Christian Henze

Christian Henze, 2016

Christian Henze (born June 27, 1968 in Füssen ) is a German chef , television chef and author of cookbooks.

Professional background

In 1985 Henze began an apprenticeship as a chef at the Hotel Lisl in Hohenschwangau . He then worked for a year at the Hotel Schlosswirtschaft in Illereichen , before becoming the second head chef at Agnes Amberg in Zurich in 1990 . He then worked for Eckart Witzigmann , the "Chef of the Century", and was then Gunter Sachs' private chef for two years .

Entrepreneurial activities

The former country house Henze, 2006

In June 1995 he opened his first restaurant, the Landhaus Henze in Probstried near Kempten , which he closed after 14 years in May 2009 to devote himself to “new concepts”. The gourmet restaurant was awarded a Michelin star in 1999.

In September 2004 he opened the Christian Henze Cooking School, which was awarded the Cooking Together Award by the Eurotoques Foundation in 2009. “It is now one of the largest in Germany and has around 10,000 visitors a year.” In addition to his cooking school, he runs an online mail order business with his own products and cookbooks.

Henze was employed as an advertising chef at the grocery retailer Netto Marken-Discount , where he shot cooking films for his PremiumN brand, which is distributed by Netto .

The TV chef received criticism in late 2011 and early 2012 with his plans for the Künstlerhaus in Kempten . So he wanted to turn this cultural meeting place of all ages into a "modern catering business" and also acquire the building belonging to the city in order to renovate the ailing building. However, Henze's plans met with resistance from citizens. Countless people criticized him on his Facebook fan page. The previous tenants, a group of students, founded an association to preserve the previous cultural purpose.

Christian Henze has been running the Goldene Fässle in Kempten since December 2018 .

Awards

In September 1999 Henze received the silver medal from the German Gastronomic Academy for his first cookbook. Two months later, Christian Henze was awarded a Michelin star . In September 2004 he opened the Christian Henze cooking school in Kempten, which received the “Cooking Together Award” as the best cooking school in Germany in 2009. In 2015, this award "Best Cooking School in Germany" was again given to the Christian Henze Cooking School. Also in 2009 he won 1st place at the “starcookers Gourmet Award”.

media

In addition to books on the subject of cooking and lifestyle, Christian Henze became known primarily through various television and radio programs. From August 1995 to 2001 he had his first own cooking show on the radio station RSA . He then had several television appearances on the broadcasters VOX ( Die Kocharena ), ZDF , ProSieben , RTL , RTL II . Since April 2004 he has his own weekly cooking show on MDR at 4 on MDR .

Works

• After-work flash recipes, Becker Joest Volk Verlag, Hilden 2019 ISBN 978-3-95453-162-2
• Run yourself fit! The cookbook, Becker Joest Volk Verlag, Hilden 2019 ISBN 978-3-95453-165-3
• How to cook today - The Great Cooking School , Christian Verlag, Munich 2017 ISBN 978-3-95961-113-8
• Make My Day - The Henze principle , Fackelträger Verlag, Cologne 2017 ISBN 978-3-7716-4685-1
• Don't worry, I just want to cook! , Südwest Verlag, Munich 2015 ISBN 978-3-517-09420-5
• A tavola! , Südwest Verlag, Munich 2015 ISBN 978-3-517-09319-2
• Fast, easy, honest! , Südwest Verlag, Munich 2013 ISBN 978-3-517-08851-8
• I just cook. Favorite recipes with regional products Südwest Verlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-517-08708-5
• I just cook! , Südwest Verlag, Munich 2011 ISBN 978-3-517-08708-5
• From here. Stories and recipes. With recipe recommendations from Christian Henze , Feneberg grocery chain, Kempten 2011
• enjoy your life. cook, eat, enjoy , Kosmos, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-440-11746-0
• The Handbook of Herbs and Spice Cooking , ClubPremiere, 2008
• Eat Was II. My new recipes from the TV kitchen , Kosmos, Stuttgart 2008 ISBN 978-3-440-11314-1
• Simply sauguat. Hobby cooking competition , Allgäuer Zeitungsverlag GmbH, Kempten 2008 ISBN 978-3-88006-268-9
• Christian Henze. Mediterranean specialties. Audio CD , Just GmbH, Leipzig 2007 ISBN 978-3-939580-11-9
• Eat Was I. My best recipes from the TV kitchen , Kosmos, Stuttgart 2006 ISBN 978-3-440-10732-4
• Cooking for children. Simple, tasty and healthy , Kosmos, Stuttgart 2005 ISBN 978-3-440-11483-4
• Toast Hawaii & Co. The retro cookbook , Umschau Verlag, Neustadt 2004 ISBN 3-86528-213-X
• Seasons cookbook , Kosmos, Stuttgart 2005 ISBN 3-440-10428-1
• Spice it up VGS, Cologne 2003 ISBN 3-8025-1530-7
• Italian incredibly simple , Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2001 ISBN 3-7742-2710-1
• Simply Asian , Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2000 ISBN 3-7742-1732-7
• Bavarian delicacies a la Ludwig II , Augustus Verlag, 2000 ISBN 978-3804360372
• Mountain summer pictures , Tobias Dannheimer Verlag, Kempten 2000
• Simply cook well , Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 1998 (new edition 2001) ISBN 3-7742-3391-8

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eckart Witzigmann (accessed on May 18, 201)
2. ↑ sueddeutsche.de: Gourmet is out: Star cuisine on the back burner , June 26, 2009 (accessed on April 26, 2012)
3. ↑ Landhaus Henze closes after 14 years and gastronomy newspaper (AHGZ) , accessed on May 18, 2012
4. ↑ Cooking Together Award-Kochschule.pdf ( Memento of the original from August 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file), accessed May 18, 2012  
5. ↑ Cooking Together Award Cooking School ( Memento of the original from August 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file), accessed May 18, 2012  
6. ↑ netto-premium.de: Clever Cooking (accessed on April 26, 2012)
7. ↑ all-in.de: discussion about the future of the art center in Kempten.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , December 6, 2011. (accessed April 26, 2012)  
8. ↑ Matthias Matz: Netzer gegen Demolition In: Kreisbote , December 6, 2011. (accessed on April 5, 2017)
9. ↑ Birgit Kata, City Archives Kempten: History of the building and use of today's “Künstlerhaus”, Beethovenstraße 2. Kempten, February 2012. p. 4
10. ↑ all-in.de: Star chef Christian Henze sets plan for new local artist in the café.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on February 23, 2012)  
11. ↑ Henze, Christian | lifeKochschule ( Memento of the original dated December 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 18, 2012  

Web links

Commons : Christian Henze  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Christian Henze in the catalog of the German National Library
• Personal website
• Portrait on MDR.de ( Memento from May 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive )