HOG ROAST
Hog roast catering in Derby
Hog roasts across Derby and Derbyshire, cooked on site and carved in front of your guests. Three packages priced by guest numbers, from £795 for up to fifty people.
The pig goes on early and roasts for hours on site. Guests watch it being carved rather than meeting it as slices under foil, and it is served with apple sauce, stuffing and fresh bread rolls.
From£795 for up to 50 guests, carved on site
4.9/5 from 210+ Google reviews
- Space needed
- About 3m x 5m, flat, with no steps to the serving area
- We arrive
- 1 hour before your service time
- Service runs
- 1 hour, and we tell you before it ends so guests can go back
- Minimum numbers
- 50 guests, or the equivalent booking value
Booked as an event and quoted on your date and numbers. Delivered buffets are the other thing we do: those have a published price, free delivery and a 4pm cut-off.
What we serve, and what it costs
Bronze
£795up to 50 guests
- Roasted hog seasoned with garlic and thyme
- Crackling
- Stuffing
- Bread rolls
- Apple chutney, mustard mayo & BBQ sauce
£940 for 50–80, rising to £1,450 at 150–200.
Silver
£940up to 50 guests
- Everything in Bronze
- Sadlergates coleslaw
- Baby roasts with sauce vierge
£1,170 for 50–80, rising to £2,040 at 150–200.
Gold
£1,050up to 50 guests
- Everything in Silver
- Butcher’s best sausages
£1,350 for 50–80, rising to £2,490 at 150–200.
Every dish is listed in full on the menus: prices, allergens and what is included:
Every one of these is priced on your date, your numbers and the site. Tell us those three and a figure comes back the same working day.
How a Derby hog roast works
We arrive several hours before you want to eat, a whole hog is not a quick job, and set up where you tell us. The machine needs a flat area of roughly three metres by five, ideally with no steps between it and where your guests will be, and it can sit outside under a gazebo in any weather.
The hog roasts slowly through the afternoon while your event goes on around it. When you are ready, our team carves and serves: pulled and sliced pork, crackling, stuffing and fresh bread rolls with apple chutney, mustard mayo and barbecue sauce. Silver adds coleslaw and baby roasts; Gold adds sausages on top of that.
Service usually runs about an hour for a queue of a hundred, and we stay to serve it. Afterwards we clear our own equipment and take it away.
What it costs, by guest numbers
Hog roasts are priced as a whole event rather than per head, because the hog costs what it costs whether forty people eat it or fifty. Bronze starts at £795 for up to fifty guests, Silver at £940 and Gold at £1,050. At 150 to 200 guests those become £1,450, £2,040 and £2,490.
Above two hundred we quote on the job. The full table of twenty-one prices is on the hog roast and BBQ menu, so you can find your number and see the figure without ringing anybody first.
If a hog roast is more than the occasion needs, a barbecue is £13.00 a head for The Standard, £19.50 for The Classic and £30.00 for The Premium, with a fifty-person minimum and a kids option at £8.00. All prices exclude VAT.
Where we bring it in Derby and Derbyshire
Across the city: Pride Park, Spondon, Mickleover, Littleover, Allestree, Darley Abbey, Chaddesden and Borrowash, and well out into the county towards Duffield, Belper, Ashbourne and Matlock.
Most Derby hog roasts are weddings, milestone birthdays and company summer parties, and they happen at the same handful of kinds of place: a marquee in a garden, a cricket or rugby club, a village hall with a field, a farm venue, or one of the hotels. All of them work, provided there is somewhere flat to set up and a route to it that does not involve carrying equipment up steps.
Booking one
Tell us the date, the venue and roughly how many guests, and we will confirm whether we have a machine and a team free. Summer Saturdays go months ahead, so if you have a date in June, July or August it is worth asking early.
A hog roast is booked as an event and quoted on the job. The 4pm buffet cut-off and the £20 buffet minimum have nothing to do with it. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free and halal portions are prepared separately and labelled. Tell us how many of each when you book.
WHERE WE DELIVER
Derby and around it
We deliver across the city centre, Pride Park, Spondon, Mickleover, Littleover, Allestree, Darley Abbey, Chaddesden, Borrowash, Duffield, Belper and Ashbourne, everywhere between them, and a good way beyond. If you are not sure whether we reach you, ring the office and ask. The answer is usually yes.
Venues we cater at in Derby
- Pride Park StadiumDerby County FC, conference and banqueting suites
- Derby ArenaEvents and exhibition space at Pride Park
- Derby Conference CentreLondon Road, conferences and dinners
Not an exhaustive list, if the venue you have in mind is not named here, it is almost certainly still one we cover.
Why Derby chooses us
The price is on the page
Three packages, seven guest bands, twenty-one prices, all published on the hog roast menu. You can work out your cost before you ring.
Catering Derby since 2012
The business started here, and the kitchen that cooked the first Derby hog roast is the one that cooks yours.
Cooked here, carved here
The hog goes on early and roasts for hours on site. Guests watch it carved rather than meeting it as slices under foil.
Apple sauce, stuffing and fresh rolls
Served with sage and onion stuffing and soft bread rolls, with pulled BBQ jackfruit cobs as the standard vegan option.
What Derby customers say
4.9 out of 5 from 210+ Google reviews
Sadlergates provided us with a cold buffet for 12 people at a holiday cottage. The meal was delivered on time by a very friendly driver. All of the food was of an excellent standard with plenty of variety. The gluten-free food was also very much appreciated.
Trevor · Cold buffet at a holiday cottage
We received a sample buffet at our workplace and were very happy. The food and variety was fantastic. The ham is so good… Details have been shared around Disability Direct, and we will be ordering in the future.
Sarah · Office buffet
A huge thank you to Ryan and Elize for looking after the catering for our daughter’s wedding! Excellent service from start to finish. The food was lovely and everyone at the wedding commented on how nice it was. Plenty of food also for all.
Michael · Wedding
We have catered Derby since 2012. If you have a date in mind, the earlier we know it the more likely it is still free.
Hog roast catering in Derby, your questions answered
How much does a hog roast cost in Derby?
From £795 for the Bronze package up to fifty guests. Silver is £940 and Gold £1,050 at that size. At 150 to 200 guests the three become £1,450, £2,040 and £2,490. The full table of prices by guest number is on the hog roast and BBQ menu. Prices exclude VAT.
How many people does a hog feed?
Our packages are banded up to 50, 80, 100, 120, 150 and 200 guests, and we size the hog to the band you book. Above 200 we quote on the job, usually with more than one hog. As a rule nobody goes without. The bands are set so there is enough for seconds.
What happens if it rains?
The roast goes ahead. The machine sits under a gazebo we bring with us and the team works under cover, so British weather does not cancel anything. What does matter is where your guests will eat: worth having somewhere indoors or a marquee for them, not for us.
How much space do you need?
About three metres by five for the gazebo and the machine, on flat ground, with no steps between where we park and where we set up. A garden, a car park or a field all work. Tell us about the access when you book and we will flag anything difficult.
How long before the event do you arrive?
Several hours. A whole hog needs a long slow roast, so we are usually on site well before your guests. We will agree an arrival time with the venue when you book.
What do vegetarians and vegans eat?
We provide separate vegetarian and vegan options prepared away from the hog, and they are labelled. Tell us how many of each when you book. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free and halal portions are prepared separately and labelled. Tell us how many of each when you book.
Do you serve the food or leave it out?
We serve it. Our team carves and plates for your guests rather than leaving a tray on a table, which is both better food and a much better queue. Afterwards we clear our own equipment away.
How far in advance should I book a hog roast?
As early as you can for a summer Saturday, June to August books months ahead. Midweek and off-season dates are far easier and we can often help at shorter notice. Ring the Derby office and we will tell you what is free.
- Catering since 201214 years, over 6,000 events a year
- 4.9 out of 5from 210+ Google reviews
- Every diet cateredPrepared separately and labelled
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