Schmicnics is the new pop-up gourmet picnic company from the team behind The Boat House and Pod Food (James Souter, Kate Hibberson and John Leverink).

Souter, who regularly gets to enjoy the sunsets over Lake Burley Griffin from his office at The Boat House, said the idea came to him last summer.

"My family have always been big picnic fans, and it's not unusual for us to spend all morning packing, cooking, and preparing and then all afternoon out somewhere beautiful, enjoying great company in the sun," he said.

"These are generally quite elaborate affairs with lawn games and hot food, it's just a great way to reconnect with friends in a different setting. What isn't so much fun is all the hard work. The preparation, and then all the clean up afterwards. It just struck me – what if you could just turn up and have all the fun of the picnic without lifting a finger? It sounded pretty great to me."

And Schmicnics offers exactly that, starting from hampers for two people, including a special hamper for two created specifically for a proposal.

On the more elaborate end are the fully catered and styled picnic parties for groups of 25 or more. The team will set up a large grazing style picnic table and spread at your choice of location - they even have a guide on their favourite picnic spots around Lake Burley Griffin. There are four menus to choose from, and dietary requests can be catered for.

You can BYO drinks, or they're available as an add on, as are rugs, tables and chairs, scatter cushions, umbrellas and lawn games.

Then at the end the team will clean it all up and you get to leave empty handed, with no dirty picnic rug dumping kilograms of grass in your boot.

Schmicnics is available Wednesday to Sunday. You can book picnics now and hampers will be going live from early November. Hampers can be picked up from The Boat House, or delivered to you for a fee. See schmicnics.com.au