L'Atelier by Une Faim d'Apprendre hosts seminars, training days, conferences, conventions, roadshows, company parties, weddings, family gatherings, galas and general assemblies for up to 180 guests. The venue covers 500 m² in total, with a 200 m² modular hall, a 100 m² semi-covered terrace and a free car park. It is at 24 avenue Joannès Masset, in the La Fabrique du 9 complex in the Gorge de Loup district of Lyon's 9th arrondissement.
Seminars and company events
The venue is hired exclusively for each event and lists seminars, training sessions, conferences, conventions, roadshows, trade shows, company evenings and team building among its uses. The hall is air-conditioned, the heating can be adjusted, Wi-Fi is available and the furniture is supplied. Organizers get access two hours before the event to set up. The team handles the set-up, service, cleaning and waste.
The modular hall is arranged to suit each format, from a training session to a conference or a seated dinner. With the buffet or meal formulas, breaks and lunch are served on site, so a group can spend the whole day in one place without leaving for a restaurant. Because the venue stays open late, a company evening can move from dinner to a party in the same hall.
Associations use it for galas, fundraising events, general assemblies and conferences.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings, birthdays, christenings and family gatherings are hosted on the same exclusive basis. The semi-covered terrace extends the hall for a welcome drink, and the venue lists a children's corner and a smoking area. It is open seven days a week until 4 a.m.
Rooms and capacities
- Main hall: 200 m², modular, air-conditioned, up to 180 guests.
- Terrace: 100 m², semi-covered.
- Total venue: 500 m², with free parking.
Standing tables, a cloakroom with rails and hangers, and an ice machine are included. The venue is accessible to guests with reduced mobility.
Catering
Three formulas are offered. The first is hire of the venue alone, with staff and cleaning included. The second adds a buffet: a one-hour welcome drink with a choice of three drinks and an appetizer, a cold savory buffet of seven items chosen from the menu, a sweet buffet of five items, and wine, water and juice served by waiters through the event. The third adds a hot dish served at the table, such as roast poultry, a vegetable flan or pan-fried pollock, along with a board of four cheeses. Cocktail dinners and seated meals are both possible. The same team also caters events at other locations.
History and setting
Une Faim d'Apprendre is a Lyon restaurant run by two members of the Toques Blanches Lyonnaises, an association of Lyon chefs. It is a social enterprise: it trains young people with disabilities for jobs in restaurants and events and helps them toward lasting employment. L'Atelier has hosted events since 2018.
Getting there
The venue is five minutes on foot from Gorge de Loup, served by metro line D and by regional trains, and about ten minutes by car from central Lyon. A free car park is on site, which helps when guests come from outside the city or carry equipment for a roadshow or trade show. The address is 24 avenue Joannès Masset, 69009 Lyon.
