The COOK
3* Chef de Cuisine Thomas Bühner
born in 1962, is one of Germany's best chefs. From 2006 to 2018 he ran the restaurant "la vie" in Osnabrück. In 2009, he received the "Grand Chef Relais & Châteaux" award. Since 2011, he has held three stars in the Michelin Guide, 19 points in the Gault Millau and is a patron of Culinary Medicine Deutschland e.V.
The doctor
PD Dr. med. Thomas Ellrott
born in 1966, is one of Germany's most renowned nutrition experts. In 2007 he took over as director of the Göttingen Institute for Nutritional Psychology. His research focuses on the prevention and therapy of obesity and the study of eating and consumer behaviour in Germany. He is head of the DGE Lower Saxony Section and scientific director of Culinary Medicine Deutschland e.V.
The physicist
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Vilgis
born in 1955, is a research group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz and conducts research in the field of soft matter, including the physical aspects of food - including ingredients and preparation. He also teaches as a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Mainz. He is also the author of several award-winning books on cooking, cooking methods and molecular cuisine. Especially worth reading "Der Gastronaut".
The moderator
Diplomvolkswirt Thomas Koch
Born in 1956 in Osnabrück, the city with the most satisfied inhabitants in Germany ("Luckily I'm from Osnabrück... but I wanted to go somewhere else after graduating from high school"). He studied in Heidelberg, Kiel and Freiburg and wrote reviews for film magazines, the daily press and Südwestfunk in Baden-Baden. 1987 traineeship. Afterwards, with unflagging curiosity, worked in the cultural programmes of radio and television of SWF and SWR. Since 1998 in Mainz - the lively state capital in the bubbling cultural region of Rhine-Main. It's a good place to live.
The coordinator
Sustainability educator Uwe Neumann
Born in 1960, studied medicine and computer science in Bonn, Aachen and Münster. Conceived the CookUOS project in 2010 and co-founded Culinary Medicine Deutschland e.V. in 2015. (formerly CookUOS e.V.). By means of the CookUOS portfolio, both theoretical and practical competences are taught. The project was awarded UN Decade Project status by the German UNESCO Commission in 2012/2013 and 2014. Awards from the Donors' Association for the Promotion of Sciences and Humanities in Germany and the Federal Ministries of Education and Research, Health, and Nutrition. In 2018, it received the Volker Pudel Prize from the Heinz Lohmann Foundation.