HERTFORDSHIRE - Hog Roast – Hog Roast Caterer

Welcome to the website of the premier hog roast provider in the fantastic region of Hertfordshire! Having decades experience in the trade, we specialize in wedding catering, haute cuisine and barbecue functions all cross the county. So whether you’re living the dream for the afternoon and evening in Epping green, getting married in Hexton or having a formal corporate hospitality event in Letworth Garden City, give us a shout, you’ll be thrilled, no doubt!

            In this months installment, we’ve decided to give you an insight into our operations. What follows is an event diary, written by our experienced chef, Maxamilian Hennesey.

OUT:  Head out to the farm to collect our meat. Beef hung for 28 days along with 2 whole locally bred pigs. Checked it over, everything looks good. Into refrigeration and on the road towards our event; a wedding party near Epping. Spoke to Tom, our vegetable specialist, who has picked up the necessary vegetables from 3 farms on the previous day. Apart from the irregular shapes (which is common with organic produce) he is satisfied that they are tip top. Just the drive now, so time to go over the details one last time.
           
THERE:   On arrival, sous chef and our assistant start to set up machines. Need 3 cooking units for this event, but these new ones are awesome and only need 20 minutes to spit all the beasts and set the heat on. Once we’ve discussed finer points with client its time to start with vegetable preparation. Although we’re catering for 350, the fact that we have 7 hours in which to prepare allows us to pick over everything meticulously. Checked pig roast for second time this half hour, all burners spurting dancing flame as normal. Late afternoon and time to finish the prep on the vegetables. Dressings made and salad chopped. Supervise other members. Glaze pigs with honey to allow for final hours cooking. Crackling is going to melt their hearts! Seasoning on beef needs to be added to, apart from that all is well. Lend out sous chef and assistant to help client set chairs up and general stuff. Serving staff arrive 2 hours before the hog roast event. Give them detailed briefing. As normal, they are full of energy. Hope I will be!

All champagne and canapé service completed without hitch. Everyone happy, host is beaming. As ever, the pig is getting more attention than the bride!

Starters and mains have been exemplary. Food carved and served like clockwork. Host is ecstatic. Crackling a real it, the organic pigs always deliver. Continually amazed by good produce, it really does the hard work for us. Serving staff relaying continual positivity. New upgrades to machines prevent any possibility of burns by touching the outside of the cooking unit, been very useful today with all these intrigued children. Push, push, push now to ensure perfection in timing and keep up that effortless air that we’re known for.

BACK:   Settled finances with host who was saddened that we weren’t happy to accept too big a tip. Event went without hitch, cleanup complete in the quickest time this summer, service team pat on the back. Return to HQ soon, still talking to evening guests who are a bit too tipsy to be wary of repeating themselves. All in good fun!

Driven back and given machines shake down. As ever, everything works perfectly, we’ve been doing this for so long our hog roast machines are practically indestructible. Sent everyone home, all happy that yet another hog roast at a wedding catered event that went perfectly.