Alfons Schuhbeck

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Alfons Schubeck

Schubeck
Born May 2, 1949 (1949-05-02) (age 59)
Traunstein, Bavaria, Germany
Cooking style South German Cuisine
Education Feinkost Käfer (Dallmayr)
Restaurant Aubergine (Witzigmann) and
the College of Hotel Management Bad Reichenhall
Current Restaurant(s)
Television show(s)
Official Website

Alfons Schuhbeck was born on May 2, 1949 in Traunstein, Upper Bavaria, Germany is one of Germany’s top chefs, as well as being a writer, restaurateur, TV cook and businessman.

Born as as Alfons Karg, he trained as a telecommunications technician, but soon became disenchanted with his profession. Stopping in the Bavarian holiday resort of Waging, he ran into the restaurateur Sebastian Schuhbeck. He began working for Schuhbeck, who became his mentor. Sebastian Schubeck later adopted Alfons, and made him his heir. [1]

Alfons quickly became the driving force in Schuhbeck's business. His culinary skill so impressed the guests of the Kurhausstüberl that this village inn soon became a favourite restaurant of the more prosperous society of Munich and Salzburg.

He went through practical training in Salzburg, Geneva, Paris, London and Munich, as well as Feinkost Käfer, Dallmayr and in the Restaurant Aubergine of Eckart Witzigmann). He also studied at the College of Hotel Management Bad Reichenhall in Bavaria. He finally took the Kurhausstüberl in Waging am See in 1980.

In 1983 he got a star in the Michelin Guide. The Gault Millau restaurant guide gave him 17 points and 3 hoods and in 1989 he was elected cook of the year.[2]

Since 1990 Schubeck has operated an outside catering service and he has supplied many high-class events like the Federal Chancellor’s celebration, the Ball des Sports and the German music industry’s ECHO award ceremony.[3]

In 2003 he opened a new restaurant, the Südtiroler Stuben at the Platzl in Munich. In December of that year he was won his second Michelin star, and in November 2005 he was awarded got a star once again in December 2003, the Five Star Diamond Award by the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences.

His great popularity has resulted in his publishing over 20 books, as well as many TV shows. Bayerischer Rundfunk has broadcast his programme Schuhbecks since 1993, and he remains a regular guest in many talk and other TV shows.

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[edit] Scandal

During the 1990s Schuhbeck amassed up to DM 60 million for capital investments. Dubious practices such as being solely responsible for several millions of DM invested in an account with the Citibank in Monte Carlo resulted in court proceedings because of the suspicion of fraud. Although unusual, the practices were not illegal, and he was exonerated.

[edit] Businesses

At the end of the 1990s he set up Schuhbecks GmbH at the Platzl. This company now includes the restaurant Schuhbeck , a wine bistro, the party service, a cookery school, a spice shop and an ice-cream parlour. These are all based in Munich. Schuhbeck Check Inn GmbH was formed in 2001 to manage the Check Inn restaurant and the bar in Egelsbach (south Hesse).

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ein Leben in fünf Gängen. Retrieved on 2007-07-08.
  2. ^ Alfons Schubeck. Retrieved on 2007-07-08.
  3. ^ Der Bodenständige: Alfons Schuhbeck. Retrieved on 2007-07-08.

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NAME Schubeck, Alfons
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Karg, Alfons (birth name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION German chef, writer, restaurateur, TV cook and businessman
DATE OF BIRTH 1949-05-02
PLACE OF BIRTH Traunstein, Bavaria, Germany
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH