My other half now has his heart set on a boat cruise reception with hogroast. I thought we would hire from 6-midnight, which would allow lots of time to get the hogroast fired up and cooked for around 8. But no, apparently we have to pay an extra three hours rental to allow the chef to go onboard before the guests arrive and cook it up. They are willing to do a standard barbecue whilst the cruise is underway, so why not a hogroast?! Is there really that much difference health and safety-wise, considering I have to pay for a boat with a full galley and kitchen provisions anyway? I understand he may need a bit more than the standard 15 minute embarkation slot to get all his equipment onboard, but surely they are taking the Michael a little bit!! And to make it worse they charge you extra for absolutely everything from napkins to microphones for speeches, and all prices they quote are before VAT! Sorry just had to get that off my chest lol feel a bit better now! x
.."She'll promise you more than the Garden of Eden
Then she'll carelessly cut you and laugh while your bleeding
But she'll bring out the best and the worst you can be
Blame it all on yourself 'cos she's always a woman to me.."
CommentAuthorXLittleMissMe!X
Can you not find another company that do it?
CommentAuthormillwalljayne
I've started emailing boats and hogroast companies individually to see if I can match two up, but most of them are extremely slow replying! This company was the only one I have found on Google who actually advertised hog roasts for their own boats - several hog roast companies have said they wont do it at all and several boats have said they wont allow hogroasts, so this could be a long process lol! x
.."She'll promise you more than the Garden of Eden
Then she'll carelessly cut you and laugh while your bleeding
But she'll bring out the best and the worst you can be
Blame it all on yourself 'cos she's always a woman to me.."
CommentAuthorXLittleMissMe!X
You still have some time. Could they not set up a hog roast on the bank and then just dish them out as people get on the boat?
CommentAuthormillwalljayne
Most of them seem to run from the commercial piers in central London so they dont really have any space, and assuming I could find one that does have, it would be a £150+VAT charge to change the embarkation pier :( gah just annoyed as I'd just managed to write out a rough timeframe for the whole day and now the evenings all gone akimbo!! Ah well, like you say, time is one thing I do have! :)
.."She'll promise you more than the Garden of Eden
Then she'll carelessly cut you and laugh while your bleeding
But she'll bring out the best and the worst you can be
Blame it all on yourself 'cos she's always a woman to me.."
I'm sure you will find something. Maybe try to negotiate a discount with them. Does it have to be a hog roast? You can have hot pork baps without the need for having a spit. It could be a compromise that will get you what you want.
CommentAuthormillwalljayne
I dont mind a smaller version of a hogroast (ie just the roll of meat on the spit instead of an entire pig) but I really wanted the whole spit thing rather than just a barbecue or anything else, my other half is the same. You are right, something will come up!
.."She'll promise you more than the Garden of Eden
Then she'll carelessly cut you and laugh while your bleeding
But she'll bring out the best and the worst you can be
Blame it all on yourself 'cos she's always a woman to me.."
CommentAuthorKimi
Keep searching and you'll find something - I know its frustrating but I am sure it will be worth it in the long run. :)
