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STRATEGY OFFSITES
TEAM BUILDING
BUSINESS BREAD SESSIONS
STUDIO RENTAL IN AMSTERDAM
WHY THE BAKEROOM?
FOR TEAMS WHO WANT MORE THAN JUST ANOTHER MEETING
Your team deserves more than a generic icebreaker. The Bakeroom combines hands-on sourdough making with expert-facilitated team discussions — so the conversations that matter actually happen. Built on 15+ years working for global brands.
15+
Years facilitating teams
16
Max team size
25+
Brands hosted
WHAT DO TEAMS SAY
"An absolute fantastic team workshop, allowing for balance between strategic topics and team building. I felt like this entire workshop brought our team bond to a whole different level. Best investment!”
SABRINA LOESER - TOMMY HILFIGER, VP FINANCE
5 steps.
BREAD & BUSINESS.
IN PARALLEL .
Our signature flow — where bread-making steps run hand-in-hand with team discussions. Every exercise has a purpose. Bread is the catalyst.
STEP 1:
WHAT IS YOUR TEAM MADE OF?
Sourdough has four ingredients: structured flour, balancing water, energetic starter, spicy salt. If team members were ingredients - which would they be?
STEP 2:
WHAT USUALLY GOES WRONG?
Bakers usually make 2 mistakes: overproofing or underbaking. Discover where does your team have too much and where - too little?
STEP 3:
STRENGTHEN THE TEAM BOND
In order to strengthen the gluten connections we practice a baking technique called stretch and fold. How can team members stretch beyond their natural talents & fold-in other's strengths?
STEP 4:
CREATE THE UNIQUE TEAM RECIPE
All good bakers follow their specific recipe, full of little nuances, to achieve the best results. Agree on your team's recipe to achieve amazing results in business.
STEP 5:
BREAK THE BREAD
Finish by shaping your sourdough bread loaf to take and bake at home, taste some freshly baked sourdough from the bakery and celebrate the day with the team.
WHAT DO YOU WALK AWAY WITH
CONCRETE OUTCOMES,
NOT JUST VIBES
Know each other better
Understand what drives each person, what drains them, and how they work best.
Concrete outcome
Your team's collaboration recipe — specific commitments you've made to each other.
A shared language
Common vocabulary to name and address the sticky issues that usually go undiscussed.
Lasting results
Trust and alignment that live beyond the day at the Bakeroom.
A loaf of sourdough
You made it! Take it home and bake it the next morning. Participants always love this part.
WHAT A GOOD DAY
LOOKS LIKE
Every session is tailored. These are two popular formats — for teams focused on alignment and teams focused on connection.
FULL DAY
MISSION & VISION
Align on the North Star
9:00 - 10:00 Welcome & sourdough introduction
10:00 - 10:45 Reframe your North Star
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee & bread making break
11:00 - 12:30 Ideate solutions to the key problems
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch & bread making bread
13:30 - 14:45 Select key priorities to drive growth
14:45 - 15:00 Fresh air & bread making break
15:00 - 16:30 Execute - formulate your vision and mission
16:30 - 17:00 Finish the dough & cheer on the day
HALF DAY
TEAM DAY
Discover your team's unique recipe
12:00 - 12:30 Welcome & sourdough intro
12:30 - 13:15 Lunch
13:15 - 14:00 Reframe the role of everyone in the team
14:00 - 14:45 Ideate how you roll together
14:45 - 15:00 Fresh air & bread making break
15:00 - 15:45 Select the rules of collaboration
15:45 - 16:30 Execute formalise your team's recipe
16:30 - 17:00 Shape your loaf & celebrate
Every session is fully customised. Tell us what you're after →
THE BAKEROOM STUDIO
A cosy, fully-equipped studio with a large private garden in Amsterdam's De Pijp neighbourhood. A total opposite of a hotel conference room.
Max capacity 16 people
Meeting area with a big table
Kitchen island for baking and breaks
Spacious private garden
High-speed fiber internet
White board & facilitation kit
TV screen projector
Separated private bathroom
Separated private kitchen
Parking garage Albert Cuyp 100m away
WAIT - BREAD AND BUSINESS?
Yes, and it's not a gimmick. Scientific research shows that even light physical activity measurably enhances creative and strategic thinking. Baking, with its rhythm and focus, creates the perfect mental state for honest conversations. The bread metaphors are a framework that makes abstract team dynamics tangible. Your team shapes their loaf and their working agreements at the same time.
MEET THE BUSINESS BAKERS
WHO WE ARE?
Hi! We're Joanna and Marina — longtime friends who spent our careers with global brands like Philips, Tommy Hilfiger, and Nike. With backgrounds in marketing strategy, product development and operations.
We saw firsthand that the best team moments rarely happen in an exhausting marathon of power point slides. So we built a different kind of meeting space.
The Bakeroom is our answer to the question: what if your offsite actually felt worth the time away?
READY TO RISE?
LET'S PLAN YOUR NEXT TEAM OFFSITE
Tell us about your team and what you're hoping to achieve. We'll come back with a tailored programme and offer within 24 hours — no obligations.
— Response within 24 hours
— Custom programme included
— +31 643 18 58 36
— Gerard Doustraat 20-O, Amsterdam
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