Big Roast | Hog Roasts for the Essex and the East
Hog Roast and Lamb Roast specialist Big Roast has been filling the bellies of satisfied customers in London since 2006. Our meat is high quality, cooked by well-trained, professional chefs and our customer service is exemplary – as shown by our fantastic testimonials.

In Spring 2011 we expanded and established Big Roast Essex – our first venture outside London. Our focus is on quality and taste. We only use the finest local meat - award-winning free-range Blythburgh pigs and wonderful lamb from Spring Hill farm. Even our bread is freshly baked in a lovely bakery in Hadleigh and our delicious salads and vegetarian options are freshly prepared using the finest ingredients.
No event is too small or too big – we have catered for events from 20 – 1000 people! When you hire Big Roast Essex, you can leave the hard work to us – we’ll cook, serve and then clean up , leaving you to enjoy your event!
Have a look around the website for further details and some tantalizing images. Need assistance? Feel free to contact us on 0845 500 5450 or email east@bigroast.com and one of the friendly Big Roast team will be delighted to help.
Although most of our Hog Roast events here in Essex are either family gatherings to maybe celebrate a member’s milestone birthday or a family Wedding we have noticed in the last few years an increase in our corporate bookings. These are usually in the form of ‘ Staff Christmas Parties’ and differ in only one [...]
Big Roast have been lucky enough to have done three Hog Roast events in and around the Norfolk Broads. To Hog Roast anywhere in Norfolk is a delight but our chefs, like millions of holiday makers, were blown away by the beauty and peace the Broads provide. The word Broad means ‘lake’ and the area [...]
Big Roast Essex has been doing outside Hog Roast events for many years both in Summer and Winter and there is hardly a weather condition that we have not cooked through. A lot of people are concerned when booking a Hog Roast many months in advance that it may be ‘ rained off ‘ come [...]
Quite often at Big Roast Essex we are asked if it’s possible to do a Hog Roast for large numbers of people with some events having more than two hundred guests. The answer is of course Yes. Although an average Hog serves up to one hundred and twenty it is really quite simple to add [...]
Big Roast Essex has over the years developed their Hog Roast Packages to suit all size parties and pockets. We realized quite early that Whole Hog Roasts are too big for the average family and friends type gathering as a Whole Hog serves up to 120 portions and the average party has usually around fifty [...]