Cocktail service for your 31 December party
Spend New Year’s Eve with your guests while a Cocktailhire professional looks after the drinks. Every New Year’s Eve booking is five hours of cocktail service at your home or chosen venue.
Pick your drinks from our existing menu and agree the starting time. We help you prepare the shopping and service plan, then make the drinks at your counter while you enjoy the evening.
31 December · Five hours of service
From £500.00One professional for five hours, before postcode travel. You buy the ingredients, ice and glasses.
The guest list, music and room are yours. We take care of the drinks service you have planned, with one professional for every 50 guests.
Your cocktail maker arrives with the working kit, prepares the station and makes your selected drinks throughout the booked five hours. The drinks area has someone responsible for it while you stay with your guests.
You choose from the existing menu and purchase the ingredients, ice and glasses. We provide the selected-menu shopping guidance, so you know what to arrange before the evening.
Agree access before the service start so the professional can prepare the counter and ingredients. Share your running order, including dinner and the toast, so everyone works to the same plan.
Start with your guest count. Your New Year’s Eve service is fixed at five hours; choose the starting time to suit your party. Continue with the exact postcode to confirm travel, the final total and availability.
Five hours on 31 December. Choose your guests and start time.
Service duration
5 hours
Five-hour service finishes at 01:00 on 1 January. Confirm your start time and access when booking.£500.00
1 Cocktail Professional
Five hours of service on 31 December, at £500 per professional.
Service £500.00 + estimated ingredient shop £602.40
Approximately £1,102.40
Before travel, glassware and any layout extras. Ingredient shopping is an estimate.
Your service subtotal is before postcode travel. You provide the suitable counter, selected ingredients, ice and glasses. Review the ingredient estimate below, then confirm your date, postcode and availability in checkout.
Your quote: five-hour New Year's Eve cocktail service.
Check this New Year’s Eve service and postcodeAllow one professional for every 50 guests, rounding up. The same five-hour service applies across the team. Tell us about separate rooms, arrival drinks and the countdown when planning the service positions.
| Guest count | Your team | Five hours |
|---|---|---|
| Up to 50 guests | 1 professional | £500.00 |
| 51–100 guests | 2 professionals | £1,000.00 |
| 101–150 guests | 3 professionals | £1,500.00 |
| 151–200 guests | 4 professionals | £2,000.00 |
| 201–250 guests | 5 professionals | £2,500.00 |
| 251–300 guests | 6 professionals | £3,000.00 |
Your ingredients, ice and glasses are separate purchases. The estimate below helps you plan those supplies alongside the service price.
Your ingredients. Your choice of supermarket.
You buy the ingredients and ice. We send you an itemised shopping list with direct product links, and you keep every leftover bottle.
Your chosen service runs from 20:00 to 01:00 on 1 January. Change the start time above to update this plan.
Agreed access gives your professional time to organise the station, ingredients, ice and glasses before service starts.
The first drinks are served as people arrive. You can greet friends and enjoy the room you have prepared.
Your selected cocktails and agreed drinks are served while the party finds its rhythm. Dinner or speeches fit the shared plan.
Ready glasses and chilled supplies help the professional prepare your agreed countdown drinks.
Bring everyone together for the toast planned within this service window.
Your booked five-hour service ends. Agree the working-area handover and venue access in advance.
The countdown brings everyone together at the same moment. Agree the toast drink, the number joining it and the glasses you will have ready. Tell us where the supplies will be chilled and when you would like pouring to begin.
Your own Prosecco, wine, beer and soft drinks can sit alongside the selected cocktails. Put them in the event details so your professional can organise the station and serving order within your five-hour booking.
Use a suitable existing counter and keep the drinks supplies close to the working area. Share the space and storage arrangements before the party, then let the professional serve while you host.
Confirm the counter, access and five-hour service window with your host or venue. Pass on the parking point and an on-day contact so the professional can get ready before guests arrive.
Name the person meeting the team, confirm building security and arrange the supplies at the service position. Share the arrival time, speeches and countdown plan in the event briefing.
Step 01
Enter 31 December, your guest count and full postcode. Choose the start time, review the team and travel price, and confirm the booking details.
Step 02
Select up to five eligible drinks. Include alcohol-free preferences and tell us about other drinks you want served, including your midnight toast.
Step 03
Once payment is made, including a deposit where that option is available, your booking paperwork is released with an itemised shopping list with direct clickable links and quantities for your selected drinks. You buy the ingredients, ice and glasses.
Step 04
Arrange early access for preparation at your counter. Your professional gets the station and ingredients ready before the five-hour service begins, ready to serve the first drink at the agreed start time.
These photographs and reviews show Cocktailhire’s existing event work. They give you a view of the people and service you are booking for your own New Year’s Eve celebration.
Meet Cocktailhire and founder Stu Hoyland · Explore documented events
These are selected testimonials from our Google Business Profile. Our overall Google rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 40 Google reviews.
Jennifer Pash
Google review ·
Communication was very good throughout the whole process, they turned up on time and our guests were really impressed!
Excerpt from a Google review
Kate May
Google review ·
Harry was fantastic, and the cocktails were flowing all night. Everyone had a great time, and it really made the party.…
Excerpt from a Google review
Sarah Kearns
Google review ·
I was very impressed with the whole service, and I will definitely be booking them again!
Excerpt from a Google review
Google review data checked on 1 November 2026.
Every New Year’s Eve booking is five hours of cocktail service. Agree your starting time and the finish is five hours later. For example, an 8pm start finishes at 1am. Preparation is arranged before the booked service begins.
The five-hour service is £500.00 per professional before postcode travel. Allow one professional for every 50 guests, rounding up: 40 guests need one, while 75 guests need two. Your event postcode and confirmed details determine the final quote. You purchase the drinks ingredients, ice and glasses separately.
Yes. Share your plans and agree a five-hour window that covers the countdown. An 8pm–1am service is one example. Confirm the actual starting time, venue access and finish before booking so the toast fits your evening.
Provide a suitable counter and working area, the ingredients for your selected drinks, ice and glasses. Plan cold storage, water and waste access with us. Your professional brings the working kit and prepares the drinks station using those supplies.
Select up to five eligible drinks from the existing Cocktailhire menu. The chooser identifies available alcohol-free options, so you can include guests who prefer those. Your final selection drives the ingredient quantities and shopping guidance.
Yes. Tell us which other drinks you want served, including the midnight toast, and arrange the supplies and glasses. We can plan their service alongside your chosen cocktails within the five-hour booking.
Once payment is made, including a deposit where that option is available, your booking paperwork is released with an itemised shopping list and direct clickable ingredient links for your selected drinks. You buy those supplies; the on-page shopping preview is an estimate for the five example choices.
Yes. Confirm that your host or venue accepts an outside drinks professional and provides a suitable working counter. Share the full postcode, guest count, loading and access arrangements, plus the five-hour service window. For company events, name the on-day contact and confirm building security.
Choose the toast drink and tell us how many guests will join it. Agree who chills and stores the drinks, how many glasses are ready and when pouring should begin. Include the toast in your confirmed five-hour window and event briefing.
Explore the existing regional guides, then enter your full event postcode to confirm travel and availability for 31 December. Share the working counter and access details with your booking.
Cocktailhire provides five-hour New Year’s Eve cocktail service from Bury. Choose your regional page below; the full event postcode sets the separately quoted travel. Listed postcode districts are examples. Postal spans show broad coverage bounds, not a continuous list of valid districts; adjacent-guide links identify districts handled in another regional guide. Each linked regional guide contains its complete district list; the postcode index also accounts for districts requiring a full venue address.
| Regional service area | Towns, cities and areas covered | Postal bounds and example districts | Regional booking information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester & Greater Manchester | Greater Manchester, Manchester, Salford, Bury, Unsworth, Whitefield, Prestwich, Bolton, Stockport, Altrincham, Hale, Bowdon, Sale, Didsbury, Chorlton, Oldham, Rochdale, Wigan, Trafford, Tameside | Postal bounds and markers: M1–M90. Example districts: M1, M2, BL9. | Manchester & Greater Manchester service page |
| Cheshire | Cheshire, Alderley Edge, Wilmslow, Knutsford, Prestbury, Macclesfield, Chester, Nantwich, Crewe, Tarporley, Congleton, Warrington, Northwich | Postal bounds and markers: CW1, SK9, WA16. Example districts: SK9, SK10, CH1. | Cheshire service page |
| London & Greater London | London, Greater London, Central London, Westminster, Mayfair, Marylebone, Soho, Covent Garden, City of London, Canary Wharf, Shoreditch, Hackney, Islington, Camden, Kensington, Chelsea, Knightsbridge, Belgravia, Fulham, Putney, Wandsworth, Clapham, Battersea, Richmond, Wimbledon, Greenwich, Dulwich | Postal bounds and markers: SW1–SW20. Example districts: WC2R, W1K, W1H. | London & Greater London service page |
| Liverpool & Merseyside | Merseyside, Liverpool, Wirral, Southport, St Helens, Birkenhead, Formby, Knowsley, Sefton | Postal bounds and markers: L1–L40. Example districts: L1, L2, CH41. The L1–L40 span crosses guide boundaries: L39 and L40 use the Lancashire guide. For nearby CH1, use the Cheshire guide. | Liverpool & Merseyside service page |
| Leeds, Yorkshire & the North East | Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Leeds, York, Harrogate, Sheffield, Bradford, Huddersfield, Wakefield, Halifax, Ilkley, Skipton, Wetherby, Ripon, Hull, Beverley, Doncaster, Barnsley, Rotherham, North East England, Middlesbrough, Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, Darlington, Northumberland | Postal bounds and markers: LS1–LS29, YO1. Example districts: LS1, YO1, HG1. | Leeds, Yorkshire & the North East service page |
| Birmingham & the West Midlands | West Midlands, Birmingham, Solihull, Sutton Coldfield, Edgbaston, Harborne, Wolverhampton, Coventry, Walsall, Dudley, Worcestershire, Bromsgrove, Kidderminster, Hereford, Shropshire, Shrewsbury, Telford, Staffordshire, Stafford, Lichfield, Cannock, Stoke-on-Trent, Warwickshire, Warwick, Royal Leamington Spa, Stratford-upon-Avon | Postal bounds and markers: B1–B98. Example districts: B1, CV1, WV1. | Birmingham & the West Midlands service page |
| Surrey, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire | Surrey, Guildford, Woking, Farnham, Cobham, Weybridge, Esher, Epsom, Reigate, Dorking, Camberley, Berkshire, Windsor, Ascot, Reading, Maidenhead, Newbury, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes, Marlow, Beaconsfield, Amersham, Aylesbury, Oxfordshire, Oxford, Henley-on-Thames, Banbury, Bicester | Postal bounds and markers: GU1, KT1, SL1. Example districts: GU1, GU2, KT13. For nearby KT1, use the London guide. | Surrey, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire service page |
| Kent & Sussex | Kent, Tunbridge Wells, Sevenoaks, Maidstone, Canterbury, Whitstable, Ashford, Margate, Folkestone, Dartford, Medway, Rochester, Dover, West Sussex, East Sussex, Brighton, Chichester, Horsham, Crawley | Postal bounds and markers: TN1, ME1, CT1. Example districts: ME14, CT1, TN1. | Kent & Sussex service page |
| Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire & East Anglia | Essex, Chelmsford, Brentwood, Shenfield, Loughton, Chigwell, Epping, Billericay, Colchester, Southend-on-Sea, Saffron Walden, Hertfordshire, St Albans, Harpenden, Watford, Hertford, Bishop's Stortford, Stevenage, Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, Ely, Newmarket, Huntingdon, Peterborough, Bedford, Norfolk, Norwich, Suffolk, Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds | Postal bounds and markers: CM1, AL1, CB1. Example districts: CM1, CO1, AL1. | Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire & East Anglia service page |
| Lancashire & Cumbria | Lancashire, Clitheroe, Ribble Valley, Preston, Blackburn, Burnley, Chorley, Lytham St Annes, Blackpool, Lancaster, Cumbria, Kendal, Windermere, Lake District | Postal bounds and markers: PR1–PR26, BB1. Example districts: PR1, BB1, LA1. | Lancashire & Cumbria service page |
| Nottingham & the East Midlands | East Midlands, Nottingham, West Bridgford, Mansfield, Newark, Derby, Chesterfield, Bakewell, Peak District, Leicester, Loughborough, Market Harborough, Rutland, Oakham, Northampton, Towcester, Kettering, Lincoln, Grantham, Stamford | Postal bounds and markers: NG1, DE1, LE1. Example districts: NG1, DE1, LE1. | Nottingham & the East Midlands service page |
| Bristol, the South West, Wiltshire, Hampshire & the Isle of Wight | South West England, Bristol, Bath, Salisbury, Amesbury, Wilton, Wiltshire, Swindon, Devizes, Marlborough, Chippenham, Andover, Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth, Basingstoke, Romsey, New Forest, Fordingbridge, Ringwood, Verwood, Lymington, Petersfield, Farnborough, Fleet, Hampshire, Somerset, Taunton, Frome, Glastonbury, Yeovil, Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, Cirencester, Cotswolds, Gloucester, Stroud, Dorset, Bournemouth, Poole, Dorchester, Christchurch, Devon, Exeter, Plymouth, Cornwall, Truro, Isle of Wight | Postal bounds and markers: SP1–SP11, SO14–SO53, BA1, BS1. Example districts: BS1, BA1, SP1, SP6, SP10, SO23. | Bristol, the South West, Wiltshire, Hampshire & the Isle of Wight service page |
Your guests, your chosen drinks and five hours of professional service. Start with the guest count, then confirm the postcode and service window for your party.
