Michelin Guide

It rained culinary stars for Vorarlberg

Julian Stieger cooks at the Chef's Table in the Rote Wand in Lech.

(Bild: Österreich Werbung)

The legendary Michelin Guide is back - and has awarded stars to five restaurants in the Ländle region. 

It is considered the gold standard of restaurant guides, the French Michelin Guide. And after a break in the ratings since 2009, restaurants in Vorarlberg were presented with stars again this year for the first time. The stars were officially awarded in Salzburg on Tuesday.

A total of 13 stars went to Vorarlberg. Julian Stieger (Rote Wand Chef's Table, Lech) and Sebastian Jakob (Griggeler Stuba, Lech) each received two. Stieger also received the Young Chef Award. One star was awarded to Michael Schwarzenbacher (Mangold, Lochau), Thomas Scheucher (Guth, Lauterach) and the cooking duo Sascha Kemmerer and Hans-Jörg Frick (Kilian Stuba, Hirschegg).

Sustainability was honored
The Green Star for sustainability was awarded to Felix Groß (Ernele, Hittisau), Manuel Hofmarcher (Rote Wand Stuben, Lech), Jeremias Riezler (Walserstuba, Riezlern), Jonathan Burger (Hirschen, Schwarzenberg) as well as Franziska Hiller (Schwanen, Bizau) and Michael Garcia-Lopez (Krone, Hittisau), who were also awarded a Bib Gourmand. The Bib Gourmand stands for "our best value for money" and is awarded to restaurants that impress with product quality, taste and moderate prices, regardless of the style of cuisine. Andrea Beck (Gufer55, Brand), Bernd Moosmann (Freigeist, Lustenau), Felix Groß (Ernele, Hittisau) and Felix Messner (Gasthof Adler, Schwarzenberg) also earned this award.

State Councillor Marco Tittler (ÖVP) was delighted at the award ceremony. He sees the shower of stars as confirmation of the "outstanding achievements" of local restaurateurs.