Wedding Pizza

the perfect end to the perfect day, freshly cooked pizza served from our beautiful land rover defender pizza van.

Let us be a part of your special day by providing your guests with our delicious Wood-Fired pizza, prepared right in front of you and cooked in our Land Rover Defender Pizza Van for your wedding breakfast or evening reception. We will work with you to create a bespoke pizza wedding menu with the bride and grooms favourite pizza as the main event. 

At Dough&Deer we love a wedding! We take great pride in working with couples to ensure the catering is the least stressful part of the planning and is a real talking point on your special day. So if you're a foodie with a love for quality, fresh ingredients or just love doing things a little differently then Dough&Deer are here for your wedding pizza needs!  

Wedding pizza - Evening Food

This is our speciality! We usually suggest serving buffet style for evening food.  We will work with you to bespoke a menu of your choice which we then cook fresh all evening so your guests can come and grab a slice as and when they wish. The perfect mid-dancing snack!

We provide everything you will need to keep your wedding guests well fed and fuelled for the dance floor.

Having just got married ourselves (no we weren’t allowed to cater our own wedding sadly) we know how important it is that every detail is personal to you.

We like to pay attention to the small details so for a personal touch we can name the pizzas in line with the wedding theme or after something special to you both on our blackboard we will design for you. 

WEDDING BREAKFAST - pizza catering

For the perfect relaxed wedding feed, why not choose Dough&Deer to prepare and cook fresh pizza in front of your guests. We can cater for smaller wedding breakfast or less formal style weddings.

 When planning your wedding breakfast its important to consider the time it takes too cook fresh pizza, each oven cooks roughly 70 Pizzas per hour and we can provide up to three ovens. So if you are looking for a less formal style wedding meal served over a slightly longer period of time then Pizza could be a great, cost effective choice. 

Pizza for festival weddings

If your planning a festival style wedding and need a mobile pizza caterer who is on brand with the theme of your day, then Dough&Deer could be a perfect fit! We love a festival wedding and can help create a flexible solution to your wedding catering needs.

Wedding Street Food is a great alternative to classic wedding food and we pride ourselves on offering a premium service. We work with lots of great street-food caterers so if you are looking for multiple van just get in touch and we can suggest some of our favourites.

Our wedding pizza buffet

Wedding Pizza Van

Looking for a wedding Pizza van? Surely there is no better choice of vehicle than the classic, British, Land Rover Defender. Our stunning Defender has been fitted with a mighty wood fired pizza oven which is capable of cooking 80-100 Pizzas per hour if required. With our huge oven, we can cook up to 5 pizzas at a time and can cook a pizza in just 90 seconds. Not much queuing for your guests then.

Our Landy is capable of travelling anywhere and can access those hard to reach spots where other vehicles may not be able to drive.

The perfect wedding pizza van!

Frequently asked questions?

HOW MUCH PIZZA WILL WE NEED?

This always depends on the type of event. For evening weddings where the majority of guests will have eaten during the day we suggest catering for between half and two-thirds of a pizza per person. For events where pizza will be the main food then we suggest between two-thirds and a whole pizza per person.

WHAT HAPPENS IF WE HAVE ORDERED TOO MUCH?

We will always cook the amount of pizzas you have ordered, so if it isnt looking likely you will consume all the pizza within the serving times agreed then towards the end of service we will cook and box up the leftovers so guest can have a takeaway pizza or they can continue to graze later into the evening.

WHAT HAPPENS IF WE RUN OUT, CAN WE ORDER MORE ON THE DAY?

To limit food waste, we only bring the amount of dough for the quantity of pizzas you have booked. our dough takes 48 hours to proof so it’s not possible to make extra on the day.

WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US?

We just require space to set up our Landrover and gazebo which is roungly 5mx5m. ideally the ground will be flat, we can drive over most surfaces to get to the set up location. the landrover is the same width of a standard car and about 2.4m high incase of height restrictions. We also require a 13amp power socket for evening services, this is just to power our LED lights.

DO YOU PROVIDE PLATES AND NAPKINS?

Yes, we provide white paper plates and napkins as standard. We also carry pizza boxes for leftovers or whole pizza requests.

HOW MANY PIZZAS CAN WE CHOOSE?

You can choose four pizzas in total, on top of this we will also include our signiature garlic bread. If you have one or two vegan guests, then there is no need to choose a vegan pizza as one of your four choices , just let us know and we can accommodate for them. Our sample menu can be found here.

WE HAVE A FAVOURITE PIZZA WHICH ISNT ON YOUR MENU CAN WE HAVE A BESPOKE PIZZA?

Yes of course, please just let us know when finalising your four menu choices and we will do our best to accomodate your request.

CAN YOU ACCOMMODATE FOR SPECIFIC DIETARY REQUIRMENTS?

Yes, We can cater for most dietary requirements on the spot however its always useful to know before hand. We do offer Gluten Free bases however as we operate in a mobile kitchen and cook in the same oven we cannot guarantee that cross contamination won’t occur and therefore our food may not be suitable for guest who have celiac.

HOW QUICKLY CAN YOU COOK A PIZZA?

Once in the oven, our pizzas cook in under two minutes. To give you an idea of the speed of service, at full capacity, with a single oven we can cook roughly 70-80 Pizzas per hour.

WHAT HAPPENS IF ITS RAINING?

We can set up a buffet table inside the venue and one of our chefs will carry the pizzas through to be served indoors. This will mean a slower service but it means your guest stay nice and dry!

CAN YOU SET UP WITH OUT THE GAZEBO?

Yes, during the summer months we often set up without the gazebo it makes the Landrover a bit more of a focal point. During the wetter months, the gazebo is required.

WE ARE STILL FINALISING NUMBERS, CAN WE CONFIRM FINAL NUMBERS CLOSER TO THE DATE?

Absolutely, upon booking we will ask you to choose a quantity of pizza so we can raise the deposit invoice. The final balance is then due 2 weeks before the event at which point you can confirm your final numbers. We will then adjust the balance invoice to reflect this.

HOW DO WE SECURE THE BOOKING?

To finalise the booking, we just require a few details from you. We will then raise a deposit invocie for 20%, once the deposit is recieved we can confirm the booking. the balance is then due two weeks before the wedding.

WHEN DO WE NEED TO FINALISE DETAILS?

The balance is due two weeks before the event, at this point we will ask you to confirm the final details such as menu choices, dietary requirements and serving times. if you like to be organised then you can of course confirm these details as soon as you are ready to do so.

OUR VENUE REQUIRE YOUR H&S DOCUMENTS AND INSURANCE CERTIFICATES?

No worries, we can send over our full h&S pack - this includes our food hygiene documents, all neccesary risk assesments and a copy of our public liability insurance certificate.

BUFFET STYLE OR A WHOLE PIZZA PER PERSON?

We offer two types of service, buffet style and pizza per person to order. the buffet style service works much better for private events, we lay out four serving boards and then keep serving fresh pizza all evening. it means guests get served much faster,they can try a few different flavours and they can graze at their own pace rather than having to eat a whole pizza at once.

Speed is the key though, you don’t want people waiting around to order a whole pizza, that means time away from the dance floor!

CAN WE NAME THE PIZZAS ON OUR MENU?

Yes! we love seeing your creativity at naming pizzas. Please just let us know you pizza names and we will design and print a bespoke menu for your event. our clients love this idea as it adds a personal feel to the event.

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE YOU TO SET UP/PACK DOWN?

We will arrive two hours before we begin serving, this gives us time to fire up the oven and get everthing set up. We then require about 30 minutes to pack down at the end of service.

HOW LONG DO YOU SERVE FOR?

Our standard package is a 2 hour service. if you require a shorter or longer service just let us know.

WHAT IS YOUR CANCELLATION POLICY?

For cancellations with notice

- up to 2 weeks before the event - there is a £100 admin charge only.

- less than 2 weeks but more than 3 days - the charge will be 20% of your total booking balance

- less than 3 days but more than 24 hour - the charge will be 40% of your total booking balance

- Less than 24 hours - the charge will be 60% of your total booking balance

Our guide to planning your pizza wedding!

Freshly cooked, wood-fired pizza served from a mobile pizza van at your wedding…. yes please!

Having just got married ourselves we know how complicated things can get, lets face it, its not often you get to plan a wedding! Here are a few tips from us to help make choosing your pizza supplier for your wedding nice and simples…

1. Are you looking for wedding pizza for the Breakfast of Evening Reception?

Firstly, are you looking at Pizza for the wedding breakfast (main meal) or the evening reception? Pizza can work great for both, but it does get a little tricky for wedding breakfasts if you have large numbers.

Good mobile pizza caterers will prepare and cook everything fresh on site, this does mean that there is a limit to the rate that pizza can be cooked. Pizza is always best served directly from the oven so pre-cooking lots of pizza in our eyes isn’t really an option - you don’t want your guests eating cold pizza.

As a guide one of our ovens can cook up to 70-80 Pizzas per hour at full speed. So if you are looking to feed a large group, you’ll need to keep this in mind. Serving 130+ guests fresh pizza in one go is near impossible!

We recommend wedding pizza, as main meal, for weddings with around 70-80 people max. For these sort of numbers we recommend our Pizza Buffet service, where we invite guests up, table by table to help themselves to fresh slices of pizza and an assortment of freshly prepared salads and charcuterie.

For evening reception food, Pizza really is the only choice! There is nothing better than freshly cooked pizza… Especially after knocking back a bottle of bubbles during those toasts! The beauty of Pizza is that it can cater for all of your guests regardless of dietary requirements - we can even provide gluten free bases and can cater for most common allergies.

Our Pizza truck also looks the part, fresh pizza served out of our modified Land Rover Defender Pizza oven is guaranteed to be a talking point at your wedding.

It is also a well known fact that eating wood-fired pizza at a wedding can improve ones ability to dance (this might not be completely true but lets go with it)… the perfect dance-floor fuel then! Oh… and it’ll definitely reduce the hang-over the next day.

2. How much Pizza do we need for our wedding?

This can be a complete minefield - You don’t want guests to go hungry but you’ve already re-mortgaged three times to pay for the wedding so if we can keep costs down that would be great! Don’t worry, we get it! The last thing we want to do is over-charge you and have loads of ingredients wasted.

We have been in business for five years now and catered 100’s maybe nearly 1000’s of events so we have a good idea of quantities. As a rule we suggest the following;

Wedding Pizza for Main Meal - if Pizza is the main meal then we suggest between 2/3rds - 1 whole pizza per person, so for 100 guests between 70-100 Pizzas.

Wedding Pizza for Evening Food - For evening food or if pizza isn’t the main meal then between 1/2 - 2/3rds of a pizza per person. So for 100 evening guests around 60-70 pizzas.

You will know your guests better than us so if they are big eaters then we suggest the higher end of the scale.

The great thing about pizza is you wont have any waste! If there is any pizza left at the end of service, we will cook and box it up so at the end of the night your guest can grab a box to go.

3. Serving Buffet Style of whole pizza?

It often depends on the event but for weddings we always suggest a buffet style. If you have large numbers who want to eat all in at once, the last person to order is going to be standing around for a while. The last thing you want at your wedding is people queueing for pizza instead of filling the dance-floor.

Often people wont want to eat a whole pizza in one go at a wedding, the buffet works great as you can pop out and grab a slice as many times as you want throughout the night, you can also try a few different varieties instead of having to decide on one pizza from the menu. So no queues, eat as much or as little as you like and try different pizzas - The buffet is the wedding pizza winner.