Pauwkenshof is a reception and event venue in Destelbergen, next to Ghent, Belgium. It hosts seminars, product presentations, company parties, team-building days, weddings and private receptions. A dining room seats 150 at laid tables, a reception room takes 150 standing, and the country garden holds a standing reception of up to 400.
Seminars and company events
The venue sells seminars, meetings and product presentations, and sets up its rooms as a meeting room with a meal included. Standard presentation equipment is on site: a sound system with wireless microphone, a lectern, a large screen, wifi and a flipchart. Other equipment can be rented. Company parties use the dining room, reception room and gardens for a reception, walking dinner or seated menu with a dessert buffet. Team-building days and off-sites are also offered, with extra styling arranged together with partners.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are a core activity: the venue has hosted wedding parties, anniversaries, baby receptions and communions since 1992. The dining room can be dressed to the couple's wishes, and the inner garden suits a drinks reception before dinner. A dessert buffet is one of the options named on the site.
Rooms and capacities
Pauwkenshof has two rooms, an inner garden and a large rural back garden.
The dining room seats 150 people at laid tables, round or long, and looks out over meadows. The reception room holds 150 for a standing reception and overlooks the inner garden. In the rural garden, a standing reception can reach 400 people.
Both rooms can be fully dressed to the client's wishes. For a seminar, the team sets up the room as a seminar or meeting space and serves a quality meal.
Catering
Food is central here. The venue describes a culinary approach in which the kitchen prepares reception, walking dinner, gastronomic menu and dessert buffet formats. The site names chef Erik Van Peteghem in connection with the cuisine. The company also runs a caterer service with take-away menus, private dinners and business lunches delivered to offices, which shows the kitchen works for both on-site and off-site events.
History and setting
The venue has welcomed celebrations since 1992 in a quiet, green setting close to Ghent, with plenty of parking in front. The interior is in a rural style, and the gardens give guests space outdoors between sessions or courses.
Getting there
Pauwkenshof is at Damvalleistraat 80, 9070 Destelbergen. It is 2 km from the Destelbergen exit on the R4 ring road, between the Ghent seaport and the E17. The venue has a large car park at the door. The official site does not list on-site bedrooms, so overnight stays for guests need to be arranged elsewhere in the Ghent area.
