Does the wood-fired oven fit in a narrow garden in the centre of Oostmalle?

Often, yes. We need a level spot of about three by three metres and an access 2.5 metres wide. If the equipment can only go through the house, we look for another solution together, such as the driveway or front garden.

Can you cater a neighbourhood reception for thirty neighbours?

Yes, no minimum applies to guest numbers. To welcome new neighbours, focaccia, antipasti and a few rounds of pizza are enough: everyone eats standing and it stays cosy around the oven.

What time do you need to be there for a wedding at 5 pm?

We drive onto the estate around ninety minutes beforehand, so the oven is already glowing as the first guests turn up after the ceremony. The service itself covers two to two and a half hours.

Can the pizzas be matched to the couple’s taste?

Certainly. In the tailor-made menu we include the couple’s favourite combinations, next to classics for the rest of the company. We choose the Italian wines together, too.

Pizza catering by Prestigio in Oostmalle

Pizza catering in Oostmalle

Oostmalle has two faces: a bustling village centre with pubs and shops, and at the edge the quiet avenues around Renesse Castle. Our pizza catering feels at home in both, with a wood-fired oven that adapts to a small town garden or an estate.

Two kinds of party

A birthday in a garden behind a terraced house in the centre calls for a different approach than a wedding on an estate. We tune the flow to the place.

Neighbourhood reception with flair

Welcoming new neighbours or a street celebrating together: focaccia and pizza by the slice make a reception more than a glass and a bag of crisps.

Wedding at the edge

On an estate at the edge of the village we build a full evening, from aperitivo at the vows to cannoli at the first dance.

Parties near the village square

People who live in the centre of Oostmalle live close together. Terraced and semi-detached houses with gardens that are long rather than wide, the church tower always in view and the baker round the corner. A party here usually stays within the family or the street: a fiftieth birthday, a christening party, a barbecue that this year gets to be a pizza night.

Within those narrow gardens the evening revolves around the oven. There is no room for long tables in a tent, but there is for a few high tables and chairs against the hedge. Guests grab a slice of pizza, chat with whoever is next to them and shuffle along when the next round comes out of the oven. It feels more like one big aperitif than a dinner.

A wedding on an estate near Renesse

At the edge of Oostmalle the picture changes. Around the grounds of Renesse Castle and further towards Lille lie manor houses, farms and meadows where space is no issue. Weddings and big family parties are held here, often with more than a hundred guests and a programme that fills the whole evening.

For a day like that we suggest the full experience. After the ceremony an aperitivo awaits with focaccia, antipasti and a spritz. Then follow the pizza rounds, timed around the speeches of witnesses and parents. Tiramisu and cannoli close the dinner. If the company climbs well beyond a hundred and fifty, we run a second station too so no table waits long.

What we look at with you beforehand

In the village centre, access is often the sticking point. A narrow side passage or a garden reachable only through the house we prefer to assess from a photo. Our equipment cart rolls through an opening of 2.5 metres, and the oven always stays outside, with the smoke free to rise. With a brief stop at the door at an agreed hour we unload without blocking the street.

On an estate it is more the ground that counts: a lawn after rain, a yard with old cobbles. A small tent three or four metres wide has to stand level. Vegetarian flavours are in every round; we make gluten-free or vegan pizzas on request, apart from the regular dough, and which allergens are in which pizza you know long before the first guest rings the bell.

Wij hadden een heel fijn communiefeest met dank aan Prestigio Catering. De communicatie vooraf verliep heel vlot en duidelijk en ook de dag zelf was alles tot in de puntjes geregeld, waardoor we zorgeloos konden genieten van het feest…
— Gaelle C.View on Google

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