Join us for our Fall Pumpkin Paint N Sip on Wednesday, October 9th from 6pm-8pm Come paint a fun fall pumpkin design with local artist Amy Whitney! Choose either a canvas for your wall or a tote bag to paint! She will provide all of the painting supplies and instructions,
Calling all wine lovers in Durham! Join us for J Portugal Wine Night on Thursday, October 10th from 6pm-8pm Join our super knowledgeable Wine Reps from Winebow for a night of wine discovery! Join us for a night of wine discovery with Bruno Rebelo de Sousa, Export Manager for J
Join us October 13th at 8am on the patio for Sunday Morning Yoga! Start your week feeling centered! Guglhupf’s Sunday Morning Yoga is the perfect way to unwind, recharge, and find your inner peace. Stretch, sweat (a little!), and savor the satisfaction of a well-deserved post-yoga glow. Plus, enjoy a
Come raise a glass and say “Prost” with us at Guglhupf for our Oktoberfest Celebration on Saturday September 28th starting at 4pm! For the first time in years, Guglhupf is reviving it’s annual Oktoberfest Celebration! Chef Dave and his team will be grilling sausages, half chickens, baking up traditional zwiebelkuchen,
Calling all Mystery Enthusiasts! Join us for an unforgettable evening at our Murder Mystery: Storm Survivors Event on Friday, September 13th, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm! You and your fellow guests will be “stranded” on a desert island where someone is suddenly murdered: it’s up to you to determine “who done
Get ready for a tail-waggingly good time at our Family Fun Saturday: Barktoberfest on September 14th, 4pm-6pm! The fantastic folks from Neshama Animal Rescue will bring along adoptable dogs for you to meet and fall in love with. Want to know more about animal rescue, adoption, or how you can
Calling all beer lovers in Durham! Guglhupf presents our FIRST EVER Beer Night featuring Andechs beers on Friday, September 6th from 6pm-8pm Join our awesome Beer Rep Warren from Advintage for a night of beer discovery! Featuring 5 beers of various styles from Andechs Brewery, Warren will lead you through
Calling all wine lovers in Durham! Join us for Vintage ’59 Wine Night on Wednesday, September 4th from 6pm-8pm Join our super knowledgeable Wine Reps from Winebow for a night of wine discovery! Learn about and taste 5 amazing wines from their Vintage ’59 portfolio; focused on small producers, these
Get ready for a fantastic evening at Guglhupf! Join us on Thursday, August 29th from 5:30pm-7:30pm for live music featuring Daniel Ouimet. Enjoy great tunes, delicious food, and a vibrant atmosphere. Don’t miss out! Daniel Ouimet is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Durham, North Carolina. His music is rooted
Aloha, mystery enthusiasts! 🌺 Back by popular demand! Join us for an unforgettable evening at our Murder Mystery Dinner—Hawaiian Lunacy on Saturday, August 31st, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm! 🌴 While there’s no actual murder, you and your fellow guests will dive into a thrilling “who done it” at our exotic
Having grown up in Germany with farmer’s markets and an abundance of local specialized food purveyors such as bakers, butchers, cheese shops, local farmers and green grocers, Claudia Kemmet-Cooper, Guglhupf’s co-founder and owner, learned early on that food was so much more than just sustenance. Meal times were communal, and foods were carefully sought out and prepared by the women in her family. As with many traditional southern German families, food was often the center of social events or gatherings. Food also acted as a measure of one’s hospitality, sometimes igniting competitive spirits among the hosts that could be frightful to any unsuspecting guest as they would obediently nod to the “oh, you must try my…”.
After brushing shoulders with the corporate world, Claudia quickly turned back to the comforts of the kitchen, and set on the path that ultimately led to the establishment of the popular foodie destination Guglhupf Bakery & Patisserie. After completing her formal training in baking and pastry at Rischart’s in Munich, Claudia, and her then business partner and co-founder, Hartmut Jahn, began tackling the many thorny issues of transplanting a German bakery concept to the US.
Guglhupf Bakery & Patisserie opened in its current location in November of 1998 to enthusiastic customers standing in a line snaking out to the parking lot. In September of 2004 doors opened to the long anticipated Guglhupf Café in its architecturally unique building adjacent to the bakery. Another chapter had begun…
