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Early-bird ends 31 Jan · both days for €295 instead of €395

12–13 March 2027Tramremise Oost, Amsterdam
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12–13 March 2027Amsterdam OostA converted 1904 tram depot

Two days at one long table

The conference for people who run independent restaurants, cafés and bars: 24 talks by owners, eight hands-on workshops and one speakers' dinner for 80.

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A speaker in a white T-shirt talks from a lit stage to a packed room
A long industrial hall with rows of guests at tables facing the stage
A guest raises a glass of sparkling wine under string lights

Day 1 at a glance

Fri 12 March
  1. 08:45
    Doors, coffee and stroopwafels
  2. 09:30
    Ines Vermeulen on margins
  3. 14:00
    Four workshops, aprons on
  4. 19:30
    The speakers' dinner
Full programme

Owners on stage, not consultants

Ines Vermeulen in chef's whites, smiling, holding a frying pan and tongs

Ines Vermeulen

Chef-owner, Bistro Lindeboom, Utrecht · 40 covers, 11 years

Margins without cutting corners

Kenji Mori in a white jacket and grey apron, arms crossed

Kenji Mori

Owner, Mori Ramen, Antwerp · two bars, 34 staff

Hiring when nobody is hiring

Tomás Ortega in a green apron carries a plate across his market stall

Tomás Ortega

Founder, Brasa, Rotterdam · from one stall to three

Growing without a second mortgage

Amara Okafor in chef's whites and a headwrap at the pass

Amara Okafor

Chef-owner, Suya & Sons, Brussels · opened 2022

Fermenting for the pass

Emre Kaya in a blue apron, smiling in his restaurant

Emre Kaya

Owner, Ocakbaşı Kaya, The Hague · 4.7 from 1,900 Google reviews

Reviews, regulars and the second visit

The programme, hour by hour

Eight of the 24 sessions. Talks run 30 minutes with 15 for questions, so you are never stuck in a chair for long.

Day one

Friday 12 March
  1. 09:30Main hall
    Keynote

    Margins without cutting corners

    Ines Vermeulen on raising prices twice without losing a regular

  2. 11:00Main hall
    Panel

    Hiring when nobody is hiring

    Kenji Mori and three owners compare pay, rotas and trial shifts

  3. 14:00Workshop hall
    Workshop

    Costing a menu, dish by dish

    Bring your own menu. Leave with a gross profit for every plate

  4. 19:30The long table
    Dinner, 80 seats

    The speakers' dinner

    Four courses from four speakers' kitchens, wine from Dutch growers

Day two

Saturday 13 March
  1. 09:30Main hall
    Talk

    Growing without a second mortgage

    Tomás Ortega on opening stalls two and three from cash flow

  2. 11:00Workshop hall
    Workshop

    Fermenting for the pass

    Amara Okafor shows three ferments that cut waste and lift a dish

  3. 14:00Main hall
    Talk

    Reviews, regulars and the second visit

    Emre Kaya on the card, the call and the free dessert that works

  4. 16:30Main hall
    Closing

    One thing I would change

    Open mic for every owner in the room, then drinks until 19:00

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Four owners cook peppers and onions together at a steel workshop counter Two cooks season a bowl of greens beside a bowl of lemons

Both afternoons

Aprons on, laptops closed

Every ticket includes one workshop seat a day. You cook, cost and taste at long steel counters, in groups small enough to ask about your own place.

  • Your menu, costed per plate

    Friday 14:00 · bring your menu and last month's invoices

    16 seatsper table

  • Three ferments you can sell

    Saturday 11:00 · koji, lacto and a hot sauce you can sell

    12 seatsruns twice

  • A wine list that sells

    Saturday 14:00 · thirty bottles, priced to move, with a sommelier

    16 seatsruns twice
Choose your workshops

Dinner with the people on stage

On Friday night we set one 40-metre table down the old tram shed. Speakers sit between guests, never at their own end.

Red wine is poured along a long dinner table laid with flowers and glasses

Friday 12 March · 19:30 · 80 seats

Four courses, four kitchens

  • Smoked eel, beetroot, horseradish

    Bistro Lindeboom, Utrecht

  • Mussel broth with tare

    Mori Ramen, Antwerp

  • Lamb köfte, charred leeks

    Ocakbaşı Kaya, The Hague

  • Suya-spiced pear, brown butter

    Suya & Sons, Brussels

+ €150with Dutch wines
added to any ticket

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Tickets for both days

Every ticket covers both days, lunch, coffee and the Friday drinks. Bring a second person from your team for €195.

Until 31 January

Early-bird

  • All talks on both days
  • One workshop seat a day
  • Lunch, coffee and Friday drinks

€295per person, incl. VAT

Get early-bird

From 1 February

Standard

  • All talks on both days
  • One workshop seat a day
  • Lunch, coffee and Friday drinks

€395per person, incl. VAT

Get standard

80 seats only

With the speakers' dinner

  • Everything in standard
  • Four-course dinner, Friday 19:30
  • Dutch wines poured all evening

€545per person, incl. VAT

Get dinner ticket

Tickets transfer free to anyone on your team until 1 March. Invoices come in your business name.

Notes from the 2026 table

I came for the costing workshop and went home with a new supplier and two line cooks.
FemkeCafé owner, Haarlem
Nobody pitched software at me for two days. Just owners comparing real numbers.
JoostWine bar, Ghent
We rewrote our Sunday menu the week after. Covers were up by Easter.
Sara & MoBistro, Rotterdam
The dinner alone was worth the ticket. I still text half of that table.
LotteBakery, Leiden

Partners who feed the room

Suppliers our speakers already buy from. No stands, no badge scanning.

  • Brouwerij Kade

    Beer for the Friday drinks

  • Noordzee Vis

    Fish for the speakers' dinner

  • Molen de Valk

    Flour for the workshop bread

  • Branderij 31

    Coffee from 08:45 both days

  • Kassa Kompas

    Till data for the costing workshop

  • Linnen & Co

    The 40 metres of tablecloth

A 1904 tram depot in Amsterdam Oost

Trams were repaired here for eighty years. The rails are still in the floor, and the shed holds 400 people at long tables.

Tramremise Oost
Remiseplein 4, 1093 Amsterdam

Step-free, cloakroom and bike racks for 300

Open in mapshallo@longtable.nl

Getting there
and staying over

Tram 3 or 14 to Remiseplein, two minutes on foot

Schiphol 25 minutes by train via Amstel

Hotel Ooster, €129 a night with code TABLE27

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The depot floor seen from the balcony, full of guests between iron columns Guests talk over drinks by tall windows and a brick wall Owners in a lively conversation with glasses in hand during the break

Before you book

Still deciding? Write to Marit, who runs the tickets desk. She answers within a working day.

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Can I bring someone from my team?

Yes. A second person from the same business pays €195, booked together with your own ticket. They get every talk, lunch and a workshop seat.

Is everything in English?

All talks are in English. Two of the Saturday workshops also run in Dutch; pick the language when you choose your seat.

What if I can't come after all?

Pass your ticket to anyone on your team for free until 1 March. After that we refund half the price, up to a week before.

Which meals are included?

Lunch, coffee and the Friday drinks come with every ticket, cooked by this year's partner kitchens. The speakers' dinner is booked on its own.

Is the depot accessible?

Step-free throughout, with a lift to the balcony, a quiet room and accessible toilets on both floors.

Early-bird ends 31 January

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