a way in. Nearby, we also cater weddings in West End Green (1 mile west), Fair Cross (1 mile north-east), Spanish Green (2 miles south), Stratfield Mortimer (2 miles north-west) and Bramley Green (2 miles south-west). Larger places within reach include Newbury (13 miles west), Thatcham (11 miles west), Burghfield Common (4 miles north-west), Speenhamland (14 miles west), Spencers Wood (4 miles north-east) and Calcot (6 miles north).
Well-known places in the area include Calleva Museum (3.3 miles west) and Beaumys Castle (2.4 miles north-east). Green spaces nearby include The Marshes Local Nature Reserve.
Before you choose a spot
The roaster needs the right spot, because it cooks outside for several hours, so a few things are worth checking:
- Step-free access for our equipment
- Clear space away from the marquee and any branches
- Flat ground outside the reception for the roaster
Not sure about the cooking spot? Send us a picture and we’ll tell you honestly.
Popular choices
- Salads
- Crackling
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Vegan option (Ve)
- New potatoes
- Spit-roast lamb
- Roast or jacket potatoes
- Hog roast rolls
- Rotisserie chicken
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Slow-roasted on site for hours, outdoors at your event
- Carved to order by our chef, 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