And here are the results of the Gault Millau 2016 for Germany
Chef of the year
Peter Maria Schnurr |Falco | Leipzig
Discovery of the year
Jochim Busch |Gustav |Frankfurt
Maitre d’
Kathrin Feix | Il Giardino |Bad Griesbach
Sommelier of the year
Frank Glüer | Ess.Zimmer| Munich
Pâtissier of the year
Thomas Yoshida | Facil| Berlin
Restaurateur of the year
Ali Güngörmüs |Le Canard Nouveau| Hamburg andPageou |Munich
Best German chef abroad
Rainer Becker, who has 13 restaurants (Yuma, Roka and Oblix) on three continents
Hotelier of the year
Heiner and Renate Finkbeiner |Traube Tonbach |Baiersbronn, Schloss Monrepos |Ludwigsburg andMontforthaus |Feldkirch (Austria)
Highest points –19.5 of 20 points
Five chefs reached 19.5 out of 20 possible points this year.
Christian Jürgens| Überfahrt |Rottach-Egern
Harald Wohlfahrt|Schwarzwaldstube| Baiersbronn
Joachim Wissler| Vendôme| Bergisch Gladbach
Klaus Erfort| GästeHaus| Saarbrücken
Helmut Thieltges|Waldhotel Sonnora| Dreis bei Wittlich,Südeifel
19 points
Thomas Bühner | La Vie | Osnabrück
Sven Elverfeld | Aqua | Wolfsburg
Christoph Rüffer | Haerlin | Hamburg
Tim Raue | Tim Raue | Berlin
Claus-Peter Lumpp | Bareis | Baiersbronn
Hans-Stefan Steinheuer | Zur Alten Post | Bad Neuenahr
Christian Bau | Victor’s Fine Dining | Perl-Nennig
Peter Maria Schnurr |Falco | Leipzig
18 points
Daniel Achillles | Reinstoff | Berlin
Hendrik Otto | Lorenz Adlon Esszimmer | Berlin
Michael Kempf | Facil | Berlin
Paul Stradner | Brenners Park Restaurant | Baden-Baden
Andreas Krolik | Lafleur | Frankfurt
Christian Eckhardt | Villa Rothschild |Königstein
Tohru Nakamura | Geisels Werneckhof | Munich
Wahabi Nouri | Piment | Eppendorf