Thomas Bühner
Thomas Bühner (born April 13, 1962 in Riesenbeck ) is a German chef .
Career
Bühner completed his training in the Swiss house in Paderborn . In 1983 he moved to Günter Scherrer in the Hilton in Düsseldorf , in 1984 to Heinz Wehmann in the Landhaus Scherrer in Hamburg , to the Grand Cru restaurant in Lippstadt and to the Jörg Müller restaurant in Westerland on Sylt. 1989 Bühner finally went as Chef de Partie to Harald Wohlfahrt in the Schwarzwaldstube to Baiersbronn .
In 1991 he became head chef at the La Table restaurant in Dortmund , which was awarded a Michelin star in 1996 . The second followed in 1998. In 2001, Gault-Millau named Bühner “Newcomer of the Year” and only five years later “Chef of the Year”.
From April 2006 to July 2018 Thomas Bühner managed the restaurant la vie in Osnabrück . In 2011 it was awarded three Michelin stars. In July 2018 the owner of the restaurant, the Georgsmarienhütte group of companies , announced that the restaurant had been closed due to an "organizational realignment" of the company.
After the closure of “la vie”, Bühner went into business for himself. He continues to live in Osnabrück and works from there worldwide as a consultant for restaurants and as a guest chef.
Private
Thomas Bühner has been married since 2016.
Memberships
- 2009: “Grand Chef” at Relais & Châteaux
- 2010: Member of the "Les Grandes Tables du Monde"
Awards
- 1996: 1st Michelin star
- 1998: 2nd Michelin star
- 2001: Newcomer of the year, Gault Millau
- 2004: Top Chef of the Year, Aral Schlemmer Atlas
- 2004: Chef of the Year, Bertelsmann Restaurant and Hotel Guide
- 2006: Restaurant of the year, Der Feinschmecker
- 2011: 3rd Michelin star
- 2017: Taittinger Chefs Trophy
Television appearances
In 2014, Bühner was a guest judge on the second season of the cooking show The Taste .
In 2018 he took part in the VOX show The Perfect Professional Dinner .
Engagement in education
Since 2011, Bühner has been a patron of the CookUOS (pronounced: [kʊk] [uːoːɛs]) project at the University of Osnabrück, which was awarded by the German UNESCO Commission and is essentially a student project . With the Soft Matter Food Scientist Thomas Vilgis from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research and the Göttingen nutritional psychologist and medical doctor Thomas Ellrott , he will also be giving the format of a lecture “Scientific Cooking Show Thomas” (t to the power of 3) conceived by Uwe Neumann and Oliver Gillen ) - Science made palatable ”.
Web links
- Literature by and about Thomas Bühner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Thomas Bühner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Own homepage
- La vie restaurant
Individual evidence
- ↑ restaurant-ranglisten.de: three-star restaurant La Vie closed
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: Hamburger and Cola are more lucrative
- ↑ Ludger Osterkamp: Star chef creates menu for Gütersloh gastronomy company. In: nw.de . November 8, 2019, accessed May 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Stefanie Hiekmann : Original plans are history: Investor is looking for a new tenant for the former “la vie” in Osnabrück. In: noz.de . May 1, 2019, accessed May 18, 2019 .
- ↑ restaurant-ranglisten.de: Award for Thomas Bühner
- ↑ Corinna Berghahn: Osnabrück star chef at Vox - A last look at “La Vie”: Thomas Bühner at the celebrity dinner . ( noz.de [accessed October 7, 2018]).
- ↑ CookUOS.de: Thomas Bühner , January 2012
- ^ Uwe Neumann: T³ - 4th scientific cooking show "Science made palatable". In: www.cookuos.de. Retrieved July 2, 2016 .
- ↑ Oliver Gillen: Highlight for the CookUOS 2013/2014 semester end :. In: www.cookuos.de. Retrieved July 2, 2016 .
- ↑ Stefanie Hiekmann: 370 visitors to the science cookery show in Osnabrück-Halle . ( noz.de [accessed January 24, 2018]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bühner, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cook |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riesenbeck |