Join us on January 11th from 5:30pm-7:30pm for some live music at Guglhupf! “I had a roommate who described me as a ‘Purveyor of Fine Tunes’,” says singer-guitar player Richard Younger “That pretty well sums me up.” A recent transplant from his native city of NYC, Richard is a songwriter
Join us for Wine Wednesday on January 10th and set your intentions for 2024 with handmade Affirmation Cards with local artist Maria Geary from 5:30pm-7:30pm on our heated patio. Tickets can be purchased at the register that evening: $7 to make your own cards and learn about the importance of Affirmations /
Join us at Guglhupf starting at 3pm on Saturday, December 16th for our Winter Wunderland! We will have Santa here taking pictures from 3pm till 5pm, kids crafts, and then live music from 5pm until 7pm. Come join us, get some fun photos, enjoy some good food + drink, and
Join us on the patio by the fire and learn how to make traditional German Gluhwein! You’ll get to watch the magic happen as we cook our own batch of Gluhwein together, then sip on a mug and build your own kit to take home! Each class includes 1 mug
Join us for our Vajra Wine Dinner on Thursday, November 9th 2023! We are excited for this special evening as we have paired with Chapel Hill Wine Company to showcase 5 amazing wines from GD Vajra beautifully paired with creative Italian-inspired dishes! Francesca Vajra will be joining us and discussing the history
Join us at Guglhupf on Saturday, October 28th for Pumpkin Painting We’ll be on the patio for miniature pumpkin painting! Tickets are $10 and available just below. 3PM is our Family Session 5PM is our Adult Session (limited tickets available at window day-of)
Join us for our Harvest Beer Dinner on Wednesday, September 20th! We are excited for this special evening showcasing 5 unique beers from Paulaner Brewery beautifully paired with creative Fall-inspired dishes! Click here for the 5-course menu Doors open at 6:00om Dinner starts at 6:30pm A guest speaker from Paulaner will be
We are super excited for the 10th anniversary of our Rosé & Seafood Dinner 2023! So, get ready to think pink, drink pink (and of course, dress pink)…come enjoy six exquisite rosés paired with our 5-course seafood menu! Doors open at 6:30; dinner starts at 7:00pm. Our host ‘Johnny Rosato’
As we all know, Mother’s Day weekend is the peak of North Carolina strawberry season! We love to create a special Mothers Day Menu each year with delightful strawberry-themed desserts to delight Mom with a special treat. And, its Graduation weekend! Whatever you are celebrating, we got you covered!
With the welcome arrival of Spring, Easter is in short pursuit – coming up on April 9th! So get your bunnies in a row and check out the 2023 Easter Menu. We’ve got rabbit cookies, easter bunnies, raspberry white chocolate eclairs, lemon s’mores, and most importantly . . . hot
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…
