Julia Komp

Julia Komp (born 7 April 1989) is a German chef and in 2016, at age 27, became the youngest German female chef to be awarded a Michelin star. She is chief chef at Schloss Loersfeld in Kerpen.

Komp grew up in Overath, and graduated as an intern student at Schloss Lerbach under Dieter Müller (chef), who was awarded three Michelin stars. She trained as a cook in the restaurant Zur Tant in Cologne's Porz district, where she took a position in the TÜV Rheinland executive lounge. Before her move to Kerpen, she was sous chef in the restaurant La Poêle d’O*r in Cologne. In addition to appearances in the Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln production Daheim + unterwegs (at Home + on the road), she has been a juror in the show Die Küchenschlacht for 2018.