Wood fired pizzas and charcuterie
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Al and Helen Arends
OWNER
In Wilmar, MN, The Back 40 Family Farm is a wedding catering company specializing in artisan-style wood-fired pizzas with a fresh local twist. This dedicated company will arrive at your event and delight your guests with their pizza-making skills. They take great care to use only the highest quality, freshest ingredients, many of which have been grown on their family-owned farm.
The Back 40 Family Farm is a mobile-only operation, who will happily travel within a 180+ mile radius from their home. They love catering all manner of events and would be honored to be a part of yours. They have honed their skills in preparing artisan pizzas with care and speed. Your guests will certainly not go hungry when this business attends your celebration.
The Back 40 Family Farm menu consists of a variety of original and creative pizza choices. If you want something specific, you can work with them to create a custom menu. They are able to serve gluten-free and vegan food as well, for maximum convenience. Along with their pizzas, they can offer dessert pizzas, salads, and charcuterie. Couples can also make use of either their disposable dinnerware plates or charming country china and silverware.
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Cuisine
American
BBQ
Chinese
Eastern European
Fusion
Greek
Hawaiian
Italian
Specialty
Thai
Dietary Options
Dairy Free
Gluten Free
Nut Free
Vegan
Vegetarian
Food & Catering
Buffet
Catering Clean Up
Catering Delivery & Setup
Food Trucks
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Meet the team
Al and Helen Arends
Owner
We are a husband and wife (and kids) team who loves people, food, and celebrations of all kinds. Our passion is to make events effortless for the hosts -- this stems out of hosting multiple large private events at our farm every year and knowing all that goes into planning one. We love what we do and are also crazy about making, serving, and coming up with new ideas for wood fired pizzas -- the original fast food. We have been happily married for almost 27 years and have a lot of fun in our marriage and family. We love weddings!
Reviews
5.0
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Maddison S
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5.0
2/01/2025
I was SO excited about having them for our wedding day and they did not disappoint! The pizza and appetizers were SO good. They were easy to work with and so kind! Everyone raved a...
bout the food!! They accommodated GF and everyone said it was SO good! They also accommodated someone that we didn't get a prior heads up was vegan. They had everything they needed with them whip up a vegan pizza for that guest which was incredible and certainly not expected of them!
Paige K
5.0
1/25/2026
They did an amazing job catering! Good was amazing, and staff was amazing as well! Could not recommend enough!
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Eileen B
5.0
8/28/2024
I hired Back 40 Farm to cater an outdoor wedding reception for 130 people. They did a fantastic job! They were very professional and communicated with me before and during the even...
t to ensure everything was to my liking. Their pizza, salad, and dessert pizza were all delicious! Helen and Al are lovely people and a joy to work with. I would hire them again!
Danielle N
5.0
8/20/2023
We love pizza and wanted to incorporate it into our wedding weekend. The Welcome party my sister's lake home was the perfect setting and The Back 40 Family Farm hit it out of the ...
park with their pizza!
The Arends Family is welcoming, efficient, talented, and their pizza is some of the best we have ever tasted. Being from NYC that says a lot.
We hired the Back 40 to cater a welcome party the night before our wedding. They were willing to travel to Hendricks, MN and had amazing recommendations for our event. They served amazing salad, scrumptious charcuterie, and 5 different pizzas (even one off-menu with 4 different meats because it is my husband’s favorite!). They even had a gluten-free crust options that was amazing. Their set up is seamless and when they left they did not leave a trace - pure professionals.
Helen was great in communication and we thank them for serving the most amazing pizza to our family and friends. Highly recommend! Every guest was extremely full and enjoyed the most amazing experience.
Alexandra M
5.0
7/14/2022
We hired the Back 40 to provide the meal for our Grooms Dinner. They are very easy to work with, communication is fantastic, and they have an incredible menu to choose from! We had...
such a blast watching them create the pizzas and would 100% hire them again. Their pizzas are phenomenal and the owners went out of their way to provide us with a stress-free grooms dinner.
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