Association of German Chefs
The German Chefs Association e. V. (VKD) is a professional association and was founded on March 2, 1948. It is based in Frankfurt am Main and goes back to the Association of German Chefs founded in Dresden in 1884 and the International Association of Chefs (IVdK) founded in Frankfurt am Main in 1895. The latter organized the 1st International Culinary Art Exhibition in 1900 and ran the Culinary Art Museum in Frankfurt am Main from 1909 to 1933 .
The VKD is divided into the nine regional associations Berlin-Brandenburg, North, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, West, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria and Central Germany. 155 regional branch associations with around 12,000 members belong to these. This makes the VKD the largest national cookery association in Europe . The members of the PCD also belong to the World Association of Chefs Societies ( World Association of Chefs' Societies - WACS) on.
In honor of Saint Lawrence of Rome , the patron saint of cooks , the VKD's Laurentius Day has been celebrated annually since 1986 .
President
- until 2013: Robert Oppeneder
- 2013 to 2019: Andreas Becker, Trier
- since 2019: Richard Beck
Rudolf Achenbach Prize
The Rudolf Achenbach Prize is organized by the Association of German Chefs together with the Achenbach Delikatessen Manufaktur and is the oldest still existing national youth competition in Germany to promote young cooks in training.
Hobby Chef of the Year
Between 2003 and 2005 the VKD awarded the “Hobby Cook of the Year” the Golden Laurel Leaf . The winners were:
- 2003 Roland Koch (Prime Minister Hesse)
- 2004 Renate Schmidt (Federal Minister for Family Affairs)
- 2005 Johannes B. Kerner (TV presenter)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Laurentius Day ( Memento of the original from August 21, 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.
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