Günther Körffer

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Günther Körffer (born August 8, 1954 in Düren ) is a German-Swedish confectioner . He was one of the jurors for two of the 13 seasons of the German television program “ Das große Backen ” on Sat.1 .

Career

Körffer grew up with his six siblings in Merzenich . His parents ran a butcher's shop there . Three of his siblings learned the trade of butcher . His parents wanted Günther to learn another profession. That's why he became a pastry chef. He learned in the Café Düren near the Anna Church . After completing his apprenticeship , he worked in Heidelberg and Switzerland . His boss there then found him a job in Stockholm , the Swedish capital, in 1974 . There he worked in a restaurant as a pastry chef .

When King Carl Gustav married the German Silvia Sommerlath , he created an almond dessert for the wedding and when their daughter Victoria was baptized , he prepared dessert for the festive dinner . For the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria with Prince Daniel , Körffer and his employees created a 15-tier cake that is 3.60 m high and weighs 600 kg , the tallest royal wedding cake in the world. Before he made the big cake, Körffer worked all over the world, in Tel Aviv , Jerusalem , Dubai , Canada and at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City . In 1984 he started his own café and pastry shop in Ulricehamn . For the 700th anniversary of his place of residence, he and other Swedish confectioners made a 700 m long “princess cake”.

Körffer is a supporting member of the German Bread Institute e. V. He is also president of an EU lobbying organization for commercial bakers and one of the vice-presidents of the World Confectioners' Association.

Körffer, who has now taken on Swedish citizenship , lives with his wife and four children in the small Swedish town of Ulricehamn in the province of Västra Götalands län .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.brotinstitut.de/brotinstitut/foerdermitgliedschaft
personal data
SURNAME Körffer, Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Swedish confectioner
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Düren