Hey everyone! We’re Paul and Ria, the proud owners of Spitting Pig Norfolk.
Having met each other later in life, and getting married in 2024 our story is all about finding a balance in our new life together whilst doing something that we love. Whether it’s a private party, a wedding celebration or a corporate event, seeing the joy on our customers’ faces when they enjoy our delicious food is what it’s all about for us. Living in the heart of Norfolk, with our four black labradors and a cheeky spaniel we enjoy being part of our local community, and are always on the look-out for opportunities to help local communities or those less fortunate than ourselves.
Knowing who your caterer is may well as be just as important as knowing what your menu is going to be. With such a trusted position for your event, you need guarantees that the caterers you hire are up to the task.
Thankfully, with several decades of experience behind us and a well-earned reputation not only amongst customers, but those in the industry too, Hog Roast Norfolk can be that trusted caterer for your events in Norfolk. Our reputation precedes us. We have become the nation’s favourite hog roast caterer for all kinds of events.
Wedding venues frequently partner with us and push us as their “in-house” choice to wedding customers. Global brands pick us time and time again for even their biggest corporate events because of the trust they have in our professionalism and service. And thousands of customers year on year pick us for their most special occasions to be celebrated in life.
As your caterer for your next event in Norfolk, we’ll bring all of this history, all of those expertise, all that has gone into making Spitting Pig Norfolk who we are over the years – and we’ll create the dining experience that we know you deserve!
Why Hog Roasting?
To us, hog roasting is so much more than just a dish. It’s an experience unto itself. When we think event catering we think about style, we think about spectacle, we think about what we can do to make it what it is labelled as: an event! The hog roast allows us to do just that and then some.
Hog roasting has already been around events long before Spitting Pig Norfolk ever came to them. Going back centuries you would have been likely to see hog roasts in the many village centres, castle walls, and great halls dotted around England and Norfolk. Going even further, the hog roast has had many variants around the world too throughout the centuries – each time still as a major part of celebrations and culturally significant events.
That is because it has always had what we noted above: the presence for all that an event is and should be. The roasting method alone is entirely unique; it exudes the kind of special spectacle that you want in an event. It’s the kind of thing guests immediately notice and talk about – and that’s all even before they’ve got to tasting it’s incredible roast textures and flavours, too!
Like the hog roast, the Hog Roast Norfolk team wanted to stand out as unique in the already bustling catering market, so it was a simple one plus one equation to bring hog roasting into our service and brand ourselves as the caterers for the most special events in Norfolk
Innovate From the Off
We of course can’t claim to have invented the hog roast, but we can claim to have been early innovators in refashioning for the modern event. Events can be such fast-paced environments that the older, slower style of hog roasting could easily be viewed as a bad fit. Even just the set up can take up a lot of space, it can be messy, and not every event has the time for a full afternoon’s cooking time.
With Hog Roast Norfolk that no longer has to be the case, however. Early in our time as a caterer we thought it best to take the roasting process entirely into our hands by designing and manufacturing our very own range of hog roasting machines. These are self-contained units capable of hog roasting and a variety of other functions. It makes the job of hog roasting at events out on the road so much easier, all without removing any of the fun parts or tastes for your event!
Passionate Caterers
They say that if you do what you love you’ll never work a day in your life. The Hog Roast Norfolk team may well be a true testament to that. Event catering is by no means an easy profession. Days can be long, the energy required always has to be at maximum, and there is little room for error. But even with that pressure the incredible folks of the Hog Roast Norfolk kitchen still come to every event with a renewed enthusiasm.
That is because we know what a privilege it is to be included in each and every event. These are some of the most important days in our people’s lives. We are there to help create that experience and ensure it is the best it deserves. Amongst the many varying life paths, the different levels of experience and age, we all have that shared passion in common, and that is what drives every Spitting Pig Norfolk dining experience to be the best it can be!