Our Spit Roast Story/History

As a retail butcher Bryan Osborne tried his hand at cooking wood fired spits after recovering from a major illness in 1972. He became so successful at it that he sold his butcher shop and started cooking spits for a living. Bryan employed his two sons Roger and James as teenagers to cook spits in his catering business.At 17years of age Roger started his butchery apprenticeship which he completed in 1982. Roger won 1st place for retail butchery for 2 consecutive years at East Sydney Tafe and was nominated for the bronze medallion across all trades in NSW. After completing his butchers apprenticeship Roger left butchering to work fulltime in his father’s catering business which he did for 6 years. In 1988 Roger Osborne started his own catering business with his new wife Vanessa. Even though many things have changed over the years Roger still uses the unique wood fired spit barbecues that he and his father designed today.

Why are our Wood Fired Spit Roasts different and more expensive than other spit roast caterers?

• Roger uses his experience as a butcher and 34 years cooking spits to select the best cuts of quality meat for your spit barbecue.
• We use premium cuts of meat eg legs of lamb, pork etc, not whole animals. This is because the cooking time is 3 hrs as opposed to 6 hrs and there is no wastage of meat because of the excess fat and bones associated with using a whole carcass.
• We cook our spit barbecues on site from scratch.
• Cooking over wood imparts a delicious flavour to the meat.
• Australian hardwood costs triple that of gas spits to run
• Our salads are prepared fresh with the best ingredients in our commercial kitchen and then assembled and dressed at your function.
• We focus on quality and creative presentation.
• Our experience in cooking wood fired spits is unsurpassed.
• We are flexible and are able to custom design a menu specifically for you if required. 
• We use only qualified Chefs to cook , carve, prepare, and present your meal. Many spit roast caterers use unskilled labour which affects the quality, presentation and safe handling of your food.
• All of our staff are on the books and are covered by workers compensation insurance and public liability insurance

Why are the cheap caterers so cheap?

• They use cheaper cuts of meat.
• Some companies do not cook their meat onsite but deliver it to you already cooked and sliced.
• They use gas spits not wood
• They do not make their own salads. They buy them in from companies that supply Woolworths and Coles – they don’t have any preparation costs.
• Many spit roast companies employ unskilled labour to cut costs.
• Often staff are paid by cash and are uninsured.
• They focus on volume not quality.
  
  
  August 2011 Spit Roast Reference: Lisa Novak from The Novak Agency
  
  

We wanted to thank you for a superb job yesterday with the catering of my families function in Darling Point!
You made the entire event seem effortless in rather tricky conditions…the weather was iffy, there was a large amount of people (some in rather confined space)s & it was also a sultry occasion we were commemorating.
We must have been asked by almost every guest…”who did the catering” & in particular the salads?! The food was just beautiful, as were the staff & the chefs! The clean up was seamless & in fact we didn’t even see the crew leave to give our gratitude to them personally.
Roger, you certainly run a fine organisation & are fortunate to have such lovely people working for you.
Thank you for making our day so unforgettable & for doing such a great job at catering this very special occasion.

We will certainly be using you again as will many of our guests I’m sure.

Take care.

All the best,

Lisa & Mark Novak

Catering Sydney is important to us. We cater at North Sydney, Northern Beaches and South Sydney. We are experienced and professional Wedding Caterers, Corporate and Party Caterers on the Northern Beaches, Hills District, Sydney CBD and North Sydney.
We are Gold Licensed Food Caterers who specialize in Wedding Catering, Party, and Corporate Event Catering Sydney. Our Company is based on the Northern Beaches, North Sydney, Hills area and the Western Suburbs. We specialize in event catering Sydney, Sydney Catering, North Shore, Sydney CBD and Castle Hill areas.
We do Corporate Catering—Christmas Catering, Cocktail Party and Conference Catering, Finger Food and Fingerfood Catering. We also accommodate for Spit Roast and Canapé Catering.
We also offer services for spit roast catering in Sydney, private catering and Melbourne Cup catering in Sydney.