Allow us to take you through a day of event catering with the Hog Roast Wem. It is an experience that many have asked us about before, one which we often try to elucidate in these blogs. But, since we have an event earlier this month that covered just about an entire day, we figured we’d convey quite what a Hog Roast Wem day is by taking you through all of it!
This was a very special 50th birthday for our customer Gareth. In most cases a dining event will cover either lunch or dinner. For Gareth’s 50th we provided both. That meant our day began early as our head chef Dave came to the Hog Roast Wem kitchens to grab everything we’ll need for the day. Lunch was to be a cold buffet, so we needed fine meats, pork pies, fresh vegetables for making coleslaw, and a bunch of mini bites that could all be prepped quickly on site.
Dinner was going to then include our signature hog roast and an al fresco dining experience, complete with an antipasti grazing table and plenty of sides. Our roast would often be started in the kitchen and then cooked ‘out on the road’, as it were, in our mobile hog roasting machine. But since we knew we would be on site for at least 6 hours from lunch to dinner – the typical time it takes to cook a hog roast – we figured we could do most of the hog roast prep on site. This would also create an even more stylish and authentic dining experience for the guests.
Once on site at the event, it was all hands to prepping our cold buffet so that everyone would come out quick and fresh. To us, this is vital. The freshness of a food is not only more hygienic and safe; it also tastes better.
Between lunch and dinner, the Hog Roast Wem team remained hard at work with our hog roast and the accompaniments that were to come with it. As we neared serving, the team set up our brilliant grazing table before then readying themselves for another buffet service – our hog roast going out with buttered new potatoes, salads, slaws, and veggie skewers. To end the event, a quick dessert service, pack up, leave the place spotless, and head out! 