Chefs

A Biergarten as a gourmet restaurant? A gourmet restaurant as a host? - in the picturesquely located Steiraswirt, both under one roof - thanks to the success of the Brother & Sister Rauch! Richard Rauch is the talented cook, sister Sonja the good soul as hostess and proven wine expert. Nearly all basic products of the three-hood kitchen are from the surrounding area, are savored in the in-house butcher shop. Far from every big capital the just 30-year-old cooked here recently the gastronomic Oscar: GaultMillaus award to Austria's "cook of the year 2015" triggered justified pleasure. "For my sister and me, who have always believed in the fact that we can be successful in the country with our passion for good cooking, this is the greatest confirmation.

"As a member of the" Jeunes Restaurateurs d'Europe ", the sympathetic exception is a top-notch cuisine whose tastes are not only unique in Styria." In springy menus, Rauch combines with almost fairytale Grandezza seemingly ordinary things such as sauerkraut, ham, rabbit, kohlrabi with Exotic like Matcha, Yuzu, Dashi, orange blossoms and creates dishes that spontaneously rehabilitate the worn-out slogan of the experience gastronomy ". A visit to the Steirwirt is a sensational overall experience, as the Falstaff-Restaurantguide also says, and in 2014, Falstaff named the Steirwirt as "the best restaurant in Styria", and the ranking in the special "Best value for money" ranking Austria is third in the third place, and Richard Rauch is linked from his birth to his homeland in Styria.

After successfully completing the secondary school as well as the Landberufsschule for tourism in Styria Bad Gleichenberg, he completed his training as a cook in his parents' company and has remained faithful to the Steirawirt ever since. First successes the young chef already celebrated in 2005 with the award for the "host of the year". Only a year later the first hood of GaultMillau.