Sissy Sonnleitner
Sissy Sonnleitner (born June 2, 1953 in Kötschach-Mauthen ) is an Austrian cook and author of cookbooks .
Life
Sissy Sonnleitner was born in Mauthen as the youngest of four daughters of the innkeeper couple Elisabeth and Herbert Rainer. In 1903, after a major fire disaster in Mauthen , Herbert Rainer's ancestors had converted the family-owned dye works into an inn. It has been in the family since then. The inn is mentioned for the first time in Baedeker in the 1914 edition.
In her youth, Sissy Sonnleitner had no ambitions to continue the family tradition. The departure of the three older sisters alone meant that she and her husband Kurt took over the "Gasthof Kellerwand" in 1978.
In the 1970s, tourism in Kötschach-Mauthen changed suddenly with the opening of the Tauern motorway . Sissy and Kurt Sonnleitner had to look for alternatives to the previous inn concept. Attending a cooking seminar with Elfie Casty in Switzerland led to the idea of an individual country house with excellent cuisine. Over the years, together with her husband, she developed the so-called Alps-Adriatic cuisine from regional cuisine and the influence of nearby Italy . The inn was now called "Landhaus Kellerwand" . The country house was closed at the end of 2019.
Since March 2020, Sissy Sonnleitner has a blog with the title "Love creates everything" .
She has four daughters, her husband Kurt Sonnleitner died in 2017.
Awards
- 1982 Gault Millau admission
- 1990 “Chef of the Year” from Gault-Millau in Austria
- 1999 "Cheese Affineur 1999"
- 2000 Creation of the autumn / winter menu for Gran Class passengers of Austrian Airlines
- In 2002 the magazine Der Feinschmecker selected it as one of the 15 best female chefs in Europe
- 2004 1 star in the Michelin Guide
- 2006 Awarded the "Golden Roulette Ball" from Gault-Millau and Casinos Austria
- 2008 “30 Years of Sonnleitner” enjoyment anniversary
- 2008 3 toques in Gault-Millau
- 2009 Presentation of the "Carinthian Tourism Award 2009", 2nd place in the "Hotel" category
Works
- Around a Table , Cookbook, 1995, ISBN 3853667988
- Alpen Adria Küche , cookbook with Karin Longariva, 2002, ISBN 9783706623308
- Carnic Flavors , Cookbook, 2005, ISBN 9783708401607
Web links
- Landhaus Kellerwand Sissy & Stefanie Sonnleitner
- Literature by and about Sissy Sonnleitner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Blog love creates everything
source
Die Presse August 26, 2020, p. 21
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sonnleitner, Sissy |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian cook |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 2, 1953 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kötschach-Mauthen |