de culinaire werkplaats

de culinaire werkplaats is a concept of  marjolein wintjes and eric meursing. the ‘trigger’ of this business concept can be found some 8 years ago.  at that time the initiators changed their personal lifestyle, discovered some hidden talents and were looking for new personal and business opportunities.

marjolein:”de culinaire werkplaats offers me the opportunity to combine certain aspects of my life that are very important to me together with a range of thoughts that i like to share with other people, namely:

• the change of lifestyle through which i developed my love for artisan bread & the world of grains;
• the versatility of textile fibres;
• the further development of my personal perspective on contemporary management which i labelled ‘reflexive management’.”

eric: “i like the fact that i can combine and integrate 3 professions that have the same importance to me: 3D designing, professional cooking and being an entrepreneur. like to challenge people to cook more adventurously with vegetables, fruits and grains.”

soon it will be possible to follow our thoughts and the way they develop on some thematical blogs.

from the 2nd half of 2010 marjolein’s progress in the area of textile can be followed again on her website ’erziteensteekjelos.nl’ (a very free translation: a loose stitch).

awards & nominations

best benelux vegetable restaurant 2010: de culinaire werkplaats is one of the eight nominees in the contest for the best vegetable restaurant 2010 award. this contest & award is an initiative of the belgian vegetable chef frank fol. the award winners will be announced in october 2010 during the presentation of gault millau guide 2011. more info

westerlicht 2009 award: in december 2009 de culinaire werkplaats won the westerlicht award 2009 with a dish consisting of 3 different bitterballs (dutch croquettes shaped as a ball): parsnip, carrot-mint and apple-almond. the bitterballs were served with matching wines.

yarden stimulans 2009: on july 5, 2009 marjolein introduced a new concept to the world: emotion breads. she presented a glimpse of her first collection during the exhibition ’she bakes.emotions’. with the concept of emotion.breads she presents a new and contemporary perspective on specialty breads and the role of bread in the sweetish and savourish moments of our lives. in september 2009 her emotionbreads were shown at a new exhibition ’shebakes.insilence’.

marjolein is nominated for the Yarden Stimulans 2009 award with her concept of emotionbreads.