Why Pizza Party Catering is the Perfect Solution for Stress-Free Entertaining

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Delicious, hand-made Roma pizza from our Gourmet menu with sweetened Italian pork sausage, delicate spinach and the salty bite of mozzarella.

So, you've decided to have a party.

Great idea. Let's get all the family and friends in one place; it's been far too long. This should be fun!

Now that's the easy bit.

Next you mull through the date, start time, venue. But then comes the important part - FOOD! Because what is a party without great food. Well... it's not a party at all.

So you ask yourself:

(1) Can I cater it myself? Eugh, far too tired.

(2) Should I get people to bring food? Nah, I don't want them to fuss.

(3) Restaurant? But that's going to cost a fortune if I pay, and I don't want to ask my family to pay either. Plus, how can we find a big enough restaurant to fit everyone? And it can take ages for everyone to get their meals ordered and I got sick the last time I had a buffet dinner.

(4) Catering? Catering. Yeah, that works. Let's bring the food to us.

The internet searches begin. You probably use Google or Bing and near the top you see, "Pizza catering". Sounds fantastic! Then you see our name in the top few searches. Even better. And that's how you end up here reading this blog from a slightly wonky events planner who loves helping people plan their events.

This is why pizza catering works so well.

Let's say you have 60 guests coming, which is an average party size for us. Think about the time it would take you to:

1. Map out your meal from nibbles, entrees to desserts.

2. Write the long list of food

3. Go to the supermarket and push a heavy trolley around the aisles. Don't forget the plates and serviettes.

4. Stand in line at the check out

5. Move the food to the car

6. Move the food from the car

7. Get all the food organised at home for preparation.

8. Do all that cooking and cleaning and packing and presentation.

9. You do separate meals for your dietary guests.

10. At the party, you're running around keeping the table full, the food moving, taking the empty dishes away, you've run out of something and Uncle Bob isn't happy.

11. And so many dishes. So many.

12. The final clean up that lasts well into the night.

You're exhausted and haven't had a chance to enjoy yourself at all.

That's hours and hours of work, and when you consider how valuable your time is, the price isn't much different to just getting Pizza Alfresco to take care of it for you.

Let's do the above list again but this time, you're hiring us.

1. Send an enquiry or call our lovely customer service person

2. A few emails go back and forwards.

3. You pay the deposit.

4. A few days before the party, you spend 10 mins on the phone putting the finishing touches on the plans.

5. On the day of the party, you put our the chairs and decorations and set up a table for your pizzas.

6. The chefs arrive with a hot oven and fridges full of amazing toppings.

7. The chefs put the complimentary plates and serviettes on your table.

8. They start making incredible pizzas which are placed on your table at a steady stream while your guests help themselves to slices of all those pizza flavours, happily grazing until they're stuffed full.

9. Your gluten-free or dairy-free/vegan guests get custom pizzas made for them. All you need to do is pass on the message to approach the chef and they take care of themselves.

10. You put the left over pizzas in the fridge, and the plates in the rubbish (or the compost because the plates and serviettes are biodegradable).

11. The end.

Your guests are full, you've had time to sit down and enjoy, you're getting compliments on the food, there are pizzas for lunch tomorrow. It's a success and you haven't lost your marbles. Plus, the price was so reasonable when you consider just how much time and life that saved you. There's no other way to have a big party.

Hiring us to cater for your party, event, family gathering, business function, staff party, planning day, or anywhere else people will eat, is such a load off your shoulders and mind. Then, even if things don't quite go to plan at the function, this is an adaptable type of catering that can stop, start, slow down or speed up as you need it.

The business owner has been making pizzas for 40 years, Pizza Alfresco has been running successfully since 2010, we do over 400 events per year. You're in really good hands.