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German chef (1955–2017)
Helmut Thieltges
Born(1955-09-24)24 September 1955
Dreis, Germany
Died26 July 2017(2017-07-26) (aged 61)
Culinary career
Rating(s)
Previous restaurant(s)
  • Waldhotel Sonnora

Helmut Thieltges (24 September 1955 – 26 July 2017) was a German chef. Since 1978, he had been chef at the Waldhotel Sonnora, his own family business. Beginning in 1999, his restaurant was awarded three stars by the Michelin Guide for eighteen consecutive years.

Biography

Waldhotel Sonnora garden

Thieltges was the only child of the innkeepers Vinzenz and Maria Thieltges, who led the Pension Elisabeth in Dreis. After his apprenticeship in the Roman Emperor in Trier, he moved to the Schlosshotel Pontresina near St. Moritz in 1973, then to the Breidenbacher Hof in Düsseldorf, and in 1977, to the Bastei restaurant in Cologne. Since 1978, he cooked in the family-owned Waldhotel Sonnora, which is located in a forest on the edge of Dreis.

Thieltges gave few interviews, never published a cookbook, and only wanted to concentrate on his work. At the same time, he was able to delight guests from Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. He started out with the normal program of a dining restaurant; today his cuisine is praised for the "standards of precision".

Of his cooking he once said, "Classical is the true art. That is the basis of everything. Modern can call anyone who wants to do something else with violence."

Thieltges died after a brief illness, at the age of 61.

Awards

The classic of Thieltges: Kleine Torte vom Rinderfilet Tatar or Tartlet with layers of beef fillet tartare and Imperial caviar over rösti
Galantine of quail stuffed with pigeon breast.

References

  1. "The Great Unknown". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 23 November 2004.
  2. "Three star chef Helmut Thieltges". Deutsche Welle (in German). 30 September 2013.
  3. "Helmut Thieltges is Dead". Der Spiegel (in German). July 27, 2017. ISSN 0038-7452.
  4. "Waldhotel Sonnora". michelin.de (in German). Michelin. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  5. "Christoph Rüffer is Cook of the Year". Zeit Magazin (in German). 11 November 2014.

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