Who are the Kitchen Heroes? In the Next Chef Award contest 18 talented young chefs will be taking up the challenge and cooking for the title. Here’s a list of all the candidates:
- Patrick Domeyer (25), junior sous chef at Renaissance Hotel, Hamburg
- Henry Obotenu (23), demi chef at Eggers Hotel Hamburg
- Tetiana Bielova (22), chef at Strandhotel Glücksburg
- Christoph Behnke (23), chef de partie at Solar-Restaurant
- Marc Moog (25), junior sous chef at Coast by East
- Rene Dybek (26), junior sous chef at Klosterpforte Marienfeld
- Patrick Sonnenschein (25), chef de partie at the gourmet restaurant Schlosshotel Münchhausen
- Vanessa Westhöfer (25), part-time commis de cuisine at Burg Gleiberg Gießen
- Lukas Baumgartner (19), chef de partie at Hotel Grand Ferdinand
- Stefan Roglmeier (23), chef de partie & culinary development assistant at Restaurant Pfistermühle (Platzl Hotel Inselkammer KG)
- Dennis Kratz (25), chef de partie at Genuss Fabrik
- Kevin Lüken (25), catering business graduate at Wihoga Dortmund
- Felix Lehner (25), chef de partie at the Hilton Vienna
- Wilfried Langreiter (26), sous chef at Cool Mama Salzburg
- Marco Näpflin (21), chef tournant at Waldstätterhof Luzern
- Benedetto Russo (23), head chef at Ristorante l’opera
- Johannes Rudloff (24), sous chef at Restaurant Esplanade
- Alexander Loth (26), junior sous chef at Légère Hotel Bielefeld