Munich remains Germany's gourmet hotspot. Several restaurants were awarded the coveted Michelin stars - here is an overview.
The Michelin Guide has awarded its stars to top chefs in Germany for 2023. It's the highest and therefore also the most coveted award of their profession. The rising star of the year is Jan Hartwig, who has cooked his way to the top with his restaurant Jan in Munich's Museumsquartier.
Gleich drei Sterne wurden dem Spitzen-Gastronomen verliehen. Ein sensationeller Erfolg nach nur 6 Monaten seit der Eröffnung des “Jan” im Oktober 2022. „Jan Hartwig beherrscht Craft and technology in perfection und wagt auch mal etwas Unerwartetes. Fantastisch die Variation von Produkten und Aromen – hier wird internationales Top-Niveau geboten”, begründen die Michelin-Inspektoren ihre Entscheidung. Dann sei da noch die angenehm relaxte Atmosphäre, zu der das wertig-moderne Interieur sowie der entspannte und zugleich hochprofessionelle Service gleichermaßen beitragen würden. Ein unbekannter war Hartwig in der Sterneküchen-Szene allerdings nicht: zwischen 2017 und 2021 erkochte er im Studio of the Bavarian Court three stars every year.
Hartwig's successor in the studio also follows in his footsteps full of courage and inventiveness. The Freisinger Anton Gschwendtner verhalf dem Restaurant in diesem Jahr zu zwei Sternen. Damit hält der 38-Jährige sein Top-Niveau – bereits in Wien und Stuttgart verhalf er Hotelrestaurants zur Zwei-Sterneküche.
Max Natmessnig is also one of the kitchen talents to be taken seriously on the Munich gourmet scene: the 34-year-old immediately earned two stars in his new position as head chef at the Alois restaurant of the Dallmayr delicatessen.
Thereby Natmessnig once again demonstrates his ambition to remain on the Olympus of top domestic cuisine. Last year, he was already named Chef of the Year 2022 by the Austrian Gault Millau. Since October, he has been cooking for Alois in downtown Munich.
Benjamin Chmura, head chef at Tantris, and Tohru Nakamura, who wields the scepter at his own gourmet restaurant Tohru in the Schreiberei, continue to cook consistently at two-star level. Another fighter in the top class remains the gourmet restaurant Esszimmer in the BMW World with head chef Bobby Bräuer. It has been awarded two stars by Michelin since 2015.
There was one star each for the Brothers with chef Daniel Bodamer, as well as for the Mural Farmhouse with chef Rico Birndt.
Across Germany, 334 restaurants have been awarded with Michelin stars. This means that there are now 10 three-star restaurants, 50 restaurants with two stars and 274 restaurants with one star nationwide.
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