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Hog Roast Wedding Catering in Upton, Southampton
Plenty of choice: roast pork in rolls with stuffing and apple sauce, lamb or chicken, and halloumi and vegetable skewers, with salads and potatoes on the side. Book a hog roast for your wedding in Upton.
- Vow renewals and blessings
- Intimate weddings
- Evening receptions
Planning an event in Upton?
What affects the price in Upton
Each price is built from:
- Season and day of the week
- The journey to the venue
- Menu choices and extras
- Crockery choices
Weekday and off-season dates can be easier to book, and the menu you choose matters too. Tell us your budget and we’ll suggest what works.
What we need to know
For a quick, accurate price, tell us:
- What the outdoor space is like
- Any venue rules
- Any extras, such as lamb, chicken or china
- Any dietary needs or allergies
Planning ahead? Popular dates fill up early, especially summer Saturdays and December Fridays. Tell us your date and we will check it: send us your details through our quote form.
Wedding hog roast in Upton, slow-roasted on site
As a main meal, the hog roast is served on plates: roast pork, crackling and a choice of sides, on china if you’d like. We’re frequently asked to cater intimate weddings and garden weddings at home, with crackling, spit-roast lamb and rotisserie chicken.
A wedding in a small place like Upton 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. Our staff serve and clear, so nobody in your party has to serve.
- Location
- Upton (SO16)
- County
- Southampton
- On the menu
- Hog roast rolls, stuffing, apple sauce, crackling
- Extras
- Chicken, lamb, halloumi skewers and a vegan option
- Quote
- Ask us for a quote
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
DIY versus a catered hog roast
Some hosts try a barbecue instead, but someone has to stand at the grill all day. With a hog roast, one roast feeds everyone at once.
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.
What comes off the roaster
Roast pork
Slow-roasted pork is the heart of the menu: carved in front of you, a mix of shoulder and leg, straight from the roaster.
Stuffing and apple sauce
Stuffing and a dollop of apple sauce turn a pork roll into a hog roast roll.
How the day works
We arrive hours before you want to eat, since slow roasting cannot be rushed. Your guests will smell it long before they see it. For a summer wedding in Upton, the sun sets at about 9:25pm in late June and about 7:10pm in late September, which means an evening hog roast is usually served in daylight in high summer. For autumn and winter weddings, when it’s dark by about 4:00pm in December, plan lighting at the carving station.
- Tell us whether it is the wedding breakfast, the evening or both.
- You get a quote listing menu, staff and plates.
- The venue and we agree where the roaster goes.
- We arrive early and roast slowly on site.
- Our chef carves and the team serves and clears.
Before we arrive
- Ensure we can wheel the roaster to the spot
- Confirm numbers ahead of the day
- Name a contact for the day
Ask for a quote
Numbers not final yet? Give us your best estimate and we will quote on that, then confirm closer to the date. Fill in our quote form.
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FAQs for Upton
We’re gathering after a service at Church of St John: 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 normally elsewhere. Tell us where you’ll gather.
Which station is closest to Upton?
The closest is Redbridge station, roughly 2.1 miles away.
Where does the hog roast go?
Enough level ground outdoors for the roaster and a serving table under cover, plus a step-free route to wheel the equipment in. A picture helps.
Do you serve the food?
You don’t need anyone else: our chef carves and our team serves and clears.
Do you bring plates?
Plates come as standard. China crockery is available on request and quoted separately.
What about coeliacs?
Gluten-free rolls are available on request. Stuffing normally contains gluten, so check the allergen information.
Can you cook inside the marquee?
Always outside, away from the marquee walls. We can serve inside the marquee if the supplier agrees.
Can you work around our timings?
Because the roast takes hours, we plan from your serving time, and we can hold the roast for a while if the day runs behind.
Organising for someone else?
Marquee suppliers normally set distances for cooking equipment, so let them know about the roaster. We’ll keep the roaster well clear of the marquee.
Planning on behalf of a committee? One clear contact makes everything easier, especially on the day.
A hog roast or other catering?
Compared with a cold evening buffet, hot rolls carved to order go down much better late at night. For larger numbers, a hog roast is typically good value, since one roast goes a long way. Extras, china and longer service add to it.
Why Upton hosts choose us
- Choices for people who do not eat pork
- Roasted on site, slowly, for hours
- Our staff serve and clear
- Crackling for everyone who wants it
See our pricing or what a hog roast costs.
Looking after everyone
You’ll get allergen information for everything we serve. To make the most of it:
- Pass numbers for vegetarians and vegans to us
- Give your coordinator the final menu
- Remember that stuffing generally contains gluten
- Ask for gluten-free rolls for coeliac guests
We’ll liaise with your venue coordinator, so we can sort the cooking spot and timings with them.
For a sit-down meal, ask for china, quoted separately.
Why choose wedding hog roast in Upton?
No kitchen is needed at the venue, ideal for marquee and field weddings.
However big or small the event in Upton, a slow roast goes a long way. Bookings frequently include:
- Blessings and renewals
- Marquee receptions
- Intimate weddings
- Second-day get-togethers
Marrying at Church of St John? A reception in a garden, barn or marquee close by gives the roaster an outdoor spot.
Comparing caterers
- How long the roast takes and when they’ll arrive
- Whether travel is included
- How dietary needs are handled
- Whether plates or china are included
Wedding venues and ceremonies near Upton
Upton is about 2 miles north-west of Regents Park, in Southampton. Thinking about a hog roast for your wedding in Upton? We can help. Upton is one of 40 places in Southampton we cover.
Wedding photographers in the area often head for Testwood Lakes. Within reach of Upton are historic houses such as South Stoneham House (4.1 miles east) and Southampton Tudor House and Garden (4.4 miles south-east). If your reception is at a historic house or estate, ask early about its rules on caterers and gas cooking. With the New Forest National Park within about 8 miles, there are country venues, barns and gardens nearby. Check the cooking spot with the venue. The sea is within about 5 miles, so seaside venues are close. We’ll think about shelter from sea breezes.
Wherever your wedding is in SO16, we can roast on site for your guests, from busy streets to quiet lanes. Local streets include Upton Lane, Romsey Road and Greenwood Avenue; a wedding on any of them works well with outdoor space and a way in. Other places close to Upton we cover include Nursling (1 mile south), Rownhams (1 mile east), Ashfield (1 mile north-west), Toothill (1 mile north) and Hillyfields (1 mile south). Within a short drive, we also cover Southampton (4 miles south-east), Shirley (3 miles south-east), Townhill Park (5 miles east), Midanbury (5 miles east), Thornhill (6 miles south-east) and Chartwell Green (5 miles east).
A little further out are Eling Experience (2.2 miles south) and Romsey Extra (2.4 miles north-west). Within reach you’ll find Testwood Lakes.
- Nearby schools include Oasis Academy Lord's Hill (0.9 miles south-east) and Oaklands Community School (0.9 miles south-east)
- Cooked where you are, slowly, over several hours outdoors
- Carved to order by our chef, 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