Jury ECKART 2016.

Munich. Eckart Witzigmann, who will celebrate his
75th birthday this year, has named the jury for the ECKART 2016. Jury
members for the 2016 award include:

  • Alex Atala, ECKART 2013 winner, São Paulo
  • Fritz Eichbauer, entrepreneur, founder and owner of Tantris
    Restaurant, Munich
  • Dr. Friedrich Eichiner, member of the Board of Management of BMW
    AG, Finance, Munich
  • Otto Geisel, Witzigmann Academy, initiator of the award, Munich
  • Claus Meyer, ECKART 2015 winner, Copenhagen and New York City
  • Jon Rose, ECKART 2014 winner, Los Angeles
  • Tohru Nakamura, ECKART 2011 winner and Chef of the Year 2015, Munich

 

The jury will meet at several locations this year. For the ECKART for
“Creative Responsibility and Enjoyment”, endowed by the BMW Group with
10,000 euros, the Witzigmann Academy will rely on the prowess and
expertise of previous award winners Atala, Rose and Meyer. Their vote
will be linked with the jury members’ meeting on 28 June 2016 in
Munich to decide the winners of the “Art of Cookery”, “Innovation” and
“Culture of Living” awards.

 

New venue for awards ceremony and gala
This
year, for the first time, the awards ceremony and subsequent gala
dinner will be held at the new BMW Group Classic in Munich. “This is
where BMW started out,” says Gabriele Fink, head of the BMW Museum. “A
worthy setting for Eckart Witzigmann’s 75th birthday and the BMW
centenary – it promises to be a very special evening.” The awards
ceremony and gala will take place on 18 October 2016.

 

ECKART, Witzigmann Academy and the BMW Group
The
International Eckart Witzigmann Award is one of the most prestigious
honours recognising outstanding achievements in the art of cooking and
fine dining. “Chef of the century” Eckart Witzigmann has awarded the
ECKART for unique culinary achievements and special commitment under
the broad spectrum of lifestyle since 2004. In partnership with the
BMW Group, the Witzigmann Academy presents awards annually in three
categories: “Art of Cookery”, “Innovation” and “Art of Living”. The
Academy presented its first ECKART for “Creative Responsibility and
Enjoyment” in 2013, with a cash award of 10,000 euros endowed by the
BMW Group.

Previous ECKART winners include Daniel Boulud (New York City); HRH
Charles, Prince of Wales (Highgrove); Elena Arzak (San Sebastian);
Anne-Sophie Pic (Valence); Harald Wohlfahrt (Tonbach); Dieter Kosslick
(Berlin); Ferran Adrià (Barcelona); Marc Haeberlin (Illhaeusern); Joël
Robuchon (Paris); Joël Robuchon (Paris); Alex Atala (Sao Paulo); Jon
Rose (Los Angeles); Mick Hucknall (Manchester); and many more.

A symposium on a specific gastronomic topic is also held annually.

Sustainability has been an integral part of the BMW Group’s corporate
strategy for many years, with sustainable development firmly
established as a corporate target at Group level: from the development
of alternative, fuel-saving vehicle concepts through
environmentally-compatible production processes to eco-friendly
recycling methods. At the BMW Group, sustainable thinking and action
influences not only the product, but the entire value chain. In all
areas of the company, the focus is on meaningful and responsible use
of energy and raw materials.

 

 

If you have any questions, please contact:

 

BMW Group Corporate Communications

Julian Hetzenecker, BMW Group Business and Financial Communications

Tel.: +49-89-382-39229

Email: julian.hetzenecker@bmw.de

 

Email: presse@bmw.de

Media website: www.press.bmw.de 

 

Press contact
Witzigmann Academy
Otto Geisel

Lachner-Straße 18

80639 München

Phone: +49 89 139 260 26

office@ottogeisel.de

 

Further information on the Eckart Witzigmann Award can be
found at:

http://www.eckart-witzigmann-preis.de/

 

 

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