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Wedding Hog Roast for Walliswood
Treat your guests to a proper hog roast at your wedding in Walliswood. We roast on site, carve to order and serve it hot.
- Second-day get-togethers
- Weddings in a family garden
- Marquee weddings
Planning an event in Walliswood?
How our wedding hog roast works in Walliswood
For the wedding breakfast, a hog roast becomes a plated meal: carved pork with salads, new potatoes or roast potatoes, on china if you’d like. On the menu are carved roast pork, salads and rotisserie chicken, and we are frequently booked for late-night wedding food and wedding breakfasts with sides.
Rural weddings around Walliswood have a magic of their own, and a whole hog roasting through the afternoon adds to it. Plan a firm route in, especially if it rains. Everything we need to roast, carve and serve comes with us, and we pack away and leave the area as we found it.
For event organisers in Walliswood
Event organisers frequently ask caterers for paperwork such as a risk assessment. Tell us what you need and we will confirm what we can provide.
Some venues add a fee for outside caterers, so it is worth asking first. We’ll work with the venue on access and the cooking spot.
About the food
Stuffing and apple sauce
No hog roast roll is complete without sage and onion stuffing and apple sauce, balancing the rich, salty pork.
Rotisserie chicken
Chicken off the rotisserie, carved or jointed goes into rolls or onto plates.
How it works
Carving is part of the show: our chef carves the pork in front of the queue, and the crackling is shared out so everyone gets some. For a summer wedding in Walliswood, the sun sets at about 9:20pm in late June and about 7:05pm in late September, which means an evening hog roast is typically served in daylight in high summer. Later in the year, plan lighting: in December it’s dark by about 3:55pm.
- Share your date, venue, numbers and which meal you’d like.
- We check the venue and the cooking spot and send a price.
- We fit our timings around your running order and the venue.
- We cook through the day and serve right on cue.
- We clear away once everyone has eaten.
Getting ready for the day
- Gather dietary requirements early
- Check there’s nothing overhead or close by that could catch the heat
- Have a covered area for eating in case of rain
Ask for a quote
Every wedding is quoted on its own, based on numbers, menu, timings and distance. Ask us for a quote for your wedding: use our quote form.
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Who books wedding hog roast in Walliswood?
There are choices for guests who do not eat pork.
These are some of the most popular hog roast bookings near Walliswood:
- Marquee receptions
- Post-wedding gatherings
- Wedding breakfasts
- Intimate weddings
Wallis Wood can make a pretty photo stop, but check its rules for wedding groups first.
Questions to ask before booking
- The space, cover and access they need
- Arrival time and how long the roast needs
- When payments are due and what happens if plans change
- VAT, if it applies
Getting married in Walliswood?
Walliswood is about 6 miles north-west of Horsham, in Surrey. We cover Walliswood and its neighbours for weddings. We cover 395 places across Surrey, from the larger towns to small villages. Our nearest city page is Guildford, about 11 miles away.
Put the station on your invitation: Ockley station is about 3.1 miles away. If you want countryside in your photos, Vann Lake isn’t far. With the Surrey Hills National Landscape within about 4 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 RH5 and the streets around it. Your wedding could be at a house on Horsham Road, Standon Lane and Oakfields or the roads around them, wherever there is an outdoor spot for the roaster. If your venue is just outside Walliswood, we also cover Mayes Green (1 mile north), Ewhurst Green (2 miles north-west), Ellen's Green (2 miles south-west), Ewhurst (2 miles north-west) and Cranleigh (4 miles west). Within a short drive, we also cover Guildford (11 miles north-west), Woking (15 miles north-west), Epsom (15 miles north), Horley (11 miles east), Redhill (12 miles north-east) and Reigate (11 miles north-east).
Nearby you’ll also find Abinger Castle (4.8 miles north) and Horsham Hospital (5.5 miles south-east). Open spaces near Walliswood include Vann Lake and Leith Hill.
- Pubs nearby include The Scarlett Arms Public House (within half a mile south-west)
Is a hog roast right for your wedding?
Next to a wedding barbecue, a hog roast feeds everyone at once from one roast without batches coming off a grill. Distance is part of the price: travel is included in your quote. Tell us the exact address so the quote is accurate.
What you get with us
- Crackling for everyone who wants it
- An itemised quote
- Roasted on site, slowly, for hours
- Self-contained: roaster, cover and serving kit
Read our pricing and what a hog roast costs.
Planning the cooking spot
The roaster needs the right spot, because it cooks outside for several hours, so a few things are worth checking:
- A safe distance from marquee walls, buildings and trees
- The venue’s agreement to a gas-fired roaster
- Lighting for evening service
If in doubt, send us a picture of the spot and we’ll advise before booking.
Popular choices
- Salads
- Rotisserie chicken
- Vegan option (Ve)
- Spit-roast lamb
- Roast or jacket potatoes
- Crackling
- Stuffing and apple sauce
- New potatoes
- Hog roast rolls
- Halloumi skewers (V)
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Should I cook it myself?
If you’re confident and want to save on staff, DIY machine hire is an option. You cook and carve it yourself; we’ll explain what’s supplied and how it works when we quote.
Catered or DIY? Catered means we do everything: roasting, carving, serving and clearing. With DIY hire, you do the work and save on staffing.
Diets, allergies and alternatives
Most people love a hog roast, but it’s pork. Some ways to look after everyone:
- Ask for gluten-free rolls for coeliac guests
- If any guests need halal food, arrange it separately
- Give your coordinator the final menu
- Give us vegetarian and vegan numbers
Evening food generally goes out an hour or two after the first dance, timed with you in advance.
Add spit-roast lamb for a second roast.
FAQs for Walliswood
Do you cater at venues in the Surrey Hills National Landscape?
Yes, though some venues in protected landscapes have extra rules for caterers; ask your venue. We will work to whatever the site needs.
Can you do a hog roast in Wallis Wood?
Only with permission from the park’s owner, usually the council, and many parks do not allow cooking. Check with them first, and tell us what they say.
Can we hire the machine and cook it ourselves?
We do, if you’re happy to roast and carve yourself. We will explain the details with your quote.
Do you need power or water?
Cooking is gas-fired, so no mains power is needed for the roast. A socket nearby is useful for lighting.
Can we add a second roast?
Yes, spit-roast lamb can go alongside the pork.
Is crockery included?
Plates come as standard. China crockery is available on request and quoted separately.
How much room do you need?
A flat, open spot outside, plus a step-free route to wheel the equipment in. Send us a photo if you’re unsure.
Can the hog roast be cooked indoors?
It cooks outside, under a gazebo, on a level spot. Serving indoors is generally fine if the venue is happy.
- 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
- Served by our staff at the time you choose, then cleared away