Irma Dütsch

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Irma Dütsch (born October 30, 1944 in Châtel-Saint-Denis ) is a Swiss cook .

Career

Irma Dütsch grew up as the youngest of six children on a farm in the Gruyère region . She attended school in Gruyère and Friborg . She had to move to German-speaking Switzerland because, as a woman in French -speaking Switzerland, no one wanted to give her an apprenticeship in the kitchen.

Then she worked in Neuchâtel in the restaurant des Halles . In 1967 she cooked at the Hilton in Montreal , 1969 in the St. Louis Club in the USA and in 1971 at the Hilton in Mexico .

From 1976 to 2004 she worked together with her husband Hans-Jörg Dütsch at the Waldhotel Fletschhorn in Saas-Fee . Since 2004 she has been increasingly active as a guest chef. She is also the author of several books on gastronomy .

Irma Dütsch has been married since 1967 and has two daughters and a grandson.

Awards

In 1994 Gault-Millau awarded Irma Dütsch with 18 points and the title of Chef of the Year . In 2001 she was awarded the title again.

In 1994 she was the first woman in Switzerland to be awarded a Michelin star .

Publications

  • Of course Irma, 2014
  • Ma Suisse, 2015
  • Holiday recipes, 2010
  • Sasi la gourmande / Sasi the little cook, 2009
  • Saas-Fee for Gourmets, 2008
  • Amitié Gourmande, 2007
  • Esprit de cuisine, 1998
  • Esprit de cuisine, 1996

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alexander Kühn: «Women still have to be better» . In: Tages-Anzeiger . March 12, 2013, ISSN  1422-9994 ( tagesanzeiger.ch [accessed November 7, 2019]).
  2. ↑ My life. Accessed November 7, 2019 (German).
  3. ↑ VOCATIONAL TRAINING documentation. Retrieved November 7, 2019 .
  4. ↑ https://www.irmaduetsch.ch/deutsch/mein-leben/
  5. ↑ Charly Keizer, Charly Keizer: “La Grande Dame” takes center stage. Retrieved November 7, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME German, Irma
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss cook
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Châtel-Saint-Denis