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Hog Roast Wedding Catering in Sturry, Kent
Wedding hog roast in Sturry: pork roasted slowly for hours at your venue, carved to order and served in soft rolls with crackling.
- Farm weddings
- The main wedding meal
- Marquee receptions
Book a hog roast in Sturry
How our wedding hog roast works in Sturry
A wedding hog roast can be the wedding breakfast, the evening food or both. We roast at the venue through the ceremony and drinks, then carve at the time you’ve set. Popular choices include crackling, halloumi skewers and rotisserie chicken, and we’re regularly asked to cater second-day get-togethers and home weddings.
A farm or garden wedding near Sturry suits a hog roast. We need a level spot and access. We bring plates as standard, with china available if you’d like it, at an extra cost.
Prices and what affects them
Each booking is quoted on its own, and the price depends on a few things:
- Travel to Sturry
- Numbers
- Crockery choices
- Menu choices and extras
Cost depends on numbers, menu choices and service time, plus travel and access. There is no one-size price, which is why each one gets its own quote.
Details that help
Here’s what we will ask:
- A photo of the cooking area
- Any dietary needs or allergies
- Any extras, such as lamb, chicken or china
- The date and when you’d like to eat
Planning ahead? Popular dates fill up early, so ask early for summer Saturdays and December. Send us your date for a quote: use our quote form.
Why a carved hog roast beats a buffet
Compared with a cold evening buffet, hot carved pork beats sandwiches every time. Numbers make the biggest difference: bigger groups usually cost less per head, since much of the cost is fixed.
Why book with us
- Crackling for everyone who wants it
- A clear quote with everything listed
- All the equipment comes with us
- Salads, potatoes and coleslaw to go with it
Read how we price or our hog roast cost guide.
Allergies and dietary needs
We give full allergen information for every dish. To make the most of it:
- Stuffing normally contains gluten
- Note which guests do not eat pork, so we can add lamb, chicken or vegetarian options
- Confirm final numbers a week or so before
- Share the menu with your venue coordinator
Give us your venue coordinator’s details, so we can sort the cooking spot and timings with them.
Gluten-free rolls can be provided for the evening food.
Common questions in Sturry
Which station is closest to Sturry?
Sturry has its own station: Sturry station.
Can you cater after a service at St Nicholas' Church?
Yes, at a home, hall or venue nearby with an outdoor spot for the roaster. Food is typically served at the reception venue rather than the church. Send us the address.
Can we have a hog roast as the main meal?
Of course: carved pork on plates with sides, with our staff serving.
Can the hog roast be cooked indoors?
Outside, always. Serving indoors is usually fine if the venue is happy.
Do we need to provide electricity?
Not to cook, because the roaster is gas-fired. Tell us what’s available and we will plan around it.
Will our venue allow a hog roast?
Many do, but some only allow approved caterers or charge a fee. Ask your venue early, and we’ll work with them on the details.
Will there be enough to go round?
The roast is chosen to suit how many you are feeding, so a good estimate matters. We’ll confirm the menu in the quote.
Can we add a second roast?
Add lamb or rotisserie chicken as a second option.
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What happens on the day
We arrive hours before you want to eat, since slow roasting can’t be rushed. Your guests will smell it long before they see it. In Sturry, evening wedding food frequently coincides with dusk: about 9:15pm at midsummer, 8:45pm in late May and 7:00pm in late September. Festoon lights by the carving station look lovely in the photos.
- 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 arrive early and roast slowly on site.
- We carve and serve, then clear away.
How to prepare
- Check there’s nothing overhead or close by that could catch the heat
- Give us final numbers a week or so before
- Choose someone to meet us on arrival
How to get a price
The quickest way to get a price is to tell us the date, where the wedding is and roughly how many. A photo of the cooking area helps. Use our quote form.
Planning help
Planning the cooking spot
A hog roast cooks outdoors for hours, so the spot matters, and a little planning goes a long way:
- Power for lights in the evening
- A route to wheel equipment to the spot
- A short walk from the serving station to the guests
If you are unsure, send a photo of the space and the way in, and we will say what we think before you book.
From the roaster
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Rotisserie chicken
- Salads
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- Hog roast rolls
- New potatoes
- Spit-roast lamb
- Crackling
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Roast or jacket potatoes
Getting married in Sturry?
Sturry is about 3 miles north-east of Canterbury, in Kent. We bring a hog roast for your wedding to weddings anywhere in Sturry, given a suitable outdoor cooking area. Sturry is one of 922 places in Kent we cover.
Wedding photographers in the area frequently head for West Blean and Thornden Woods. For guests travelling by train, there is a station right in Sturry: Sturry station. The sea is within about 5 miles, so seaside venues are close. We’ll plan a sheltered cooking spot.
This part of Kent takes in CT2, and we can cater your wedding anywhere in it. Streets in the area include High Street, Park View and Link Road, and a wedding on any of them works with a garden, drive or yard for the roaster. Neighbouring places where we cater weddings include Broad Oak (1 mile west), Westbere (1 mile east), Calcott (1 mile north), Hersden (2 miles east) and Hicks Forstal (2 miles north). Further out, we also cater in Canterbury (3 miles south-west), Margate (12 miles north-east), Dover (14 miles south-east), Folkestone (15 miles south), Ramsgate (13 miles east) and Broadstairs (14 miles east).
Well-known places in the area include Canterbury Roman Museum (2.6 miles south-west) and St Martins Hospital (2.1 miles south). Within reach you will find West Blean and Thornden Woods.
- Schools near Sturry include Spires Academy (1.1 miles east) and Frank Montgomery School (1.2 miles east)
- Pubs nearby include The Swan Inn (under half a mile south)
About the food
Roast pork
Hours of slow roasting make the pork soft and full of flavour, and it is carved fresh as people come up.
Rotisserie chicken
For guests who don’t eat pork, rotisserie chicken is the easy answer, and children usually like it too.
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.
Organisers may ask for documents such as a risk assessment or gas safety information. Let us know what your event requires and we’ll tell you what we can send.
Should I cook it myself?
Roasting a whole hog yourself is possible, but it takes hours of attention, from early set-up to carving at the end. A catered hog roast means you can enjoy the day.
Timing is the tricky part of roasting your own: a big roast takes hours and must be cooked thoroughly. If you’d rather not worry about it, let us cook.
- Roasted slowly at your venue, outdoors and 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
- Served by our staff at the time you choose, then cleared away