My name is Daniel Rand-Shaw and I like to think of myself as the Master of the Hog Roast. Bexley has been my home all my life, apart from two and a half years that I took out to travel to the far east to study martial arts… but that’s another unrelated, rather long story – rest assured I can take care of myself should a hog roast ever turn nasty – not that one has in all my years working in the business! Bob Marley once said ‘a hungy man is an angry man’ – I can testify to the same being true in vice versa too – there’s nothing more satisfying than a hearty Hog Roast. Bexley is my home, to return to my story and I am proud to say I provide the best Hog Roast Hire Bexley has to offer!
Bexley is South East of the capital in case you didn’t know and is the setting for my long lasting love affair with hog roasts. Whether it be serving kids a delicious hog roast at Bexley Grammar School or serving the food at regular matches for Bexley Cricket club – I have yet to have an unsatisfied customer and I have seen stacks of meatless bones to back up my claims! My father was quite shocked when he first heard about my chosen career, I guess he may have been expecting me to follow in the footsteps of our ancestors The Shaws who were one of the finest architectural families in England – you might have heard of one of the most famous landmarks in the area, Hall Place: a stately home sitting on the Cray river just on the way out of town and is a key part of the mayor of London’s ‘London Loop walk’ for all you hiking enthusiasts. Perhaps if you’re not familiar with that bit of famous landmark, you maybe moreso with the building named by British pre Raphaelite Sir Edward Burne-Jones as ‘the beautifullest place on earth’ – Red House: a house made & lived in by William Morris, founder of the Arts & Crafts movement and my dad’s hero!
My father was always banging on about them when I was young but to be honest I’ve always been better with preparing meals than drafts to be honest and enjoy my life as a ‘hog roast hire Bexley boy’! I offer many services, hiring out myself and my Hog roast & Spit roast machines to corporate events, private parties, weddings and more – I’m even branching out into tasty christmas turkeys and chicken spit roasts to diversify my selection of beautifully presented meat. I am a family man with a wife and three kids who all help out on occasion (although my wife also holds down a job at The National Trust looking after the aforementioned Red House and thus ensuring that someone in the family made dad proud!) Living a dozen or so miles from Charing Cross, I am in the priviledged position of being close to the action but also just far out enough to not get too caught up in the hustle and bustle, allowing both me and my business the space to breathe and allow me to have a (relatively for someone with two kids!) calm and organised life.
All my hog roasts are prepared to perfection and my timing when cooking the meat is impeccable, so just when your stomach is starting to rumble, that’s when I can guarantee the hog roast will be sizzling tantalisingly, ready and waiting for you to dig in! That’s not to mention my delicious buffets of side dishes and more, specially selected to cater perfectly to your guests. I could go happily write about my experiences as a hog roaster for days – including the funny story of when Jeremy Beadle was a guest at a wedding I catered for and with my help (and the full permission of both groom and father of the bride) sprang a ‘Beadle’s About’ style practical joke on the bride by emptying the whole marquee of guests just before she walked into a deserted food area and started tucking into the pig straight from the spit, unaware everyone was watching from around a corner, until Mr Beadle did his trademark catchphrase to much laughter! However, I think it would be more succinct to just say: If it’s a Hog roast you are wanting, whether it be in Bexley or further afield, then I am your man! Daniel, Bexley.