How do you keep a surprise party secret?

We communicate only with the organiser and time arrival and set-up for a moment when the birthday guest is away. The fire needs time, so the crew arrives some ninety minutes ahead of the big reveal. Please also give us a phone number that isn’t the birthday guest’s.

Can the oven stand near the swimming pool?

At a safe distance from the water and the swimmers, yes. The oven must stand on level, firm ground, and there must be a way through for the equipment. A terrace next to the pool often works well; we look at it together from photos.

How many guests can come?

That’s up to you, since we have no lower limit. One oven is enough for roughly a hundred and fifty guests; for a bigger turnout we put a second station beside it. At a milestone birthday with a large family and circle of friends, that is no needless luxury.

Can we still eat something later in the evening?

Baking takes two hours or a little more. With a seven o’clock start, the service runs until about half past nine. If you want another round later, we shift the start of the service a little, so the last pizzas only come out of the oven later.

Pizza catering for your birthday party in Brasschaat

In Brasschaat a milestone birthday is often celebrated at home, in a garden with a terrace or pool house, with family and friends you have known for years. Pizza catering with a wood-fired oven gives it a festive centrepiece, even if the whole party has to stay a surprise.

Surprise kept safe

We make arrangements through the organiser, never with the birthday guest. Arrival, set-up and timing are tuned to the moment they are somewhere else.

Pool house, terrace or lawn

Gardens in Brasschaat offer a choice. We look for the spot where the oven can stand outdoors and the guests are still close enough to watch.

A glass alongside

Aperol on arrival, Italian wine with the pizza and limoncello after the tiramisu: that gives a milestone birthday the drinks it deserves.

Preparing a surprise party

A fiftieth or sixtieth birthday in Brasschaat is often prepared in secret by children or a partner. That calls for some extra coordination. All communication goes through the organiser, and we agree a moment when the birthday guest is out of the house, for instance for a dinner, a walk in the Peerdsbos or an outing the family dreams up.

Setting up takes a while: putting up the tent, lighting the fire and letting the oven come up to heat, arranging the work area. Allow around ninety minutes. By the time the birthday guest returns, the fire is already burning, the focaccia is waiting and the guests are gathered. The scent of a wood-fired oven does give something away from the street, so a spot at the back of the house is wise.

Pool house, terrace or lawn

Many gardens in Brasschaat have more than a lawn: a terrace along the house, a pool house with a roofed section, sometimes a garden house at the far end. The oven belongs outdoors or beneath a roof with open sides, so a closed pool house is ruled out as a baking spot. An open cover next to it, however, is ideal, especially if the weather is uncertain.

For the guests it matters little exactly where the oven stands, as long as they can see it. The spectacle is part of it: the pizzaiolo stretching the dough, the crust puffing up in a flash in the fire. When not every guest knows the others, that makes an ideal starting point for conversation. So we prefer not to put the oven in a hidden corner.

Italian drinks for a milestone birthday

A birthday with a round number deserves to be a bit more festive. Besides the pizza you can also order Italian drinks from us: an Aperol Spritz on the way in, a red or white wine from Italy with the meal and limoncello as a digestif. That keeps everything in one style, and you needn’t compile a drinks list or chill bottles.

For the meal, most birthday guests choose the Full experience: antipasti and bruschetta first, then the pizzas in a series of changing flavours, and finally dolci. A tiramisu with a candle in it or a dish of cannoli is a surprising alternative to the classic birthday cake. Vegetarian guests, and those who eat gluten-free or vegan, are catered for too on request.

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