Can you run a baby shower that lasts the whole afternoon?

The active service takes a little over two hours. For a longer afternoon we often combine an aperitivo at the start with pizza during the busiest moment. That way everyone gets something, including those who come early or late. Tell us the expected flow and we will plan the rounds.

Is the smoke from the oven a problem with a baby in the house?

We put the oven outdoors, where the smoke can drift off freely, and we take the wind direction and the nursery window into account. There is most smoke while lighting up; after that dry wood burns fairly cleanly and you notice little.

We have a small town garden. Is that workable?

Sometimes. For a small group a compact set-up on level ground is enough, but we must be able to get there through an opening of about 2.5 metres. If that isn’t possible, we look at a courtyard, a driveway or the garden of family nearby.

Do we need a certain number of guests for a baby shower?

No. A baby shower with thirty people is just as possible as a garden party with a hundred. The number decides how much dough we plan and which package makes sense, but there is no minimum below which we wouldn’t come.

Pizza catering at your baby shower or garden party in Ghent

After a birth everyone wants to see the baby, but cooking yourself is the last thing you feel like. Pizza catering with a wood-fired oven turns a Ghent baby shower or garden party into an open house where guests come and go without a buffet running dry.

Coming and going

Guests who wander in at two o’clock eat just as fresh as those who arrive at four. We bake continuously in small rounds rather than everything at once.

Peace for new parents

We handle the set-up, the baking, the clearing away and the waste. You keep your hands free for the baby and the congratulations from family and friends.

Ghent’s green edges

Gardens in Zwijnaarde, Oostakker or near the Bourgoyen offer more room than a town garden, and that is where the oven comes into its own.

A baby shower with people coming and going

A baby shower is rarely a party with a fixed start time. Colleagues come after work, grandparents are there from lunchtime, friends pop in with a gift and are gone an hour later. A classic buffet is then left drying out halfway through the afternoon. With us, pizza goes round by the slice for as long as the service lasts, each time fresh from the oven.

We centre the service, a good two hours long, on the moment when most people are there. If you want a longer open house, you can open with an Aperitivo of focaccia and antipasti, so there is already something to nibble for the first visitors. The pizza then follows in the busiest hour, when the garden is at its fullest.

Gardens on the edge of the city

Ghent is more than its medieval core. In districts such as Zwijnaarde, Oostakker and Sint-Denijs-Westrem, or in the streets around the Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen nature reserve, many houses have a proper garden with grass and a few trees. Ideal for a garden party: there is room for a tent, tables and a corner where the children can play without getting near the fire.

Grass is softer than you might think, especially after a wet week. For the oven we look for a patch that is level and firm, preferably close to a driveway or hard surface. A passage of around 2.5 metres along the side of the house makes setting up much easier. If you don’t have that, we consider the front garden or the driveway as a spot.

Taken care of with a newborn

The last thing you want with a baby of a few weeks old is another hour of washing up after the party. That is why we bring everything we need and take the waste away afterwards. The team arrives some ninety minutes beforehand; if that coincides with a nap, we put the oven on the side of the garden furthest from the nursery.

There is little fuss for the guests too. A margherita for those who like it classic, a vegetarian option for the friend who doesn’t eat meat, and on request a pizza without gluten or without animal products. Anyone who is pregnant or breastfeeding can look at the allergen list in advance and ask which cheeses and cured meats go on the pizzas.

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