The judges
- Cornelia Poletto (Restaurant Cornelia Poletto)
- Rupert Kien (Sea Chefs)
- Thomas Martin (Hotel Louis C. Jacob)
- Christoph Rüffer (Haerlin, Vier Jahreszeiten)
- Robin Pietsch (Restaurant Pietsch, Wernigerode)
- Thomas Kammeier (Euref Campus)
- Kathleen Haefele (Pro Veg)
- Richard Rauch (Geschwister-Rauch)
- Björn Freitag (Goldener Anker)
- Max Strohe (Tulus Lotrek)
- Nelson Müller (Restaurant Schote)
- Ralf Bos (Bosfood)
- Josef Vierhauser
- Andre Wolf (Rungis Express)
INTERNORGA Partner of the industry
Together with TV chef Johann Lafer, INTERNORGA is particularly committed to promoting young talent in the catering industry. The competition, which is specifically aimed at promoting the cookery profession, was launched in 2016 and has enjoyed great popularity ever since. In recent years, 72 chefs have competed against each other and cooked live at INTERNORGA.
The Next Chef Award has already helped several participants, including Anne Brandes (winner 2023), Kevin Gedike (winner 2019), Marianus von Hörsten (winner 2018), Maximilian Schultz (winner 2017) and Jonas Straube (winner 2016), to boost their careers. With this innovative competition for young talent, INTERNORGA draws attention to the attractiveness of the culinary profession and shows the entire industry the potential that lies in young cooking talent and the promotion of young talent.
