Chef Alexander Fankhauser
Gourmet cuisine in Zillertal
At the gourmet hotel Lamark, this dream becomes true: For in our kitchen, no other than the TV cook Alexander Fankhauser will look after your culinary well-being.
IN HIS HAND; THE WOODEN SPOON BECOMES A WAND
Born in 1974, Alexander Fankhauser learned his trade in the renowned hotel management school Villa Blanka in Innsbruck. He gathered international experience and the perfect final touch in Florence, London, Vienna and the USA. His teachers included Reinhold Gerer (Vienna) and Wolfgang Puck (Los Angeles).
HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS
The most fascinating places of this world were visited by our master chef. Flavours, recipes and exotic spices from different regional cuisines were collected to conjure the newest gourmet dishes.
With uncountable culinary inspirations and a beautiful recognition, Alexander returned to his home in Tyrol. “There is no place like home!”
KITCHEN UPGRADE BY THE TV COOK
With a suitcase full of fresh ideas, infinite creativity and outstanding expertise, Alexander Fankhauser changed the kitchen of his parents’ hotel completely. A gourmet cuisine on the highest level came into being. And it didn’t take long until the excellent specialties and indulging variations of our famous cook became the flagship of our Lamark Hotel in Tyrol.
TV STAR & COOKBOOK AUTHOR
Together with Andi Wojta, Alexander Fankhauser was whetting the Austrian viewers’ appetite for good cuisine in the ORF cooking show “Frisch gekocht”. Always relaxed and with Tyrolean charm – in 2010 he was elected the most popular “Show Entertainer of Austria” and awarded with the Romy, the Austrian TV award.
In 2005, he was named ‘Chef of the Year’ by Gault Millau
In 2013 Alexander received the ‘Trophée Gourmet for creative cuisine’ from A la Carte.
Alexander is currently delighting his cookery fans with cooking videos on the Best-of-Zillertal.at blog
