curtains up for the wine & gastronomy dream team
Also back on the menu again at the forthcoming ProWein from 19 to 21 March will be the “urban gastronomy by #asktoni & ProWein” Lounge. The hip urban restaurant scene from Germany and abroad will be in for a line-up of the finest. The special highlight this year: top chefs and hip restaurateurs will let visitors “look over the shoulders” and provide first-hand tips. And all of this will be done in the form of relaxed, entertaining workshops – hosted by Toni Askitis, himself a restaurateur, wine sommelier and influencer. Here, wines will always be centre stage. In the four daily workshops he will raise the awareness of food service staff, be they beginners or professionals, about the right handling of wine. The following international restaurateurs/chefs, vintners and wine guides will be taking part:
– Anestis Haitidis, Greece’s wine guide and discoverer of new wine talents specifically for the international gastronomy scene (Sunday, 12 noon).
– Tim Tegtmeier, Pâtissier of the Year 2015 and owner of “Pure Pastry” on Düsseldorf’s Carlsplatz, & food pairing with Champagne (Sunday, 16 pm).
– Saman Khoshgbari aka Flourboy, skater, creative & pizza sculpture maker from Maastricht (Monday, 12 noon).
– Tibor Werzl, Bochum’s only sommelier & chef at the small, refined “Five” will discuss food pairing with Demeter vintner Stefan Bietighöfer/Pfalz (Monday, 4 pm) .
– Nikolaus Alexander Pitlik, pop-up restaurateur, rock ‘n’ roller & wine freak from Austria (Tuesday, 12 noon)
– Starred chef Benjamin Kriegel from the recently opened “Pink Pepper” in Düsseldorf will discuss food pairing with three Greek wine-growing estates (Tuesday, 4 pm)