Summit of celebrity chefs

Austria's best chefs cook up a storm on two days in September at the Gault & Millau Genuss-Messe (Pleasure Fair). This year again at the Ottakringer brewery.

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A hundred award-winning chefs and about fifty winemakers from across Austria (and neighboring countries) will gather in Vienna for the Gault & Millau Genuss-Messe 2025 on September 13 and 14. This year, the event will take place at the Ottakringer Brewery again. Visitors can sample everything from award-winning pub food to stunning avant-garde creations. Representatives of Vienna’s premium dining scene include:

Heinz Reitbauer & Michael Bauböck from the three-star restaurant Steirereck
Paul Ivic from the vegetarian restaurant Tian
Sören Herzig from restaurant Herzig
Jakob Karner from restaurant Apron
Stefan Doubek from restaurant Doubek
Clara Aue from restaurant Heu & Gabel
Parvin Razavi from restaurant &flora
Jonathan Wittenbrink from the vegan restaurant Jola
Eduard Dimant from restaurant Mochi

Everything of renown and stature from the other federal provinces is represented – from Lukas Nagl from the Bootshaus in Upper Austria to Harald Irka from Styria. For visitors, it's a unique opportunity to experience such a line-up of leading chefs in a single place.

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Gault & Millau Plaisure Fair — © Gault&Millau / Barbara Ster

Arrange dishes on several plates — © Gault&Millau / Barbara Ster

Champagner wird in ein Glas eingeschenkt — © Gault&Millau / Barbara Ster

Superlative pleasure

The right accompaniment to the culinary highlights comes from the winemakers who will be presenting their wines and sparkling wines at the Gault & Millau Genuss-Messe.

In addition to the sampling, there’s also the chance to watch selected leading chefs at work in the show kitchen.