Jochen Gaues

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Jochen Gaues (* 1966 in Sande , Friesland district ) is a German baker who is known as a supplier of upscale gastronomy and is dubbed by the media as a "celebrity baker".

Life

Jochen Gaues is the son of Jürgen Gaues, a chemist at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Biology in Wilhelmshaven , and his wife Ruthgard, a medical-technical assistant . His uncle worked as a master baker in Wolfsburg . From childhood he was enthusiastic about baking. After the ninth grade, he left school and completed an apprenticeship as a baker.

He is in his second marriage to his former bakery manager, the master baker Elisabeth, called Betty, née Krenz, and has six children.

As a young master baker, he took over a long-established business in 1989 and constantly expanded its quantity and quality. After opening several branches, he employed up to a hundred people. He won so many awards at competitions that in the mid-1990s he was named “Germany's best baker”. Gaues experienced a first setback in 2002 when his company had to file for bankruptcy and his first marriage failed. His friend, the Berlin master chef Christian Lohse, recommended that he specialize in gastronomic bread. The bakery has been owned by his current second wife since 2004, Gaues himself is an employee.

He bakes bread the traditional way - without pre-made dough mixes and artificial additives. The dough is mainly processed by hand; only weighing and kneading machines are used on machines . Gaues is increasingly supplying upscale German gastronomy, including four of the nine German three-star restaurants. In 2010, around seventy of the hundred chefs with at least one Michelin star in Germany were his customers. In 2014, after a partial sale, two branches were operated in Hanover, one in Hamburg and the main business with production in Lachendorf . As of 2016, there are six branches in Lower Saxony and eight branches in Hamburg.

Gaues gained nationwide attention for the 2006 World Cup when he supplied the German national team with his baked goods. In 2010, Norddeutsche Rundfunk shot the three-part report Der Bäcker about Gaues . The author of the above-mentioned NDR film and his brother appeared as acquirers or operators of sales outlets of the Broterbe Gaues bakery . Gaues is an eccentric and sees himself as a perfectionist when it comes to the quality of his baked goods: “Few items, but they are perfect.” Nevertheless, there were problems in his company. After 22 official inspections of his bakery in just ten months in 2010/11 and a temporary, hourly closure of his bakery in Hanover due to hygiene deficiencies, his wife Elisabeth as the owner of the bakery was sentenced to a fine by the Hanover District Court. Annoyed by the controls by the authorities of the city of Hanover, Gaues decided to relocate outside the area of ​​responsibility of the city of Hanover. The Gaues bakery also employed a hygiene advisor who took care of the hygiene measures during the construction of a new production facility in Lachendorf near Celle .

The bakery company Gaues, run by the second wife, also got into economic difficulties, on February 14, 2013 the district court of Celle appointed a provisional insolvency administrator who continues to operate the business in which Jochen Gaues is still employed as a baker, with around 50 employees.

Since September 15, 2014 Jochen Gaues has been involved in "Bäcker Gaues GmbH". The bakery in Lachendorf near Celle was completely renovated as the basis for a structured new beginning. In addition to the sale in the shop in Lachendorf, the old customer contacts to various restaurateurs were gradually reactivated. Since the beginning of March 2015, the 3 Hamburg branches of “Broterbe Gaues” have been owned by “Bäcker Gaues GmbH”. This was followed by new openings in Hanover-Kirchrode in April and in Hamburg-Blankenese in May 2015. Further branches in Braunschweig, Wolfsburg and Hamburg were planned at the time.

Jochen Gaues himself wants to concentrate exclusively on the production of baked goods.

In August 2017, as part of the “Europe's best” event, Jochen Gaues and his wife Elisabeth were invited to the MS Europa, where he presented his bread to chefs and winemakers. In September 2017 he was invited to the “Best-of-the-Best-Awards” of the best from gastronomy, trade and production in Düsseldorf and nominated in the category “Company 2017”. However, he only achieved tenth and last place in the subsequent election.

At the end of 2017, Jochen Gaues was a guest in the cooking show DAS! Kochstudio - New Year's Eve menu on the NDR.

Movies

  • Rebel in the bakery - the baker Jochen Gaues. Documentary, Germany, 2012, 23 min., Script and director: Kathrin Sänger, production: Spiegel TV , first broadcast: June 4, 2012 on SAT1 , synopsis from Spiegel TV and online video .
  • The best from the celebrity baker. Television reportage, Germany, 2011, 60 Min, written and directed. Olaf Kaune, production: Best Company Video, NDR , first broadcast: July 31, 2011 series: the Northern story, Summary of ARD , compilation of the three-part documentary.
  • Reach for the stars. The new German cooking stars. Documentary, Germany, 2011, 208 min., Script and direction: Ralph Quinke, production: Spiegel TV , first broadcast: March 19, 2011 on VOX , synopsis by Spiegel TV.
    Gaues is interviewed and can be seen delivering bread to his friend Christian Lohse at the Hotel Regent Berlin .
  • The Baker. 3. Gaues goes big city. TV report, Germany, 2011, 30 min., Script and direction: Olaf Kaune, production: Best Company Video, NDR, first broadcast: February 23, 2011, synopsis by ARD .
  • The Baker. 2. The new oven. TV report, Germany, 2011, 30 min., Script and direction: Olaf Kaune, production: Best Company Video, NDR, first broadcast: February 9, 2011.
  • The Baker. 1. Celebrity tour. TV report, Germany, 2011, 30 min., Script and director: Olaf Kaune, production: Best Company Video, NDR, first broadcast: February 2nd, 2011, film information from NDR.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Personal details : Jochen Gaues. In: Der Spiegel . No. 33, August 16, 2010.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Katja Iken: Above all, good bread needs a lot of love. In: Welt am Sonntag . 17th October 2010.
  3. ↑ Vanessa Seifert, Ulrich Gaßdorf: Jochen Gaues is the punk among bakers. In: Hamburger Abendblatt . October 20, 2010.
  4. ↑ a b Andrea Walter: The bread of the early years. ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mare.de archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: mare . November 2009.
  5. ^ Caroline Kettermann: Star baker. In: RTL Regional. August 12, 2010, video, 3:13 min.
  6. ↑ Celebrity Baker. Bread rebel conquers Hamburg. In: Hamburger Morgenpost . October 16, 2010.
  7. ↑ Master craftsman with quality standards. Doers without possessions. In: handwerk.com , November 16, 2006.
  8. ↑ Conrad von Meding: No debt relief for the "federal baker" Gaues . In: Hannoversche Allgemeine. December 20, 2012, accessed September 27, 2013.
  9. ↑ a b Simon Benne: work, fame and arrogance. Bäcker Gaues from Hanover becomes a tragic figure. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine. March 11, 2011.
  10. ↑ a b Martin Kopp: Gourmet baker expands to the Elbe. Jochen Gaues sells Hanoverian baked goods in Eppendorf. In: The world . August 13, 2010.
  11. ↑ Jochen Gaues. ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gastropodium.de archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: gastropodium.de , 2010.
  12. ^ A b c Mathias Klein, Tobias Morchner: Bäcker Gaues sells several branches. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine . October 21, 2011.
  13. ↑ Our branches. ( Memento of the original from August 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Broterbe Gaues , accessed on February 8, 2013.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.broterbegaues.de
  14. ↑ Our locations In: Bäcker Gaues , accessed on September 13, 2016.
  15. ↑ Master craftsman with quality standards. Doers without possessions. In: handwerk.com , November 16, 2006.
  16. ↑ Anja Popovic: Slogan: From now on we will only train. In: Berliner Morgenpost . October 11, 2011.
  17. ↑ Bianca Gühlstorf: NDR television broadcasts a three-part report about Hanoverian celebrity bakers. In: NDR . January 27, 2011.
  18. ↑ Thomas Platt: Trend towards vegetarianism. Vegetables are my meat. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . February 6, 2011: "... Jochen Gaues from Hanover, the eccentric baker in high-class gastronomy who bakes his bread on cabbage leaves."
  19. ↑ a b Rüdiger Meise: After closing. Baker Gaues flees Hanover. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine. February 25, 2011, excerpt.
  20. ↑ Jan Sedelies : "Lack of hygiene." City of Hanover closes the Gaues bakery after food inspection. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine. February 24, 2011, excerpt.
  21. ↑ Sonja Fröhlich: "Serious Hygiene Defects". Bäckerei Gaues in Hanover in court. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine. March 8, 2011.
  22. ↑ Kathrin Sänger: Rebel in the bakery - the baker Jochen Gaues. In: Spiegel TV . 4th June 2012.
  23. ↑ Tobias Morchner in the Schaumburger Nachrichten of March 17, 2013: "Promi-Bäckerei" Gaues files for insolvency . Retrieved September 27, 2013
  24. ↑ Joachim Gries: Lawyer runs a celebrity bakery . ( Memento of the original from September 10, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Cellesche Zeitung. March 15, 2013, accessed September 27, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cellesche-zeitung.de
  25. ↑ Our company In: Bäcker Gaues , accessed on April 20, 2015.
  26. ↑ above: Jochen Gaues - a passionate baker. ( Memento of the original from April 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gastroecho.de 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. In: Gastro Echo . April 7, 2015.
  27. ^ Hamburger Abendblatt - Hamburg: Cruise on the "MS Europa" . ( Abendblatt.de [accessed on September 10, 2017]).
  28. ↑ Jürgen Dollase, Ralf Bos, Thomas Ruhl: Best-of-the-Best Awards 2017 - choose your favorites now! - EAT | DRINK | THINK. Retrieved September 10, 2017 .
  29. ↑ Best-of-the-Best Awards 2017. Accessed October 4, 2017 .
  30. ↑ NDR: THAT! Cooking studio - New Year's menu. December 29, 2017, accessed on February 4, 2018 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Gaues, Jochen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German baker
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Sande (Friesland)