Jewish Viennese Baking Experience in a Private Home

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Discover Jewish Vienna through its baking traditions in Maschi’s beautiful private home. Prepare Mohnstrudel and Nussbeugel in her kosher kitchen, enjoy a taste of Apfelstrudel and hear your host’s stories about Jewish contributions to the city’s culinary and coffeehouse culture.
Discover Jewish Vienna at Maschi’s table:

Jewish writers, journalists and merchants helped shape Vienna’s coffeehouse culture, while generations of Jewish families brought recipes and baking traditions into the city’s kitchens. In this Jewish Viennese Baking Experience, Maschi welcomes you into her beautiful private home to explore that heritage through two specialities: Mohnstrudel, filled with poppy seeds, and Nussbeugel, crescent-shaped pastries with a walnut filling.

In her spacious apartment on the border of Vienna’s first and second districts, you take part in selected preparations with the guidance of an experienced cook and baker. Maschi prepares some components before your arrival, leaving time to enjoy the baking and discover the history behind it. While the pastries bake, she tells stories about Jewish immigration, distinctive baking traditions and the people who contributed to Vienna’s cultural life.

Then gather around her large dining table to enjoy the pastries, alongside a small piece of Apfelstrudel served for tasting. The conversation continues with Jewish coffeehouse traditions, the history of challah and, depending on your interests, Jewish life in Vienna past and present. With Maschi’s personal perspective and carefully researched stories, these three hours offer an opportunity to explore a part of Vienna’s history through food and conversation with a local Jewish host.

Workshop highlights:

  • Explore Jewish baking traditions in Maschi’s beautiful private home.

  • Prepare Mohnstrudel and Nussbeugel in a kosher kitchen.

  • Hear your host’s stories about Jewish Vienna and its coffeehouse culture.

  • Enjoy your pastries together, with an additional Apfelstrudel tasting.

Book this public workshop here!

Choose an available date in the booking calendar and reserve your place with a prepayment of €25 per person. The remaining €100 per person is paid in cash directly to Maschi at the workshop.

Time/Duration

Approx. 3 Hours
(Private: Flexible)

Language

English
(German on request)

Group Size

Public: 4-8
Private: up to 8

Location

Maschi's Apartment
(1st district)

A family recipe or a special request?

Is there a pastry you remember from childhood, a family recipe you would like to revisit or an Austrian speciality you have always wanted to prepare? For a personalised private workshop, Maschi will gladly discuss how to include it. Possible specialities include Gugelhupf, Punschkrapfen, Kaiserschmarrn, Germknödel and Patzerl-Gugelhupf, a yeast cake assembled from pieces with different fillings such as walnut, poppy seed and apple. The menu and price for personalised workshops are agreed upon request.

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Would you like a private culinary activity for your small group of family or friends? Contact us to book a private workshop with Maschi!

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Jewish Viennese Baking Experience In A Private Home

  • Experience type: Available as a public experience, with private bookings upon request.

  • Duration: Approximately three hours.

  • Hosted by: Maschi, our partner and an experienced Viennese cook, baker and host.

  • Public menu: Mohnstrudel (poppy seed strudel) and Nussbeugel (walnut crescents), with a small piece of Apfelstrudel served for tasting.

  • Format: Selected practical preparations, tastings and storytelling. Maschi prepares some components in advance, leaving time for history and conversation.

  • Apfelstrudel tasting: Apfelstrudel is served for tasting; it is not baked during this experience.

  • Starting times: Usually 11:00 am or 2:00 pm. Check the booking calendar for available sessions; other times may be requested for private bookings.

  • Language: English. Please contact us about other languages before booking.

  • Price: €125 per person. Pay €25 online to reserve your place and the remaining €100 in cash directly to Maschi.

  • Included: Guided participation in selected preparations, ingredients, tastings of Mohnstrudel and Nussbeugel, a small Apfelstrudel tasting and Maschi’s stories about Jewish baking and Viennese cultural history.

  • Kosher: The experience takes place in Maschi’s kosher kitchen.

  • Before your visit: Maschi will discuss food preferences and particular historical or cultural interests with you. Please communicate dietary requirements in advance so she can confirm what is possible.

  • Accessibility: The building has an elevator, but several steps remain between the elevator and the apartment. Please contact us before booking to discuss accessibility requirements.

  • Allergies: Please inform us in advance about food allergies or sensitivities. Nussbeugel contain walnuts. Maschi also has a dog, so please mention any dog allergy.

  • Full refund for cancellations made up to 48 hours in advance.

  • No refunds for cancellations within 48 hours.

  • We reserve the right to cancel 48h prior if the minimum of 6 participants for public tours isn’t met (full refund issued).

  • The workshop takes place as a public experience and requires a minimum number of 4 participants. If the minimum is not reached, you will be informed in advance and offered alternative options. 

Pictures and videos:
Photos and short videos may be taken during the workshop for Secret Vienna promotional use.
Please inform us if you do not wish to appear in any images.

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The content of this workshop is protected. Recording or reproducing workshop materials without permission is not allowed.

Book this public workshop here!

Choose an available date in the booking calendar and reserve your place with a prepayment of €25 per person. The remaining €100 per person is paid in cash directly to Maschi at the workshop.

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