Wilhelm Horst Lichter (born 15 January 1962) is a German cook, television cook, cookbook author, and television presenter. He also occasionally appears on stage as an entertainer.

Life and career

Lichter was born on 15 January 1962 in

Rommerskirchen Rommerskirchen is the southernmost municipality in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Notable places Rommerskirchen possesses rich historical inheritances, including numerous remains of the Roman Villae Rusticae, and those ...

-Nettesheim,

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. He grew up as the eldest son of the miner Anton Lichter and his wife Margret Lichter, nee Heikamp, in the Rhenish lignite district in Gill, a district of

. He attended a ''

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'' and made

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as a teenager. At the age of fourteen he began a three-year apprenticeship as a chef with Lutz Winter in the "Alte Post" hotel and restaurant in Bergheim. He chose the profession of cook because he had very positive associations with eating together at the table. He is well known from the German talk and cook show ''Lafer! Lichter! Lecker!'' which he moderated together with

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and ''

Bares für Rares ''Bares für Rares'' (), also known as ''Cash or Trash'' in English, is a German television series on Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) presented by Horst Lichter, produced since 2013. It was first aired on August 3, 2013, on ZDF's sister chann ...

''.

Personal life

Lichter has three children from his first marriage; one of them died as an infant. Another relationship resulted in a daughter. He is married for the third time with Nada Lichter and lived in

Badenweiler Badenweiler (High Alemannic: ''Badewiler'') is a health resort and spa in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, historically in the Markgräflerland. It is 28 kilometers by road and rail from Basel, 10 kilometer ...

for eight years, and moved to

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

in 2020. Lichter is very interested in motorcycles and cars, especially

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s and modern classic cars.

Publications (selection)

* ''Lichters Jahreszeitenküche'', 2002, . * ''Lafer! Lichter! Lecker!'' (mit Johann Lafer), 2007, . * ''Genießen erlaubt! Die gute alte Küche neu entdeckt'', 2006, . * ''Großmutters geheime Rezepte. Aufgedeckt und aufgetischt'', 2005, . * ''Alles in Butter. Rezepte zum Glücklichsein''. Goldmann, München 2007, . * ''Sushi ist auch keine Lösung'' (DVD, live comedy and cook programm) 2008. * ''Hier bin ich Mensch: Geschichten, die vom Leben erzählen'', Mosaik-Verlag, 2014, . * ''Wer hier klaut, stirbt: Horst Lichters Geschichten von tausendundeinem Leben'', Goldmann, 2014, . * ''Die Lust am Kochen! Da ist sie wieder!'', Gräfe und Unzer-Verlag GmbH, 2015, . * ''Keine Zeit für Arschlöcher! … hör auf dein Herz'', Gräfe und Unzer-Verlag GmbH, 2016, .

Literature

Markus Lanz Markus Lanz (born 16 March 1969) is a German-Italian television presenter based in Germany. Early life Lanz is a member of the German-speaking majority in the Italian province of South Tyrol. He grew up in Geiselsberg, a village located 1,3 ...

: ''Und plötzlich guckst du bis zum lieben Gott. Die zwei Leben des Horst Lichter''. Gütersloh 2007, .

References

External links

Official website
(in German) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lichter, Horst Living people 1962 births German television chefs Cookbook writers German gastronomes