Can the truck drive over our dolomite driveway?

In dry weather usually yes, but we look at it beforehand. Dolomite can turn soft after rain and show ruts. With photos and an idea of the driveway’s length and width, we decide together whether the truck drives up to the house or is better left at the gate.

What if branches hang over the driveway?

Then we look at the clear height, since low-hanging branches can hit the truck. Sometimes a small pruning job beforehand is enough, sometimes we choose a different spot for the truck. Photos of the driveway, taken at vehicle height, make that quickly clear.

Do you need a socket in our garden?

No. The truck is fully self-sufficient and works independently of your home, so cables or hoses are unnecessary. A level, firm spot in the yard and a driveway we can drive along: that is all we need.

Is a permit needed for an opening in the village core?

On a street or square, so on public space, the organiser must ask the municipality of Sint-Martens-Latem for permission, and the technical sheet is ours to provide. On private ground, such as a garden or a gallery courtyard, nothing needs to be applied for.

Hire a pizza food truck in Deurle

In Deurle a pizza food truck drives over gravel and dolomite driveways, beneath old trees, to a yard behind the hedge. We check load-bearing capacity, width and height beforehand, so the oven-equipped truck stands in place without leaving marks.

Load-bearing checked

Gravel and dolomite are lovely but sensitive. With photos and measurements we judge where the truck can drive and stand safely.

Room beneath the trees

Old trees along the driveway sometimes hang low. We watch the clear height, so branches and truck don’t touch.

Showpiece in the yard

Once in place, the truck and its blazing wood-fired oven become the heart of a garden party, opening or neighbourhood party in the village.

Gravel and dolomite driveways

In Deurle many homes sit at the end of a long driveway, and it is rarely tarmac. Gravel and dolomite suit the rural feel of the village better, but a heavy truck leaves marks there more readily. After a wet spell dolomite can turn soft, and loose gravel can slide away in a bend.

A request in Deurle therefore always comes with photos of the driveway, the bends and the spot where the truck can stand. Together we look at whether the ground is firm enough, whether an alternative route over paving exists and where the truck had best stop. Sometimes that is just before the gate, with the hatch towards the garden.

Width counts too. The opening must measure 2.5 metres, and pillars, fences and hedges along the drive help decide whether that works. Anyone who can measure up makes it easy for us; that way we know for certain beforehand that the truck will drive in smoothly on party day.

Old trees and low branches

The gardens in Deurle are often generations old, with big trees overhanging the drive. For a truck, clear height then matters as much as width. In the photos we look for low-hanging branches and, if necessary, ask for them to be pruned beforehand, or we choose a different route.

In the yard itself we pick a spot where the oven smoke can rise freely, not under a dense leaf canopy. An open stretch of gravel or paving next to the house works well. There the truck is visible to guests and everyone can see the pizzaiolo stretch the dough and slide the pizza into the oven.

A truck that brings everything

No connection to the house is needed: the truck pulls in with its own water, refrigeration, work surfaces and a supply of wood. We light the oven 90 minutes before the first slice. The dough, a natural sourdough with its two to three days of proofing behind it, rides along in the cooler, as do the ingredients from Italy.

Service lasts a little over two hours, during which six to ten kinds of pizza alternate; vegetarian options are fixed, and vegan or gluten-free can be added on request. A public neighbourhood party in the village core takes place on public ground, so the organiser asks Sint-Martens-Latem for permission, with our technical sheet attached. When we leave, no waste stays behind.

We contacteerden Prestigio op dinsdagavond met de vraag om op vrijdag 100 afstuderende hogeschoolstudenten van pizza's te voorzien. Binnen het uur was alles geregeld. Topservice! Ook op de dag zelf liep alles vlekkeloos. Vriendelijke…
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