User:Smeister75/Patrik Jaros

thumb|Patrik Jaros Patrik Jaros (born March 18, 1967) is a Michelin star chef and cookbook writer who both manages, and is a partner in, numerous restaurants.

Life
From 1988 to 1991, Patrik Jaros was sous-chef at Eckart Witzigmanns Aubergine restaurant in Munich. In 1992 he was appointed head chef at the "Patrizierhof'"gourmet restaurant near Munich. In 1993 he returned to the "Aubergine" (1 star in the Michelin Guide) as head chef, where he worked until 1995. In 1994 Patrik Jaros was named the youngest Michelin star chef in Germany by the Guide Michelin. In 1995 he was awarded third place in the Bocuse d'Or cooking world championships in Lyon, which is held under the auspices of Paul Bocuse. Today Patrick Jaros manages and is a partner in, numerous restaurants in Cologne. He works as a consultant developing new food concepts, creates gastronomic training programs and adapts international gastronomic concepts for the German-speaking market. He is the author and food stylist of innumerable cookbooks. Since 2009 he has been developing a digital cookbook as an application for mobile end-user devices. Jaros is member of the Bocuse d'Or Academy in France, and organiser of the 2009 Bocuse d'Or German cooking championships in Cologne.

Awards

 * Patrik Jaros was made "Germany's youngest Michelin star chef" in 1994 by the Guide Michelin
 * In 1995 he won third prize in the Bocuse d'Or, the chefs'world championships in Lyon under the patronage of Paul Bocuse.
 * JFor his book on truffles, Jaros received the accolade "winner of the gourmand world cookbook award 2004", "best German cookbook book on a single theme“

Weblinks

 * www.bocusedor.com
 * Gourmand World Cookbook Award