30 years behind the pass

Exceptional catering.
Unforgettable events.

Hog roasts, barbeques and buffets cooked on site across Cambridgeshire — by Adam Skinner, a chef with 30 years of experience, and a small team who have done this a thousand times.

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30 yrs: Chef experience
25–800: Guests catered
60 mi: Of Cambridge

What we do

Three ways to feed a field, a hall or a marquee

Pig & Pickle Catering is an outside catering company based in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. We cook hog roasts, barbeques and buffets for weddings, festivals, corporate days and family occasions — anywhere within about 60 miles. Pick the one that fits your day and the page will tell you exactly how it works.

Hog Roasts

Seven hours of slow fire, one unforgettable centrepiece.

From£22.50/ headFrom 60 guests

Barbeques

Cooked to order on the grill, not burgers in a warming tray.

From£22.50/ headFrom 25 guests

Buffets

Finger food with a chef's hand on it.

From£18.50/ headFrom 25 guests

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Why us

Thirty years, and the same chef every time

There are cheaper caterers and there are slicker ones. What you get here is a chef with 30 years behind the pass who is personally on site for every event he quotes.

The full case, including what we are not

You are hiring a chef

Adam quotes your event, writes your menu, lights the fire and carves. Not a sales office that subcontracts the cooking.

Cooked on your site

Nothing is finished in a commercial unit and reheated in a van. The fire is lit where your guests are standing.

The whole kitchen travels

Gas, generator, refrigeration, lighting, service equipment, hand-washing and waste. You provide level ground.

One honest per-head price

Staff, equipment, service and clear-up are already in the number. No delivery line and no staffing surcharge at the end.

Adam Skinner, Owner, Founder & Head Chef at Pig & Pickle Catering, in front of a whole hog on the spit

The chef

Meet Adam Skinner, who will be the one cooking

He has cooked professionally for thirty years — restaurant kitchens first, outdoor events for the last stretch. A 300-cover field is not a new problem to him, and neither is a wedding where the timings have slipped by an hour.

30years of professional cooking

“I quote it, I cook it and I carve it. If something goes wrong on the day, I am the person standing there — which is the only reason it usually does not.”

Adam Skinner — Owner, Founder & Head Chef

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How it works

Three steps and it is in the diary

Price it up online

Pick a date, a headcount and a menu. The estimate updates as you go — per head, extras, deposit and balance, all visible before you commit to anything.

Hold the date

Hold your date with a 25% deposit against an emailed invoice by UK bank transfer. Your date is locked into the diary as soon as it is received.

We do the rest

Adam calls a week out to confirm numbers, timings and access, then turns up with the kitchen, the fire and the team. The balance is due 14 days before.

Booking & payment

UK bank transferEmailed itemized invoicesDirect invoice settlement

The work

Fires lit, hogs carved, fields fed

A look at recent events across Cambridgeshire and the counties around it — weddings in barns, festivals in fields, and a great many village halls.

Whole hog being carved by the chef as guests queue at a summer wedding

Grazing table styled with charcuterie, cheeses, breads and foliage

Chargrilled chicken and burgers cooking on the grill at an outdoor event

Marquee dining set up in a Cambridgeshire field at dusk

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References, gladly

We would rather point you at people who have actually booked us than publish quotes you have no way of checking. Ask and we will put you in touch with recent customers with similar events.

How we handle reviews

Questions

The things everybody asks

The six that come up most, answered in full on the FAQ page along with twenty-three others.

Where we cover

Anywhere within about 60 miles of Cambridge

Six counties as standard, with travel already included in the per-head price. Further afield is usually still possible — it is just quoted separately.

Cambridgeshire

0–45 minutes away

Cambridge, Royston, Barrington, Melbourn, Shepreth and more.

Hertfordshire

30–60 minutes away

Hitchin, Letchworth, Baldock, Stevenage, Buntingford and more.

Bedfordshire

35–60 minutes away

Biggleswade, Sandy, Shefford, Bedford, Ampthill and more.

Essex

45–75 minutes away

Saffron Walden, Great Dunmow, Braintree, Halstead, Colchester and more.

Suffolk

45–75 minutes away

Newmarket, Bury St Edmunds, Haverhill, Sudbury, Stowmarket and more.

Norfolk

60–105 minutes away

Thetford, Downham Market, King's Lynn, Swaffham, Dereham and more.

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Get started

Price up your event in about a minute

Pick a date, a headcount and a menu and the quote builds as you go — per head, extras, deposit and balance, all before you commit to anything.

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Adam Skinner answers his own phone — no call centre, no sales team.

Exceptional catering.Unforgettable events.