Can you set up at a farm in Westkapelle or Ramskapelle?

Yes, a farmyard is often an excellent spot. We need level ground for the tent and a passage of about 2.5 metres. With gravel or grass we check beforehand which zone is firmest. Feel free to send photos of the yard and the drive.

Isn’t it too cold in April for an outdoor party by the sea?

With a good set-up it’s fine. The oven gives off heat, and with a party tent or canopy everyone stays sheltered from wind and showers. Many families put the tables indoors and let the oven bake outside, so guests can stroll over to the fire.

How much pizza is there per child?

With pizza à volonté we keep baking until everyone is full, within a service of around two hours or a little more. So you don’t need to count per person. Do tell us the number of adults and children, and we calculate how much dough to bring.

Are there options for guests who don’t eat meat?

Yes, there are always vegetarian pizzas on offer. Anyone eating vegan or avoiding gluten should tell us in advance: we then bake separately, from a set-apart corner of our work area. We send the allergen list before the party so you can share it with the family.

Pizza catering for your communion or lentefeest in Knokke-Heist

Behind the smart sea wall, Knokke-Heist is home to perfectly ordinary families holding a communion or a spring lentefeest in Heist, Westkapelle or Ramskapelle. Pizza catering with a wood-fired oven brings warmth to a spring day that is often fresher by the sea than expected.

Warmth on a fresh day

By the sea, April still feels cold. A burning wood-fired oven gathers the family and keeps hands warm while the first pizzas come out.

Quiet pre-season

In spring the resort is calm. Arrival and parking go more smoothly than in summer, which keeps the set-up for your communion party relaxed.

Farmyard or garden

A farm in the polders or a garden behind a house in Heist: we look for the flattest and most sheltered corner for the oven and the tables.

Spring by the sea is fresh

People who live inland often underestimate how cold a spring day on the coast can feel. The sun shines, but a fresh wind off the sea cuts through every jacket. For a communion or lentefeest in April or May, that is a reason to build the party around the oven: the fire radiates warmth, and guests naturally gravitate towards it.

A tent or an open canopy is no luxury at this time of year. We discuss beforehand whether you will hire a party tent or whether there is a carport, a barn with an open side or a covered terrace. The oven has to stay outdoors because of the smoke, but the tables and the pizzaiolo can happily stand under a roof. Preferably choose the side of the house that is out of the wind.

Heist, Westkapelle and Ramskapelle: village parties

Knokke-Heist is more than Het Zoute. In Heist, with its fishing past, and in the polder villages of Westkapelle and Ramskapelle, communions are still real family occasions where three generations come together. After the service in the parish church, everyone heads home or to the grandparents’ farmyard. It doesn’t need to be smart there, just convivial, and there has to be enough for everyone.

That is precisely why pizza à volonté works so well at this kind of party. We cut the pizzas into slices, so grandma can try a small piece and the twelve-year-old cousins take five in a row. Six to ten flavours, always including vegetarian ones, make sure every taste bud is satisfied. Anyone with room left finishes with tiramisu.

Children around the oven

For the communicant or the lentefeest child, the oven is often the highlight of the day. Children watch, fascinated, as dough puffs up in the fire within seconds. We are happy to let them look, but keep a clear distance between the play zone and the work zone. On a farmyard with plenty of space that is easy; in a smaller garden we agree a fixed viewing spot.

A communion day is long, so we time the pizza service, a good two hours long, for the moment when hunger peaks, usually after the aperitif. If the family is travelling from afar, it helps to pass on the programme in advance. That way we know when the oven needs to be hot and when the first round of focaccia should be ready.

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