Hog roast hire and catering

Three questions separate them. Does the price include the machine, the gazebo, the chef and the service, or are those extras? Is there a proper vegan main on the menu? And will they tell you when fifty guests is too few to be worth it, because a party of thirty is usually better served by a buffet.

From £795 for up to fifty guests, which is the Bronze package: the hog, crackling, stuffing, bread rolls and sauces, carved on site. Silver is £940 for the same numbers and Gold £1,050. The price covers the whole event rather than each guest, so 150 to 200 people on Bronze is £1,450, or roughly £7.25 a head. Every band is in the table above and none of it needs a quote to work out.

£795, the same as for fifty. Fifty is our minimum because a hog feeds what it feeds, so thirty guests pay the up-to-fifty price and take home a good deal of leftover pork. For thirty people a delivered buffet from £5.50 a head is usually the better value, and we would rather say so than sell you the bigger thing.

The hog, the machine, the gazebo, the chef and the service. We arrive an hour before your service time, carve for an hour, and tell you when service is coming to an end so people can go back for seconds. Disposable plates and napkins are included. The leftovers are yours. Bring containers.

An hour before your chosen service time for a hog roast, and an hour and a half for a barbecue. We set up, get the hog carved and ready, and tell you when we are good to go.

An hour. We let you know as service is coming to an end so everyone has had the chance to eat and to come back for seconds, which we always allow for.

A minimum of 50, or the equivalent booking value if your numbers are smaller. The largest we have catered was 800 guests; bigger numbers simply mean a larger serving area and more of our team on site.

25% when you book, which secures the date, and the balance 30 days before the event. Either can be paid by bank transfer or over the phone by card.

Yes. Our standard vegan option with a hog roast is pulled BBQ jackfruit cobs, and there is a supplement per vegan portion. Coeliac and other requirements are no problem. Tell us the numbers when you book and they are prepared separately.

Our standard service for a hog roast is outdoors. Indoors is possible but we need to know in advance: depending on access and flooring, the hog and the machine may have to stay outside with the serving area brought in.

They are yours. We are happy to leave everything with you. We just need containers to put it in, so have a few to hand.

Slowly, in its own juices. We have tried other methods over the years and this is the one that keeps the meat succulent and tender, which is the whole point of a hog roast.

We cook under a gazebo, so the roast itself is unaffected. What matters is where your guests eat, worth having a marquee, a barn or an indoor space in mind if the forecast turns.

Whether the quoted price covers the machine, the gazebo, the chef and the service or treats them as extras; whether the vegan and gluten-free options are real dishes or an afterthought; and whether they will tell you honestly when a hog roast is the wrong choice. Ours is £795 all in for up to fifty guests, the vegan option is pulled BBQ jackfruit cobs, and for a party of thirty we will point you at a buffet instead.