Capital: | € 1 million |
Age: | 62 |
Born: | 06/06/1957 |
Country of origin: | Germany |
Source of wealth: | Entrepreneurs |
Last updated: | 2020 |
Short introduction
Christian Rach is a cook German television and cuisine writer, who became internationally famous for the “Rach Der Restaurantstester” television program at RTL. Rach currently lives in Hamburg and is very committed to volunteer. Among other things, he worked to work with WWF against food waste and was an ambassador to children’s hospitals in Central Germany, who are committed to children who are seriously ill and their families.
Early life
Christian Rach was born in 1957 on St. Ingbert in Saarland as the son of an electric engineer and housewife. He grew in his birthplace and after passing his abitur he moved to the city of Hamburg to study philosophy and mathematics from 1978 to 1983. During his studies, Rach also worked as a waiter. During a part-time job, he found his desire to cook. From this point he worked as a cook beside his studies on the beach page with Uwe Witzke. He broke his studies immediately before his exam because he got a job offer as a chef at a French star restaurant. In 1983 Rach worked in Grenoble with Philippe Boissou and the following year as sous-chef in the parade in Vienna. The last job gave Rach interesting insights into creative and classic cuisine.
In 1986 Christian Rach moved back to Hamburg, where he opened the Leopold restaurant in the Altonona district. 3 years later, together with Robert Wullkopf, he opened a table house near Port Altona. Another branch of Tafelhaus regularly received Michelin stars and other awards since 1991. However, the desk house was closed in 2001.
Career highlights
In 2005, Rach appeared for the first time on television in the RTL program “in Teufels Küche”. There he led a celebrity crew with whom he cooked.
Rach operates Lucifer Snack Bar and The Engel Restaurant from 1997 to 2001 and ensures the current level of consciousness. The restaurant “Darling Harbor”, which he also opened in 2001, must be closed again after three years. According to Rach’s statement, the modern concept is not adopted as expected, which prevents customers.
In 2005 he also started the most famous RTL program “Rach The Restaurant Tester”, where he helped the restaurant out of emergency situations by giving them tips and assistance with company management and food preparation. In 2017, several new episodes appeared before being stopped. TV format was awarded Bavarian TV prize in 2009 and German TV prize for the best docaskainment in 2010 and a gold camera. In the same year, Christian Rach also received the 2010 Media Award for German secondary companies from the “Markt Intern” publishing group. In addition, thanks to various restaurants, it was awarded three toques in Bertelsmann’s guide and four tablespoons at Schlemmer Atlas
In 2009 Christian Rach took over the restaurant “Das Kleine Rote” in the Bahrenfeld District of Hamburg along with business partners and turned it into a luxury steak house called “Rach & Ritchy”. Despite the great success of the restaurant, it will close at the end of the year due to lack of staff.
Amazing facts
Rach accidentally saved a woman’s life a few years ago. When he heard the cries of a woman walking her dog in Sternenschanze Park, she went to this problem. When he found a woman who was covered in blood lying on the floor, which was beaten with many kicks by an unknown man, Rach fled the attacker with his dog strap and his dog, which blocked his teeth before the attacker. Rach then drove a woman who was seriously injured to her own hospital and thus was able to prevent worse.