Interview9 May 2022

Interview with Valentin Rottner

Dish, Chef Valentin Rottner, Hotel Restaurant Gourmet Waidwerk, Nürnberg, Germany

Valentin Rottner is chef at Gourmet Restaurant Waidwerk. As a young chef, Valentin started his culinary journey with Alexander Herrmann in Herrmann's Posthotel. After this, he perfected his skills with Johannes King in the Söl'ring Hof and with Alexandro Pape in restaurant Fährhaus.  Valentin then joined the kitchens of the Spatzenhof restaurant in Wermelskirchen and the Schlosshotel Lehrbach. In 2016, he returned to his home business and became chef at Gourmet Restaurant Waidwerk. We asked the chef some questions to get to know him better, about his top suppliers, favourite dish, and much more.