Hans Karl Adam

Hans Karl Adam (born December 29, 1915 in Neisse in Silesia ; † April 8, 2000 in Rothenburg ob der Tauber ) was a German television chef in the 1950s. He was very well known at the time through the program Der Fernsehkoch moderated by him and Franz Ruhm on Bayerischer Rundfunk , which was broadcast throughout the broadcasting area of ARD . He also became known through his collaboration with the first German TV chef, Clemens Wilmenrod , who was not a trained cook and therefore gave Adam "tutoring". The toast Hawaii (often attributed to Wilmenrod) was probably invented by Adam.

job

Before he started working on television, Adam was head chef and ship cook at North German Lloyd .

Other programs in which he participated:

• Adam cooks for Eve (1963)
• Adam cooks himself (1966–1968)
• Adam's Little Kitchen ABC (1968–1969)
• For you (1961–1969)

He was a member of the German Gastronomic Academy and ran the Hotel Adam, the small hotel in Rothenburg ob der Tauber.

Publications

Adam wrote over 80 cookbooks with simple recipes, books about the cuisine of different regions, themed cookbooks as well as books with recipes using branded items (e.g. Bols recipe book for pastry shops and patisseries ).

See also

• Toast Hawaii (often attributed to his student and later competitor Clemens Wilmenrod )
• Rüdesheimer coffee

Web links

Commons : Hans Karl Adam  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Hans Karl Adam in the catalog of the German National Library

supporting documents

1. ↑ Sarah Annette Buchdrucker: Entertainers at the stove: on the popularization of cooking in Germany and France - Jamie Oliver, Tim Mälzer and Cyril Lignac set new accents on the cookbook market 2008, p. 57.
2. ↑ Frankfurter Rundschau: Battle of the Cooks: There is no toast in Hawaii . In: Frankfurter Rundschau . ( fr.de [accessed June 4, 2018]).