Alte Schmiede Ottensen is a cooking school and food workshop in Hamburg that rents a 60 m2 seminar room for up to 20 people and hosts team cooking events and private dinners for groups.
Seminars and company events
The seminar room is on the upper floor, with its own entrance and a quiet courtyard location. It suits workshops, team days, strategy days, offsites, trainings and meetings. Seating is arranged to your wishes. Half-day use runs up to five hours and full-day use up to eight, both including setup and teardown. Weekend bookings are possible, and an extension can be agreed.
The room has fast Wi-Fi, a sound system, a projector, a flipchart and a pinboard. A moderation case and extra flipcharts can be added on request.
A seminar can be combined with an evening at the stove or at the table, since the kitchen is a few steps away.
Weddings and receptions
For groups, the team serves a seasonal three-course menu with an aperitif, an amuse-bouche, bread and dips, and a drinks package for the evening. The occasions listed include company dinners, Christmas parties, birthdays, anniversaries, summer parties and weddings. The venue is used exclusively by your group, and the rooms are yours until 11 p.m.
Rooms and capacities
- Seminar room: 60 m2, up to 20 people.
- Rental kitchen: up to 18 people cooking on their own from the afternoon.
- Cooking events: small teams each prepare one course of a three-course menu with the kitchen team.
- Group dinners: menu served at the table. The official pages give no maximum group size, so confirm numbers with the team.
Catering
Meals come from the school's own kitchen. A seminar day can include drinks (spritzers, water, French-press coffee and tea), breakfast with sandwiches, pastries and yogurt with fruit, a seasonal vegetarian lunch with regional ingredients and a small salad, and cake in the afternoon. Dietary needs are taken into account. Dinner menus come in meat, fish, vegetarian and vegan versions, and the recipes of a cooking evening are sent by email.
History and setting
The Alte Schmiede, the old forge, sits in a courtyard in Ottensen. Besides events, it runs a food workshop that preserves and ferments produce, a shop open Tuesday to Saturday from noon to 6 p.m., and public cooking classes and themed dinners on fixed dates.
Getting there
The address is Bahrenfelder Strasse 205, 22765 Hamburg. The entrance is at Bahrenfelder Strasse 201, through the courtyard. Group events are arranged by agreement outside shop hours. Phone and email are on the official contact page.
