Josef Zotter
Josef Zotter (born February 21, 1961 in Feldbach , Styria ) is an Austrian entrepreneur .
Life
After training as a chef in Söchau , Zotter moved to the Arlberg and became head chef at the Hotel St. Antoner Hof. After a few years he switched to head chef Werner Matt at the Hilton Hotel in Vienna . After working as a gastronomy cook, Zotter opened four coffee houses in Graz in 1987 . In 1996 his branches went bankrupt.
In 1999 he opened the Zotter chocolate factory . His idiosyncratic creations were discussed in television and radio programs, for example in the Galileo program . In 2008 he received the Trigos Prize for Social Responsibility of the Province of Styria for his commitment to fair trade raw materials.
Publications
- with Andreas H. Gratze (Ed.): Schoko l'art. Styria Printshop, Graz 2004, ISBN 3-901921-24-9
- with Sabine Lintschinger: Chocolate. The sweet side of life. Pichler, Vienna / Graz / Klagenfurt 2006, ISBN 978-3-85431-404-2
- All chocolate! My favorite recipes for the sweet kitchen. Ueberreuter, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-8000-7440-2
- with Wolfgang Wildner and Wolfgang Schober: Headstand with fresh fish - My way out of the crisis biography. zotter Schokoladen Manufaktur GmbH, 2012, ISBN 978-3950346107
Honors
- 2004: Trophée Gourmet in the Gourmandise category for unusual products
- 2005: Entrepreneur of the year in the handicraft category
- 2006: Trigos Prize for companies with social responsibility
- 2006: Eurochocolate Award in Perugia : Best Foreign Chocolate Manufacturer
- 2007: Primus 2007 for its comeback
- 2008: Trigos Prize Styria for the project cocoa from Nicaragua - partnership responsibility for the world
- 2008: at the Organic Marketing Forum in Warsaw in the Best of Organic category
- 2010: Trigos Prize Styria and WIN special prize for the cocoa instead of cocaine project
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ afrikanet.info: "Chocolate" by Josef Zotter
- ↑ 50 years of Josef Zotter: bankruptcy, Harvard and Bioschoko. In: The press . February 15, 2011, accessed June 9, 2012 .
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: fish chocolate . In: Galileo . January 19, 2010 (video; 12:32 min)
- ↑ ORF : “Weltverbesserer” as guest in “Stöckl am Saturday” ( memento of the original from October 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The 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. . June 21, 2008
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SURNAME | Zotter, Josef |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian cook |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1961 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Feldbach (Styria) |