Hans Haas (cook)

Hans Haas (born April 2, 1957 in Wildschönau , Tyrol ) is an Austrian chef . He works as head chef at the Munich restaurant Tantris , which Haas has been awarding two Michelin stars since 1991 . Haas' kitchen attaches great importance to regional and natural foods.

Life

Haas comes from a Tyrolean farming family. He completed his training at the Gasthof Kellerwirt in Wildschönau and then moved to the Hotel-Restaurant Bachmaier in Weissach . He then spent two years in the Hotel-Restaurant Erbprinz in Ettlingen, before moving to Paul Haeberlin's restaurant in Illhaeusern in Alsace as Chef de Partie .

In 1982 Eckart Witzigmann brought him to his restaurant Aubergine in Munich as a sous chef . From there in 1987 he moved to the Brückenkeller restaurant in Frankfurt am Main as head chef .

Since 1991, Hans Haas has succeeded Eckart Witzigmann and Heinz Winkler as head chef at the Munich restaurant Tantris , where he has been consistently awarded two stars in the Michelin Guide .

Haas has received numerous awards for his culinary art. In 1987 he took third place at the Bocuse d'Or , the unofficial world championship for young chefs. The Gault Millau named him 1995 Chef of the Year, 1999 Haas received the Culture Award European Regional Prize . His kitchen in the Tantris has been awarded two Michelin stars and 18 points in the Gault Millau, the gourmet magazine Der Feinschmecker rated the Tantris kitchen he runs with five out of five possible “Fs” and awarded Haas the “Feinschmecker-Gastro- Award ”in the“ Lifetime Achievement ”category.

The Schlemmer Atlas has been giving it the top grade of five cooking spoons since at least 2013.

Haas also runs a cooking school in Munich. In May 2019, the operators of the Tantris announced that Hans Haas would be leaving the restaurant at the end of 2020.

Awards (selection)

• 1987: Bocuse d'Or, third place
• 1991: Two stars in the 1992 Michelin Guide
• 1995: Gault-Millau , Chef of the Year
• 1999: European Regional Prize
• 2011: Eckart Prize of Honor

Publications

• with Mechthild Piepenbrock-Fischer: Culinary sketches: short recipes, tips and tricks. Food Promotion Verlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 978-3-930614-06-6 .
• Secrets of Tantris. Listen and cook with us, culinary highlights from Germany's best chefs, including a shopping list. Audio book , 2 CDs. Just Verlag, Gauting 2006, ISBN 978-3-939580-12-6 .

Movie

• Hans Haas - The Taste of Home. Documentary, Germany, 2015, 44 min., Script and direction: Reiner Holzemer, production: Bayerischer Rundfunk , series: Lebenslinien , first broadcast: October 5, 2015 on Bavarian television , summary by BR , online video available until September 18, 2018.

Web links

• Literature by and about Hans Haas in the catalog of the German National Library
• Tantris website
• Interview with Hans Haas in Die Zeit , 2012
• Hans Haas in the restaurant rankings
• Website of his cooking school
• The chef of the Munich star restaurant Tantris: Hans Haas biography at Lebenslinien in BR

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Hans Haas - The taste of home. In: Bayerischer Rundfunk , accessed on December 28, 2017.
2. ↑ Tantris. In: Schlemmer Atlas , accessed on December 28, 2017.
3. ↑ hans-haas.de day cooking course
4. ↑ Hans Haas is retiring. Retrieved May 2, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Winner 2011 - International Eckart Witzigmann Prize. In: International Eckart Witzigmann Prize Society. Retrieved December 28, 2017 (German).