Douce Steiner

Douce Steiner

#MysteriousWomen

The video series about extraordinary, character-strong and inspiring women continues. After Germany's first choreologist Georgette Tsinguirides and the record holder in apnoea diving, Anna von Boetticher, Marc Cain has now shot a portrait of Germany's only two-star chef: Douce Steiner.
Douce Steiner
Douce Steiner runs her restaurant "Hirschen" in Sulzburg in Baden-Württemberg together with her husband, as a family business. In the short video, Germany's only two-star chef talks about her passion and the challenges of asserting herself as a woman in a man's domain. In 2008 she took over her father's two-star restaurant in Markgräflerland and shortly afterwards lost her second star. Douce Steiner, however, went her way, unperturbed. In 2012 she recooked-up her second Michelin star. After leaving school, she sought a cooking apprenticeship with a top chef, but was unsuccessful, so she took an apprentice role with her father, who is also a star chef. It was not easy for her to find her first job, even after her training, but she eventually found a position in the gourmet kitchen of star chef George Blanc in Vonnas, France.

"Good food and good drink is simply the most beautiful thing there is." Douce Steiner

Douce Steiner
Sensuality, creativity and a lot of love for detail. In addition, her work philosophy is reflected in an upscale and familiar ambience and a cordial tone with the guests and their staff. Douce Steiner also writes cookbooks, one of which she wrote for her daughter Justine's 18th birthday.