Do we need a permit for a stand at our school fair?

On school grounds, which are not public space, we usually don’t need a permit to use public space; check with the school to be sure. If the fair takes place in the park or on the street, the organiser arranges that permit with the municipality, with our technical sheet attached.

Can you stand on grass?

If the grass is level and firm enough, yes. After a rainy spell a field may be too soft for a vehicle; then we prefer a paved edge or a path. Send us a plan or photos of the site beforehand and we will decide on the best pitch together.

What about a sudden rush after a performance?

We count on it. For a large audience we work with two baking stations and a limited menu of quick-baking pizzas. Pass us the programme and we know when the peaks come and can run the oven flat out at that moment.

What does the school or club need to provide?

Little. Cooling, work surfaces, wood and water travel with the truck. What you arrange is an accessible, level pitch and a clear agreement on the arrival time. Further technical details are in the sheet we send in advance.

Pizza catering for a school fair, park event or food festival in Brasschaat

Brasschaat is a municipality of parks, schools and clubs, and their events often take place on grass among the trees. A wood-fired oven or the food truck gives a school fair or park event a crowd-puller that families gladly queue for.

Families in the queue

At a school fair parents order for three children at once. We keep the offer straightforward, so every order goes through smoothly.

On grass and among trees

Parks and school fields are soft and have roots and branches. We choose a pitch that is firm, level and free of low-hanging branches.

A truck that brings everything

Cooling, work surfaces, water and wood are in the food truck. A school or club doesn’t have to clear a kitchen for us.

Events in a park municipality

Few municipalities around Antwerp have as much green as Brasschaat. The municipal park around the castle, the Peerdsbos and the many school grounds with playing fields form the backdrop for markets, sports days and annual fairs. A wood-fired oven fits that setting: the fire and the scent draw people in, and a pizza in the hand is ideal for strolling around.

Anyone organising such an event has plenty on their mind at once: stage, toilets, parking, volunteers. Catering then needs above all to be simple. The food truck arrives self-contained and needs only a level pitch. For the park or the street, the organiser requests a public-space permit; the technical sheet that goes with it comes from us.

A school fair with hundreds of parents

The school fair is a fixture in Brasschaat: class performances, a raffle, and parents who all get hungry at once after the show. That moment is crucial. If you have only one baking spot then, the queue stretches back to the playground. So we plan for the peak: above about 150 portions per wave, a second baking station goes up next to the first.

We also tune the offer to a school crowd. Children mostly pick a margherita, parents something with a bit more flavour. A menu of four or five pizzas works better than ten choices, since every hesitation in the queue costs time. Vegetarian options are always included, and we send the allergen list to the organisers beforehand, so it can be displayed at the stand.

Grass, trees and the pitch in a park

A park is lovely, but it is not a car park. The grass fields in Brasschaat are soft after rain, and under the old trees roots make the ground bumpy. For the food truck or a tent with an oven, we look with the organisers for a level, firm spot, preferably reachable by a paved road. We avoid low-hanging branches above the pitch because of the fire.

Accessibility is the second point. Park paths aren’t always wide enough, and on the day of the event visitors soon fill them. So we agree an arrival time well before opening, and a fixed route to the pitch. Brasschaat is an easy drive for us, which helps us plan the set-up calmly and on time.

Wij hebben niets dan lof voor Prestigio. Prima communicatie, duidelijke afspraken en heerlijke antipasti en pizza’s. Wij zijn Mathieu en Chloë dankbaar dat ze ons op zo’n korte termijn konden helpen. Woensdag eerste contact en zondag erna…
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