Spitroast Auckland is a family-run catering company based in Bayview on Auckland's North Shore, proudly part of the Toast Group. Spit roasting is their specialty — they describe themselves as experts at slowly roasting meat and carving it fresh for a crowd — but their repertoire stretches well beyond the spit, covering everything from black tie wedding dining and platters for corporate events to casual backyard BBQs and breakfasts.
Catering is offered two main ways. Choose the serviced option and their team does it all: they bring everything with them, including plates and cutlery, need no kitchen at your venue, and will set up, serve buffet-style, and clear everything away afterwards. Or, if you prefer, the food can be prepared in their commercial kitchen and delivered to your venue piping hot and ready to eat, with drop-off and pick-up options for smaller numbers.
The Auckland arm was set up in 2016 by husband-and-wife team Melissa and James Turner, backed by more than 20 years of hospitality industry experience, a roster of over 30 well-trained casual staff, and eighteen years of serving Auckland. Their mantra is simple: make it quick and easy to book, and tasty and delicious to eat. Set menus cover breakfast, lunch and dinner — from spitroast classics and hot roast rolls to Kiwi BBQs, Christmas feasts and wedding breakfasts — and they are equally happy to design a custom menu around your preferences and dietary requirements.
Every booking is backed by their 5 Star Guarantee: you will love your meal or your money back. Whether it is a wedding, birthday, Christmas function, staff party or an event where the clients need impressing, Spitroast Auckland has Auckland and the North Shore covered.
There is a particular kind of magic to a spit roast: meat turning slowly over the heat, carved fresh and piled high while guests look on. Spitroast Auckland has made that moment their business. Based in Bayview on Auckland's North Shore, this family-run catering company — part of the wider Toast Group — has spent years feeding weddings, birthdays, Christmas functions and corporate events across Auckland and the North Island, one beautifully roasted joint of meat at a time.
Spit roasting is the specialty, and the team make no secret of it: they describe themselves as experts at spit roasting meat, and it remains a spectacular, popular way to feed a crowd. Their set spitroast menus read like a roll call of crowd-feeding formats — the Spitroast Classic Menu, the seasonal Winter Warmer Spitroast Special, the Stand-up Hot Roast Rolls menu for casual standing functions, the generously named Crowd Pleaser, and the Islanders Feast for something with island flair. A dedicated Salad Selection rounds out the roast with fresh sides.
But roast meat is only the beginning. The same kitchen turns out BBQ menus — a casual Kiwi BBQ and a Gourmet BBQ for occasions that call for something upmarket — along with breakfast options like the BBQ Breakfast and Breakfast on the Run, and dessert finishes ranging from Premium Dessert to Piece of Cake and bite-size Petit Fours.
One of the things that makes Spitroast Auckland easy to work with is flexibility in how the food arrives. Choose the serviced option and their staff do everything: they bring all the gear — no venue kitchen required — set up, serve buffet-style, and clear everything away afterwards. Plates and cutlery are included, so there is genuinely nothing left for the host to organise.
Prefer to keep it simpler? Everything can be prepared in their commercial kitchen and delivered piping hot and ready to eat, with pre-carved meats and salads. Delivery (DIY) versions of popular menus like the Crowd Pleaser, the Hot Roast Rolls and the Santa Delivery menu make this the cheaper option, and drop-off or pick-up suits smaller numbers.
The company caters for any occasion, large or small, from black tie dining to backyard barbies. Wedding couples can choose between the fully serviced Wedding "I Do" menu, the formal "Bow Tie" Wedding Menu, or the ever-popular Crowd Pleaser. Come Christmas there is a Kiwi Xmas menu for family gatherings and a Corporate Christmas menu for staff parties — dates for which, the team warns, fill up quickly each year.
Whether the job is satisfying a group of hungry builders or delighting clients who need impressing, the set menus are a starting point rather than a limit: the team will happily design a menu around personal preferences and specific dietary requirements.
The Auckland operation was set up in 2016 by husband and wife Melissa and James Turner, backed by more than 20 years of hospitality industry experience and a roster of over 30 well-trained casual staff. Their mantra is refreshingly simple: make it quick and easy to book, and tasty and delicious to eat. The wider Toast Group also runs Toast Catering & Events and the Fairway Events Centre, so events know-how runs deep.
All told, the team have been serving Auckland for eighteen years — same great service, same great food, and a whole lot of experience catering events across Auckland and the North Island.
Every booking is backed by Spitroast Auckland's 5 Star Guarantee: love your meal or your money back. That confidence, along with their Google reviews, makes them an easy shortlist for anyone planning a North Shore or Auckland-wide event. Enquiries can be made by phone on 0800 24 14 24 or via their website, where the full range of spitroast, wedding, Christmas, BBQ, breakfast, delivery and dessert menus is laid out ready for a good nosey.