This week has been another busy one for Chef and Griddle and it started with a bang! We catered for 200 people on bonfire night who wanted our classic hog roast menu which consists of whole spit roasted pig, professionally presented crackling and freshly made apple sauce and stuffing served into a roll.
The fireworks display was fantastic and it was clear that no expense was spared. The display started with a Guy Fawkes mannequin procession and ended in an explosive finale of fireworks launched one after the other in time to music.
To cater for this many people we roasted a whole hog as well as two pork legs which made us plenty of pork to serve that many people. Very large parties are not a problem for us as we can simply bring along more machines and cook more pigs and pork legs to go with them. We have catered for parties as large as 1000 people and above in the past with no problems. The weather was very cold as temperatures suddenly plummeted near the office this week but we barely felt it as we had the serving tent to break the wind and the hog roast machine to keep us warm as well as dashing around serving people.
The guests loved the hog roast which was served buffet style with four Chefs serving the food to make sure everyone was served in a timely manner and no one was left waiting for their hot rolls. The crackling was very popular, we had served it onto circular platters for guests to help themselves and it was a huge success. I personally love to put the crackling in the roll with pork stuffing and apple sauce as it creates a crunchy texture and the way in which we cook it stops it from breaking your teeth but is still crunchy at the same time. The way that we prepare it is to score the pig, pour fresh spring water on it then rub rock salt all over it which gives it the fantastic flavour as well as help it cook faster.
Bonfire night is always a fantastic night for us at Chef and Griddle and we are already looking forward to next year to enquire about bonfire night hog roasts for 2013 fill in an enquiry form on our website.