48-Hour Cooking Marathon
A delicious community weekend full of creative cuisine
The Makerhub NETZ-Werk Neukirchen is a kitchen for everyone. The region's mountain cuisine, known for its deep-rooted traditions, is reinterpreted here. Fine flavours and creative ideas combine to create an exciting culinary journey. In the creative rooms of NETZ-Werk Neukirchen, a former car dealership, you can experience how local ingredients and traditional recipes are transformed into contemporary delicacies.
Over three days, the 48-hour cookery marathon combined flavour, community and creative culinary art. During the cookery marathon, people chopped, stirred, tasted and talked together. The former car dealership was transformed into a Makerhub as part of Chemnitz 2025. A culinary meeting place for the Ore Mountains and beyond was created here.
A special highlight of this year's cooking marathon was the 5-course menu a la "Ore Mountain Cusine" on 16 August. Michelin-starred chef Benjamin Unger conjured up Ore Mountain cuisine on the menu and gave traditional dishes a new lease of life.
The evening was rounded off musically by zither soloist Thomas Baldauf.
When: 15 to 17 August 2025
Where? NETZ-Werk Neukirchen, Kirchnerstraße 1
Programme
Friday, 15 August 2025
from 5 pm:
- European street food market & cocktail bar with DJ Dirk Duske
- Sushi made from regional ingredients with Akiko Takahashi in the event kitchen
- Taste of Europe - We design the European cookbook for NETZ-Werk Neukirchen
- Food Memory - hands-on game station with tastings
- Culinary greetings - send your favourite recipe to the world
Saturday, 16 August 2025
9-12 am: Bring your own breakfast with waffles à la Europa
5.30 pm: Haamit Dish - Ore Mountain Cuisine in 5 courses
with star chef Benjamin Unger, musically accompanied by Peter Percy Buy tickets.
Sunday, 17.8.2025
11 am - 5 pm:
- Award-winning cuisine - barbecue enjoyment from converted Trabants
- Car parts upcycling with the Eastern Bloc bunglers
- Trabi tour along the Purple Path artworks (Neukirchen OT Adorf - Jahnsdorf - Lugau)
- Taste of Europe, Food Memory, Culinary Greetings
- Live music: Thomson - the smallest rock band in the world
