MY STORY · EXCERPT

It all began with chips in a foil bag

I was about eight when my parents introduced me to Norbert Willenbacher. Back then, people called him the “medal-winning chef” - he had won a silver medal. But to me, one thing mattered most: I was allowed into his kitchen.

I stood there, watched, asked questions and remembered what I saw. And of course Norbert made chips for me. Eventually, though, he had had enough.

“If you want chips, make them yourself. You know how it’s done.”

So I made my own chips.

“My Story” in the book tells how that became a passion.

FILET DES BOIS D’OR · EXCERPT

Sometimes you simply have to trust an idea.

Some ingredients are obvious partners. Beef fillet and chanterelles are among them. There is no need to think twice.

Then came the apple.

When the idea for this dish first took shape, this was the part I doubted. Chanterelles, beef fillet - and apple? I could imagine it working. But imagining and tasting are two different things.

So I started cooking.

The full story in the book tells what changed with that first bite.