“A menu museum, what can we see there? was a frequently heard question before. Manfred H. Bertele, who built and manages the Eriskirch museum, gave a convincing answer to his guests from the Heimatkunde support group. Its extraordinary collection presents artistic and exclusive menus from around the world in rooms with professional and attractive design. They come from star restaurants, luxury hotels, airlines and cruise ships and also convey a piece of history and culture. Growing up in his parents’ inn “Adler” in Mariabrunn, after completing his culinary apprenticeship in Ravensburg, Bertele set out into the world, becoming head chef in the most exclusive restaurants and hotels and cooking for famous personalities from the political, economic and cultural world. scene. As a top manager, he then managed the 17 Hilton hotels in North America.
He began building his collection early on, which today includes around 2,000 different menus, as well as 700 cookbooks and numerous cooking and serving utensils. In 1521, Duke Henry of Brunswick had the first Reichstag menu drawn up in Regensburg so as to “not miss any specialties”, according to tradition. The oldest cookbook in Bertele’s collection is handwritten and dates from 1727.
In the museum, you can discover, among other things, what was eaten at the royal court of Bavaria in 1843, what was served to the Prince of Monaco at the Munich Olympic Games in 1972 or even to Prince Charles and Lady Diana in Canada . Above all, visitors learned many interesting stories and anecdotes about his time as head chef and director through the vivid and authentic account of the museum founder.
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