Max Kehl

Max Kehl (* 1940 ; † 2002 in Zurich ) was a Swiss chef .

Live and act

Max Kehl completed his cooking apprenticeship at the Zurich Hotel Baur au Lac . After stints in France and his first own operations, he opened “Chez Max” on Seestrasse in Zollikon in 1978, supported by his partner Claes Sivertzen . Kehl relied on market-fresh products and introduced nouvelle cuisine in Switzerland . Together with Frédy Girardet in Crissier and Hans Stucki in Basel, Max Kehl was one of the radical innovators in Swiss gastronomy in the eighties.

In 1991 he renamed his restaurant Chez Max - Les vacances and focused on simpler and cheaper dishes. In 1992 the inventory was auctioned off and Chez Max closed. From then on, Kehl worked as a consultant and director of a luxury hotel in Barbados.

Restaurateurs like the chef Beat Bolliger and the TV chef Erik Haemmerli went through Kehl's school .

Individual evidence

↑ Top chef Kehl has died. In: Tages Anzeiger of September 23, 2002.
^ Obituary in: Die Weltwoche of September 26, 2002.
↑ Max Kehl died. Brilliant "revolutionary" at the stove. In: NZZ of September 24, 2002.
↑ The composer with the wooden spoon. Max Kehl, who revolutionized Swiss cuisine, died at the age of 62. in: The NZZ of September 29, 2002, accessed on April 19, 2015.

personal data
SURNAME	Kehl, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss chef
DATE OF BIRTH	1940
DATE OF DEATH	2002
Place of death	Zurich

[1] Top chef Kehl has died. In: Tages Anzeiger of September 23, 2002.

[2] Obituary in: Die Weltwoche of September 26, 2002.

[3] Max Kehl died. Brilliant "revolutionary" at the stove. In: NZZ of September 24, 2002.

[4] The composer with the wooden spoon. Max Kehl, who revolutionized Swiss cuisine, died at the age of 62. in: The NZZ of September 29, 2002, accessed on April 19, 2015.