Vincent Klink
| Vincent Klink | |
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| Born |
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) is a German chef, restaurateur, author and publisher of culinary literature, jazz musician and media personality known for his food-focused television shows. 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". In 2014, Klink received the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg. Klink was founder member of the Deutsche Akademie für Kulinaristik, which takes care of the scientific exploration of the culinary art and customs. Supporting quality food, Klink participated in the Internet-initiative against Genetically modified food.
After receiving his master craftsman diploma in 1974, Klink and his wife Elisabeth opened their first restaurant, the Postillon in Schwäbisch Gmünd. By 1978, Klink had received his first Michelin star. 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.
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. In spite of this distinction and the related celebrity, Klink puts emphasis on creating a relaxed atmosphere aimed at his guests' well-being. 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.
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".
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