Christoph Wirtz: Siebeck: A Full Life

The man who got the Germans hooked! Reading at the Alte Wache with a welcome glass of sparkling wine and wine

No one in Germany ever wrote about food and drink in a more scathing, wittier, or more elegant way than Wolfram Siebeck—about magnificent restaurants and dreadful bars, about the highest peaks of culinary delight and the darkest depths of German Mehlschwitze. When he died in 2016, he had shaped generations of readers and chefs as an author and columnist and transformed the restaurant scene: stylistically polished, polemical, and amusing.

Christoph Wirtz, one of the “most eloquent German food journalists” (FAZ), pays tribute to him on the 10th anniversary of his death: A portrait of a man whose life began as a child soldier on the Eastern Front—and then, as if in a frenzy, led him to the finest restaurants in Paris, through the lavender fields of Provence, and to the most elegant hotels in London.

The Author:

Dr. Christoph Wirtz has been writing about all facets of culinary culture for over 20 years. As an author, columnist, and former editor-in-chief of Gault&Millau, he has published his writings regularly in publications such as *Welt am Sonntag*, *Stern*, and *Der Feinschmecker*.