Gaetano Medini (1772,

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– 8 January 1857,

Doberan Bad Doberan () is a town in the district of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It was the capital of the former district of Bad Doberan. In 2012, its population was 11,427. Geography Bad Doberan is situated just west of Rostock's city c ...

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) was an Italian-born German chef. In his time, he was well-known beyond the borders of Italy and was hired for the court of

Mecklenburg Mecklenburg (; nds, label=Low German, Mękel(n)borg ) is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The largest cities of the region are Rostock, Schwerin ...

Life

Medini was hired as a personal chef, sometime after 1800 by the

Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin The Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a territory in Northern Germany held by the House of Mecklenburg residing at Schwerin. It was a sovereign member state of the German Confederation and became a federated state of the North German Conf ...

, to the court of later grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin,

Friedrich Franz I Frederick Francis I (10 December 1756 – 1 February 1837) ruled over the German state of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, first as duke (1785–1815), and then as grand duke (1815–1837). Biography He was born in Schwerin, Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, t ...

. He received the title of chief chef. He was the head of the kitchens in the residence and later, during the annual summer residence of the ducal family in Doberan, also set up tents near the pavilions at the

Kamp Kamp or KAMP may refer to: __NOTOC__ Geography * Kamp (river), Austria * Kamp (Bad Doberan), a park in the German town of Bad Doberan * Kamp, a district of the German municipality Kamp-Bornhofen * Kamp, a district of the German municipality Kamp-Lin ...

. Medini was married to a Swedish woman Maria (1766–1821). The architect Carl Theodor Severin, who was responsible for realizing many of the buildings in Heiligendamm and Doberan, built a house for Medini around 1825 near the Kamp on today's Severinstrasse. Medini lived in this house until his death in 1857. The building still exists and is now a monument. Medini, who later became Gustav Medini, was a member of the Freimaurerloge St. Andreas. He was buried on the site of the Doberan Abbey at the eastern wall.Information about Medini's Restaurants
(PDF; 256 kB) The stone slab, which is surrounded by bricks, is crowned by the remains of a classic

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1772 births 1857 deaths German chefs Italian chefs Businesspeople from Milan People from Bad Doberan Italian emigrants to Germany German people of Italian descent {{Italy-business-bio-stub