Timo Böckle

Timo Böckle (born September 2, 1977 in Böblingen ) is a German chef , master chef , television chef and entrepreneur . He is known to a wide audience through cooking programs on SWR television and ARD Digital .

Career

Timo Böckle, son of a Swabian butcher family, completed his apprenticeship as a chef between 1994 and 1997 in the Hotel-Restaurant Hirsch in Alt Eltingen . After passing the final exam , he did his military service in 1997 - first in Stetten am kalten Markt , then in 1998 in the Theodor-Heuss-Kaserne in Bad Cannstatt . In the latter, he was the shift leader of the officers' mess and was responsible for catering for the Bundeswehr's sports promotion group . He was responsible for the implementation of military and civil events in Stuttgart . At the end of his period of service, on August 28, 1998, he was awarded the company's “best price”. He then worked as entremetier at the Hotel Bareiss in Baiersbronn .

His first engagement outside of Germany took him to the cruise ship MS Europa in 2000 , on which he was employed as sous chef in the gourmet restaurants Venezia and Asia (today Restaurant Global) during its maiden voyage and later on its first trip around the world . It was there that he met his future boss, Johann Lafer . From 2001 he worked as Chef Poissonnier in the gourmet restaurant Le Val d'Or, which was then awarded 2 stars in the Guide Michelin , and in the tower room at Johann Lafers Stromburg in Stromberg. This was followed by another stay abroad in 2002 and a job in the Pacific restaurant of the Carlton Hotel on the North Island of New Zealand . He used the time and at the same time worked on stage in the Katsura restaurant, where he dealt with Japanese cuisine and made his first experiences with teppanyaki .

After his return to Germany, Böckle passed the examination to become a master chef at the hotel management school in Heidelberg at the age of 25 . In 2003, due to a serious illness of his father Wolfgang Böckle, he finally joined the family company founded by grandfather Walter Böckle in 1953. Since 2005 Timo Böckle has been in the third generation - together with his sister Sandra - managing director and owner of the Böckle GmbH family.

Television activities

Timo Böckle acted as a TV chef after taking over his parents' business. In 2005 he cooked coffee or tea for the first time live alongside Bernd Schröder on the Südwestfunk broadcast . As a result, he was present in various programs: SWR Saturday evening show and ARD Digital Lecker hoch Drei. To this day, Böckle is on the first Wednesday of the month in Baden-Baden with coffee or tea as a spontaneous cook. He is repeatedly used as a cook in front of the camera at various events and special programs on SWR television such as the Pumpkin World Cup in the blooming Baroque , at the Buga Heilbronn or at the SWR Summer Festival.

Web links

• Timo Böckle's website
• Portrait film by Timo Böckle
• SWR recipes Timo Böckle

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hotel-Restaurant "Zum Reussenstein"
2. ↑ https://bnn.de/lokales/baden-baden/ueber-die-schulter-geschaut-spontankoch-timo-boeckle-auber-leckeres-aus-resten Spontankochen
3. ↑ Looking over the shoulder: Spontaneous chef Timo Böckle conjures up delicious things from leftovers. In: Baden's latest news. July 5, 2019, accessed on June 28, 2020 (German). 
4. ↑ https://www.krzbb.de/krz_154_108845143-13-_Bckle-heute-im-Fleischermuseum.html?archiv=1 Böckle on Tour
5. ↑ Kreiszeitung Böblinger Bote: Böckle today in the butcher's museum. Retrieved June 28, 2020 . 
6. ↑ https://www.krzbb.de/krz_50_108765045-13-_Rezept-Wettbewerb-mit-Timo-Boeckle.html?archiv=1 kitchen classics
7. ↑ Kreiszeitung Böblinger Bote: Recipe competition with Timo Böckle. Retrieved June 28, 2020 . 
8. ↑ https://www.swr.de/sommerfestival/stuttgart/artikel-swr-sommerfestival-ende-100-100.html SWR summer festival