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
Join us September 22nd 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
Join us August 25th at 8am on the patio for Sunday Morning Yoga! (scroll down to purchase your ticket) 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
Hey Trivia Fans, Get ready to flex your mental muscles and clink your glasses, because it’s Tap Tuesday Trivia Night! Starting at 6:00pm on Tuesday, August 20th. Come join us for a night of head-scratching questions, thirst-quenching brews, and good ol’ fashioned barstool camaraderie. Here’s what you can expect: Your hosts,
Join us for our Mountain to Sea Wine Dinner: A Journey through New Zealand Wines! Join us on Thursday, August 22nd as local “Kiwi” David Faulkner of Pioneer Imports joins Kyle Keys from Winebow to bring us 5 unique wines from various regions of New Zealand. Chef Dave and his
Get ready for a fantastic evening at Guglhupf! Join us on Thursday, August 15th from 5:30pm-7:30pm for live music featuring The Tritone Subs. Enjoy great tunes, delicious food, and a vibrant atmosphere. Don’t miss out! A Jazz trio based in Durham, NC featuring Dave Lewis on guitar, Greg Carney on
Join us August 11th at 8am on the patio for Sunday Morning Yoga! (scroll down to purchase your ticket) 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
Get ready for a fantastic evening at Guglhupf! Join us on Thursday, August 8th from 5:30pm-7:30pm for live music featuring Adrian Dunn! Enjoy great tunes, delicious food, and a vibrant atmosphere. Don’t miss out! Adrian Dunn is a San Diego, California native and currently Durham based Musician playing a mix of
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…
