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Private events · Tuscany

Private event catering in Tuscany, cooked outdoors.

The night before the wedding. The birthday where nobody wants a seating plan. The reunion where the point is that everyone stands around the fire with a drink. These are the evenings I like cooking most, and they are deliberately less formal than the wedding day, and deliberately unscripted: you pick the night, the hour and how long it runs, and I cook to that rather than to a programme.

Long outdoor table set for a private event dinner in the Tuscan countryside

At a glance

Formats
pizza catering · BBQ · welcome dinner
Guests
10–150
Setting
outdoors where possible
Venue
yours, I come to you
Travel
across Tuscany
Reply
any hour, day or night
Scheduling
built around your dates

Pizza catering and pizza parties

Dough made that morning, a wood-fired oven, and pizzas going out continuously for two hours while people eat standing up and come back for more. It is the single most reliable way to feed a mixed group of adults, teenagers and small children without anyone complaining, which is why it has become the standard welcome-night request for wedding weekends.

Six years as an artisan baker sit behind the dough, which is the part most pizza catering gets wrong. Guests can stretch their own if they want to: most do, after the second glass.

BBQ nights and welcome dinners

The BBQ is Tuscan rather than international: bistecca and sausages over wood, grilled vegetables from the garden, beans cooked slowly in the embers, bread rubbed with new oil. It runs long and nobody is rushed to a table.

Welcome dinners sit somewhere between the two (a served antipasto and primo, then something from the fire), and are designed so guests who have just landed can meet each other without a formal seating plan. If the wedding itself is with me too, the two menus are planned together so nothing repeats.

What every event includes

  • Full menu design, and a tasting before the event if you want one.
  • Me and my brigade on site for the whole evening, not just for the cooking.
  • Tuscan wine pairings, Chianti from the estates around Montespertoli, if you would rather I handled the drinks.
  • Dietary requirements cooked properly rather than worked around.
  • Setup, service, and a clean-up you should not notice happening.

Good to know

  • Outdoor formats need a wet-weather plan. I will ask about it early: Tuscan Septembers are not always what the brochure suggested.
  • Wood-fired pizza needs an oven on site or access for a mobile one; tell me the venue and I will check.
  • Dietary requirements are handled as standard, including gluten-free pizza dough with a separate peel and station.
  • Doing the whole wedding weekend? Start with wedding catering and we will plan the events around it.

Tell me about your plans.

Every enquiry reaches me directly and I reply personally, at any hour of any day, with availability, honest advice, and a quote if you want one. Nothing here is a fixed package: tell me the date, the place and the people, and we build it around those.

Or email me directly · info@endricerhozi.com

Questions, answered.

Do you offer a general catering service in Tuscany, or only weddings?

A general one. Wedding catering is the biggest part of what I do, but the same kitchen caters birthdays, anniversaries, corporate dinners, family reunions and welcome nights anywhere in Tuscany. If you need catering in Tuscany for something that is not a wedding, this is the page: tell me the date, the place and the headcount.

What kinds of private events do you cater in Tuscany?

Mainly three: wood-fired pizza parties, Tuscan BBQ nights, and welcome dinners for wedding weekends. Beyond those I also cook milestone birthdays, family reunions and corporate dinners. If you are unsure whether yours fits, describe it and I will tell you honestly.

How many guests can you handle for an event?

From about ten up to 150, depending on format. Pizza and BBQ scale better than a seated multi-course dinner, because the cooking is continuous rather than plated all at once.

Can you do gluten-free pizza?

Yes: a separate dough, its own peel and a clean section of the bench. Tell me at the enquiry stage how severe the requirement is and I will explain exactly how I set it up.

Do you cater the night before a wedding?

Constantly: it is one of the most common bookings I take. If I am cooking the wedding as well, the two menus get planned together so your guests do not eat a version of the same meal twice.

What happens if it rains?

We agree a fallback when you book rather than on the day. Most venues have a loggia, barn or covered terrace; the menu barely changes, the setting does.

Looking for something else?

Wedding catering

The main day, for up to 200 guests.

Private chef

Smaller and quieter: dinner in your villa.

Cooking class

Make it participatory instead of catered.

Villas & hotels

For properties arranging events for guests.
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