Is a wood-fired oven allowed at a rented holiday home in Barvaux?

The owner decides. Ask permission beforehand and discuss where the oven can go. For our marquee, count on a level piece of garden or terrace of 3×3 metres, or 4×4 for a large group. After service we leave everything tidy and the rubbish goes with us.

Can you shift the time if our activity runs late?

Yes. Give us a target time and let us know if the group gets back later from the kayak trip or walk. The oven stays at temperature, and we begin with the aperitivo as soon as everyone is there. Nobody needs to rush.

Is pizza catering suitable for a stag or hen weekend in Barvaux?

Very much so. A wood-fired oven in the garden creates atmosphere, the pizzas arrive in shareable rounds and nobody has to cook or wash up. You can add Italian drinks such as Aperol, limoncello or wine for an evening that gets going by itself.

How big does our group need to be in Barvaux?

There is no lower limit: ten friends are as welcome as a family reunion of eighty. Only when the party heads towards 150 people or more does an additional baking station travel to the village alongside the oven.

Pizza catering by Prestigio in Barvaux-sur-Ourthe

Pizza catering in Barvaux-sur-Ourthe

Barvaux is the busiest village in Durbuy and for many groups the base for an Ardennes weekend. Our pizza catering comes to your holiday home, so Saturday evening is about eating together and not about washing up.

After the kayak trip

Anyone who has paddled the Ourthe all afternoon comes back hungry. Focaccia and the first pizzas are already waiting for the group.

Big houses, big tables

Holiday homes around Barvaux are often built for twenty guests or more. A wood-fired oven in the garden suits such a party perfectly.

From stag parties to reunions

Stag and hen parties, family reunions and weekends with friends: every group gets a tailor-made menu, dietary wishes included.

A village on the river

Barvaux-sur-Ourthe sits where the valley widens, with the village on the riverbank and wooded slopes around it. It is a lively spot: there is a station on the railway line along the Ourthe, there are shops and terraces, and in summer kayaks drift by. From here groups head out into nature all weekend.

Those celebrating in Barvaux usually stay in a rented holiday home or on an estate nearby, towards Bomal, Grandhan or Septon. Saturday is then the evening when the party wants to sit down together, without anyone spending the whole afternoon in the kitchen. That is exactly why we drive to the holiday house with the wood-fired oven.

How the pizza night at your holiday house works

While you are still out on the water or in the woods, our team arrives at the holiday house. We put up the marquee in the garden or on the terrace and give the wood-fired oven time to get properly hot. By the time the group returns, the air already smells of burning wood and fresh focaccia.

After the aperitivo with bruschetta and antipasti, the pizzas follow in rounds, each cut for sharing. Six to ten varieties pass by, with vegetarians always catered for and vegans or gluten-free eaters getting a pizza of their own on request. Tiramisu or cannoli finish it off. After about two hours we pack up, and the house stays as the owner wants to find it.

What to sort out with the owner beforehand

A holiday home is not your own garden. Ask the owner in advance whether a wood-fired oven is permitted on the grounds and where it is best placed. The fire needs open air or a covering open at the side, because smoke must drift away, and the route to the oven spot needs to be a good two metres wide.

Many houses around Barvaux sit on a slope or beside a narrow road. Send us photos of the driveway and the garden and we will see in advance whether everything will go smoothly. Because Ardennes roads are slower and the village is busy in summer, we set off earlier. That way we start on time, even if the group gets hungry sooner than planned.