Will the truck get through the narrow streets of the village core?

Usually, but we always check beforehand. Send us the address and photos of the street and the entrance; with less than 2.5 metres of clear width it will not work. If it is too tight, we look together for a spot on the street side or on a car park nearby.

Can the truck stand on a meadow by the Assels?

Preferably not if the grass is wet, because meadow ground soon turns soft. We then choose a paved car park or road at the edge. That keeps the truck standing safely and the grassland undamaged, while your guests can still sit there.

Who arranges the permit for a neighbourhood party in Drongen?

If the truck is to stand on public space, whoever organises the party requests occupation consent from the city of Ghent, and we hand over the technical sheet for that file. On private ground, such as a farm courtyard or garden, no permit is needed.

How many people can you serve on a team day?

For a hundred and fifty people or thereabouts, the truck bakes on its own; a bigger group brings a second baking station. Because the pizzas go out in slices, throughput is high. Let us know the number and the schedule, and we will plan the rhythm.

Pizza food truck by Prestigio in Drongen

Hire a pizza food truck in Drongen

Between the Leie, the Assels and the Ghent ring road, Drongen has narrow village streets, spacious farm courtyards and wet meadows. Our pizza food truck only drives in once we have looked at the access, and then stands completely on its own.

Narrow village core

In the heart of Drongen streets are sometimes tight. We check the route to the parking spot, which needs at least 2.5 metres clear.

Spacious farm courtyards

On a farm around Baarle or Luchteren the truck stands firmly on the paved inner courtyard, sheltered and clearly visible to all guests.

Avoiding wet ground

Grasslands along the Leie and the Assels are often boggy. There we choose a paved car park or road instead of the grass.

Driving in to Drongen

Drongen is an outlying district of Ghent with a real village core, around the church and the abbey. Its streets grew up in a time without lorries: narrow, with bends and cars parked on both sides. A food truck can get through, but we don’t want to discover at the last minute that a bend or a gateway is too tight.

So every request comes with the address and photos of the access. The route to the parking spot must be 2.5 metres wide, and height counts too at gateways and under branches. Where the core gets too tight, we work out another option together, for example the truck on the street side with the hatch towards the garden.

If it concerns public space, such as a street or a car park belonging to the city, Ghent has to authorise occupation of the space. That request rests with the organiser, and our technical sheet can be enclosed with it. On private ground, such as a farm courtyard or a company site, your consent is enough.

Farms, meadows and the Assels

Outside the core the landscape opens up. Around Baarle and Luchteren are farms with inner courtyards that are perfect for a truck: paved, sheltered from the wind and with room for guests all round. There the food truck becomes a showpiece in the yard, the oven glowing against the brick façades.

Towards the Leie and the Assels lie wet grasslands and meadows. Lovely to look at, but after a rainy spell too soft for a heavy truck. For a neighbourhood party or team day at the edge of that greenery we put the truck on a paved car park or road, and let guests enjoy the grass.

Self-sufficient and smooth

Water, refrigeration, work surfaces and firewood travel in the truck, so we have nothing to plug into. The firing begins a little under 90 minutes before service; by the time the first guests arrive, the oven is hot and the sourdough, which has had two to three days of rest, is ready.

Over the roughly two hours of service, six to ten kinds of pizza go across the hatch in slices; vegetarian choices are standard, and if you ask for vegan or gluten-free pizzas, they come from a zone of their own. Once guests number more than 150, a second baking station is brought in. Waste and equipment go back with us afterwards.