WurzelWerk

WurzelWerk is the restaurant attached to the country guesthouse Gästehaus Alte Bäckerei in Großbundenbach and presents itself as a market-kitchen with a seasonal focus (Marktküche, Saisonal). The property is a restored 1932 former bakery purchased by the Bendzko family in 2001 and run in the second generation since 2021; the hosts both cook and bake for guests. The kitchen emphasises seasonal and regional sourcing and home-style preparations, with soups, stews and baked goods made in-house and a team that highlights local produce. Preserves and house-made liqueurs are available for sale, tea-time traditions drawn from the family’s English roots accompany savoury regional platters, and the restaurant and coffeehouse offer whole cakes and customised cake orders for celebrations; the house stages seasonal events such as a Gänse menu and special New Year’s Eve dinners. The village is described as prize-winning and the restaurant is listed as SELECTED in the Michelin context. The setting is a cosy country-house coffeehouse and small restaurant with oak (Eichen) wood tables and intimate indoor seating for around two dozen covers; a summer terrace and garden extend the dining space for outdoor service. Cuisine follows a market-kitchen, seasonal approach with a home-style method: house-made soups, stews and baked goods, plus English tea-time specialties and regional platters, with an emphasis on seasonal and regional ingredients. Specialties include English-style scones and tea-time pastries; homemade cakes and tarts with whole cakes available to order; Pfälzische potato soup, Ungarische gulaschsuppe, Mulligatawny soup, and platters with Holsteiner ham and homemade spreads.