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Food is magic. It is the simplest and at the same time the most complex subject there is. At Food Design Playground we have a changing programme of events. Come to lectures, pop-up dinners by food designers and radical chefs. Eat what you read at the Food Book Club or wake up radiant at an inspirational breakfast. Our programme is always new and surprising. Do you want to stay informed about the latest events? Then sign up for the newsletter.
EAT LOVE - Playground lunch
Delicious lunch at a design studio in a beautiful landmark building. Includes lecture and a special audio tasting.
Club Crystal
Immerse yourself in the nightlife of 1939. Love songs, jazz, cabaret — and the threat of the occupying forces. Performance with accompanying lunch.
Olive Oil Stories | Communal Table | Culinary Lab
This event invites you to explore an essential culinary ingredient through food science and culinary intuition. This event is part inspiration session, part hands-on cooking workshop. Designed by Terri Salminen, a professional chef, storyteller, and teacher, the day is centered on the exploration of taste.
EAT LOVE - Playground lunch
Delicious lunch at a design studio in a beautiful landmark building. Includes lecture and a special audio tasting.
Been there, done that - BEANS and BLOOM
Beans, but with a twist. Three days of food, art, and imagination. Beans & Bloom lets you see, touch, and experience beans like never before. – Friday: Lunch experience, Bean Archives: The Exchange – Saturday: Lunch experience and wine tasting, Hummus Academy – Sunday: Festival day! – Or: go all in and enjoy the whole weekend
Summer School - Create Your Own Conceptual Dinner - Online
Starting June 16, 2026 – online! When the days are long and the world feels full of inspiration, it’s the perfect time to dive deep into your imagination. The Summer School is an intensive, hands-on program where you will create your own conceptual dinner from scratch. Over ten sessions (2 hours each, 5:00–7:00 PM CET), with a full integration week halfway through, you’ll receive plenty of personal guidance from Marije Vogelzang to refine your ideas.
Language of Food - Almost Summer Edition: The Color Green
Dive into the color palette of the midsummer kitchen, drawing inspiration from a lush green aesthetic The “Language of Food Editions” are inspirational sessions where storytelling and aesthetics share equal prominence at the table. Dedicated to exploring color palettes, each session is organized around a transitional moment in the seasons. Designed by Terri Salminen, a professional chef, storyteller, and teacher, the day is organized around an exploration of taste.
EAT LOVE - Playground lunch
Delicious lunch at a design studio in a beautiful landmark building. Includes lecture and a special audio tasting.
Food Design Retreat – July 13–16
Imagine walking up the timeworn steps of a majestic, centuries-old building in the heart of Dordrecht. The air carries whispers of history, and as the doors of the Food Design Playground open, so does a new chapter in your creative journey.
EAT LOVE - Playground lunch
Delicious lunch at a design studio in a beautiful landmark building. Includes lecture and a special audio tasting.
EAT LOVE - Playground Lunch on August 30
Delicious lunch at a design studio in a beautiful landmark building. Includes lecture and a special audio tasting.
EAT LOVE - Playground Lunch on September 27
Delicious lunch at a design studio in a beautiful landmark building. Includes lecture and a special audio tasting.
Bean There (Done That) - PUNK PEAS HARVEST
Summer tempts. Fall raises questions. PUNK PEAS HARVEST is where beans shed their gentle image and take on a slightly edgier edge. It’s not just about tasting, but about understanding—without getting too heavy.
EAT LOVE - Playground Lunch on October 25
Delicious lunch at a design studio in a beautiful landmark building. Includes lecture and a special audio tasting.
EAT LOVE - Playground Lunch on November 29
Delicious lunch at a design studio in a beautiful landmark building. Includes lecture and a special audio tasting.
EAT LOVE - Playground Lunch on December 27
Delicious lunch at a design studio in a beautiful landmark building. Includes lecture and a special audio tasting.
Been there, done that - FART FEST
What you eat doesn’t just disappear. It stays with you. FART FEST is where the festival turns inward—toward the gut, bacteria, and everything we’d rather not talk about.
FOOD DESIGN PIONEER
After years of thinking, writing and talking about food design, I wanted something tangible again. Something that smells like yeast, feels like dough and cracks when you bite into it. The Food Design Playground is my answer to abstraction: a physical place where ideas don't just float, but land - on a plate, in a belly, in a memory. Between 2004 and 2011, I owned the two experimental restaurants Proef in Rotterdam and Amsterdam. There I explored how food tells stories, awakens senses and questions systems. That spirit of Proef - rebellious, inquisitive, poetic - lives on in this new place. Because food is never just food. It is love, politics, culture, death and desire. And sometimes you have to be able to taste it to really understand it.
