Eckart 2012 award ceremony at BMW Museum

The Eckart 2012 was awarded at the BMW Museum. From this year on, the International Eckart Witzigmann Award, which has been presented since 2004, will be known by its founder's first name, Eckart. This year, it was presented for the first time in cooperation with the
BMW Group. The jury of the International Eckart Witzigmann Award Society announced the winners of the Eckart 2012 on September 3, honouring their outstanding achievements in the culinary arts. The three award winners are Shalom Kadosh, Andoni Luis Aduriz and Peter Kubelka.

Shalom Kadosh, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, received the International Eckart Witzigmann Award for Cuisine 2012. Shalom Kadosh works with great passion in Israel, which numbers among the countries with the most diverse cuisine, bringing together influences from 70 cultures. His dream is to create peace with good food. Andoni Luis Aduriz, San Sebastian, was presented with the International Eckart Witzigmann Award for Innovation 2012. Andoni Luis Aduriz is considered one of the best avant-garde chefs. He uses the achievements of modern technology to his advantage in his cuisine in a most impressive way. He is also renowned for his sensitive handling of herbs and vegetables. Peter Kubelka, Vienna, received the International Eckart Witzigmann Award for Lifestyle 2012. Peter Kubelka, the Austrian experimental filmmaker and artist, is the first person to have specifically taught cooking at an art academy as an art. For him, cookery is the oldest fine art of all.

The award ceremony opened with a welcome from Eckart Witzigmann and Friedrich Eichiner, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, responsible for Finance. Eevent was a very special premiere for the BMW Welt, the BMW Group's delivery and experience centre: For the Eckart 2012 award ceremony's gala dinner, the auditorium was transformed into a first-class restaurant. Twelve top international chefs created a refined six-course menu exclusively for the evening. With 22 Michelin stars between them, the chefs included: Andoni Luis Aduriz, Jonnie Boer, Thomas Bühner, Martin Fauster, Tanja Grandits, Hans Haas, Marc Haeberlin, Shalom Kadosh, Claus-Peter Lumpp, Tohru Nakamura, Jorg Sackmann and Harald Wohlfahrt.

Eckart Witzigmann emphasised the responsibility of gourmet cuisine, "In recent years, many people have come to realise how important food is. It matters where products come from and how they are prepared. The quality of the products and their preparation is essential to their taste - and, not least, to the wellbeing of people and nature. As chefs, we have considerable skill in this area, as well as a significant responsibility."

Dr. Friedrich Eichiner welcomed the fact that the Eckart will have scientific support in the future. The expert symposium held in September focused on quality sustainable food at the workplace - a topic which is also important for the BMW Group with its more than 100,000 employees. The first results of the symposium included theses on the 'canteen of the future', written by students at the Baden-Wurttemberg Cooperative State University under the direction of Prof. Sabine Woydt.

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