Der Zauberlehrling takes meetings and seminars for up to 26 people and private events for up to 60 in its Private Room, and adds cooking courses that turn a company day into a team activity. The family-run house, led by Karen and Axel Heldmann, combines a boutique hotel, a gourmet restaurant and a cooking school at Rosenstrasse 38 in central Stuttgart.
Seminars and company events
The Private Room is set up as a meeting location, with a lounge, an open fireplace and an outdoor area. It hosts conferences of up to 26 people, and a break can be spent watching the chef cook live. For companies, the cooking school runs teambuilding events, Christmas parties, cooking courses for customers and the press, and intensive or shorter formats led by professional trainers. Organisers can also design their own event across the cooking school and the Private Room. Each offer is drawn up on request.
Weddings and receptions
The site does not sell weddings as such. It does take private celebrations, such as birthdays, family gatherings and bachelor or bachelorette parties, with menus matched to the occasion. Formats include a private menu where guests cook themselves, a kitchen party, or a private table.
Rooms and capacities
The Private Room holds up to 60 people for events and up to 26 for conferences. The restaurant side of the house also includes a vaulted cellar, the Gewölbekeller, and a wine cellar, for which the site gives no capacity. The size of a dinner in these rooms should be confirmed with the team.
Accommodation
The hotel has 13 rooms and 4 suites spread across two houses, which suits a small board or project team staying over. Each room has its own name and theme, from Paddington and Wolke 7 to Titanic, Barolo and the 1001 Nacht Suite. Larger rooms are grouped as XXL, the others as Medium. Reservations can be made online at any hour.
Catering
The gourmet restaurant is listed in the Michelin Guide 2026 and serves lunch as well as dinner. Food for meetings and events comes from the same kitchen, and the house also runs a catering service. Cooking events end with the group eating what it has prepared.
History and setting
The hotel is a small family business in the center of Stuttgart. The combination of bedrooms, a restaurant and a teaching kitchen under one roof means a two-day seminar can run without leaving the building: work in the Private Room, cook together in the afternoon, dine in the restaurant and sleep upstairs.
Getting there
The hotel stands in central Stuttgart, within reach of Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof, the city's main rail hub with long-distance trains. Stuttgart Airport is the nearest airport, linked to the center by S-Bahn. The team handles booking questions by phone and email.
