Our garden slopes down to the Meuse. Where would the oven go?

On the flattest level that can be reached through a wide passage, often close to the house or driveway. Your guests can then sit down by the water; we carry the pizzas round or set up a serving point halfway.

Can you cater a small family dinner?

Yes, no minimum applies. For a smaller party we limit the number of flavours, so everyone can taste without much left over. A dinner at one long table in the garden is perfectly doable.

We are renting a villa in Profondeville for a weekend. Can you coordinate with the owner?

Of course. Pass us the details of the owner or the rental agency and we will discuss directly, in French if needed, where the oven may stand and how we get onto the grounds.

What happens to the waste after the party?

It travels back with us. After service we clear the work area; no trace of us is left in the grass. That way you can simply have breakfast the next morning with the view, without crates or bags on the terrace.

Pizza catering by Prestigio in Profondeville

Pizza catering in Profondeville

Between Namur and Dinant the Meuse bends past limestone cliffs and villa gardens that run right down to the water. Our pizza catering turns such a garden in Profondeville into an Italian evening, with a wood-fired oven at its centre.

Party on the terrace

Many gardens here are laid out in terraces. The oven takes the flattest level, while your guests enjoy the river view on the others.

An evening that slows by itself

Aperitivo in daylight, pizza at dusk, dolci as the houses across the water light up: the valley gives your party a peaceful flow.

Small or large company

There is no minimum. A dinner for twelve is as welcome as a garden party for a hundred; up to roughly 150 people, one oven handles it all.

Living on the Meuse

Profondeville is one of the loveliest stretches of the Meuse valley. The municipality includes villages such as Lustin, Rivière, Arbre and Bois-de-Villers, yet its heart remains the riverbank, where villas and old townhouses look out over the water from their gardens. Across the river, wooded slopes rise steeply, with a bare rock face here and there.

Given that setting, parties here are often garden parties at home: a birthday with family travelling from afar, a small wedding or a summer staff evening in a rented villa. The view does most of the work. We provide the fire, the dough and an evening that runs without any jostling.

An evening in three movements

We begin at the welcome with the Aperitivo. Warm focaccia comes from the oven, antipasti and bruschetta sit on the table, and the Aperol almost pours itself. Guests stroll between the terrace and the fire, where they see a ball of dough stretched out and puffing up within seconds in the heat.

After half an hour we move on to pizza à volonté. Each round brings a different flavour, carried round in slices or set down at a central point, whichever suits your garden. When the light above the rocks starts to change colour, the dolci follow: tiramisu, cannoli and an ice-cold limoncello.

Practicalities in a river valley

Gardens in the valley often sit on a slope, with steps between the levels. Lovely for guests, but for an oven what counts is even ground and a safe way to get our equipment down or up. A path 2.5 metres wide and a patch of ground that fits our tent (3×3, or 4×4 if need be) are our starting point.

As the drive to the Meuse valley is longer, we leave in good time and reach your garden roughly an hour and a half before service. If you are unsure about the weather, we place the oven under an open-sided canopy or beside a party tent, so the smoke can escape and nobody gets wet shoulders.