Is Tournai easy for you to reach from Flanders?

Yes, Tournai is a smooth drive across the language border. We still allow generous travel time, so the oven is hot on schedule. If your venue is in the old town, we agree an unloading spot beforehand, because the streets around the cathedral are not equally wide everywhere.

Can you cater a party with Dutch-speaking and French-speaking guests?

Of course. Pizza needs little explanation: guests see what comes out of the oven and choose for themselves. We send the allergen list in advance, so you can pass it on to your guests in both languages. That way everyone knows what is on the table.

Does pizza catering also work in a small courtyard in Tournai?

Often it does. We need a flat area for a 3×3 metre marquee (or 4×4 for larger groups), under open sky or an open canopy for the smoke. If the courtyard is smaller, we look at whether the oven can stand by the entrance while the guests stay in the courtyard.

What size of wedding can you handle in the Scheldt valley?

Small or large makes no difference. A Scheldt-valley wedding of up to about 150 invited guests runs on a single oven, and for a longer guest list we place a second baking station beside it. That keeps the rhythm going, even when everyone gets hungry after the first dance.

Pizza catering in Tournai

Tournai lies just across the language border from Flanders and feels familiar to many. Our pizza catering bakes in courtyards in the old town and on farms in the Scheldt valley, for parties where Dutch and French mingle.

Parties across the language border

A family from Flanders, French-speaking in-laws, friends from Lille: around the wood-fired oven your guests easily find a common language.

Courtyards in the old town

Behind the façades of Tournai hide courtyards where marquee and oven feel intimate, with the cathedral towers above the rooftops.

A menu to suit you

From a short aperitivo to the complete Full experience with dolci: you choose what fits the hour and character of your party.

In the shadow of five towers

Few Belgian cities have as recognisable a skyline as Tournai. The Notre-Dame Cathedral with its five towers is a World Heritage Site, as is the belfry, the oldest in the country. Around the Grand-Place and along the Scheldt stand townhouses and old buildings with hidden courtyards, now used for family parties, receptions and small weddings.

Such a courtyard makes a beautiful setting for an evening around the wood-fired oven, but needs some preparation. The fire must burn under open sky or a canopy without side walls, and to get in with our cart and equipment we need a gateway about 2.5 metres wide. A photo of the gate and the courtyard helps us enormously.

A bilingual evening that runs by itself

Tournai attracts many mixed groups. People from Kortrijk, Mouscron and Lille live and work side by side, and families are spread across both sides of the language border. Pizza catering then becomes a bridge: guests gather at the oven, watch the pizzaiolo stretch the dough and carry on talking with hands and feet.

The evening begins with antipasti, bruschetta and focaccia, with Italian wine or an Aperol. Then come the rounds of pizza à volonté, six to ten varieties, always sliced for sharing. If your party is full of speeches in two languages, we push the rounds back and wait until everyone is seated again. Tiramisu and cannoli round it all off.

Castles and farms around Tournai

Outside the town Picardy Wallonia begins: a landscape of fields, square farmsteads and castle estates along the Scheldt. In Antoing a castle stands above the water, and towards Pecq, Celles and Estaimpuis you find rural reception halls and gardens where a wedding or First Communion party has all the space it needs. From Flanders it is a short trip, and that is exactly why the area is popular with groups from both sides of the language border.

At such venues our marquee goes up in the yard or garden, and the oven becomes a living centrepiece where guests like to stop and watch. The wood is lit a good hour beforehand. A few vegetarian pizzas are always included. Gluten-free and vegan ones we bake on request, prepared apart from the rest, and you receive the allergens beforehand.