Is a wood-fired oven allowed in a wooded garden in Kasterlee?

On private land usually yes, but during a long dry spell there may be temporary restrictions on fire near woodland. We settle that beforehand and choose a spot with enough distance from trees and shrubs.

We are renting a holiday home in Lichtaart. Can you come and bake there?

Yes, as long as the owner agrees and there is a level spot outside. Send over the address and a handful of photos and we will assess access and set-up. We bring everything we need, wood included.

How much time should we allow for the pizza evening?

We arrive about ninety minutes before the first bites to fire up the oven. After that, pizzas come out for a couple of hours, give or take. That gives you a complete evening without having to stand in the kitchen yourself.

Can you cater for vegetarians in our group?

Vegetarian pizzas are in every round as standard. If someone on the friends’ weekend avoids gluten or animal products, we bake for them separately, with their own utensils. We send you the allergens on paper before the group sets off.

Pizza catering by Prestigio in Kasterlee

Pizza catering in Kasterlee

Between the Hoge Mouw and the Kabouterberg, evenings in Kasterlee fall quiet under the pines. Our pizza catering fills that quiet with the crackle of a wood-fired oven and a table of friends who cleared a whole weekend for it.

A weekend with friends

Many parties in Kasterlee last two days, in a rented villa or holiday home. The pizza night then becomes the high point of Saturday.

Sandy ground under the pines

The Kempen’s sandy soil is dry and load-bearing as long as it is not loose. We look for a level spot among the trees, away from low-hanging branches.

From focaccia to cannoli

With the full experience the evening moves from an aperitif at sunset to pizzas in rounds and a dessert by campfire light.

Parties in the woods of the Kempen

Kasterlee is one of the greenest municipalities in the province. Pine forests, heathland and inland dunes such as the Hoge Mouw shape the landscape, and the Kleine Nete winds through it. Many people rent a holiday home here for a birthday or reunion, or live in a house with the forest edge as a back garden. A party quickly feels like an outing.

That landscape adds another layer to a pizza evening. The oven glows orange against the dark trees, and the smell of burning wood mingles with that of pine needles. Guests sit on wooden benches or folding chairs, with a blanket over their knees once the sun goes down. The pace is slow; nobody is in a hurry to go home.

How a Saturday evening with the wood-fired oven goes

Around aperitif time, after a bike ride or a walk, the oven is already burning. Out come focaccia, bruschetta and antipasti, accompanied by an Aperol spritz or a limoncello. The group has time to recover from the day and swap stories. Only when everyone is settled do the first pizzas go into the oven.

For us, pizza à volonté means six to ten varieties, cut into slices and brought to the table in rounds. Your guests do not have to choose; they simply taste what arrives and ask for more of their favourite. After roughly two hours of baking, tiramisu and cannoli close the evening, and then the campfire or the lounge takes over.

What we ask of your holiday home or villa

On the terrace or between the trunks we look for a level patch where our small tent, three or four metres wide, can stand, with only open air or a wall-free shelter above the oven. In a woodland garden it matters that no branches hang above the chimney. Do send photos of the terrace or garden, and we will work out where the oven can stand safely and look good.

With a rented property, it is wise to check with the owner in advance that a wood-fired oven may be used on the property. We leave no traces when we go: the work area is tidied and we take all the waste with us. That way you can hand back the key on Sunday without worry.

Voor mijn verjaardagsfeest heeft prestigo catering voor het eten gezorgd. Gestart met bruschetta en de focaccia - die beide in de smaak vielen bij iedereen. Daarna de pizza’s, dit als echte pizzaliefhebber met een perfecte korst en lekker…
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