Helmuth Karl Misak

Head chef Helmuth Misak presents his ready meals for factory kitchens.

Helmuth Karl Misak (born August 7, 1932 , † December 7, 2008 in Vienna ) was an Austrian cook who was best known for a cooking show on Austrian television.

biography

Helmuth Misak worked as a cook in the Austrian embassy in London , where he once cooked for Queen Elizabeth II at a reception , and then came to the British embassy in Vienna. Here he met Franz Ruhm , who had worked as a television chef since 1956 and was looking for a successor. Misak was one of the first Austrian TV chefs to work in 134 cookery programs for ORF between October 17, 1961 and 1977 . From 1977 to 1985 he cooked alternately with Franz Zodl and Josef Zauner for the program Häferlgucker on ORF . The Iglo company used its popularity for commercials for spinach and red cabbage ; he was also involved in product development. Together with the Austrian team (Pokorny, Ernst Faseth , Nizinsky , Hans Hofer ) he won the Gold Grand Prize and the IKA Prize of Honor at the 11th International Culinary Art Exhibition in Frankfurt in 1964 . In 1977 Helmuth Misak was awarded the Golden Decoration of Honor of the State of Vienna.

In the TV series Kottan determined on October 25, 1981, he played himself as a television chef.

Helmuth Misak died at the age of 76 of pneumonia as a result of a fractured femur. The burial took place on December 30, 2008 in an urn grave at the Jedleseer Friedhof in Floridsdorf . (Group 31, number 46)

Grave site of Helmuth Karl Misak

Functions

1965–1967 Vice President of the Association of Austrian Chefs
1968–1979 Secretary General of the World Association of Cooking Associations WACS / WorldChefs

Web links

Obituary on ORF
Helmuth Karl Misak in the Internet Movie Database (English)
ORF on Facebook Helmut Misak shows (TV kitchen 1963) how a cavalier's beef is prepared

Footnotes

↑ ^a ^b Internet site of the Vienna Cemetery ( Memento of the original from August 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
^ TV chef Helmuth Misak died in: Die Presse from December 10, 2008.
↑ ^a ^b Kochverbandtirol ( Memento from February 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive ).
↑ Helmuth Misak .
^ Franz Zodl . In: Wikipedia . March 18, 2020 ( linkfang.org [accessed April 12, 2020]).
^ The Iglo brand ( Memento of November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
↑ November 17, 1964: Mayor Jonas congratulates victorious Viennese chefs .
^ Official Journal of the City of Vienna, Issue 52, December 22, 1977 .
↑ Kottan determined. Internet Movie Database , accessed June 10, 2015 .

personal data
SURNAME	Misak, Helmuth Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Misak, Helmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian cook
DATE OF BIRTH	August 7, 1932
DATE OF DEATH	December 7, 2008
Place of death	Vienna

[Friedhof_Wien-1] Internet site of the Vienna Cemetery ( Memento of the original from August 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[2] TV chef Helmuth Misak died in: Die Presse from December 10, 2008.

[Kochverband_Tirol-3] Kochverbandtirol ( Memento from February 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive ).

[4] Helmuth Misak .

[5] Franz Zodl . In: Wikipedia . March 18, 2020 ( linkfang.org [accessed April 12, 2020]).

[6] The Iglo brand ( Memento of November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

[7] November 17, 1964: Mayor Jonas congratulates victorious Viennese chefs .

[8] Official Journal of the City of Vienna, Issue 52, December 22, 1977 .

[9] Kottan determined. Internet Movie Database , accessed June 10, 2015 .