Dominik Flammer

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Dominik Flammer (born December 7, 1966 in St. Gallen ) is a Swiss economist and author. The focus of his work is the history of nutrition in the Alps .

Life

Flammer has been concerned with the history of food, its distribution and trends in the food industry since the 1980s. He was a correspondent for the Swiss Dispatch Agency (SDA) and worked for the Swiss media for twenty years. He is the owner of the Zurich agency Public History Food, which, in cooperation with the partner agency Public History Research, specializes in historical research for the economy and for food history.

As the author of the standard work on Swiss cheese , Flammer has given Swiss cheese makers and their products a new face. The German Gastronomic Academy awarded the book the “Golden Pen”, the highest award in the literary competition, at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2010, which is the first time since 1986 that this award has gone to Switzerland.

For the book The Culinary Heritage of the Alps , Flammer traveled through the Alps for seven years to research forgotten foods, livestock breeds, recipe traditions, and types of fruit and vegetables.

In parallel to the book series on the culinary heritage of the Alps, Flammer has produced four films on the individual topics of culinary heritage under the direction of the Munich film production company Megaherz : «Urkäse», «Cereals», «Cattle» and «Fish». The films were shot on behalf of Bavarian TV and with the participation of all three national channels on Swiss TV and were released in German, French and Italian.

Flammer is currently in charge of setting up the Culinarium Alpinum, a competence center for alpine cuisine that is being built in cooperation with organizations from agriculture, gastronomy and food production in the former Capuchin monastery in Stans in the canton of Nidwalden .

Publications (selection)

Honors

  • 2009: Swiss cheese: Trophée Charles Exbrayat at the Grand Prix du livre gastronomique des Club Prosper Montagné
  • 2010: Swiss cheese: Golden Pen of the German Gastronomic Academy (GAD)
  • 2011: Swiss cheese: Prix ​​“Jo Fauchère - Guide de montagne” of the Rencontre Internationale du Livre de Montagne
  • 2012: The culinary heritage of the Alps: Trophée Charles Exbrayat at the Grand Prix du livre gastronomique of the Club Prosper Montagné
  • 2013: The culinary heritage of the Alps: GAD gold medal
  • 2013: H. Schwarzenbach - The Zurich Cookbook: Trophée Charles Exbrayat at the Grand Prix du Livre Gastronomique of the Club Prosper Montagné
  • 2014: The Culinary Heritage of the Alps - The Cookbook. GAD gold medal
  • 2015: The Culinary Heritage of the Alps - Encyclopedia of Alpine Delicacies: GAD Gold Medal
  • 2018: Spelled rice & pepper chirsi: Trophée Charles Exbrayat at the Grand Prix du Livre Gastronomique des Club Prosper Montagné

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Grand Prix du livre gastronomique. Trophée Charles Exbrayat. List of award winners ( Memento from June 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Club Prosper Montagné.
  2. ^ Prix ​​littéraires 2011. Prix "Jo Fauchère - Guide de montagne" ( Memento of March 8, 2019 in the Internet Archive ). Rencontre Internationale du Livre de Montagne.
  3. ^ The Prize Winners 2013. Gastronomic Academy of Germany .
  4. ^ The 2014 award winners. German Gastronomic Academy.
  5. ^ The 2015 award winners. German Gastronomic Academy.
  6. ^ Grand Prix du livre gastronomique. Trophée Charles Exbrayat. Club Prosper Montagné, February 7th 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Flammer, Dominik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss economist and author
DATE OF BIRTH 7th December 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Gallen