Peter Kapp

Peter Kapp (* 1961 in Mannheim ) is a German baker and confectioner , author of baking books and lecturer. In the gastronomic press and other media, Kapp is one of the best bakers in Germany.

Life

Peter Kapp is the son of master baker Hans Kapp (1938–2015) and his wife Ilona. The bakery in Edingen am Neckar in northern Baden has been family-owned for over a hundred years (4th generation) and today has several branches in the area. Kapp trained in his parents' business and the pastry shop in the former Wägele confectionery in Mannheim.

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The increasing death of bakeries due to the new baking stations in the discount stores made him want to look for a new way in the early 2000s. His bakery should combine high quality baked goods with the best possible quality of ingredients. At the same time, this meant doing without the artificial baking additives that have now become common, in order to achieve more volume, more taste or more firmness. For a natural flavoring of his sourdough bread , the traditional indirect dough preparation is sufficient . He uses a sourdough mother that is over forty years old (continuous sourdough management ) for the Italian Terra Madre breads , named after the producer initiative founded by Slow Food initiator Carlo Petrini . As a result, Kapp also has a cold room in which the various types of sourdough bread can rest for hours, overnight or longer at eight degrees.

For other types of bread, on the other hand, Kapp also experiments with various spices and ingredients such as bock beer for Apostolator or dried cherries and cocoa beans for Black Forest (only in winter) and Steirisch Land with apple pieces, Styrian pumpkin seeds and walnuts. He has created an “extraordinary” specialty with the black baguette Sepia Cranberry . It took him several months to develop this baguette before it finally met his strict requirements.

As a representative of the traditional bakery trade, he confidently calls himself "Artisan Boulanger" (= artisan baker) in order to differentiate himself from the use of frozen dough pieces , baking mixes and baking additives. He uses little yeast for his bread, lets the dough rest for a long time and bakes the bread on stone. His company logo is framed by the motto “Rivoluzione del Pane” (it: bread revolution ). As a picture he uses a red, five-pointed star on a black background and a “baguette instead of a Kalashnikov ”. With his radical imagery, Kapp wants to point to the origins of the handicraft: "For me it is about us bakers reflecting more on the origins and traditions of our craft, that is, what has always characterized our work."

In addition to the upscale gastronomy in the region, his customers also include top chefs such as Stefan Neugebauer from Deidesheimer Hof or the three-star chef Juan Amador .

Teaching activities

Kapp is a lecturer at the Akademie Deutsches Bäckerhandwerk in Weinheim. He has also been giving baking courses for hobby bakers and professionals at the 1st Mannheim Cooking School for several years . At the private Università degli Studi di Scienze Gastronomiche (= University of Gastronomic Sciences ) in Pollenzo , Piedmont , founded by Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini , Kapp taught Italian bakers in 2008. Petrini visited him in 2009, accompanied by several students.

In the summer of 2020, Kapp took part in an online training course as part of the culinary series Meisterklasse.de , in which he imparted his knowledge of baking bread step by step. “The Art of Bread Baking” has 22 episodes in which the basics and recipes are shown within four hours. The course is available for purchase.

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Peter Kapp is married to his wife Sabrina. In his spare time he rides a motorcycle on a Harley Davidson Old School Bobber .

In July 2012, Kapp was able to move into a store in a prime location in Mannheim city center ( Kapuzinerplanken ) for nine days . He named the store "Pop-Up Bakery", following a trend in New York City to rent retail space in an empty building for a short time. With this marketing idea he caused a sensation nationwide.

Awards

Kapps baked goods are recommended by Slow Food . Already in 2000 and at the end of 2012, the gastronomy journal Der Feinschmecker included him in the list of the best bakeries in Germany.

Publications

• My bread - recipes without compromise. Heel, Königswinter 2014, ISBN 978-3-86852-929-6 .
• Kapp bakes: sweet & savory. Heel, Königswinter 2015, ISBN 978-3-95843-148-5 .
• Kapps bread: recipes for the Thermomix . Lempertz, Königswinter 2015, ISBN 978-3-945152-76-8 .
• Bake bread and snacks at home. Heel, Königswinter 2020, ISBN 978-3-96664-155-5 .

Movies

• Germany's best baker. Backsendung , Germany, 2014–2015, 90 episodes à 55 min., Moderation: Johann Lafer , production: ZDF , first broadcast: September 15, 2014 on ZDF, synopsis from fernsehserien.de and ZDF. Kapp took part as a juror in the 2nd season.

• Best baker in Germany. TV report, Germany, 2013, 12:30 min., Production: ProSieben , editing: Galileo , first broadcast: March 28, 2013, online video.

Memberships

• Slow food
• ELA Germany (supporter)

Web links

• Kapp Bakery
• Kapp Bakery - Artisan Boulanger. In: Facebook , ( short version )
• Sina Listmann: Peter Kapp bakes bread like back then - only different. (PDF; 1.8 MB). In: Our mountain road. Issue 1, winter 2018, pp. 66–73, with photo series and recipes.
• Photos: range of baked goods. In: Instagram

Individual evidence

1. ^ Peter Kapp (57) 3 sales outlets in Mannheim. In: Allgemeine BäckerZeitung. ( ABZ ), July 21, 2018.
2. ↑ ^{a b} The best bakers • 600 addresses in Germany. Kapp Bakery - Artisan Boulanger. In: Der Feinschmecker . 2012, No. 12, p. 15, (PDF; 1.7 MB).
3. ^ ^{A b} Nicole Hess: The revolutionary. In: espresso. ( Restaurant guide ), ( ZDB -ID 1210597-1 ), (PDF; 369 kB), June 14, 2013: “In a small, very inconspicuous family bakery in Edingen, Peter Kapp bakes the bread that many people find best heard in Germany - which is why they have to go a long way to get it. "
4. ↑ Breads with exclusive ingredients. In: back.intern. ( ZDB -ID 2474857-2 ), (PDF; 280 kB), August 2014: "Peter Kapp from Edingen-Neckarhausen should be one of the best bakers in Germany."
5. ↑ cf. Media library. In: baeckerei-kapp.de , accessed on March 3, 2019.
6. ↑ Kerstin Petry : Legendary octopus bread and dragons. In: Allgemeine Zeitung . January 27, 2018: "Or Peter Kapp, one of the best bakers in Germany, who bakes his bread with a lot of love, passion and, above all, time."
7. ↑ Best baker in Germany. In: Galileo , March 28, 2013, online video , accessed March 6, 2019.
8. ↑ Hannelore Schäfer (fer): With Kapp, the bakery stays in the village. Edingen - traditional company modernizes shop in Anna-Bender-Straße. ( Memento from March 4, 2019 in the web archive archive.today ). In: Mannheimer Morgen . 17th October 2015.
9. ^ Obituary notice: Hans Jakob Kapp. In: Mannheimer Morgen . 15th August 2015.
10. ↑ ^{a b c} Stephan Kraus-Vierling: Bake like the "best baker in the world". In: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung . November 4, 2014, as a PDF file (71 kB).
11. ^ Café - Konditorei Wägele ( Memento of December 8, 2004 in the Internet Archive ). In: Wägele pastry shop. 2003.
12. ↑ Ruth Weinkopf: Inventive spirit in the bakery. In: Mannheimer Morgen . November 9, 2013, (PDF; 1.1 MB).
13. ↑ Sina Listmann: Peter Kapp bakes bread like back then - only different. (PDF; 1.8 MB). In: Our mountain road. Issue 1, Winter 2018, pp. 66–73.
14. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Daniela Lorenz: For the day of the German bread. Juror of “Germany's best baker”: The bread revolutionary. In: Deutsche Handwerks Zeitung . April 26, 2016.
15. ↑ Terra Madre Network. In: Slow Food Germany , accessed on March 4, 2019.
16. ↑ ^{a b c} Johannes Weiss: Art rich in bread. Good bread has become a scarce commodity. But there are bakers who still practice real craft. In: Falstaff . December 18, 2013 and as a PDF file , (685 kB).
17. ↑ Photo: Steirisch Land. In: Facebook. 22nd December 2018.
18. ↑ Janina Beuscher: Announcement of war with fig filling. Traditional bakers establish themselves with innovative products against discounters. In: Baden's latest news . December 17, 2013, (PDF; 471 kB).
19. ↑ Reinald Wolf: How much boulangerie can the bakery handle? . In: Allgemeine BäckerZeitung. ( ABZ ), January 20, 2018.
20. ↑ Manfred Fischer: The bread is the star, not the baker. ( Memento from March 5, 2019 in the web archive archive.today ). In: Allgemeine BäckerZeitung. ( ABZ ), March 23, 2011, interview with Peter Kapp.
21. ↑ ^{a b} Stefan Schütter: The special has its price. In a free seminar at the Weinheim Academy, director Bernd Kütscher and Artisan Boulanger Peter Kapp gave many tips and suggestions on increasing bread sales. In: DBZ magazine. February 2014, issue 3, (PDF; 1.1 MB).
22. ↑ Welcome to the 1st Mannheim Cooking School. In: mannheimerkochschule.de , accessed on March 4, 2019.
23. ↑ Specialty baking course with master baker Peter Kapp. In: mannheimerkochschule.de , March 2010.
24. ↑ ^{a b} Bäcker acted as "Art Director". Carlo Petrini, head of the Slow Food movement, visits Peter Kapp. In: Allgemeine BäckerZeitung. Online ( ABZ ), July 9, 2009.
25. ↑ Baking course: Peter Kapp. The art of baking bread. In: Meisterklasse.de , July 2020.
26. ↑ Courses / E-Learning: Cooking like Germany's best chef Harald Wohlfahrt? This works out. In: daspaulimagazin.ch , October 29, 2019.
27. ↑ Kristina Presser: Star master baker gives online baking course. In: hogapage.at , July 3, 2020.
28. ↑ Video: Pop up bakery: Peter Kapp - Rivoluzione del pane powered by Engelhorn, Mannheim. In: YouTube. July 16, 2012, 2:02 min.
29. ↑ Christina Petrick-Löhr: Bake like grandfather. In: The world . 13th June 2013.
30. ^ Convivium Rhein-Neckar: Buying Guide . In: Slow Food Germany , accessed on March 3, 2019.
31. ↑ Kapp Bakery. In: Slow Food Germany. accessed on March 3, 2019.
32. ↑ Our supporters and sponsors. In: elaev.de , (European Association against Leukodystrophies ), accessed on March 6, 2019; see. Christian Mayer: Potato bread for Ela patients: Peter Kapp and Andreas Wenger want to help those affected by the rare metabolic disease. In: Wormser Zeitung . (PDF; 100 kB). December 12, 2012.