Eckart Witzigmann is an Austrian chef. After his chef-apprenticeship in the Hotel Straubinger in

Bad Gastein Bad Gastein (; formerly ''Badgastein''; Southern Bavarian: ''Bod Goschdei'') is a spa town in the district of St. Johann im Pongau, in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Picturesquely situated in a high valley of the Hohe Tauern mountain range, it ...

(1957–60), Witzigmann moved on to numerous positions in prestigious restaurants around the world, among others as a student of

Paul Bocuse Paul Bocuse (; 11 February 1926 – 20 January 2018) was a French chef based in Lyon who was known for the high quality of his restaurants and his innovative approaches to cuisine. A student of Eugénie Brazier, he was one of the most prominent ...

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. His work in Germany began in 1970 at the

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restaurant ''Tantris'' designed by the architect

Justus Dahinden Justus Dahinden (18 May 1925 - 11 April 2020) was a Swiss architect, teacher and writer about architecture. Life Dahinden was born in Zürich. From 1945 to 1949, he studied architecture at ETH Zürich (ETHZ), graduating in 1956 with his Ph ...

. On 19 November 1978, he became the first German-speaking chef (and the third, outside France) to receive the esteemed three stars from the French

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for his Munich restaurant ''Aubergine'' which he had opened one year previously. In 1994, he sold the ''Aubergine''. In the same year, he received the rare award ''chef of the century'' from the Gault Millau guide. Only three other chefs have been awarded this title:

Joël Robuchon Joël Robuchon (, 7 April 1945 – 6 August 2018) was a French chef and restaurateur. He was named "Chef of the Century" by the guide Gault Millau in 1989, and awarded the Meilleur Ouvrier de France (France's best worker) in cuisine in 1976. ...

and

Frédy Girardet Frédy Girardet (born 17 November 1936) is a Swiss chef who cooks in the French tradition. Often considered one of the greatest chefs of the 20th Century, his self-named restaurant in Crissier, Switzerland (near Lausanne, Switzerland) earned thr ...

. Since then, Witzigmann has published many cooking books.

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* Austrian chefs Living people 1941 births Head chefs of Michelin starred restaurants {{Austria-bio-stub