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Manchester’s best Hog Roasts for hire are here to make your next event utterly delicious! Whether it's a wedding, private party, or corporate gathering, our 7 hand-picked suppliers are ready to impress with mouth-watering, slow-roasted pork. Imagine a fantastic feast at venues like Victoria Warehouse or The Monastery Manchester, making your celebration truly unforgettable. Browse our selection and find your perfect caterer today!
We only use the very best local ingredients and we apply our extensive experience in the industry to bring you authentic, delicious food.
Our locally sourced pork is cooked low and slow for a minimum of 7 hours and regularly turned to keep it nice and juicy.
We are proud to supply spit roast catering to the events industry and also to smaller private parties and functions.
You can count on us to provide you with great hog roast menus that are tailor-made to suit your requirements. All our produce is locally sourced and cooked to perfection.
We pride ourselves on providing a premium hog roast service. We slowly roast our pigs for around 6 hours and baste them to ensure that the pork is melt in the mouth and is truly succulent.
We provide the best quality meat cooked to perfection with guaranteed crispy crackling. We can also provide a selection of sides including twice-fried chips, and delicious handmade cakes to complete your meal. We provide good quality compostable plates, paper napkins, and cutlery (either stainless steel or wooden forks, depending on the event) and tidy up before we leave to give you a hassle-free event.
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We are a family business, and not only will you receive a delicious hog roast, but it will be in the knowledge that Tom Piper's Hog Roast is doing its bit to restore nature, and balance the carbon footprint it uses on each and every event, by being a member of Forest Carbon Ltd.
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Manchester likes food that feels honest. Slow-cooked pork, pulled apart in front of you and stuffed into a soft roll, feels as authentic as it gets. There’s no fiddly plating, no tiny tweezers, just Red Tractor pork shoulder turning on the spit while the smell drifts down terraced streets. A hog roast also plays nicely with the weather. If showers sweep in over the Pennines, the rig can keep cooking under a gazebo while the chef wheels the carving station inside.
It’s also noticeably kinder on the wallet than a three-course sit-down meal. One pig can yield eighty to a hundred and twenty portions depending on side dishes, meaning per-head costs drop well below what you’d pay for formal catering. More pork, less paperwork, fewer plates to balance. Sorted.
Manchester’s climate can switch from blazing sun to sideways rain in half an hour, so rain cover is non-negotiable. Most suppliers come with a three-metre gazebo, flame-proof sides and a groundsheet. Check the venue’s stance on open fires; many commercial spots insist on outdoor roasting but allow carving indoors once the pig is cooked.
Tip: If the venue offers an indoor room for carving, measure door widths. Mobile carving stations need at least eighty centimetres of clearance.
Manchester’s hog roasters lean into local produce. Expect Red Tractor pork shoulder lacquered in Manchester honey-glaze, rich with hints of dark ale. A typical service includes:
Manchester prices start impressively low – as little as £5 per head if you’re feeding a small army with minimal extras – and rise to around £20 when you add veggie alternatives, salads and compostable plates.
Extras like slaw bowls, honey-roast new potatoes or midnight bacon-butty trays usually add £2–£6 per guest. Peak Saturdays during Pride month or cup finals sometimes carry a 10% premium.
Extras like slaw bowls, honey-roast new potatoes or midnight bacon-butty trays usually add £2–£6 per guest. Peak Saturdays during Pride month or cup finals sometimes carry a 10% premium.
Comparatively, similar set-ups outside the M60 can come in under £700 for 100 eaters. City fuel costs, parking charges and staff wages do add up, but they’re still peanuts compared with plated banquets.
Suppliers on Poptop are vetted not just for food safety certificates but for personality. They chat, they joke, they hand out spare crackling to kids, and they never treat your party like a conveyor belt.
Punch in the date, postcode and number of guests. Instant prices appear. No “email us for a quote” tumbleweed. Decisions get made before the kettle boils.
Need gluten-free rolls? Prefer reggae instead of chart hits while carving? Want the chef in rainbow braces for Pride? Suppliers adapt without batting an eyelid.
The platform pings you whenever the chef updates arrival times. You know where your money sits and when the pork hits temperature. No 3 a.m. panic.
A hog roast might be step one. Add a sax DJ, a mobile bar or a silent disco kit with two extra clicks. Same dashboard, same payment flow.
No need to juggle six suppliers’ invoices. Poptop shows every service on one timeline so nothing collides.
A spinning pig beats sandwiches every time. Guests film, post, share and talk about it for weeks.
Deposits held in escrow, replacement guarantees if the chef hits unexpected traffic on the M62, and a customer support crew based right here in the UK.
If any answer feels vague, keep scrolling through Poptop until you find a team with straight, confident responses.
Manchester’s food scene prizes provenance. Red Tractor pork means traceable farms, proper welfare standards and fewer food miles. Ask suppliers for a short note on the farm, the breed and the feed. For fuel, charcoal from British coppiced woodlands beats imported briquettes hands-down. Compostable plates, wooden forks and separate waste sacks complete the eco loop. Some roasters even bring reusable enamel trays if you’re shooting for zero waste.
Leftovers rarely survive, but if they do the chef can pack chilled boxes for you to send home or donate to a local shelter. Simply shout about it in advance so the kitchen budget allows enough food-safe containers.
Manchester parties hard, laughs loud and eats well. A hog roast ticks all three boxes with crackling on top. Get your date, pick your postcode, and let the city’s best pit-masters do the rest.