Ralf Bos
Ralf Bos (born January 21, 1961 in Düsseldorf-Bilk ) is a German chef , restaurant specialist and owner of the delicatessen delivery company Bos Food.
Life
After graduating from secondary school in 1977, Bos completed an apprenticeship as a chef and then retrained as a restaurant specialist. He then worked as a bartender , head waiter, sommelier and restaurant manager in restaurants and hotels from Sylt to Davos . In 1984 Ralph Siegel hired him as tour manager for the Wind group . He later founded the electronics import company Bos TTV. The company had 28 employees and had an annual turnover of 14.5 million DM when he sold it in 1989.
In 1990, Bos founded Bos Food GmbH together with Ralf Borkowsky in Düsseldorf. In 2000 he moved the company to nearby Meerbusch . The company employs around 150 people and ships delicacies within Germany, Austria and Switzerland . Bos Food generated an annual turnover of 24 million euros in 2014.
Bos published in Germany on molecular cuisine and runs a molecular cooking school for professionals. He is also an editorial assistant at the gourmet magazine Port Culinaire and works as a permanent editor for three other specialist magazines in Germany and Austria.
Bos has been married since 1988 and has three daughters.
engagement
Bos is the initiator of the top chefs campaign for UNICEF and top chefs for Africa , who support Menschen für Menschen and Stiftunglife . Bos is also the ambassador of the Children's Hospice Foundation for Central Germany in Nordhausen .
Awards
- 2006: Der Feinschmecker magazine elects Ralf Bos into the “Hall of Fame” of the thirty most important culinary personalities of the last 30 years
- 2006: Finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year
- 2007: Finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year
- 2007: The book Truffle and Other Edelpilze wins the gold medal of the Gastronomic Academy of Germany and the prize for the most successful German-language specialist book in its price class of all time
- 2009: The book Avantgarde: Molecular Cuisine and Other Progressive Cooking Techniques wins the silver medal of the German Gastronomic Academy
- 2012: Bos is voted "Grand Seigneur" by Port Culinaire magazine
Literature and television
- Truffles: stories, product knowledge and recipes from the most exclusive food in the world . Torch bearer, Cologne 2006, ISBN 978-3-7716-4335-5
- Avant-garde: molecular cuisine and other progressive cooking techniques . Torch bearer, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-7716-4386-7
- My culinary ABC . Torch bearer, Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-7716-4505-2
- 2013 he was a guest judge in the Sat.1 cooking talent show The Taste to see
Web links
- Literature by and about Ralf Bos in the catalog of the German National Library
- Bos Food website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from February 10, 2015 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.
- ↑ Entrepreneur of the Year 2007, finalist
- ↑ Silver medal
- ^ Grand Seigneur
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bos, Ralf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cook and delicatessen dealer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Düsseldorf-Bilk |