The Pop Up Pizza Co

Hire Guide · 4 min read

Pizza oven hire:DIY or with a chef?

The short answer: you can hire a wood-fired pizza oven from us either way. The DIY route is £300 for the oven with paddles, equipment and pre-rolled, part-baked bases included, and suits hands-on gatherings of up to 30 guests. The full-service route brings the van and the team, starts from £12 per head, and scales to 500 guests. Here's how to pick between them.

Option one: hire the oven, keep the fun

Our DIY Pizza Experience is oven hire done properly. We provide a professional wood-fired oven, pizza paddles and all the equipment, plus pre-rolled, part-baked bases so nobody has to fight with dough on the day. You arrange the toppings, your guests build their own pizzas and fire them themselves, with instructions and guidance available when the first one goes wobbly.

Oven rental is £300 and it works best for gatherings of up to 30 guests: birthdays, family get-togethers and team days where the making is half the point. The pizza-making becomes the entertainment, which is something a caterer handing plates over a counter can't quite match.

Option two: the van, the team, zero effort

Full-service catering means we do everything: travel, set-up around an hour before serving, an experienced team cooking and serving throughout, plates, napkins, sauces and the clean-up. Every pizza is made fresh to order in 90 seconds at 500°C, and the service scales from 20 guests to 500.

Pricing starts from £12 per head. The full breakdown lives in our guide to pizza van hire costs and on the pricing page.

Pizza cooking with roaring flames in our professional wood-fired oven

Which one suits your event?

Choose DIY oven hire ifyour group is 30 or under, you want an activity as much as a meal, and someone in your party enjoys playing host. It's the budget-friendly route and the most hands-on.

Choose the full service ifyou'd rather be a guest at your own event, your numbers are above 30, or the occasion carries any pressure: weddings, corporate events, milestone birthdays. When the guest list climbs, a practised team keeping the queue moving is worth every penny.

And if you're comparing us against buying a garden pizza oven outright: those are brilliant for pottering about on a Sunday, but for a one-off event, hire means no learning curve on the day, no storage afterwards and bases that actually work. See everything we cater for the full picture.

Oven hire questions, answered

Can I hire a pizza oven on its own?

Our oven hire comes as the DIY Pizza Experience: a professional wood-fired oven with pizza paddles, all equipment and pre-rolled, part-baked bases included, with instructions and guidance available. Oven rental is £300 and it suits gatherings of up to 30 guests. You arrange the toppings and your guests build and cook their own pizzas.

What is the DIY pizza experience?

Our DIY Pizza Experience is a fun, interactive option where we provide our wood-fired ovens, paddles and pre-rolled, part-baked pizza bases. Your guests make their own pizzas with toppings of their choice and cook them in the oven themselves. It's perfect for parties, team-building events, and celebrations of up to 30 guests.

Do you hire electric or gas pizza ovens?

No, we're wood-fired only. Our ovens cook at 500°C, which is what gives the pizzas their char and their 90-second cook time. If you're set on an electric oven for an indoor space, we're honestly not the right fit, but for gardens and outdoor events the wood-fired experience is the whole point.

Booking

Oven or full service?

Tell us your date, venue and guest count and we'll recommend the right option, with a quote usually within a few hours.

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