Big Show about Cooking - Christian Henze

Christian Henze promises "A Portion of Luck" in Immenstadt and also shows how to prepare crispy muesli. To kick off the tour, there are fire fountains and rock music. Immenstadt. The bass thumps, the first notes of the rock song "I was made for loving you, Baby" resonate through the hall, two fire fountains shoot up - and introduced with a short film on a big screen, the star of the evening casually walks onto the stage at Immenstadt Castle: Christian Henze cooks - Live. He promises "A Portion of Luck" to the 120 viewers of the Germany premiere. Applause erupts. The cooking show is sold out. A special feature in Immenstadt: the walking dinner at the castle. In the fireplace room and the green Rococo salon, guests are served an aperitif at the beginning, followed by a buffet of appetizers. Johannes Haller and his companion Sarah Trautmann also enjoy dishes such as veal meatball on colorful lentil salad, smoked salmon tartare, and country chicken on pumpkin chutney. Haller's mother Jane had already experienced a Henze cooking show many years ago at the former Lederle furniture store in Sonthofen. "He was once Gunter Sachs' private chef," says the resident of Rettenberg, mentioning his TV cooking shows on MDR and is convinced: "Henze conveys something, is very present, not as pale as many other people." In the spotlight on the upper floor, Henze is in his element. He reveals that he never eats breakfast, only gets hungry around 11 a.m., and then prepares a small snack for himself, recommending homemade crunchy granola muesli. On the cooking stage, he mixes pine nuts, spelt flakes, nuts. "Any cereals you have at home, good olive oil, a bit of honey, and bake for 15 to 20 minutes at 180 degrees". Of course, the chef from Kempten has already prepared everything - with the help of his assistant Jörg Färber - takes out a tray from the oven to demonstrate how it should look like. "This is pure crunch," says the TV chef. "This is how you can mix your favorite muesli, and it's all done quickly." He recommends serving it with "yogurt with a good fat content". He also emphasizes that butter is an "important part of the diet". It's about the total calorie intake throughout the day, not about completely avoiding fat. On stage, the viewers Ulrike Wolf and her brother Harald get to show off. The 28-year-old from Immenstadt admits she is not a cook, says "my brother inherited the cooking genes", rolls grissini, heats them, and then serves them with baked salmon - and fittingly, she receives a Henze cookbook at the end. Title: "Don't Be Afraid of Cooking". Cooking as a show - with rock music in between and also small competitions. It is well-received. In "Beat Henze" Johannes Haller competes with Christian Henze in a stein-holding contest - and wins. Later, while enjoying the chocolate dessert on the ground floor, the resident of Rettenberg praises the show, wanting to search Henze's website for recipes to recreate some dishes. For more information about Christian Henze, visit: http://www.excellente-unternehmer.de/redner/christian-henze.html