About us
Out of Office is a new series bringing creatives together to do something outside their usual discipline: no pitches, no portfolios, just something new to do with your hands.
It's a chance to meet people in the same industry, without it feeling like networking. No name tags, no "so what do you do," no forced mingling over a cheese plate. Just a shared task that puts you next to people you'd otherwise only cross paths with on LinkedIn, and lets the conversation happen the way it naturally does when your hands are busy and nobody's trying to sell anything.
Upcoming events
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Out of Office: Paella Class
Rice To Meet You, Carrer de la Lleialtat, 16, Barcelona, ESBHONG × Rice to Meet You
Sign-up link: https://luma.com/7zv3ryga
Barcelona's creative community spends most of its time staring at screens, chasing deadlines, and scrolling through fonts.
Out of Office is a new series from BHONG pulling designers, strategists, writers, and other assorted creative professionals away from their laptops and into rooms where nobody's an expert. No panels. No portfolios. No talk of clients unless someone brings it up unprompted (and even then, we'll try to change the subject).
For episode one, we're starting with the basics: rice, saffron, and a screeching hot pan.
We've teamed up with Rice to Meet You for a fully hands-on paella class. You'll get guided through building a proper sofrito, working with DO Valencia Albufera rice, and getting the socarrat right at the bottom of the pan. Then the whole group sits down together to eat what they made.
Cocktails will be a courtesy of Batovi Elements, a woman-founded Spanish vodka brand. They just launched their latest product, a Moscow Mule RTD, designed by yours truly. A proper drink in hand while you cook is, frankly, non-negotiable.€60 gets you:
- A hands-on paella class, start to finish — you build it, you eat it
- Tapas while you cook, so nobody's working on an empty stomach
- Free drinks, courtesy of Batovi Elements & Rice to Meet You
- Crema catalana for dessert
What to expect:
- A hands-on paella class, start to finish
- A room full of Barcelona's creative crowd, none of whom are being paid to be there
- Good food, better conversation, and the specific kind of relief that comes from doing something with your hands for once
- Zero pitch decks, zero LinkedIn energy
Who this is for: Anyone in Barcelona's creative scene — designers, developers, marketers, founders, freelancers — who wants to meet people outside their usual circle without the networking-event pretense.
You don't need to know how to cook. Come hungry. Leave with a new skill, a full stomach, and probably a few new people in your phone you didn't expect to meet over a paella pan.Spots are limited. This is an intimate group class, not a lecture hall.
BHONG: bhong.com
Rice to Meet You: ricetomeetyou.fun
Batovi: batovivodka.com1 attendee