Can the oven go in a narrow town garden behind a townhouse?

Often yes. The tent needs an even surface, and above the oven it must be open so the smoke can clear the garden walls. The equipment does have to reach the garden; send us photos of the hallway, the carriage gate or the back entrance, and we will look at the best route.

How does loading and unloading work in the Miljoenenkwartier?

We usually load on the street and then carry the equipment through the house or a gate to the garden. We agree a time beforehand and look with you at what needs arranging for the loading spot, so the neighbours are inconvenienced as little as possible.

Do you also work for a dinner with ten guests?

Yes, there is no minimum. A small private dinner gets the same oven and the same sourdough, which has rested for forty-eight to seventy-two hours. We adjust the number of pizzas and the pace, so it feels like a dinner and not a buffet.

Can you cater a reception in an office by the Citadelpark?

Certainly. For a standing reception we bake at a brisk pace and serve the pizzas in slices. A hundred and fifty guests or so keeps one oven busy; above that, we add a second baking station. You receive the allergen list well in advance.

Pizza catering by Prestigio in Coupure & Citadelpark

Pizza catering on the Coupure & Citadelpark

Behind the façades of the townhouses on the Coupure and around the Citadelpark lie secluded town gardens and courtyards. Pizza catering turns such a garden into an Italian dining room under the open sky, for a private dinner or a reception.

Dinner in the town garden

A long table between high garden walls, the oven at the back of the garden: pizza in rounds turns a private dinner into an evening without stiffness.

Receptions by the museums

Around the Citadelpark, with the MSK and the S.M.A.K. around the corner, an aperitivo with focaccia and Italian wine is a stylish opener for a reception.

Loading via the street

The equipment comes in through the front door, the hallway or a carriage gate. We agree the time and loading spot on the street with you beforehand.

Townhouses and secluded gardens

The Miljoenenkwartier, between the Citadelpark and Sint-Pieters station, owes its name to the wealthy families who had their villas and townhouses built here in the early twentieth century. Along the Coupure, the straight canal with its rows of trees, stand stately bourgeois houses. This is classic, genteel Ghent, with high ceilings, narrow façades and surprisingly deep gardens.

Those gardens are enclosed worlds: surrounded by high walls, with a tree or two and a terrace by the kitchen. For a private dinner or birthday they are ideal, because guests sit sheltered and the city seems far away. The wood-fired oven goes at the back of the garden, where the smoke can drift off above the walls, and the table in the middle.

A three-by-three metre tent fits in most town gardens, and together we find a spot where it leaves the way to the house clear. On a paved courtyard everything stands stable at once; on grass we check whether the ground is level enough. Photos of the garden and the access make that assessment much simpler.

How a city dinner unfolds

A dinner in a townhouse often begins inside, in the salon, and then moves to the garden. We follow that movement: antipasti and bruschetta go round indoors, while at the back the first focaccia comes out of the oven. The team lights the oven an hour and a half beforehand, at the back of the garden, without the host or hostess noticing a thing.

Then the pizzas go to the table in rounds, six to ten kinds, always shared. For a private dinner we compose the menu to measure: a few classics and several pizzas built around a special Italian product. With the Full experience tiramisu and cannoli follow, and a limoncello back in the salon. The service lasts about two hours.

Receptions and practical arrangements

Around the Citadelpark are the MSK and the S.M.A.K., and nearby, offices and associations occupy converted townhouses and villas. For a reception in such a building, pizza in pieces works well: guests stand, talk and take a hot slice between two conversations. Vegetarian pizzas are a given, and vegan or gluten-free ones come on request from their own zone.

Practically, the centre of Ghent calls for some planning. Whether your address falls within the low-emission zone we look at in advance, as we do the parking. We usually load on the street and the equipment then goes to the back. A passage of 2.5 metres is the norm; at a townhouse with a narrow hallway, we use photos to find the best route to the garden.

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