Harry Schraemli

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Johann Heinrich Chira "Harry" Schraemli-Bühlmann (born March 23, 1904 in Trier ; † May 31, 1995 in Hergiswil ) was a Swiss bartender , teacher at a hotel management school and author . He is considered to be the pioneer of cocktail and bar culture in Switzerland.

Life

Harry Schraemli, born as the son of the hotel manager Harry Jack Schraemli, began an apprenticeship as a cook and waiter at the Reichshof in Trier in 1918 at the age of 14 . There he learned how to prepare cocktails from US soldiers and became one of the first bartenders in Switzerland at the age of 20 . In 1927, he became the youngest maître d'hôtel of Switzerland and hosted in the guild house to Schmiden in Zurich , among others, Hans Albers , Thomas Mann and Erich Kastner .

At the hotel management school in Lucerne , Schraemli was a specialist teacher for beverage science and bar management and published numerous specialist books, including his main work Von Lukullus zu Escoffier in 1949 and The Big Textbook of the Bar in the same year . His gastronomic library, which already comprised over 2000 volumes in 1949, was also open to guests for further training. Harry Schraemli wrote a total of over 50 books, “from novellas to travelogues and specialist books to literary works”. From 1929 he also published articles in specialist journals, the NZZ and the Tages-Anzeiger . Among other things, he wrote in detail about the “perfect bar visit” and host qualities. His cocktail creations include “Indian Love Call” and “Red Arrow”.

Schraemli lived with his wife Margrith (née Bühlmann) in Hergiswil in Nidwalden. He was always dressed in a tie, waistcoat , pocket watch and gloves, drove an American convertible and, influenced by American culture, insisted on driving even the shortest distances.

In later years he traveled the world as a UN expert for hotels and restaurants and helped to build the Swiss Gastronomy Museum in Thun , where a small bay window is dedicated to him.

In the family's obituary notice, Schraemli is referred to as a "gastronomic writer"; he was redeemed after "grave, valiant suffering".

Publications (selection)

  • The bar control. 1941.
  • Soft drinks , 1941.
  • Two thousand years of gastronomic literature , 1942.
  • Library of the Modern Housewife / Vol. 2. Happy Cooking. 1947.
  • From Lucullus to Escoffier. Interverlag, Zurich 1949.
  • Das Große Lehrbuch der Bar , Fachbuchverlag der Union Helvetia Luzern, 1949.
  • Textbook for non-alcoholic restaurants. Publication of specialist books by Union Helvetia, Lucerne 1952.
  • Bibliophile gastronomic delicacies. Jegenstorf Castle, Bern 1952.
  • Canada Reinette ... something for gourmets. Propaganda site for products from Valais agriculture, Sion 1955.
  • Hi USA! or How to stop a shepherd boy from being amazed. Hotel-Restaurant "Dubeli", Lucerne 1957.
  • The master mixer. Union Helvetia, Lucerne 1958.
  • The cook as the torchbearer of culture. Union Helvetia publisher of specialist books, Lucerne 1959.
  • Modern Housewife's Library , Volume III, Amateur Mixing , 1960.
  • About becoming a collection. Swiss Gutenberg Museum, Bern 1963.
  • The master mixer. A pocket dictionary for professional mixers and their employees with 1200 delicate recipes , 1964.
  • Manuel you bar. Union Helvétia, Lucerne 1965.
  • With David Daiches : Scotch Whiskey , 1971.
  • Dictionnaire gastronomique. Editions Union Helvetia, Lucerne 1973.
  • Historia de la gastronomía , 1982.
  • From the pyramids to the roof of the world. Gastropress-Verlag, Hergiswil 1983.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c SCHRAEMLI Harry H Chira. In: Who's Who in Switzerland. 1966, p. 590.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Bruno-Thomas Eltschinger: From apprentice to gastrosoph. In: Hotel + Tourism Review. Volume 104 (1995), Issue 23 (June 8), p. 15 ( digitized version ). The family's obituary is printed next to the obituary.
  3. ↑ a b c d Melissa Müller: Mixology: Two St. Gallen residents research the Swiss cocktail culture. In: St. Galler Tagblatt . April 11, 2018.
  4. ↑ a b The great textbook of the bar. In: Collectif 1806 (PDF; 59.4 MB).
personal data
SURNAME Schraemli, Harry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schraemli-Bühlmann, Johann Heinrich Chira
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss bartender, teacher at a hotel management school and author
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH trier
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1995
Place of death Hergiswil