Hampshire · England
Wedding Hog Roast for Winsor
Give your guests slow-roasted pork and crackling at your wedding in Winsor. The roast cooks for hours on site, then our chef carves it hot for everyone.
- Garden weddings at home
- Vow renewals and blessings
- Intimate weddings
Wedding hog roast in Winsor
Planning the cooking spot
Before the day, it helps to think about where the roaster will go. The ideal spot has:
- A serving area close to where guests eat
- A level, open cooking spot outside the marquee or barn
- Clear space away from the marquee and any branches
Not sure about the cooking spot? Send us a picture and we will tell you honestly before you book.
What we serve
- Crackling
- Salads
- Spit-roast lamb
- Hog roast rolls
- Vegan option (Ve)
- New potatoes
- Halloumi skewers (V)
- Roast or jacket potatoes
- Rotisserie chicken
- Stuffing and apple sauce
Wedding hog roast near Winsor
As a main meal, the hog roast is served on plates: roast pork, crackling and a choice of sides, with china available on request. Popular choices include rotisserie chicken, new potatoes and spit-roast lamb, and typical bookings are for intimate weddings and the main wedding meal.
There’s something special about a country wedding near Winsor, and a whole hog roasting through the afternoon adds to it. Plan firm ground and a route for our vehicle. Everything we need to roast, carve and serve comes with us, and we leave the spot tidy when we go.
A hog roast or other catering?
Next to a formal three-course meal, a hog roast is more relaxed and often better value. It still feels like a feast. Extras such as lamb, chicken, more sides or china crockery add to the cost, so we list each one in the quote. A simple menu keeps the cost down.
Why Winsor hosts choose us
- An itemised quote
- The classics: stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- A choice of salads and potatoes
- Fresh carving at the serving station
Take a look at how we price or our hog roast cost guide.
Step by step
We take care of everything from the first hour of roasting to clearing away, so you can enjoy your wedding in Winsor. In Winsor, midsummer sunset is about 9:25pm, and by late September it’s nearer 7:10pm, so evening food is frequently carved in daylight in June and July. Later in the year, plan lighting: in December it is dark by about 4:00pm.
- We start with your date, venue, numbers and running order.
- You get a check on the date and venue, and a quote.
- We agree arrival, cooking spot and serving times with you and your venue.
- We cook through the day and serve right on cue.
- Afterwards we tidy our area and leave you to the party.
How to prepare
- Have a covered area for eating in case of rain
- Send final numbers in good time
- Collect dietary needs and allergies in advance
Getting a price
Tell us your date, venue or postcode and roughly how many people, along with your serving time. We’ll check the date and send a quote. Send us your details through our quote form.
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Full catering or machine hire?
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.
If you’re confident and want to save on staff, DIY machine hire is an option. You do the roasting and carving; we’ll explain what’s supplied and how it works when we quote.
Wedding venues and ceremonies near Winsor
Winsor is about 2 miles west of Totton, in Hampshire. Winsor and the surrounding area are covered for weddings. We cover 683 places in Hampshire. Our nearest city page is Southampton, about 7 miles away.
If you’re marrying at a church near Winsor, such as Church of St Mary, and holding the reception nearby, the hog roast can be cooking while you say your vows. Guests coming by rail will want to know that the closest railway station is Ashurst New Forest station, roughly 2.7 miles south-east of the centre. The New Forest National Park is within about 4 miles of Winsor, with plenty of rural wedding settings. Check the cooking spot with the venue.
Weddings anywhere in SO40 start with an outdoor spot for the roaster. We can cater a wedding on streets such as Winsor Road, Winsor Lane and Pound Lane, as long as there’s somewhere outside to cook. Nearby, we also cater weddings in Copythorne (1 mile north-west), Bartley (1 mile south-west), Netley Marsh (1 mile south-east), Cadnam (1 mile west) and Newbridge (1 mile north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Winchester (14 miles north-east), Eastleigh (9 miles east), Chandler's Ford (8 miles north-east), Hedge End (11 miles east), Lymington (12 miles south) and Romsey (6 miles north-east).
Other landmarks nearby include Tatchbury Mount Hospital (1 mile east) and Eling Experience (2.7 miles east). Open spaces near Winsor include Copythorne Common.
- Local pubs include Compass Inn (within half a mile north-east)
For event organisers in Winsor
If you’re organising for someone else, whether you are a planner, a PA or on a committee, let us know who we’ll deal with on the day. We will keep you both updated.
If the event is on someone else’s land, you’ll need the landowner’s permission for cooking and vehicles. Sort that first.
Events we cater in Winsor
It’s relaxed, generous wedding food, which suits informal weddings.
However big or small the event in Winsor, a slow roast goes a long way. We’re often asked to cater:
- Weddings in a marquee
- Evening receptions
- Wedding breakfasts with sides
- Home weddings
If you want countryside in your photos, Copythorne Common isn’t far.
What to look for in a quote
- When they arrive and when the food will be ready
- How dietary needs are handled
- What the cooking area needs: space, cover and access
- A clear list of what’s included
Towns and villages near Winsor
Other occasions in Winsor
FAQs for Winsor
Can you do a hog roast at a venue in the New Forest National Park?
Yes, though some venues in protected landscapes have extra rules for caterers; ask your venue. We will follow the site rules.
What’s the nearest station to Winsor?
The closest is Ashurst New Forest station, roughly 2.7 miles away.
What if it rains?
Rain doesn’t stop the cooking. Somewhere covered for people to eat helps.
Do you come to Winsor?
We do. Send us the address and we will check the date.
Can the hog roast be cooked indoors?
It cooks outside, under a gazebo, on a level spot. Serving indoors is normally fine if the venue is happy.
What if our venue has its own caterer?
Check with the venue first: some welcome outside caterers, others don’t. We’ll sort the details with them.
Is a hog roast OK for a sit-down meal?
Many couples do exactly that, with lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside.
Can the hog roast be for the evening?
It’s one of our most popular wedding bookings. Rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling go down well after dancing.
The menu, dish by dish
Salads, potatoes and coleslaw
Sides include salads, coleslaw, new potatoes and roast or jacket potatoes, depending on the season and the occasion.
Crackling
The skin crisps up over the hours of roasting, and we break it up so everyone gets a piece.
What affects the price in Winsor
There is no fixed price list, since every event is different. What matters most:
- Plates or china
- The number of people
- Travel to Winsor
- The serving time and how long we’re on site
Most of the cost is the meat, the staff and the time on site. Slow roasting means we are on site for much of the day, and the quote reflects that.
What we need to know
These are the details we need:
- Your date and serving time
- Where the event is
- What the outdoor space is like
- Anything the venue has asked for
The quickest way to get a price is to tell us the date, where the wedding is and roughly how many. A picture of the cooking area helps. Fill in our quote form.
- Roasted on site for several hours, outdoors under cover
- Carved by our chef into rolls with stuffing, apple sauce and crackling
- Lamb, chicken and vegetarian options alongside the pork
- Served when you’re ready, and we tidy the serving area afterwards