Vincent Klink

Vincent Klink

Born (1949-01-29) 29 January 1949
Gießen, Germany
Nationality German
Citizenship German
Occupation Jazz musician and author
Organization Restaurant Wielandshöhe, Stuttgart
Known for food-focused TV-shows and books, Jazz concerts and albums
Television ARD-Buffet (Geman TV-show)

Vincent Klink (born 29 January 1949 in Gießen)[1] is a German chef, restaurateur, author and publisher of culinary literature, jazz musician and media personality known for his food-focused television shows.[2] In 2010 Klink was awarded the Internationalen Eckart-Witzigmann-Preis. With this award the jury praised "his outstanding achievements in integrating in a delightful way the culinary craftmanship with the art of writing, of making music and of TV-entertainment".[3] In 2014, Klink received the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg.[4] Klink was founder member of the Deutsche Akademie für Kulinaristik, which takes care of the scientific exploration of the culinary art and customs.[5] Supporting quality food, Klink participated in the Internet-initiative against Genetically modified food.[6]

Celebrity chef and restaurateur

After receiving his master craftsman diploma in 1974, Klink and his wife Elisabeth opened their first restaurant, the Postillon in Schwäbisch Gmünd.[7] By 1978, Klink had received his first Michelin star.[8][9] Klink stated in an interview that he is mainly driven by the pleasure of entertaining and the gathering of cultural knowledge about good food, rather than commercial reasons.[10]

Since 1991, Klink has run the restaurant Wielandshöhe in Stuttgart-Degerloch. Every year since 1998, with the exception of 2001, Klink's cuisine has been awarded with the Michelin star.[11] In spite of this distinction and the related celebrity, Klink puts emphasis on creating a relaxed atmosphere aimed at his guests' well-being.[10] Klink exclusively cooks with vegetables sourced from organic farms and meat from species-appropriate animal husbandry, giving preference to food from the region. Increasingly he blends haute cuisine with typical regional cuisine.[12]

Since 1997 he has become known by a larger audience through his TV shows ARD-Buffet and Koch-Kunst. He had his first film appearance, playing a cook in the comedy thriller Basta – Rotwein oder Totsein. He also had a guest feature in the German police series Tatort, "Alibi für Amelie".[13]

Author and publisher

In addition to his culinary art, Klink cultivates his appreciation of literature. The name Wielandshöhe is a reference to the German poet and writer Christoph Martin Wieland. Klink has published a series of books, either as author, co-author, contributor or as editor. The central theme of his writing is the culinary art, either as cookbooks or interwoven into stories or short stories. In 2009, Klink published his autobiography, Sitting Küchenbull. Der Spiegel comments that Klink "writes juicily and elegantly just as he does his star-awarded cuisine".[14] Over the years, Klink has also published a series of magazines. Examples are Die Rübe. Magazin für kulinarische Literatur (with Stephan Opitz)[15] Cotta's Kulinarischer Almanach,[16] Häuptling Eigener Herd (with Wiglaf Droste),[17][18] journal culinaire[19] (with Barbara Häusler and Thomas Vilgis, and since 2007 with Martin Wurzer-Berger and Thomas Vilgis).

Jazz musician

Klink started his musical activities as a hobby, playing the German flute.[20][21] His activities became gradually more professional starting in October 2005, when he had a joint appearance with German Jazz trumpeter Till Brönner.[22] After the end of 2008, he changed to base-flugelhorn and trumpet.[23] In 2008 he had a live appearance on German television with mezzo-soprano Helene Schneiderman featuring the music of Rossini on the island of Mainau.[24] By 2009 Klink's activities as a jazz musician intensified. Since then, he has been active in a cooperation with his friend, the jazz pianist Patrick Bebelaar including concerts dotted with literature readings featuring Klink's books as well as an album production, also produced in collaboration with Bebelaar.[25] They participated in festivals like the Cologne based Lit.Cologne or the Baden-Württembergische Literaturtage. Their joint production Stupor Mundi (dml-records in 2015. Vincent Klink, Patrick Bebelaar, Michel Godard, Gavino Murgia and Carlo Rizzo) was awarded the The German Record Critics' Award,[26] an annual German prize presented for achievement in recorded music.

Books (selection)

References

  1. ↑ Restaurant-Ranglisten.de: Who is Who der Küchenchefs – Vincent Klink
  2. ↑ Der Internationale Eckart Witzigmann Preis 2010
  3. ↑ Deutsche Akademie für Kulinaristik, abseits.de (Gastronomieportal)
  4. ↑ „Internet-Initiative in November 2006. Vincent Klink gegen Gentechnik“, biopress.de, 31 October 2006
  5. ↑ „Wie wird man eigentlich Sternekoch, Herr Klink?“ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung-Hochschulanzeiger, 20 June 2005
  6. ↑ Michelin Guide. Germany 1978. Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin SCA.
  7. ↑ „Restaurant-Guides“, Nachgesalzen, 18 November 2006
  8. 1 2 „Im Gespräch – Genussmensch mit Leib und Seele“, Deutschlandradio, 30 December 2006
  9. ↑ Michelin Guide. Germany (editions 1998–...). Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin SCA.
  10. ↑ Gregor Delvaux de Fenffe: „Porträt: Vincent Klink“, Planet Wissen, 5 December 2003
  11. ↑ Tatort – „Alibi für Amelie“, 2002
  12. ↑ Vorgänger-Publikation der Zeitschrift Cotta's Kulinarischer Almanach
  13. ↑ Nachfolge-Publikation der Zeitschrift Die Rübe
  14. ↑ Königsberger Klopse, Nachgesalzen (Klinks Zeit-Blog), 2005 und Wir über uns, Häuptling Eigener Herd
  15. ↑ books.google.de: "so vierteljährlich wie möglich"
  16. ↑ ab Bd. 6 Edition Wurzer & Vilgis, Münster
  17. ↑ «3 nach 9», 27 May 2005, archiviert beim Internet Archive
  18. ↑ Cover des Kochbuches «Koch-Kunst», buchhandel.de
  19. ↑ Till Brönner trifft den Meisterkoch Vincent Klink und den Autor Wiglaf Droste
  20. ↑ Brigitte Neumann: „Jetzt fange ich erst richtig an“, Deutschlandradio, 24 December 2008
  21. ↑ Archive copy at the Wayback Machine, Stuttgarter Zeitung, 6 August 2008
  22. ↑ Patrick Bebelaar: „Brüder im Geiste, Patrick Bebelaar und Vincent Klink“, 2009
  23. ↑ Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik e.V. "Bestenliste 1–2015". schallplattenkritik.de/. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  24. ↑ Vincent Klink: „Der lange, erniedrigende Weg zum Küchenchef“, Die Welt, 5 December 2009
       Vincent Klink: „Pilgern zum Gott in Frankreich“, Tagesspiegel, 29 November 2009
  25. ↑ Anne Thiem: Archive copy at the Wayback Machine, Stuttgarter Zeitung, 29 November 2009
  26. ↑ das Kochbuch zum Film Basta – Rotwein oder Totsein

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